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Atter dat I wuked d~eir flowers long as I was able to walk way off up to deir plàoe, but old Neal oa~t wukno~more. Mr‘Steve and his folkses conies to see me sometimes .àrid I‘~se allus powerfui glad. tosee ‘em. .. ~ ~ ~ ~ .~

	“I used to wuk sotne for 1~Liss lWiary ß~oon. She is a mighty good ‘oman and she knowed my Daddy and our good. Old~ Marster. Miss Mary would talk to me ‘~3Ut dem old days and she allus s~id: tNeál, let‘s pray,‘ ff0~i6 ï lefts Miss ~iary never did git married. ~he~s one of dem soiltaryladies. ~

	“Now ‚ Mi s sy ‚ h ow corne you want s • t o know ~ ~ b ~ ut my weddin!? I done been married two. times, but it was de tust time dat was de sho ‘nough ‘citin‘ one, I courted dat gal for a long, long :time while I was to~ skeered to ax her Dadáy for her. ‚ I went to see herevvy Sunday jus‘ ‘terminedto ax~hini for her ‘to~è I left, and I would stay 1at~e atter supper, but j~ust couldn‘t ~git~ up nerve enough to do it. One Sunday I ~orn1sed myself I would ax him if it kilt me, so I weint over to his house early dat mornin‘ and told Lida, dat was ~ sweetheart ‘~s name . I says to her : ‚ I silo is gwlne to ax him today. ‚ ~ ~fl „ dinnertime àome, su~ertime come, and I was gittin‘ shaky in my j~ts when her Daddy went to feed his hogs and I went along s~id him. Missy, &is is de way.i fine‘liy did ax him forhis gai. ~Le said ~he wO goirit to have some fine meat come winter. I axed him if it wthld be enough for all of~hisfanibiy, and he said; ‘1k~* come you ax dat, boy?‘~ Den I jus“ got e tight hold on dat ‘old hog pèri. 8n~ s~id:: ~