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uses now. It was jus‘ a long, low stove, widout much laigs, jus‘ flat on top wid eyes to cook on. De oven was at de 1~ottom.. Manuny and ~randnta Mary was mi~kr~y proud of dat stove, ‘cause dere warn‘t nobody else rround dar what had a oookstove,

so us was jus‘ plumb rich folks.

	“Slaves didn‘t come to de house for dinner when dey was wukin‘ a fur piece off in de fields. It was sont to ‘ein, and dat was what kilt one of my brothers. Whilst it was hot, de cooks would set. de bucket of dinner on his haid end tell him to run to de field wid it fore it got cold. 11e died wid brain fever, and de doctor said it wes from totin‘ all de~ hot victuals on his haid. Pore Brudder John, he sho‘ died out, and ever since den I been skeered of gittin‘ too hot on top of de haid.

	“I~ere was twelve of ~amxriy‘s chillun in all, countin‘ Little Peter who died out when he was a baby. De other boys was ~Tohn, Tramer, S&m‘1, George, and Seott. De only one of my brothers left now is G~eorge, leastwise I reckon he‘s livin‘ yet. De last ‘count I had of him he was in Cb~ioago, and he must be ‘bout a hundred years old now. De gals was me and Mary, ‘1~erica, Hannah, Betsy, end Emma.

	“‘Fore ~randiaa Mary got too old to do eli de cookin‘ ‚ Mammy wuked in de field. Mammy said she allus woke up early, and she could hear Marster when he started gittin‘ up. She would hurry and gi.t out ‘fore he had time to call ‘em. Some-