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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. 1895. Excerpt: ... shalt wear a name as grand as these; but not until thou do the deeds they did. For, heroes are not made by talk or beauty, hue or hair, or any such painted stuff; but by hearts that are brave and pure and fear not when they die. Black Man! Think on these things and write thy Name in Gold; for I may yet some day come back to earth and thy great work behold. Till then; Fare thee well! CHAPTER XIII. THE CURTAIN FALLS. ACT I. SCENE 1. There lies before us a large cotton-field on one of our Southern plantations. The rows are long, the grass is green and thick, and the cotton is eight or ten inches high A Negro, black as the ace of spades, stands at one eml of a row, leaning lazily on his plow; the pl"Wmule, now and then, nibbles at a bum of grass between the rows. The Negro is rij. 1 up with three articles of clothing to hide his black skin from the burning sun; namely, hat. shirt and trousers. All these are torn and hanging, and Nature's covering is often seen where Art fails to perform its part. The day is hot and sultry; not even the slightest breeze is felt. The very sand is dry and hot as ashes. The heat itself can almost be seen as the air seems to simmer and boil, and the plants and trees curl their leaves as if to wither away. The stillness is now broken. The Negro straightens out his relaxed limbs, draws the reins firmly, cracks the whip and shouts out roughly, "Git up, mule!" to which he appends the following soliloquy: "Git up, Kit! You'll eat and eat and eat, and, dog-gone yer, I kant git yer ter move when I wants yer ter. You is de dad-blamedest mule dat eber backed his yaze. H'yah, it's 'mos' dinnah and Massa'll soon be h'yah an' I ain't got my tas' done yit, an' all on account ob yer own hell-fired laziness!" Here he pops his whip and continues: ...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150949005
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 66
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150949007
  • Publisher Date: 04 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 136 gr


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