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  • T'e blacksmit's muscles are not transmitted to his son t'e clerk; but t'e black hair t'at he got from his fat'er.

    The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Harriet Stark

  • Vell, den, after my fat'er and moder haf welcomed her, ve shall travel.

    The Old Gray Homestead Frances Parkinson Keyes 1927

  • You shall say, 'Peter's fat'er haf sent for him, Peter go back to Holland ver' quick '-- vat you say, suddenly.

    The Old Gray Homestead Frances Parkinson Keyes 1927

  • Well, one day I hit my fat'er wit 'a stick -- no, hit my mot'er's' osban 'wit' a stick.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • "You got fat'er, mot'er out there, Sam?" she asked.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • Long tam ago my fat'er tell me all the Kakisa people go to the Big Falls ev'ry year at the time when the berries ripe.

    The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Hulbert Footner 1911

  • Without any preamble she said simply: "My fat'er a white man."

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • "Always my fat'er try to have no trouble," continued Tole.

    The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Hulbert Footner 1911

  • "My mot'er's fat'er, he white man too," she went on.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • Nine-Mile Point where your fat'er built a house long time ago.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

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