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Mars Jeem's Nightmare  73
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bettah. He tuk a lackin' ter Mars Marabo McSwayne's oldes' gal, Miss Libbie, en useter go ober dere eve'y day' er eve'y ebenin', en folks said dey wuz gwine ter git married sho'. But it 'pears dat Miss Libbie heared 'bout de gwineson on Mars Jeem's plantation, en she des 'lowed she could n' trus' herse'f wid no sech a man; dat he mought git so useter 'bushin' his niggers dat he'd 'mence ter 'buse his wife atter he got useter habbin' her roun' de house. So she 'clared she wuz n' gwine ter hab nuffin mo' ter do wid young Mars Jeems.
"De niggers wuz all monst'us sorry w'en de match wuz bust' up, fer now Mars Jeems go wusser'n he wuz befo' he sta'ted sweethea'tin'. De time he useter spen' co'tin' Miss Libbie he put in findin' fault wid de niggers, en all his bad feelin's 'ca'se Miss Libbie th'owed 'im ober he 'peared ter try to wuk off on de po' niggers.