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Sis' Becky's Pickaninny 145

des cried en cried 'tel he cried hisse'f ter sleep. 

"De nex' day he did n' 'pear ter be as peart ez yushal, en w'en night come he fretted en went on wuss'n he did he night befo'. De nex' day his little eyes 'mence' ter lose dey shine, en he would n' eat nuffin, en he 'mence' ter look so peaked dat Aun' Nancy tuk'n kyared 'im up ter de big house, en showed 'im ter her old missis, en her old missis gun her some med'cine fer 'im, en 'lowed ef he did n' git no better she sh'd fetch 'im up ter de big house ag'in, en de'd hab a doctor, en nuss little Mose up dere. Fer Aun' Nancy's old missis 'lowed he wuz a lackly little nigger en wu'th raisin'. 

"But Aun' Nancy had l'arn' ter lack little Mose, en she did n' wanter hab 'im tuk up ter de big house. En so w'en he did n' git no better, she gethered a mess er green peas, and tuk de peas en de baby, en went ter see old Aun' Peggy,