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Land.‘ 01‘ Mistus useter take all de little scamps dat was too little for church an‘ -read de Book to dem under de big oak tree in de front yahd .
RAunt Hattie ‚ „ she was asked, ~do you remember anything . about


the War between the StatesV‘

“You mean de Ya~e es ‚

“Yes, the Yankees.“


~ ~	Her coal black face cloud~ed..

;? ..	“Dey skeered. us nearly t o death, „ she • began . “Dey drap right

~	outen de sky. 01 ‚ Mistus ~eep hearin ‚ dey was cômin, ‚ but dey dn‘ t

~	nebber show up. Den, all ter once, dey was swarmin‘ all ober d~e place.

\v~i.d deir blue coats a.~,shinin‘ ai! deli‘ horses ačrarint.

‚\	plis ~ chi liuns run . en hid. in de fence corners ‘ behint quilts -

dat was hangint on de line. An‘ honey, dem Ya~kees rid deir horses rat ~ onto 01‘ Mistus flower beds. Dey hunted de silver, too, hut us done
	h±d~ dat.	.- -

“I ‘members dey wuz mad.. Dey sot de house a—fire &i ‚ tuk all de

~	vittals dey could fing» I ~‘Ufl away &i~ got los‘, an‘ whin I come back all de folks was gone.“

j, Aunt Hattie said she “wint down de big road an‘ corne to a lady‘s

where she remained until she married.

	“Us moved to 1~ayette an‘ den to Opelika,U ~ concluded, “ans I bin‘ here eber since. „ . • ‚

She lives with one of her numerous granddaughters now. She t,
~	her great happiness in de promise and the moments when she can sit

in the shade and dip her mind back~ into memory.


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5/25/3?.
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