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~~i3 would ax ‘em lots of q~uestions all ‘bout what dey had done lamed dat day and, ‘cause she was so proud of evvy little scrap of book lamm‘ she could pick up, de white chillun lamed her how to read and write too, All de lamm‘ she ever had she got ~ro:~ de white chillun at de big house, and she was so smart at ~ittin‘~ ‘em to lam her dat atter de war was over she got to be a school teacher. Long ‘fore dat time, one of dem white chillun ~ot ~narried and tuk Mammy wid her to her new home at Butler, ~or~ia. ~

	T, Now my daddy, he was a plum sight sho‘ ‘nou~. He said dat when evvythin‘ got still and quiet at~ night he would slip off and hunt him up some ‘omans. Patterollers used to git atter :aim wid nigger hounds and once when dey cotch him he ss~id dci; beat him so bad you couldn‘t lay your hand on him nowhar dat it ;i~rn‘t sore. Dey beat so many holes in him he couldn‘t even ~7~r ills shirt. MOSt Of de time he was lucky enough to outrun ‘em 1.nd if he could jus‘ git to his inarster‘s place fust dey couldn‘t lay hmds on nim. Yes Mam, he was plenty bad ‘bout runnin‘ away ~:~i~d ~~itUn‘ into devilment.

	tl Daddy used to talk lots ‘bout dem big cornshuckin‘s. ~-e ~ dat when dey got started he would~jump up on a bi€ old )ile oi. corn and holler loud as hé could whilst he was a snatchin‘

~	SkIuCkS off as fast as creased 1i~htin‘.