Rastus

"Rastus," said the judge sternly, "you're plain no-account and shiftless, and for this fight I'm going to send you away for a year at hard labor."

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The Southern lady saw old 'Rastus setting out with his fishing tackle for a day on the river, and she deemed it a fitting time to rebuke him for his notorious idleness, since she and everybody else knew that the entire family was supported by the industry of' Rastus 'old wife as a washerwoman.

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"Rastus," said the judge sternly, "you're plain no-account and shiftless, and for this fight I'm going to send you away for a year at hard labour."

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"'Rastus," she said severely, "do you think it's right to leave your wife hard at work over the washtub while you pass your time fishing?"

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The general told me about his servant, "Rastus," who was an enlisted colored soldier.

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"I thought mebbe you might like to decorate 'Rastus's room," and she wiped the confusion from her face with her apron.

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The general told me about his servant, "Rastus," who was an enlisted colored soldier.

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'Rastus's wife won't ever care for them with her fine Paris things.

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"Rastus," the major said, when the Senegambian saluted and stepped forward, "this gentleman is looking for a hero.

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Cried for days on TV pleading for the phantom Rastus to bring her babies back to her un-defiled, until she got caught in her own web of lies and re-canted.

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