Inh white folk., too. All de mene sn‘ wiminene what coz~es out to de club i~ poi‘ful good to me.

	~I wae born up near Bartley‘e Ferry right on de river. De way I cal‘olete8 my age inakea ma ‘bout 92 years old. My firs‘ Marster was name Mr. Harry Allen. He died when I was a boy an‘ I don‘t ‘member much ‘bout him. De Mistis, dat was his wife, married ag‘ in an‘ dat husband ‚ s name was Mare e Jimmy Tatuza. D ey was eho‘ good w~iite folks~ My mammy an‘ pappy was name Martha an‘ Martin Yranke • Marse Harry brung ~ ‚ em down from Virginny, I thinks • Or else he bought ‘em from Maree Torn Franks in West Point. Anyway. dey oome from Yirginny an‘ I don‘ t know which one of ‚ em brotzght

‚ em down here . Dey did ‘ long to Mare e Tom. I knows dat .

	aBartleyls used to be some place. My folks had a big

hotel down on de river bank. Dey waa a heap o‘ stores rigfrt on de bank, too. De river done wash ‘em all ‘we~ now. Dey amt nothin‘ lef‘. But Lawdyt ehen I was a kid de boats used to come a~sailin‘ up de river ‘bout once a week an‘ I used to know de names o‘ all de big ones. Dey would atop an‘ pick up a load o‘ cotton to carry to Mobile. •Îhen dey coins back dey would be loaded wid all kin‘ o‘ gran‘ things .

	‘Us chillun had a big time playin‘ ‘roun‘ de dock. • Us playod ‚ ~iide de Switch‘ an ‚ ‘Goos e and Gander ‚ in de day time . ~ Den at nighttimewhen de moon was ehinin‘ big an‘ yaller, us‘d play ‘01e Molly Bright. ‚ Dat was what u~ call de moon. Us‘ 4 make up stories ‚ bout her • Dat was de bes ‚ time o ‚ all • Sometimes de old f olks would ‚join in~ an‘ tell tales too • Been so long I forgita de tales ‚ but I know



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