Excerpt from Digging the Top Off: And Other Stories

"Joe, " called Captolia, the colored girl, from the kitchen door-way, "bring a lump of coal for the parlor grate, quick as you can."

"All right, " shouted Joe, from the woodshed across the yard. After Captolia closed the door, the boy dealt a half-dozen terrific blows upon the ton of black carbon lying before him, thickly covered with ice and snow.

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