LUCY BELLE He’s mah honey-baby, buddy boy! AUNT REBECCA (with a good-natured chuckle) AUNT REBECCA Listen ter yo! LUCY BELLE (her face clouding) LUCY BELLE But he ain’ had such good luck lately—. AUNT REBECCA AUNT REBECCA How come dat—? LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE I dunno—. Till ’bout a monf ago he wuk steady fo de Simpson Express Company. Drive a wagon fo’ dem. AUNT REBECCA AUNT REBECCA Dat w’at he doin’ w’en I lef’. LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE Sho’, sho’—. Good job, too. But de wuk gits slack—an’ dey lets him out.
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