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I ‘member one time tho‘ when he changed us off cotton-seed, but we didn‘t stay changed fo‘ long. No euh. Of all de grumbliri‘ dem nig~ers

did, becase dey in8ides had got so used to dat cotton-‘seed and corn—meal dey wouldn‘t be satisfied wid nothing else.

GOne n~ornin‘ when about forty of us niggers had reported sic~:, de

Naheter came down to de qua‘ters. ‘Whut alun‘ ye‘ lazy neggers ?‘~ he asked. Dem niggers los‘ about fifty pounds of weight apiece, and didn‘ feel like dom‘ anything. ~%~(ahster, ~ I say. *Iffen you‘ll have de wimmen folks r~ke us a pot full of dat cotton—seed and corn—meal, we‘llbe ready to go to work.‘ And

as long as I work f0‘ Colonel Harvey, one uv de bee‘ men whut ever lived, we • / always had cotton-seed and ccrn-rneal to eat.‘
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