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vaut. When hog kuhn‘ time come us always have some meat lef‘ over from de year. befo‘ • Us made soap out o‘ dat.

	“When de war broke out I went right wid de lLarster up to Corixith. I stayed up dere in de camp for de longea‘ time a-‘waitin‘ on de aojera an‘ nussing de Sick 0fl08• I never seen much o‘ de real uightin ‚ . &tt I heard de C~flflOfl8 roar an‘ I wait ed on de soj era what got woundei•

	“Aft er dey moved camp d e Maret er aont me back home to he ‘p look after de Mietia an‘ chillun. De ‘ïedaratea had some cattle hid ‘way in u3 pasture an‘ I looked after ‘em. One night when I was comin‘ home I met ‘bout a hund‘ed Yankees comi~! over a hi]l• Dey eaw de cattle an‘ took ‘bout ha‘f of ‘em. I akidöoed. Dey amt &otche~ ~ me yet .

	. “After de W82‘ de Yankees called deyee‘vee ‘Publicana. Dey c•ome down here an‘ wanted all de Niggera to vote de ‘Publican tioket• Den, leinrzie taU. you, I went to work for ~y white folks. Dey was a— holdin‘ big meetin‘ a an‘ speakin‘ a ‚ but I was workin‘ ‚ too. On ‚ lection day I bruii~ in 1500 Niggers to vote de Democrat ‚ ticket. De folks what saw us cornin‘ over de hill eay us look like a big black cloud. ~ I reckon tie 8ouncLed lak one wid all dat hollerin‘ an‘ ehoutin‘.

	NAIl fly folks was dead aoon, ~ an‘ I went “bout lak I was in a trance for awhile. I went fire‘ one place an‘ den ‘nother.

	“When I. was on de Cox place I met Dora an‘ us married. Dat was a big weddin‘ an‘ a big teas ‚ . Den us moved over to de Troup place an‘ stayed dere for a long spell. While us was dere I
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