looking for something to beat a life of tobacco and sorghum Paul D assumes that the stranger is a farm girl, fleeing the labor-intensive chores associated with the production of tobacco and molasses.
talking sheets members of the Ku Klux Klan, who hide their identity beneath white sheets.
croup a condition resulting from any obstruction of the larynx, esp. an inflammation of the respiratory passages, with labored breathing, hoarse coughing, and laryngeal spasm.
He won't be back Here Boy leaves because dogs are believed to sense the presence of a ghost.
