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blaek i~o1ks ? Law ‚ mi sa ‚ he dJÂIi ‚ t have iiothl rig b~t children, Just lots ot little children. fl~ rented ~iie and my pappy and my m.other to the Sumptera right here in hot Spring$.

	I ceE~ reinenaber Hot Springs v~hen there wasn‘t more than three houses here. Folks used to come thru and lots of~ folks used, to stay. But there wasn ~t more then three temilies lived here part ot the time.

	Yes, ma‘anL we worked. But we had lots of fun too~.. Thea Was exciting times. I Can remember when folks got to shøot Ing at ea oh oth er r I ~ht In the stre et • I rim off and taken to the woods when that happened.

	N~o, miss, we didnt.t live in Hot Springs all thru the war. When the Pederals taken Little Rook they teliin us to Texas. We stayed there until ‘68. Then we coins back to ~ot Springs,

	-Yes) miss, hot Springs was a good. place to make money. Lots of rich folks was coining to the hötels. Yes, ma‘am~, I made money. ~~ypt~ ~ make it? Well lots ot ways. I used to run. I was the fastest runner what was. Folks would bet on us, and I‘d always win, ~I‘hen I used to shine shoes. Made money at it too. Lots of days I made as much as $4 or $5. Sometimes I didn‘ t even stop to eat. But I was making money, and I didn‘t care.