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nebber heard nobuddy fuss et my mammy be‘ ‚ Little ez Ah wuz, Ah swèll up en rar‘ back ‚ en I sez t~‘Misa Millie ‚ “Doan you no‘ Mammy Is boss ~~dis hyar kitchen. You cyan‘ cum ~‘tussIn‘ lu bye.r. „ Miss Millie ‚ she Jts lafT ‚ but Mammy grab ~ switch en ‘gin ticklin‘ my laigs, but Miss Mime me:k her quit It.“

~?W!ho wuz Miss Millie ? Why ‚ she m Marae Xe( ‚ a wife.“ “Whilst Marse N~ed wuz ‘way at de war, bad aojer ~ns

cum thoo d~e country. Mise Millie ~ d~one hyar tell ~.y wuz on de way, en she had de mens haul all Marss e‘ B cOttOn off in de woods en bide It • De waggina wuz piled up high wid cotton ‚ en de groun ‚ ~ wuz sott atter de rain. De waggina letf deep ruts in de groun‘, but none us talks on de plantati on pay zw heed ter dem ruts • When de sojer mena cum, dey see d~i ruts en trail ‚ em right out dar In de WOOdS ter de cotton. Den dey sot tire ter de cotton en bun it ail ~1p• Dey cum back ter de big house en take all de swaet milk In de dairy house ‚ en help ‚ emselfs ter evvy thing in de smoke houses. Den dey pick out te strongee‘ er Ifarse Ned‘s slave mens en take‘ ‘em

‘way wid ‘em. Dey take evvy good. horse ~rse Ned kiM on de plantation. ~1o M~‘am., dey diden‘ bun n~ffln ceppen‘ de cotton.“

	“Us wuz ‘ skesred er patter-rollers den any thing e Ise. petter-rollers diden‘ bOdder tolks much, lessen dey caught ‘em otfen dar marsters plantations en dey diden‘ hab no pase. One night en dunn‘ de war ‚ de patter-rollers c~ ter our cabin, en I scrooge down under de kiver In de bed. De pattar~roller ~n tho‘ de kiver often• mah face ‚ en he see ‘i~ blong dar ‚ en b. let me be ‚ but Ab. ~z ekeered plumb ter death. Gourtin‘ tolks got ketched en beat up b de patterrollers mo‘ den enny buddy else, kazen dey wuz aUna alippen‘ out ter
ter meet one er nudder et night .