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fru1m whar I libed. at dat time. I 8eed. Dr. Marris Gray on 4e rod~e oa he hosa, en he hose wuz kivered wid mud frurn he tall ter he head. Dr. Marna Grey he pu~11ed u~p en ss~,“Good mornin “D“ Is ye heard bout de fate whut wuz had last nite at Chapel Hill“ en I sey “No Sir Doctor, whut fite wuz dat en whut dey fitin er bout?“, en de doctor sey he didn‘t know whit dey fightin ~out les-‘ sin dey J.s tryin ter brake u.p de clu.b meetin, en he went on ter s~y ciat er heap e r nigge rs wu~z kil t en al so sum white folks • to o ‚ œ sum mo wat shot whut ain‘t dead yit, ~i dat he been tendin ter dem whut is shot en still ain‘t dead. :&i d1en I sey “Doctor Morris wuz yo dere when de fightin goin on“?, en de doctor he say „~ cose I warn‘t dere yo~don‘t think I gwine be roun whai no shootiri tekin place, does yo“?, en I say “Naw Suh“ en de doctor he rid on iown de rode den, but I knowed in my own mine dat Doctor Morris wu.z in dat figh~in, kase he hOSe SO spattered up wid mud, en I seed er long pistol barrel sticEin out frum under he coat, en den sides dat I is knowed de doctor eber since I wuz a chile when Marse Torn uster hab him ter gib de darkies de medicine when dey elk, en I seed him one night er rid.tn wid de flu Klux en heard him er talkin when I wuz hid. in de bushe8 ion side de rode when I cumin home frum catebin me er possum in de thicket, en den Doctor 1~rris he wid. General Forrest all throo de war en he know whu t f ight in is ‚ ~i he s k~ w win‘ t nebe r go outeri. hi s wa~ to 1fl188 no shootin.