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l4ng a~ I w~ eatin‘ ‚ bu:t. soon as de~ last cake er~ib was swallowed I start~d bawlin‘ again. ~ ahe give ~ a stick of .~andy and soon as I et dat I was squallin‘ wuss dan ever. Mammy told ~jst‘ess den da~t~ she knowed how to quiet rae and. she retch under

de bed. for a siaoe. ‘Niien she had done finished layin‘ daTe. shoe on tue and put it back whar she got it ‚ I was aho willin‘ to shet my mouth e~nd let ‘eni all ~o to de circus wid.out no more racket from me.

	“De Lust school Ï •\~~eflt to was in a little one— room rouse in our white folkses‘ back yard. Us had a~~te teacher and all he larrit slave hillun was jUSt plain readin‘
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and wri.tin‘. I had to pass Dr. Villinghamn‘s office lots and. he was all de time pesterin‘ me ‘bout spellin‘. Oneday he stopped me and axed rae if I could spell bunible bee widout its tail,‘ and he said dat when I lernt to spell it, he would ginime sonie candy. L~r. Sanders, at Lexin‘ton, girnrae a dime onet. It was de rust money I ever hac.. I w~s plumb richand I never let my Daddy ±~ave no peace ‘tu he retched me to town to do my tradin‘. I w~~s ail sot to buy myself a h~t, a sto~bou~at suit of clothes, and some shoes what warn‘t brogans, but Missy, I wound up wid. a ~in~ercake and a nickel‘s wuth of‘ candy. I used to cry and holler evvy tinie kiss ~erena went o~f and left ~e. ~nenever I seed ‘em gittin‘ out de carriage to hitch it up, I started beg~ gin‘ to go. Sometimes she laughed arid said: ‘All right Neal.‘ ~ut w~~en skie said) ‘No Neal,‘ I snuck out and bid under de high~