I saw no reason for denying that, and he continued: "If this Ole packet is 'aunted, as some on 'em seems to think, well all as I can say is, let me 'ave the luck to tumble across another of the same sort.
"The Ghost Pirates"
William Hope Hodgson
"Well, nor, I reckon you better not," he drawled; "thar's some right bad dogs down thar in the pines,-mons'us bad; an' I's gwine cut through the woods an' see ef I can't pick up a squ'rr'l, gwine 'long, for the Ole 'ooman's supper, as I got to go 'way to-night or to-morrow; she's mighty poorly."
"Two Little Confederates"
Thomas Nelson Page
"I seen the conscrip'-guard jes' this mornin', ridin' 'round whar they knowd they warn' no deserters, but Ole womens and children," he said with his mouth full.
"Two Little Confederates"
Thomas Nelson Page