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Show Suzetta and Her Book. "nook-larnln Iz n flno thing, a sho' nough flno thing," an old colorod man confided to nnothor man who had stopped him on tho corner to borrow a match and havo n friendly chat. "I ain't got no book-larnln' an' my ol' woman, Uza, sho ain't got no book-larnln'; book-larnln'; but our gal Suzetta lawman! law-man! sho knows ov'thlng that ovah wus wroto in a book, yes, sho do. Mo an' Liza, wo Jos' can't h'llovo nil dorn things at Suzotta tells us an' 'at Suzotto reads out o' dom books, no, wo can't, wo Jcs' can't h'llovo 'era." 'Fo' Suzotta wont to school sho Jest rant aroun' town ov'ry ovonln wid a passol o' j other ldlo jouug nig-gals nig-gals Jes' Ilko hor; but now Siuotto dono larnt f read, sho Jos' stays homo all do ondurin' das, an' ov'ry even-In', even-In', too. "'What Suzctto stay homo fer?' Whv dat gal jos' natcholly cray to 'sot on do do' stop In do ovenln' an' road dom books out loud sozo dom . triflln' nlg-rnln nex' do' 11 hoar 'or an' know sho got book larnin'. Yos, sah." |