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	An h~b1e cottage, sheltered b~ i~our magnificent oak trees, houses an interestin~ old negro, Albert C~the.

	¶rexarkana people, 034 and yottug, reverence thie character, ax~d obtain froaa him

much valuable ixi~o~ation concerning the early 1±~ of this country. This ex~s1ave was freed when he was titt,en years old, b~t contimwd to live in tn• aine t~UL17 unt il he was a man. He says : “ALt de training an‘ advice I evah h~d o~ae frwa inah mistress. She wuz a beautiful christian; if I ~ anybo~ty, I owe it to ~r. I nevah vient to school a day in mah life ; ~ut I know I absorbel trwi de white tolkat Mah religion is De Golden Rule. It will take any man to heaben who follows its teaciiings.

	“Mah meheter wuz kilt in de battle fought at Poison 8prin~a, near Ç~1en. We got separated in de ekii~iiish an‘ I nevah did eee~him again. Libin‘ at that time wuz hard~ oeoauae dare wuz no way to cŒ~inwthate, only to sen‘ messages by horseback 1~ider a. It wuz n~onths oe~o ‚ I realiy knew dat mab mahet er had been kilt ‚ aM ~1nre.

	“Mr. Autrey bougnt nish mother when I wuz an intent ‚ ax4 gave u.s ci. prot act ion an ‚ care dat aU. good slave owners bestowed on their slaves. I warabipp.d dia man, ctere has nevah bóen anudcier like him. I sees him otten in mah dr4~ae now, an‘ he aflus appears without rood an‘ raiment, JUS‘ as le South wuz left atter de war.“

	n ~ ~ heah when Texarkana wuz only three years old ‚ jus ‚ a little ki~Uy villa« age, where we all knew each udder. ~ie to de location an‘ d~e canin‘ ob railro~s, ~e town advanced rapidly. Not until it wuz too late did de citizens realize whut a drawoack it is to oe on de line between two states. Dis beiz~g TexarkaflA‘s tate, she hae h~ a hard struggle overc~ing dis liantlioap for eixty~three yeara. Still dat