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‘member de Klu Kiuxera an‘ all de carryin‘ on. Dey would dreaa up in white 8heets an‘ come 1roun‘ an‘ scare ai]. ~e Niggers. Dey‘d whip de bad orie~. Some of ‘em would git cow home an‘ put on dey heada. One time dey chased a Nigger plumb under de house jus‘ a— playin‘ wid ‘im. Dey was a—bellowin‘ jus‘ lak bulls.

	“1: can‘t read an‘ write. I amt got much use for a Nigger

wid a little education. I went to~achool twict. De firs‘ teacher

I had, dey come an‘ carried to de pen for signin‘ hi8 old Marster‘s

name. De nex‘ teacher, dey put in jailfor stealin‘. So I jus‘

‘tided twas jus‘ better for me not to know how to read‘n write, 1e58‘n

I might git in some kinda trouble, too.

	“Dora an‘ me is got. three out o‘ eight chillun livin‘. Dora an‘ nie don‘ live together no more. She likes to stay in town an‘ I ai.rit got no patience wid city slickers an‘ dey ways. She stays wid us gal, Nanny. I stays out here. I goes in to see her I bout onc e a mont ‚ .

	n]: don‘t git lonesome. Lawdee, no‘m‘. I‘s got my two dogs.

Den de white folks~is always a~oomin‘ out here. Dey is good to me.

Dey is one right pert Nigger woman what lives down de road a-piece.

Her name is Katie, an‘ I goes down dere when I gits tired o‘ eatin‘

my own cookin‘ • She sets a plumb good table, too. „
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