5.	39
times she cotch her hoss and rid to the field. ahead cl‘ de others, tcause Marster never laked for nobody to be late in de triornin‘. One time he got atter one of his. young slaves out in de field and told hirn he was a good mind. to have him I whupped. Dat night de young Nigger was tellin‘ a old slave ‘bout it, and de old man jus‘ laughed end said: ‘lNhen Marster)

ç._. pesters rae dat way I jus‘ rise upand cuss him out.‘ Dat young rellow ‘cided he would try it out and de next time Marster got at~er hiradey had a rukus what I ain‘t never gwine to forgit. ITs was all out in de yard at de big house, skeered to git a good breath when us heared Marster tell hirn to do sornepin, ‘cause us knowed. what he wes ineanin‘ to do. 11e didn‘t go right ahead and mind Marster lak he had allus been used to dom‘. Marster called to him again, and den dat fool Nigger eut loose and he evermore did cuss ~a~ter out. Lordy, Chile, Marster jus‘ fairly tuk de
	~—~-~----	~



hide off dat Nigger‘s back. V~hen he tried to talk to dat old slave ‘bout it de old man laughed and said: ‘Shucks, I allus waits ‘tU I gits to de field to cuss ~arster so he won‘t hear

e


	“Marster didn‘t have but two boys and one of ‘em got kilt in de war. Dat sho‘ly did hurt our good old ~iarster, but dat was de onliest diffunce de war made on our place. When it was over and dey said us was free, all de slaves st~yed right on wid de Marster; dat was all dey knowed to do. Marster told ‘em! dey could stay on jus‘ as long as dey ~:anted to, and dey was right dar on dat hill ‘tu Marster had done died out and gone to Glory.