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nie and tie me ter de cedar chest and whoop me as long as she wanter. Oh~

how I did hate dat woman.

	ttyes, once in ray life I seed a ghost. ~Te was goin‘ thru de woods to a


neighbors t or a- prayer meeting en a man stepped out in do woad without no head wid all his clothes on on I had jes wropped my head dat day and wen I seed him all my hair strings en all jes stood straight up. I got hot den I‘so got cold and he jest stepped ter de side of de road en I went by running.

Yes, we got ter de prayer meeting en den we went baoic ho~ne de same way en did us niggers run?

“I was nurse in slave time en I carried de ohilluns all ober de house on

one day I had de ohilluns upstars en my missus called me en I went ter see wh~ she wont and while Pse wargone de baby got hodter Indian Turnip an hod. Mt it by de time I git back dar en I called my missus en she come en made me eat do rest of de turnip on my face enall swolled up en my eyes war closed foh days. After missing do baby en tending ter de uther chilluns all do day ar night wen I put de baby ter bed I hod ter knit two round ebery night en would be sleepy en my missus would reach ober en jab a pin in me to keep me awake. Now dat is

~	what I calls a mean women.

	“I kin read en write at first of freedom I sent ter school some en learned ter read and write. .

	UI sho do believe in dreams • I had one once I laid down on de bed t er take ~ er nap en den I dreamed dat somethin wqs a ehokin me en I pulled at my dress en a bg snake dropped out of my boosom rolled down on de bed. Den on de floor en when I woke up oho nuff dar war a snake on de floor by de bed. eu I killed ii~ en den I knowed dat I. hed azi enemy sho nuff in a few days a woman I thot was my ;fr‘i‘e~4‘ turned gaLn~ ‚ ~ : By k~‘:1l~~g d e ~ snake2 .‚i kfled. dat 1 would o:onquer~ .dat