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	s, ~ 7° de war Marse Murry would wake all de niggers by blow~ in‘ a big ‘konk‘ an‘ den when diiner time would core Old Missua would blow de ‘konk‘ an‘ call dem to dinner. I got ao I could blow dat ‘konk‘ fer Old Missua but ohi it tuk my wind.

“Marse )Lurry would ‘low ~e to drive his team when be

would go to market • I could haul de cot ton to Gavin ‚ ton an ‚ bring back whut was to eat ‚ an ‚ all de oxen could pull was put on dat wagon. We allue had good eatin afte‘ we had been to ~a.rket.

~	“Every Chris ‘aus would come I got a apple an‘ ~on~ candy


I an‘ mazEmy would cook cake an‘ pies ter Old Missus an‘ stack dem \ on de shelf in de big kitchen an‘ we had every thing good to eat. I Dem people ebo‘ was good an‘ kind to ail niggers.
~	HAfte de war de times was hard an‘ de white an‘ black

people was figlitin‘ over who was to git de big office, an‘ den dors was mighty leetle to sat. I~r was plsn‘y whiskey, but I‘se

kep‘ ‘way frwi all dat. I was raised right. Old Miasu. taught me ter ‘apect white folks an‘ sœ~ of dem prcsiised me land but

I niver got it. All de land I‘s. ever got I work mighty hard fer it an‘ I‘se got it yit.

rø.-~ NOne day afte‘ Mr. Gatlin said

( ‘way an‘ went to New Orleans an‘ got a

e my ~O cente an‘ dinner every day.
hi could.n‘ pay me I run job kauii*‘ cotton, an‘ I abo‘ had JAS