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had. done got married. I~&arse Bob, lie give Daddy a ticket what let hirn go to see Mammy evvy ~ednesday and Sadday night, and dem patterollers couldn‘t bother him long as he kept dat ticket. ~Vhen dey did find a slave oft his niarster‘s plantation widout no ticket, it w~s jus‘ too bad, for dat meant a beatin‘ what most kilt him. Mammy said dey didn‘t never gît ray Dacidy, ‘cause he allus had his ticket to show.

	“1 don‘t ricollect much ‘bout days ‘fore de big war ended ‘cause I was so little den, but many‘s de time I heared Mammy arid A)addy and de other old folks tell ‘bout dein times. Us chillun hsd de bestes‘ time of anybody dera days, ‘cause dey didn‘t ‘low us to do nothin‘ but jus‘ eat all us could and play de rest of de time. I don‘t know how it was on other places, but dat was de way us was raised on our old rnarster‘s plantation.

	“De cracks of de lo~ cabins wtiar de slaves lived was chin1~ed wid red mud to keep out de cold and rain. Dere warn‘t no glass in de windows, dey jus“ ha~i plank shutters what dey tasten~ ed shut at night. Thin slide blocks kivvered de peepholes in de rough plank doors. Dey had ~o have de~ peepholes so as dey could see who was at de door ‘fore dey opened up. Dein old stack chimblies what was made out of sticks and red clay, was all time gittin‘ on fire. Dein old home-‘rriade beds had h~i~h posties and us called ‘em ‘teesters.‘ To take de place of springs, what hadn‘t never been seen ‘round dar in dem days, dey wove heavy cords lengthways and crostways. Over dem cords dey laid a flat mat wve out of white oak splints and on dat dey put de homespun bed ticks stuffed wid~ wheat straw. Dey could have right good pillovis if deywas a mind