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"Well, then, why ain't it natural and right for a Frenchman to talk different

from us? You answer me that." ssssssssss

"Is a cat a man, Huck?"

"No." ssssssssss

"Well, den, dey ain't no sense in a cat talkin' like a man. Is a cow a man?

-- eris a cow a cat?" ssssssssss

"No, she ain't either of them."

"Well, den, she aiu' got no business to talk like either one er the yuther of

'em. Is a Frenchman a man?" ssssssssss

"Yes." ssssssssss

"Well, den! Dad blame it, why doan' he talk like a man? You answer me

dat!"

I see it warn't no use wasting words -- you can't learn a nigger to argue. So

I quit.

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