Fairfax? What ou say, Bobby
Fairfax? What you call me dat fu'? My name Aunt Dicey to you an' I want
you to un'erstan' dat right hyeah. Ef you keep on foolin' wid me, I
'spec' my patience gwine waih claih out."

"Excuse me. Well, Aunt Dicey, why did you take the name of Jane
Callender if your name is really Dicey Fairfax?"

"W'y, I done tol' you, Bobby, dat Sis' Jane Callender was des' my
bus'ness name."

"Well, how were you to use this business name?"

"Well, it was des dis away. Sis' Jane Callender, she gwine git huh
pension, but la, chile, she tuk down sick unto deaf, an' Brothah
Buford, he say dat she ought to mek a will in favoh of somebody, so's de
money would stay 'mongst ouah folks, an' so, bimeby, she 'greed she mek
a will."

"And who is Brother Buford, Aunt Dicey?"

"Brothah Buford? Oh, he's de gemman whut come an' offered to 'ten' to
Sis' Jane Callender's bus'ness fu' huh. He's a moughty clevah man."

"And he told her she ought to make a will?"

"Yas, suh. So she 'greed she gwine mek a will, an' she say to me, 'Sis
Dicey, you sut'ny has been good to me sence I been layin' hyeah on dis
bed of 'fliction, an' I gwine will all my proputy to you.' Well, I don't
want to tek de money, an' she des mos' nigh fo'ce it on me, so I say
yes, an' Brothah Buford he des sot an' talk to us, an' he say dat he
come to-morror to bring a lawyer to draw up de will. But bless Gawd,
honey, Sis' Callender died dat night, an' de will wasn't made, so when
Brothah Buford come bright an' early next mornin', I was layin' Sis'
Callender out. Brothah Buford was mighty much moved, he was. I nevah did
see a strange pusson tek anything so hard in all my life, an' den he
talk to me, an' he say, 'Now, Sis' Dicey, is you notified any de
neighbours yit?' an' I said no I hain't notified no one of de
neighbours, case I ain't 'quainted wid none o' dem yit, an' he say, 'How
erbout de doctah? Is he 'quainted wid de diseased?' an' I tol' him no,
he des come in, da's all. 'Well,' he say, 'cose you un'erstan' now dat
you is Sis' Jane Callender, caise you inhe'it huh name, an' when de
doctah come to mek out de 'stiffycate, you mus' tell him dat Sis' Dicey
Fairfax is de name of de diseased, an' it'll be all right, an' aftah dis
you got to go by de name o' Jane Callender, caise it's a bus'ness name
you done inhe'it.' Well, dat's whut I done, an' dat's huccome I been
Jane Callender in de bus'ness 'sactions, an' Dicey Fairfax at home. Now,
you un'ers