_A very entertaining darkey. Took hold of his wool when he bowed to you._ _Jerry Butler and Caesar Butler_ _Brothers. Very credulous and superstitious. Free negroes._ _Horace Duley_ _Janitor._ _Aunt Phillis_ _Gentle, sweet tempered, intelligent cook. Everybody liked Aunt Phillis._ _Tilly Mink_ _Chickens were afraid of her, and roosted high when she was about._ _Sue Benson_ _A good natured, lazy housemaid._ _Becky Williams_ _A faithful nurse._ _Sister Chew_ _A dairymaid._ _Mammy_ _Good as gold._ _Nancy Young_ _A fortune teller._ _Uncle David_ _Who loved his mule._ CONTENTS ❧❧ “_Fogitfulness_,” _21_ _Acts 7:8—“Ab’ham fogot Isaac, Isaac fogot Jacob, an’ Jacob fogot de twelve Petracks [Patriarchs].”_ _Debate_, _34_ _Ef’n uh man er ’ooman hab salbation in deah hyarts, will dey be feard ter babtize wha shirks [sharks] is._ _“Romp’s Mustake”—Doggerel_, _45_ _“Little Billy’s Pumpkin”—Story_, _47_ _Sermon—Psalm 63:6_, _60_ _Debate_, _76_ _From Zachariah 2:6—“Ef’n Ho Ho wan’ uh Chine er Japne, who wuz he?”_ _“Rash-nal an’ Pus-nal”—Doggerel_, _90_ _“De Composation ub de Snipe”—Story_, _91_ _“Nancy Young”—Story_, _100_ _“Mars Pinckney’s ’Simmons”—Doggerel_, _110_ _“Dem Days”—Story_, _112_ _“Dat Chrismus Cake”—Doggerel_, _126_ _“When Saul Run ’Way”—Story_, _127_ _“Let Us Meck Brick”—Sermon_, _137_ _“Juba Viney’s Yaller Pants”—Story_, _153_ _“His Bref Kinleth Coals”—Sermon_, _164_ _“Dat Auntydote”—Doggerel_, _171_ _“Ezra”—Story_, _173_ _“Mammy”—Doggerel_, _213_