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I told him he‘ d let it eta~ on for nothin‘ ‚ I never was siok in i~r life till a year agG. I used to weigh two hundred ten poundej naw I weigh one hundred forly. I oeil lap up enough akin on ~r legs to go ‘round ‚~ twioe.

ttSj~e I ~as sick a year ago, I haven‘t been able to get ‘round a~r. I

never been well since. The first Sunday in January this year, I got worse settin‘ in the ohuroh. I can‘t hardly get ‘round enough to wait on z~yeelf. But with what I do and the neighbors‘ help, I gets along somtehow~
	‚	Present Condition

.	~if it weren‘t for the mercy of the people through hers, I would suffer for a drink of water. Scmebod~ ran in on old lady Chaire and killed her for her ii~ne~r. But the~r didn‘t get tb, and we lœ.ow who it was boo. Scmebod~ born and raised right here ‘mongst us. Since then I have been ‚ LI‘aid to ste~y ab hœae even.

UI had a fine five-rocm house and while I was dawn siok~ ~y daught.r

sold it and I didn‘t get bwb twenty-nine dollars otth of it. She got the n~ney, but I never seed it. I jus‘ lives here in these rage and this dire and these old broken‘-dawn pieces of furnitures I~ve got fine f~irniture that she keeps in her house.

	III	g«b scans help from the Welfare. The~r give me eighb dollars. They give me ocnmniodities too. They give me six at first, and they increased it. )~~r case worker said she would try to git me eo~ more. God lam.awa I need it. I have to pear for everyththg I get. Have to pay a bc~r to go g~ viater foz‘ me• There‘s people that gits more ‘n they need and have plenty time to go fishin‘ btrt don‘t have no time to work. You see those bc~rs there goin‘ fishin‘ j but that‘ s not their fault. One of the merchants in town had them out off frOEft work beoause they didntt trade with him.