“Ji1~~3n :A~ jlflCd ae church dere wuz ~ 01 US baptized de Same day in da crick hack o~ LiC church. .~huie i~reacher iirowri wuz a haptizin‘ us, a bi~ cro~vd wu~~ sta~cLin‘ on ~e oank a shout— in‘ an‘ sifl~ii~‘ ‚ ‘Dis is cie ~ealin‘ ~Jater, ‚ &n‘ ‚ ‘Liak~in‘ i‘or cie Promise i.an~ 3on~e 01 ‘ei~1 wuz a 1~r~yin‘ too. ~tter cie uaptizin‘ v/uz doii~ uey uiad a bi~ dinner on c~e ~roun‘s ~or de new members, but us didn‘t see no jujs c~at uay. Jus‘ nad plenty 01 ~OOci some— thin‘ t‘eat.

	tt~T.~Clj ~3 warn‘t in sch)Ol, L~ an‘ ray brucicier wukkeà in

dC fiel‘ V~~1u pa. In COttOn p~antin‘ time, ua lixeci uu de rows an‘ us trap ~ seeds in t~1• Lex‘ aay us woulc~ rake ~irt over ‘Cid ~1Li WOO~CIi raKes. ~a lilacie ~ rakes nisse‘I. L~ey riaa. sLlort woouen teel Jus‘ ri~)~V ~or tu kivv~r ~e S~Cu. £oIkses buys wnat day uses flOVT ant don‘ t ~ak~ u~ ~o tixi~ makin‘ notnin‘ lak ci.at.

	~In dem ciays ‘x‘oun‘ ~e house ax~‘ in d~ fiel‘ bu:is Jus‘ D1i:~ icce o:L: olo‘es. it. WU~ Jus‘ a loU:~~ s:uirt. ~~ey uldfl‘t notilin‘ else ~en, bui ~. SilOt WOU..Ld laK t-i see you try to boys ~D tI~OUflt lookin‘ lak dat novr. -
	%oL~y ~irsci ~ ou; to ~ Jac~ eir~ ~ vi~ien I vzuz

t oo~.; ~:o‘ taon :~ear3 O~ ~C) dO wasuin‘ ‚ ironin‘ ‚ an‘ cleanin‘ up

(:13 il)US~, an‘ I wukk~ lor ~ ~ i iaarii‘c~c~. ~y iCiflhC ~3~-t all

I W.~flt3~ ~ at ~ ~~ou~e an‘ paid me in o1c~ clo~s, niidc~lin‘

~ sirup, ‘t:.~toes, an‘ ~~1e~t ilour, but i. nev:~r aic~ ~it no i~ioi~— ~27 ~or day. Lot nary u cent.
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