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tuk US ai]. wld him an‘ went to farm on de old Widderspoon (Wither$poon) place. . ~ •

	“It wuz ‘way or1~ in de woods. Pa ~it down trees an‘ built us a log cabin. 11e maae de chimbly OU~\\O11 stiôks an‘ red mud, an‘ put iron bars crost de fireplace to h~ńg pots on ~ to bile our vittuls an‘ made ovens for de bakin‘. De bes‘ ~y to cook ‘tatoes wuz to roas‘ ‘em in de ashes .wld de jackets on.. Deyain‘ nothin‘ better tastth‘ dan ash~roasted ‘tatoes wid goo4 hoine-niade butter to eat wid ‘e~ An ‘us had de butter, ‘cause

.‚	us kep‘ two good cows. ~ia had her chickens an‘ tukkey~ an‘ us raised plenty of hogs, so we nebber wuz widout meat. Our reg‘~ lar Sunday breakfas‘ wuz fish what pa cotch out of de crick. I used to ~it tired oui~ of‘fish den, but a mess of fresh crick fish would sho‘ be jus‘ right now. .

	“U~ always kep‘ a good gyarden Lull of beans, corn, on~ ions, peas an‘ ~ an‘ dey warn‘t nobody could beat Us at raisin‘ lots of greens, ‚ speci~lly turnips an‘ colla‘ d greens. ~ Us saved heaps of dry peas an‘ beans, an‘ dried lots of peaches an‘ apples to cook in winter. When de wind wuz a howlin‘ an‘ de ~roun‘ all kivvered wid. snow, tua would make ~dried fruit puffs fôr us, dat sho‘ did hit de spot. ~

	t?When I wuz ‘bout eight years old, dey sont me to school.•

I had to walkfrom Bpps Bridge Road to Knox School. Dey calls it Knox Institute now. ~ I toted my blue back speller in one han‘ and fly dinner bucket in de other. Us wore homespun dresses wid bon7