"Purty Swif. "
An old Georgia darkey, who was doing . some work on a newly-built house, in' the j course of conversation with his employer in- . cidenlally touched on the late war. [ " And you say," said his employer, "that you followed on the heels of your master through the entire war?" " Dat I did, sah," was the proud reply. "He was a great soldier, was he?" • ' Well, sail," replied tho old man, "I ; couldn't tell much erbout dat. He wuz run- j nin' so fas' all the time, it wuz hard ter j keep v/id him. All I does know is — he wuz purty swif ! "
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Otago Witness, Issue 2302, 14 April 1898, Page 52
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104"Purty Swif." Otago Witness, Issue 2302, 14 April 1898, Page 52
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