? ? ? ? "'Shet de do'.'
? ? ? ? "She never done it; jis'stood dah, kiner smilin' up at me. It make me mad; en I says agin, mighty loud, I says:
? ? ? ? "'Doan' you hear me?- shet de do'!'
? ? ? ? "She jis' stood de same way, kiner smilin'up. I was a-bilin'! I says:
? ? ? ? "'I lay I make you mine!'
? ? ? ? "En wid dat I fetch' her a slap side de head dat sont her a-sprawlin'. Den I went into de yuther room, en 'uz gone 'bout ten minutes; en when I come back, dah was dat do' a-stannin' open yit, en dat chile stannin' mos' right in it, a-lookin' down and mournin', en de tears runnin' down. My, but I wuz mad, I was agwyne for de chile, but jis' den- it was a do' dat open innerds- jis' den 'long come de wind en slam it to, behine de chile, ker-blam!- en my lan', de chile never move'! My breff mos' hop outer me; en I feel so- so- I doan' know how I feel.
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