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Show Quite the Thing. "I told you that if you came tomorrow tomor-row morning I would give you the money for my wash. Why did you some tonight?" said Miss Philis to the daughter of her laundress. "I know you said tomorrow morn-ln'," morn-ln'," responded the girl, "but me mother moth-er she told me to come tonight, 'cause she was afraid you might be gone away by tomorrow mornln.' "I certainly should not go without paying my laundry bill," said Miss Philis sharply. "No respectable woman wom-an would do such a thing." "Oh, yes, ma'am, they would." replied re-plied the child knowingly. "There's lots of respectable ladles does." |