I~x—slaveStories	P~e Four	04 -~
(Texas)





money missy have den. Old. missy Betty, she die in Sunnyside, Texas, when she 115 year old~

“?~hen ~ 18 year old I marry a gal by name Lucy Johnson. She lone c~4go. I ~ot fivelivin‘ chilien soin.~where, but I done lost ‚eIn. One of dem boys serve in de last war.

	I used to hear sonethin‘ ‘bout rabbit foot. De old folks say dat iffen de rabbit hpve time to stop and lick he foot de dog track h±~ no more and I alius wears de rabbit foot for good luck. know if it brung me dat 1ud~, though.•

‘II b‘~en here 36 year and I work moss de time as house mover, what

I work at 26 year. I‘ll be honnest with you, I dont know how old I is, but it inu~‘ be plenty, ‘cause I ‘members lots ‘bout de war. I didn‘t see no fightin‘ but I knowed. what w~s goin‘ on den.

t‘ I belong to de ti. B. F. Lodge ‚ what I pays mt o in I never can gît s i~k and I ~ t have no ailment

up, and I cantt git nothin‘ for that.
det~d now track of

I,
used to can‘ t

I don1t
case I gits ‘cept my feets
sick. But sus‘ swoll