:Paget en tryin‘ ter sing. Dat time ‘twon‘t no ove~‘seer beat a. Dem slave nieüs beat me d~en to‘ drinkin‘ ~at likker.“ ~ “Mak folks at~yed 0x1 en wt~kked~ ‘ Marse Ned long atter de war • When Ah wuz m~o‘ grown mali tam‘ly m~,ve& ter Logansvl 11e No, Ma‘am, I ain‘t nebber been so tree en hap~ es when I &tden‘ hey ter worry ‘bout whar de vittles en close gw1r~e cum ruin, en ail Ah had ter ~o wuz wuk evvy day~ lak ~k whltetolks tole ~e ‚ „