This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...hit her on de nose. "I'll come up again," she say, "on de spring-tam, bimeby, But I'm better now below," and off she goes. Dar's de way I feel mese'f on de farm a year ago, Were ev'ryt'ing should be a pleasan' dream; Lak de foolish reever dere, I'm not satisfy below, So I got to let me off a leetle steam. Den a man he ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...hit her on de nose. "I'll come up again," she say, "on de spring-tam, bimeby, But I'm better now below," and off she goes. Dar's de way I feel mese'f on de farm a year ago, Were ev'ryt'ing should be a pleasan' dream; Lak de foolish reever dere, I'm not satisfy below, So I got to let me off a leetle steam. Den a man he come along an' he say to me, "Look here--Don't you know that place dey call Chibougamou, Were de diamon' lie aroun' like mushroom on de groun', And dey're findin' all de gole and silver, too? "Wat's de use of stayin' here den? Didn't Johnnie Drutusac Lif de mor'gage off hees place an' buy a cow? Only gone a leetle w'ile--hardly miss heem, till he's back; He's easy workin' man too, an' look at Johnnie now! "Well enough, ma frien', you know I can never tell de lie Wen I say de gole is comin' t'ousan' ounces on de ton, An' de solid silver mak' you feel funny on de eye, Lak de snow-blin' on de winter w'en it shine de morning sun. "I s'pose you won't believe, but you know dat gravel walk Ma fader got it facin' on hees house at St. Bidou--But w'at's de use of spikin', w'at's de use of talk? Dat's de way you see de diamon' on dat place Chibougamou. "Course you got to go an' fin' dem quickly, or de stranger man Come along wit' plaintee barrel--an' you're never knowin' w'en Couple o' Yankee off the State, he was buyin' all de lan'; Affer dat an' w'ere's your gole an' silver goin' den? "So, Bateese, get up an' hurry, sell de farm, mon cher ami, Leave de girl an' bring provision, pork an' bean, potato too, Leetle w'isky, an' I'll put heem on de safe place under me Wile I sit an' steer you off to dat place Chibougamou." Oh! de day an' night we're passin', me dat never was before On de bush, except w'e...
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