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couidri‘ Stan‘ it. Dey th‘owed Bill out o‘ dat two~story wir~ow an‘ run down to git h) de fight. De white folks was plumb wo‘ out by dat time wid all de devilishment o‘ de Yankees an‘ de fool Niggers. Even a mean Nigger got sense ‘nough to know when he done gone too far. Dey all git away as fas‘ as dey could an‘ scatter over town, den after dark dey come a~creepin‘ back to de quarters. Dat was she‘ de wron~es‘ thiri~ to do. Dat night, all de sho‘ ‘nough white men came a~rnarchin‘ out Seventh Street on dey way to d~ quarters.

	“I had did up Miss Lizzie‘s parlor curtains dat very day an‘ de boy was puttin‘ up de mouldin‘ frame ‘roun‘ ‘em when us hear dat trompin‘ soun‘. It didn‘ souri‘ lak no ever‘day xnarchin‘. It souri‘ lak Judgemerit Day. De boy fell off de ladder an‘ run an‘ hid b‘hind de flour barrel in de pantry. Miss Lizzie was peepin‘ out ‘twixt dem white lace curtains an‘ I was right b‘hin‘ ‘er. I ‘spect Seventh Street was lined wid wirrnnin-folks dom‘ jus‘ what us dom‘, ‘cause dey husban‘s, sons, an‘ sweetheartawas out dere in dat march~‘ line.

	‚ ‘Well ‚ da~ ~ night ended all d e troubles • De line done stop at Mr. Theodore Sturges‘ house ‘fore it git out far as us. ‘Çourse, ever‘body know ~tr. Theodore an‘ Miss Allie was sho‘ ‘nough fol ks ‚ but d ey was b ound to have dat Yankee brothe r ‘ his ‚ n . •

	“De yard was plumb full o‘ white men ready to burn de house right down on Miss Alliets head lessen dey‘d give up dat Yankee ~IIayor. Mr. Theodore corne to de door an‘ say, ‘Gent‘xuun, he amt here.‘ lint nobody believe dat. Dey ~ a~‘fixin‘ to bus‘ on in anyhow, when