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other men wanted to come to see her, but she paid theni not one bit of attention. “No main, I wouldn‘t ‘cept of them, I never did go with in an‘ everybody, I don‘t do dat yit‘ .~ She said one day Franklin was to see her~and said “Less us marry, I think ‘nough of you to marry .‚~ She said she wouldn‘t tell him nothin‘ so he went to see her parents and they agreed, so she married him sometime later. They were married by a white minister, L~r. Joe Carter.

	Aunt Arne leads a lonely life now, $he grieves. for her loved ones more than negroesusually do. She doesn‘t get about rauch, but “I does go over to see Sis Lou (a neighbor) every now an‘ den fer consolation si, She says she is living on borrowed titne because she has always taken care of herself and worked and been honest. She said that now she is almost at the close of her life waiting day by day for the call. to corne, she is glad she knew slavery, glad she was reared by good. whi.te people who taught her the right way to live, and she added: “Mistess, I‘se so glad I allus worked hard an‘ been honest — hit has sho paid me time an‘ time agin.“ ~