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RACHEL ADAMS
Lx~S1ave - Age?8.


	~	Rachel Adams‘ two-~rooin, fraxnehouse is perched on the side Of a steep hill where peach trees end bamboo foria ~ ~ (1 6 flS e sh ad e . St aiks of e orn at t he ra ar of the dwe 11 ing rea eh a1-~ most to the roof ridge and a portion of the front yard i~ enclosed ror a chicken yard. Stepping gin~er1y around the amazing nun~er of nondescript articles scattered about the small veranda, thf visi~ tor rapped several tunes on the front door, but received no response. :A~ neighbor said the old woman might be found at her son‘s store,. but. she ~as finally located at the home of a daughter. .

	Rachel came to the front door with a sandwich of hoecake arid chéese in one hand and a glass of water in the other. “Dis here‘s ±taehel Adams,“ she declared. “ilave a seat on de porch.“ Rachel is tall, thin, very black, and wears glasses. Her. faded pink outthg wrapper was partly covered by an apron made of a heavy meal Esck. Tennis shoes, worn without hose, and a man‘s black hat comm T‘~1eted her outfit. ~ ~ .

	.	Rachel began her sto 17 by saying : “Miss ‚ data been sich a long time back dat I has most forgot how thing~ went.. :~ty~~ow I was borned in Putman County ‘bout two miles from ~atonto~, J€:~r~ia. My»~~d~d]?~ was ‘Melia an~d Isase Little and, far as I
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hnow~, dey was borned and bred in dat.same county. Pa, he was soid