Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican): Or, Uncle Tom's Cabin Up to DateHood, W. I. (William I.)
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Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican): Or, Uncle Tom's Cabin Up to Date
Hood, W. I. (William I.)
Gold; Interest; Money; Paper money -- United States; Populism
93. “He made sich a fine argament for gold 193
and agin other money”
94. Little Jane 196
95. “I could nearly see her little dimpled 197
fingers pattin the airth around the
roots of that little bush”
96. “‘Mamma, ... how pritty!’” 198
97. Ornamental tailpiece 199
98. “Jobe jist lays and moans” 200
99. “I have to chop all the wood” 201
100. “‘Out with it, Bill; we are prepared for 203
the wust’”
101. “‘Ile tell you, Betsy. Ive made up my 205
mind to try them Populists hereafter’”
102. “‘O, Lord, is there no other way to 209
do?’”
103. “He drawed me over in his arms and 212
kissed me”
104. “He was wipin his eyes and blowin his 213
nose as he went towards town”
105. “Then sot down and cried and kept a 214
cryin every little bit all mornin”
106. “They pulled me away from the winder” 218
107. “At all the gates around the big fence 221
they had signs stuck up”
108. “I asked him for something to eat” 222
109. “‘Well, old man, sich things hadent ort 225
to be’”
110. “I slipped over and put my face agin the 229
glass”
111. “The feller turned around and looked 233
black at me”
112. “I have to work hard in this place” 236
113. “One nice little place that I thought I 239
would rent as soon as I got my first
week’s pay”
114. “I worked there three weeks” 241
115. “Everything was cold and dark” 242
116. Initial M—Hattie Moore 244
117. “He teched me on the shoulder” 247
118. “I got onto a freight train” 248
119. “Pushing back the hair of the sick 250
woman, leaned over and kissed her on
the forehead”
120. “There lay Mrs. Gaskins” 252
121. “There again was the face of that little 253
girl and the face of an old man”
122. “In the morning there was found a 254
white-haired man”
123. Tailpiece—the rose-bush on the grave 255
124. Initial B—the editor 256
125. “Behold! See that money!” 265
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