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him out o:C it arid, all ot a sudden, he drapped out of sieht. Som~e says he was kilt, but I don‘t know nothin‘ ‘bout dat..

	“Now Missy, how come you wants to know ‘bout dem frolics us had dem days? Most of ‘era ended up scandlous, plumb seandlous. At harvest season dere was oornsnuclcin‘s, wheat~thrashin‘s syrup-~eookin‘s, and logrollin‘s. All dem frolics come in deir own good time. Cornshuokin‘s was de most run of ‘ein all. Evvybody come from miles around to dein frolics, Soon atter de wuk got started, marster got out his little brown jug, and when it started gwine &e rounds de wuk would speed up wid sich s~xigin‘ as you never hearei, and dem N1~gers was wukin~ : in time wid de music. Evvy red ear ot corn meant an extra s*i~ of liquor for de Nigger what tound ft. When de wuk was done and dey was ready to go to de tables out in de yard to eat dem big barbecue suppers, dey grabbed up deli, marster and tuk him to de big house on deir shoulders. When de supper was et, de liquor was passed some moreand daneint started, and sometiaies it lasted all night. Folkses someti~nes had. frolics what dey called Lairs; dey lasted two or three days. Wid so much dancin‘, eatin‘, and licjüor drinkin‘ gwine on for dat long, lots of 1~ightin‘ took place. It was awful. Dey ciit on one another wid razors ~nd knives jus‘ lak dey‘was cuttin‘ on wood. I ‘spects I was bad as de rest of ‘em ‘bout dem razor i‘ight8, but not whar my good old mist‘ess could lam ‘bout it. Inever did no fi~htin‘ ‘round cie meetin‘—bouse. It was plumb sinful de way soin.e ot~dem Niggers would git in ruckuses right in ineetin‘ and break up de services.