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	*4~tter he had all his corn gathered ŕnd~ put in big long piles, Marster ‘vited d~e folksés froni ai]. ‘round &~m parts. ~ Dat was de way it was done; evvybody holped de others git de corn shucked. Nobody thought of hirin‘ folkses and payin‘ out cash xnoney for extra wuk lak dat. Dey ‘lected a gen‘ral to lead off de singin‘ and atter he got ‘ein to keepin‘ time wid de singin‘ de littlebrown jug ~as pessed ‘round. When it had gone de rounds a time or two, it was a sight to see how fast dem Niggers could keep time to dat singin‘. Dey could do all sorts of double time den when dey had swigged enough liquor. When de corn was all shucked dey feasted and den drunk more liquor arid danced as long asdey could stand up. De logrollin‘s and candy
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‚ pullin ‚ s ended de same way . Dey was sho grand good tinies.

	“1 tanned wid de white folkses for32~rears~ aM never had no trouble wid nbbociy. Us allus settled up fair aXId square and in crop time dey never bothered to come ~round to see what Neal was dom‘, ‘cause dey lcnowed dis Nigger~was wukin‘ all right. Dey was all mighty good to nie. Atter I~got so old I couldn‘t run a farm no more I ‘wuked in de white foIkčes‘ gyardens and tended deir flowers. I had done~be‘en wukin‘ out Mrs • steve tJ‘ s flowers and wh en she ~ come to pŕy ‚ she axéd what ray name was. When I told hei‘ it was Neal lrpson she wanted to know how I got de Upson name. I told hér M±. Frank Upŕon had done give it to nie when I was his slave. She called to Mr. Steve and dey lak to have talked xnč to death/or rn~ Marse Îrank arid Mr. Ste~ve‘s daddy was close kinfolkâes. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .