Paul Laurence Dunbar,
The Heart Of Happy Hollow — A Matter of Doctrine
(1904)
“ He would season with the pepper of his homely wit, sprinkle it with the salt of his home-made philosophy, then, hot with the fire of his crude eloquence, serve to his people a dish his very own. But to the true purveyor of original dishes it is never pleasant to know that someone else holds the secret of the groundwork of his invention. ”
Paul Laurence Dunbar,
The Heart Of Happy Hollow — A Matter of Doctrine
(1904)
“ Hayward was a man of a very level head, and that his bachelorhood was a matter of economy. He had long considered matrimony in the light of a most desirable estate, but one which he feared to embrace until the rewards for his labours began looking up a little better. But now the matter was being presented to him in an entirely different light. "Hit ain't no ha'dah lookin' out fu' two dan fu' one." Might that not be the truth after all. One had to have food. It would take very little more to do for two. One had to have a home to live in. ”
Paul Laurence Dunbar,
The Heart Of Happy Hollow — A Matter of Doctrine
(1904)
“ The preacher was restless. "Hit was des dis away, Brothah Hayward, I was allus lingerin' on de brink, feahful to la'nch away, but now I's a-gwine to la'nch, case dat all dis time tain't been nuffin but fo'-destination dat been a-holdin' me on.""Ahem," said the minister; "we mus' not be in too big a hu'y to put ouah human weaknesses upon some divine cause.""I ain't a-doin' dat, dough I ain't a-sputin' dat de lady is a mos' oncommon fine lookin' pusson.""I has only seed huh wid de eye of de spi'it," was the virtuous answer, "an' to dat eye all t'ings dat are good are beautiful." ”
