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Alec, he was/de time havin‘ big mens visit iaim up at de big hnuse. One time, out in de yard, him ~nd oné of dem ‘portant ~LeflS Pot in a argyment TbOUt somepin. Us chiliun snuck up close to hear what dey was makin‘ such arukus ‘bout. I heared. ~arse Alec say: ‘I got more sense in my big toe dan you is got in ~Tour whole body. ‚• md he was right - he did have more sense dan most foikses. Ain‘t I been a-tellin‘ you he was de :resident or soiaepin lak dat, dem days.?

	~	t, lyle, she was M~rse Alec‘s cook and looked atter de licuse. Atter she died Marse Lordnorth got Mrs. Mary berry
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~	County to keep ~ at d.e big house ‚ but Aunt ‘Liza, she done de cookin‘ atter Miss Mary got dar. Us little ~gers sho‘ ~id love ~iss 1~ary. Us called her “Marn~y Mary“ so~etimes . Miss i~ary had three sons and‘ one of ‘em was named
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Teff .i~av•is. I ‘members when dey come ~nd got him and tU.k h~im~

off to war. Marse Lordnorth built a four-room house on de plan— ~~3~1IOfl for I~1ss M&ry ~nd her boys~ ~vvybody loved our Miss ~ ‘cause she was so good and sweet, and dere warn‘t nothin‘ ~-~S WDUldfltt ~iave done i~or ncr.

	~	“No Lords ~ Marse Lordnorth never needed no oversc~r or no carriage driver neither. Uncle ~Tim was de head raan~
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i!Iulat got de Niggers up evvy mornin‘ and started ‘em off to wuk

rirht. ~ho~~e sho was a pretty place, a-settin‘ up on a
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high hill. De squirrels was so tame dar dey jus‘ played all
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‘round de yard. Marse Alec‘s dog is buried in dat yard~