“Marster took me ~or de houae boy. Den I sho‘ carried i~ head high. He‘ d Bay to me, ‘Prince does you know who you is named for?‘ An‘ I‘d say to him, ‘Yes sir. Prince Albert.‘ An‘ den he‘d say to me, ‘Well, always carry yo‘se‘f lak he did.‘ To dis good day I holds xnyse‘f ].ak Marster said.

	“On certain days o‘ de week one o‘ de old men on de place took us house servants to de fiel ‚ to learn us to work. Us was brought up to know how to do anything dat come to han‘ • Marster would let us work at odd times for outsiders au‘ us could use de money tor anything us pleased. My gran‘ma soi‘ ‘nough corn to buy her two feather beds.

	“Us always had plenty t‘eat. De old folks done de cookin‘ for all de fiel ‚ han‘ s ‚ ‚ cept on Sund ‘y when ever‘ fern‘ ly cooked for dey ownse‘f~. Old Mie‘ ‘ud come over ever‘ Sund‘y moruin‘ wid sugar an‘ white flour. Us ‘ud moe‘ ingen‘ ally have fish, rabbits ‚ ‚ poss~s, or coons. Lord, chu‘ I Dem ‚ possums was good eatin‘ • I can tas‘ ‘em now.

	“Folks dose days don ‚ t know	‘ ‚ bout good ‘ . My marster had a great J4g garden for ever‘body an‘ I amt never seen such t tatars as growed in dat garden. Dey was s o sweet de sugar ‚ tut us‘ right th‘ough de peelin‘ when you roasted ‘em in de ashes.

“Old Auat ~nily cooked for au. de chillun ~ de place.

Ha‘f‘ a hour b~ de sun, dey was all cafled in to supper. Dey had pot likker an‘ ash cake an‘ such things as would make ‘em grow.

	‘Chillun dn didn‘ know nothin‘ ‘bout all de fancy ailments what ehillun have now. Dey run an‘ played all day in dey shirt tails
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