Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1901 — Her Resolve. [ARTICLE]

Her Resolve.

A representative of the old school of colored “mammies” —red bandanna, blue check apron and all—appeared before her mistress in great perturbation. “I’s powerful sorry, Mis’ Harrison, but I can’t do yo’ washin’ no more herecuma’ter.” “Why, Aunt Caroline, you’ve washed for us nearly ten years. We could never get along without you. What In the world is the trouble?” “Well, Mis’ Harrison, me an’ Lije, we’s had disagreements. He’s a onery niggah, Lije is. I mistrusted it when I dun married him.” “But, Aunt Caroline, you've thirteen children; how r will you support them?” “Now, see here, Mis’ Harrison, don’t you know I went to Lije widout dose thirteen chillums—well den I’se gwine leebe Lije widout dose thirteen chillums, that I is!”