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Wiley wuz shot so bad he wuz sho 'he wuz gwine ter die, so he up'n says ter ole marster: --
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En one day he up'n tole Mars Walker he got sump'n pertickler fer ter say ter 'im; en he tuk Mars Walker off ter one side, en tole' im he wuz gwine ter show 'im a place in de swamp whar dey wuz a whole trac' er lan 'covered wid ham-trees.
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De sun wuz gittin 'up, en dey wuz a heap er wuk ter be done, en Mars Dugal' sorter got ti'ed waitin '; so he up'n says: --
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"Dey's a lady up'n de box wants to speak with yuh, sah," he said politely.
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She say to me, she say: 'Is you' quainted Maje 'Vanrevel, Mamie? 's' she, an 'I up'n' ansuh, 'Not to speak wid, but dey ain; none on 'em I don' knows by sight, an 'none betterer dan him,' I say.
The Two Vanrevels Booth Tarkington 1907
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He done come down to Jefferson County courtin ', an' bein 'as I done buried my fo'th jes' las 'year I up'n says yes as quick as a flash.
The Comings of Cousin Ann Emma Speed Sampson 1907
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He'd showed me all the ropes on his machine -- his Panchronicon, as he called it -- an 'so I up'n flew round the North Pole the opposite way as soon's he passed away, till I'd made up the five weeks we'd lost.
The Panchronicon Harold Steele MacKaye 1897
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Den Adam up'n say, sezee, 'Yay, Lawd,' an 'he face tun as white as a fine white homespun sheet een a white family house.
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Wiley wuz shot so bad he wuz sho 'he wuz gwine ter die, so he up'n says ter ole marster: --
Dave's Neckliss 1889
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De sun wuz gittin 'up, en dey wuz a heap er wuk ter be done, en Mars Dugal' sorter got ti'ed waitin '; so he up'n says: --
Dave's Neckliss 1889
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