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is trained to ketch a rabbit. So Mr. Willie Larkin told Stuart for to sa~y to old mari Dick Peters when he come, ~I~m gone, ‚ but for him to corne on. ‘I‘m ~wineter keep de road, ‚ he say, ‘an‘ cross ‘Bigbee at :LOSCOW landin‘.‘ so ai‘ Dick Peters, he kept de road lack he tole him to, an‘ he cross ‘~i~bee at L~oscow lanäin‘ over in de cane-j brake. But dem ni~er ~o~s dicin‘t never ketch ol‘ p~j~ Caesar. He stayed right wharev‘er he wasat ‘t~ell after S‘render, an~ de War cione ce~.sted. Den he come out, but iffen he had a been caught, dey‘ä. a useà hirn up pretty rough, but he st~ayed hid tweil de tune done passed.

	UAII de wo~ien on L~&y Liza‘s place had to ~o to de fiel‘ ev‘y ~a~y an‘ dein wnat :~aa suckerlin‘ babies would cone in ‘bout nine o‘clock in de iiawnin‘ E~~flI when de bell ring at twelve an‘ suckerlin‘ ‘ein. One ;~~oman tended to all o: tem in one house. Her name was ~ilie LarkIn, an‘ dey c~1l her ti~rny Larkin.‘ She all time samt nie dov~ in 5e fiel‘ for to ~it ‘ej~ co~ue suckle de chiile(i‘i, ‘caze dat made hit :Aai‘~ on ncr vthen dey gets hon~ry an‘ cry.

	~LTs di~n‘t ~et to ~o to church none, an‘ US w~‘n‘t Iarnt nothin‘. IIZJ ni~ki tbout ninety an‘ I can‘t read a line. I ~ot some chullun ~in reaô~ one can‘t whut i~ sixty-five, out Henry he fifteen an‘ he :in. Dc ~.w, si~e ~o by de naae of Pearlie Beasiey, she. c&n‘t read neither, but s~e‘s a ~ood :‘iel‘ ;~n~ ~n‘ she patched dese breeches :‘~ w~rin‘ an‘ di.s oie shirt. L~iss, I ain‘t ~ot a coat to ray narae. .~&fltt :° to church, so I do&n know dat dis any better‘n &lav‘y ti~ie. ~:it‘ s hard, an~:&,r you ~ot to travel, :ct yo‘ ~riose on de ~roun‘ rock all de ti~e. ‘~7hen i~ay day corae, ain‘t nothin‘ pay ~ Come git de r~rAt, den you out do‘ s aj~‘in. Bred ~~flt bawn in 5umter County, wore out in $~ir~ater County, ‘speekc to die in 5umter County, an‘ whut is I sot? ~Un‘t ~ot nothth‘, ain‘t ~ot nothin‘, ain‘t ~ot nothin‘.

	‘1~ut i‘I;~ a ‘believer, ~n‘ dis here voodoo an‘ hoodoo ~n‘ sper‘tß