MjE~$ Allie come out. She come d~ht down dem steps ‘mongst all dein ir~d folks an‘ say, calm an‘ lady~1ak, ‘G~nt‘mun, my brother~ir~law ie here, cert‘riy. Where would he ~o for safety ‘cepn to his brother‘e house? But I give you my word d~t he gwine stay right here ‘till you put him on de firß‘ train headin‘ navth. Den no mo‘ blood Will be spilled.‘ An‘ dat‘s what dey done.

	“Ye8‘m it was all mighty bad, but plenty good things done happen in ~er—ree-‘dian, too. I‘se seen dis town grow frurn nothin‘. ~Then us come here ‘fore de War, dey was hitchin‘ dey horses to little oak bushes right in de middle o‘ town where de bigges‘ stores is now. I was a grown girl by den an‘ could n~ke horsemint tea for chills an‘ mullen leaves for fever good as anybody; an‘ horehound tea for colds, bitter as gall. I jus‘ now caught up how to cook an‘ sew.

	“I married when I was nineteen years old. I had nine chillun an‘ five of ‘em‘s still livin‘. Dey looks after me right nice, too. My son in Chicago gimme dis house an‘ I lives here by myse‘f. I ke epe it • ni c e an‘ e 1 san j ‘ lak I j. earnt h ow t o d o f ruin de whit e folks where I used to work. I amt never work for no common folks. I tries to live lak a Chri~ti~.n an‘ do jus‘ lak Old Mistis 8ay. Den when I die I can go to Heaven.
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