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	~ ~	~ ~ ~‚ stayed on wid Old ~ Ma~ster f or a little while atter de war ~as ~ver, afld den ri~htawayMaxniny died and Daddy hired me out to Mrs. Sidney Rives (Reaves ?). I ‘spect~ one reason she was. so mighty good to me was ‘cause I was so littieden.• I was nigh grown when I left her to wuk tor Dr. Palmer‘s faxnb1y~ All his ehillun was little den arid I was deir nuss. One of de best of his chillun was little Miss~inice. 8~ie is done growed to be~ a school teacher and dey tells me she is still a-teachin‘. Itwarn‘t long atter my Daddy died dat I left de Palmers a~d started wukkin‘ fOr Mr. Dock Dorsey‘s fambly. If dere ever was agood~ Christian ‘oman in dis here old world it was Miss ~3a1iie Dorsey, Mr~ Dock Dorsey‘s wife. She had been Miss ~allie Chappell ‘fore she married Mr. Dorsey. Miss Sallietried togit evvybody what stayed ‘round her to live right too, and she wanted all her help to go to church reg ‘lar. If Miss Salue and Marse Dock Dorsey was livin‘ now, dey would pervide for Old ‘Delia jus‘ lak dey used . to do. All deir ehillun was nice. Miss Fannie and Miss3ue, dey was extra good gals, but someh9w I jus‘ can‘t call back de names f dem other ones now. Dey all had to be good wid. de sort of man~my and daddy dey had. Miss ~lli, she was • sick a long time ‘fore she died, and dey let me wait on her. Missy, I tell you d.e gospel truth, I sho‘ did love dat ‘oman. Not long ‘fore she passed on to Heben ‚ she told her husband dat atter she was gone ‚ she wanted him to merry up wid her cousin, Miss liargrove ‚ so as he would havre ~