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dar ‘til Daddy di:ed, and a long time atter datus kept~ on wukin‘ for Old ~‘arster. ~ ~

	“White folkses o~ined u~ back in de days ‘fore de war but our own white folkses was mighty good to deir slaves. Dey had to lam us ‘bedienee Lust, how to live right, and how to treat evvybodv else right; but de best tbing dey lamed us was
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how to do useful wuk. De onhiest tii~ae I ‘member stealin‘ any~ thing ‘dept Aunt ~ania‘s gingerbread w~s one time when I went -to town wid L‘addy inde bugg . y. When us started back hoxa~ a man got in de seat wid ~)addy and I had to ride dowD in de back or de buggy whar Daddy i~ad hid ~ug of liquor. I could hear it
	~— slushin‘ ‘round. ~nd so I got to wantin‘ to know how it tasted.

I pulled out de corncob stopper and tuk one taste.	It,, was. so

good I jus‘ kep‘ on tastin‘ ‘tu I passed out, and didn‘t know

when us gr)t noiiie or nuffin else ‘tu I waked up in my own bed	t

next day. Daddygivemeatennin‘ whet I d.idn~t rorgit for a

long time, but dat was de wussest drunk I ever was.	Lord~, but I

did. love to rollow my Daady. ~ ~	• V “Folkses wara‘t sick much in dem‘ days lak dey is

now, but now us don‘t eat strong victuals no more. Us raked out hot eSlIes den and cooked good old asheakes what was a heap better ~ V for us dan dis bread us buys from de stores now. Marster fed us
plenty of ‚V	ake V fresh meat, and ash roasted *taters, and dere
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what •
warn‘t nobody/could out wuk u~.	V ~ ~ V