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doctors. Dey sho‘ kin fix you. Dey kin take yo‘ garter or yo stoci~1n, ~p and drap it in runnin‘ water arid make you run de res‘ of yo‘ life, you‘ll be in a hurry all de time, and if dey gits holt of a piece of d&seat of yo‘ draw‘s dey sprinkles a little conjer powder on it and burns it den you can‘t never set down in no peace. You ~5es‘ like you settin‘ on a coal o~ flail ‘till you git somebody to take de spell offen you.“

	“Nannie were you glad when the war was over and you were free?“ . “What I keer ‘bout bein‘ free? Didn‘t old Marster give us

plenty good sompin to eat and do‘s to wear? I stayed on de plan— tation ‘till I mah‘ied. My old Miss give rue a brown dress and hat. ~1ell dat dress put me in de country, if you mahie in brown you‘ll live in de country.t‘

	“Marry in brown yOUSII live out of town?“ I auoted. “Dats it my remembrance ain‘t so good and I fergits.

	“No ma‘am, I ain‘t got no chillun, but Bradfield had plenty

un uni, I was his fouf wife. he died ‘bout three years ago and. he done
IT‘.,
~1~~ell to live dat long wid all dem wi,~ens to nag him. De Bible say

IL‘S better to climb cri top of the house and set, den to live in— side wid a na~~gin‘ ~om~‘~


~Vashington Copy,

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