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~-‚--— cur‘jed his hoss an‘ put his saddle on de hose fer him. Old Miø‘i‘

~	su. toi ‚ me to be good to him an ‚ I was.
	~	~ (1)
	~ /	“One day I Wa8 standin‘ by de hoes an‘ a ball kilt de	~
	ii	(2)	1~
hose an‘ he fell over dead an‘ den I cried like it zaout be my brud~.

!~‘~ der. I went way up in Tennessee an‘ den I wae at Port Hudson. I : seed men fall dawn an‘ di.; ~.y was kilt like pige. Marse Murry

~	was shot an‘ I stayed wid him ‘tu dey could git him ho~. Dey

~	let‘ nie behin ~ an‘ Col. Stockdale . an‘ Mr. Sam Matthews bruag a hoas.
“Marse Murry died an‘ Old MissUe run de place. kind to U8 all an‘ den she mar‘ied afte‘ while Dat was îte‘ de war was over.

“Whil‘•st I was in de war I seed Mr. ~eff Davia. H.

a big hoss an‘ he looked mighty tine. I niver a.ed

he was on de hoas.

~ ~	“Dey said old man I but frta de way old Marne an‘

‚~ he waa a mi~ity mean man.
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I	“I doan recollec‘ when dey toi‘ ~ we was treed but
j I do know Mr. aetlin wouid prcatse to pay us fer our work an‘ \ when de tiii~ ‘wouid come fer to pay he said he dida‘ have it an‘

~kep‘ puttin ua oft, an‘ we would work so~ more an‘ git nothin‘ ter it. Old Miasue would cry an‘ ehe was good to us but dey had no money.

•[I)~ killed
(2)	mi~1ht
She

to
good an‘

Gatlin.
was Mr.
was ridin‘ him‘ ssptta
Abe Lin(~:Qln wa8 de nigger‘s friend, de sojers talk ‘bout him I thou~1it