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`` Hit 's -- w ` y , Lawd-a-massy ! Mist ' Dunkin , hit 's fu ' de milinte ` y. '' `` Let me see , '' said I. `` Yes , so it is ; but they only want them to go to Cumberland . There 's a strike there , and the strikers are getting troublesome . '' He made no reply , and as the bells ceased ringing soon afterward , I resumed my work , which kept me busy until seven o'clock . I then placed the papers in an envelope , and took up the letters . `` Be sure you see the Vice-President himself , Thomas , '' I said . `` You know him , do n't you ? ''