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The Souls of Black FolkBy W. E. B. Du Bois ContextHighlight In IV
2Josie grew thin and silent, yet worked the more.
The Souls of Black FolkBy W. E. B. Du Bois ContextHighlight In IV
3Josie helped them to sell the old farm, and they moved nearer town.
The Souls of Black FolkBy W. E. B. Du Bois ContextHighlight In IV
4 The mother cooked supper, and Josie emptied her purse, and the boys stole away.
The Souls of Black FolkBy W. E. B. Du Bois ContextHighlight In IV
5Josie told me of it; she was a thin, homely girl of twenty, with a dark-brown face and thick, hard hair.
The Souls of Black FolkBy W. E. B. Du Bois ContextHighlight In IV
6 It grieved Josie, and great awkward John walked nine miles every day to see his little brother through the bars of Lebanon jail.
The Souls of Black FolkBy W. E. B. Du Bois ContextHighlight In IV
7 I had crossed the stream at Watertown, and rested under the great willows; then I had gone to the little cabin in the lot where Josie was resting on her way to town.
The Souls of Black FolkBy W. E. B. Du Bois ContextHighlight In IV
8 Brother Dennis, the carpenter, built a new house with six rooms; Josie toiled a year in Nashville, and brought back ninety dollars to furnish the house and change it to a home.
The Souls of Black FolkBy W. E. B. Du Bois ContextHighlight In IV
9 Next morning I crossed the tall round hill, lingered to look at the blue and yellow mountains stretching toward the Carolinas, then plunged into the wood, and came out at Josie's home.
The Souls of Black FolkBy W. E. B. Du Bois ContextHighlight In IV