Ladies useto wear
'em 'cause dey so stylish to make they dresses stick out in the
back. Come on home, Jimmy, 'fore yuh ketch de yaller jandis er
de epizootics; yo' ma tol' yuh to stay right at home."
"Well, I'm coming, ain't I?" scowled the little boy. "Mama
needn't to know nothing 'thout you tell."
"Would you take yo' mama's present now, Jimmy?" asked Billy;
"you ain't earnt it."
"Wouldn't you?" asked Jimmy, doubtfully.
"Naw, I would n't, not 'thout I tol' her."
"Well, I'll tell her I just comed over a minute to see 'bout
Miss Minerva's bustle," he agreed as he again tumbled over
the fence.
A little negro boy, followed by a tiny, white dog, was passing
by Miss Minerva's gate.
Billy promptly flew to the gate and hailed him. Jimmy, looking
around to see that Sarah Jane had gone back to the kitchen, as
promptly rolled over the fence and joined him.
"Lemme see yo' dog," said the former.
"Ain't he cute?" said the latter.
The little darkey picked up the dog and passed it across the
gate.
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