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	at Bisdeos wid Mars latch an‘ Misa lanni• ~sr. Mare 7a~oh had dons ~ovsd b1~

an‘ Mice :rannis to a bi~ plantation dey had bought doim der..

	•Dat ~as a funny thing how dat happsned su‘ Rledeoe ‚ it was right

‚ croes ~ de riber from where t was en had been for two years en‘ just soon se I git dat iettsr I ‚ range wid a niggor to teks ~ ‚ cross de ribsr in er ekift to de plantation vhere dey ail was and ‘bout tust folkess dat I ses is lila an‘ her peoples en lots of de famblyc fron de oie hc~ plac. back in !snnsses.

an‘ I curs was proud to see Mare lach en Misc l‘annie. Dey had built dsn.~ eelvse a fins house at a p‘ lut dat was sorter like a knoll ihere de watsr

don‘ git when de ribsr come ~ out on de Ian‘ in case of ob.rflow and up de rode

‘bout half mile from h. houe.. lare I~ich had de store en de gin. 1~y had de bo~ den, dat le ~rs 1a~oh and lias Fannie did, and de boys wac nasd Olaude an‘ Clarence attex Mise sun‘ e two bruddera,

‚ *1km wac de finest boys dat one sisr did as.. At dat ti~ Glaud~ hs

	‘bout two year old and Clar.ncs, hs ‘bout four er ~bbe ittis 1.... lila, ah; worked in de houes cooking for Nia. l‘annie an‘ nuasin‘ de shillun and ehe plumb crasy ‘bout de chiliun an‘ dey just as catlifled ~ld her ai dey wee iid der. i~amt and lila thought mors den chillun dan ehe did anybody. ~. juct crazy ‘bout den boy.. Mar. Ia~ch, h. gihe ~ job right ‘way sort fl~nkying for h1~ end hostling at de lot an‘ barn and ~twasnVt long dan ‘fors lila and .~‚ u.gitaarrledan‘ ]ibs inacabindatMsrsùtchhadbtiilt inds back of V de big houes.

	~1. git ‘long fin. for m~or. den a year and ~re latch, he raies p~L.nty cotton en‘ et tl~e us ud teks trip up to Msmfis on de boat, on de Phil Lllin whatwas ‘boutdeflnsist boat onde riber indemdaysandds o~ datmOat fr.çient put in at us landin‘ wid de tr.ight for ~re Lash and dan h. ~st ginaily sont hs sotton en‘ esod to I~fis on Lis sa~ Phil A3lin.