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split merlasses; en bein' ez he lacked de looks er do noo 'oman he tuk up wid her atter she'd be'n on de plantation a mont' er so.

"Sandy en his noo wife got on might well tergedder, en de niggers all 'mence' ter talk about lovin' dey wuz. W'en Tenie wuz sick oncet, Sandy uster set up all night wid'er, en den go ter wuk in de mawnin' des lack he had his reg'lar sleep; en Tenie would 'a' done anythin' in de worl' for her Sandy.

"Sandy en Tenie had n' be'n libbin' teggeder fer mo' d'n two mont's befo' Mars Marrabo's old uncle, w'at libbed down in Robeson County, sent up ter fin' out ef Mars Marrabo could n' len' 'im er hire 'im a good han' fer a mont' er so. Sandy's marster wuz one er dese yer easy'gwine folks w'at wanter please eve'ybody, en he says yas, he could len' 'im Sandy. En Mars Marrabo tol' Sandy fer ter git ready ter go down ter