This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...et. Whats the name of these new people? she asked. Ainsley. They lived on an avenue in New York, reglar swell style, granite house, big bay winders from top to bottom, lots o servants. Well, they 11 see a diffrence; and he laughed as he drew his first whiff. Strange how poor folks tends this a way. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...et. Whats the name of these new people? she asked. Ainsley. They lived on an avenue in New York, reglar swell style, granite house, big bay winders from top to bottom, lots o servants. Well, they 11 see a diffrence; and he laughed as he drew his first whiff. Strange how poor folks tends this a way. Business gone to smash? Go to Floridy. Health broke down? Go to Floridy. The idiots seem to think that Floridy s a cure-all fur empty pockets, worn-out lungs, n dilapidated characters. Now, I dont want no folks to bleve them condemned liars, who go round the country with orange-groves in their pockets, preaching up that Floridys the poor man s paradise. I d like to kick em, I would! You were poor, once, Joe, said his wife, gently. Im a born cracker, I am; thers a diff-rence. Floridys no kinder to poor folks than any other place; but let a man come here with any sort of an income to live on, n he ken make a paradise, thats ef he s the right kind of a man. I tell you Floridy sand aint no respecter of persons, now. Well, anyhow, I m glad these folks is a comin. I dont care how ristocratic a man is, purviding its the real thing. Joe Carew was an excellent specimen of the wide-awake, go-ahead Florida cracker, thin almost to gauntness, sandy of hair and beard, with splendid eyes, a broad forehead, a sharp nose, a vide but well-shaped mouth, under which gleamed teeth even as a string of pearls, a bronze-red moustache, and a smile that was charming for the expression of utter guileless-ness it gave to his otherwise shrewd, sedate countenance. His costume, as he rode daily from field to field over his large possessions, was somewhat unique, an English hunting-jacket, corduroy trousers, a huge sombrero, and boots that came above his knees. To his negro...
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