Clara Walker
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Yes flla‘81fl, dat‘s it. De Grand Centralit WQS grand too~~-for dein days. An‘ I cooked for Dr. MeMasters. An‘ I cooked for Colonel Rector~—~~de Rectors had lots of nioney in dein days. I could make a weddin‘ cake good as anybody~~-with a ‘gagenient rin.g In it. I could niake it fine~-~-tho I don‘t know-but two letters in de book an‘ thoses Is A and B.

	I married Mr. Walker. He was a hod carrier when dey built de old red. brtck Arlington, I remember lots of~ things dat happened here. I remember seem ~ de snioke from de fire--~dat bi~ one. We was a livin‘ near Picket prings~~you don‘t know ~Iiere dat is. Well, does you know where de soldierts breast work

~as-~--‘~--‘flOW I git you On to rernexaberin&.

Den, later on we moved out an? got a farm near Ha‘wes. I tra~ed dat place for dis one. Yes, ma‘am I likes livin‘ in de country. Never did like livint in town.

	I don‘t right know whether culled folks wanted to be free or not. Lots of ‘ein didri~‘t rightly understand. 01‘ miss was good to hers. Some of ‘em wasn‘t. She give ‘em things before an she give ‘ein things after. Of course, we went back an‘ we washeâ for ‘em. But one raort~l blessin. 01‘ ~ had made her girls learn how to cook ant wait on themselves.

	Now take de Conibinders. Dey was on de next plantati~a. Dey was mean. Many a time you could hear de bull whip ‚ clear over to ouj‘ place, PLOP, PLOP. AU‘ 1f dey died, dey Jest wrapped ‘ein in cloth an? dig a trench, an‘ plow right over ‘em.