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	dat wuz cul; to ~it an‘ all tancy wid tucks an‘ trimmth‘, an‘ de drawers, dey sho~‘ wuz pretty, jus‘ i~u11 or ruiTles an‘ tUCkS ~ ~OUfl! de 1e~. Liy dress »ruz ucrearil ountin‘, lak 1~~iiiat o.ey calls serge dese days. It had a pretty lace tront what my ma bou~ht from one oi~ de Lioss ladies. ~“hen I got all dressed up I wuz one I.iO~ ;ran‘ lo3kin‘ brlie. - *

	‚ % ~ “Ifs ~‘ot married in de new kitC.LIefl an‘ lt WUz pluxu 1~ull, ‘caUse nia ~ad done axed 76 t~olkses to ~e weu~din‘. ~orae ot ‘em WUZ JOC‘~3 ~olkses, an‘ us iiad eight ‘waiters: rour gals, an‘ tour boys. Dc same Pre~eher Brown what baptized lilO, married ‘us an‘ den us i~iu~I a bid; su~p.e.r. My Liissus, Lula Weir, ~iacL done baked a ~:::reat big pretty cake cL~or nie an‘ it tasted jus‘ as good as it Ipoked. .~ttteT us ~t &t11 Us could, one Oi de waiters called de sets lorus to ~ance ãe res‘ o1 de night. An‘ sich ciancin‘ as Us did iiave~ Folkses.dön‘t know how to dance dat good no run‘. Dat WU: sh~o‘ nu1~f happy c~ancin‘. Yes ivIa‘arn, I ain‘t nebber sonna fo1-~git w~iat a iran‘ w~c~din‘ us had.

	“Next day us move~ ri~ht here an‘ I~ done been here ever since. Dis place b‘lon~ed to Joe‘s gran‘raa, an‘ she willed it to him. Us had lb cuijilufl, out ain‘t but five o~ ‘ein livin‘ flow, an‘ ‚Toe he‘s been daid tor years. Us alway$ ruade a good livin‘ on de tarm, an‘ still raises mos‘ ci~ wAaat us needs, but I done got so. po‘ly I can‘t wuk no more.

	“I‘~3e still tryin‘ to live right an‘ walk de narrow way, so as I kin go to heb‘en when I dies.‘ I‘se gwine to pray tor