6	Clara Walker	Ht,idgins	~4.


somthin‘ to eat, Cause I had a paper sayint I was Clara J‘ones an‘ I was goin‘ home to nty ol‘ mistress gist Cornelius. Please paterollers to leave rue alone0 An‘ folks along de way, deytd take me in an‘ feed me. Dey‘d give me a place to stay an fix me up a lunch to take along. Dey‘d s ay ‚ t Cl ara ‚ you ‚ s a goo d. ni gger • s a go in ‚ home t o your ol‘ miss. SO we‘s goin‘ to do for you.“

	Ant I got within five miles of hoxue before dey eatch me. AIL‘ 1fl7 o1~ mss wont let me ~o back. she keep nie an‘ send another one in my place. An‘ de war kept on, an ai‘ niassa had to go. ~~i‘ word come dat he been killed.

	Yes,~- ‘em~~some folks run off~ an‘~ some of ‘exa stayed. Finally ol‘ miss refugeed a lot of us to California. What is it to refugee. Well, you see, suppose you was afraid dat somebody goin‘ to take your property an‘ you run eeia away off somevvhere-~-~ —how you come to know.

	When de war was over, young iaiss she come in an she say, ‘Clara, you‘s as free as I am.‘ ‘No, I ain‘t.‘ says I. ‘Yes, you is,‘ says she. tThat you goin‘ to do V tits goin‘ to stay an‘~ work for you.‘ says I. ‘No‘says. she) ‚ you. ain‘t cause I can‘t pay you.‘ ‘Well,‘says I, ‘I‘ll go home to see my pid mother.‘ ‘Tell you what,‘ says she, ‚ I ain‘t got nuff money to send you, only part~-~so you go down to whar‘ dey is a‘pannin‘ gold. You kin git a job at ~2.OO per day.‘