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LIFE  ON THE MISSISSIPPJ.

'Who is you, any way?    Who is you? dat's what J wants to
know !'
The offender was not disconcerted in the least, but swelled him-

« YOU   TAKE  MY  BOAT 1 '
self up and threw that into his voice which showed that he knew he
was not putting on all those airs on a stinted capital.
* Who is I 1 Who is 11 I let you know mighty quick who I is !
I want you niggers to understan' dat I fires de middle do*l on de
« Aleck Scott! " '
1 Door.