“I never lef‘ dat place ttjl my young marster, Mr. 31m Yohnson, de one dat was de Supreme rudge ‚ come for me. He. was -in‘ in South Carolina den. He took us all home wid ‘im. Us got dere in time to vote for Gov‘nor Wade Hamilton. Us put ‘im in office, too. De tirs‘ thing I done was join de D~nocrat Club an‘ *hoped ‘em run all o‘ de scalawags awsy from de place . My young marster had always t me t o 1 ive for my country an‘ ‚ had seen ‚ nough o ‚ dat war to know j us‘ what was ‘ on.

	“I‘se seen many a patrol in my lifetime, but~dey dassent come on us place. Now de‘~K].Qo Kiuxes tas ditf‘ent. I *rid wid ‘em many a time. ‘Twas de only way In dem days to keep order.

	“When I was ‚ bout twenty-two year old, I married Clara Breaden. I had two chilluns by her, Diana an‘ Davis. My secon‘ wi‘ s name was Annie Bet Woods. I had six chillun by her: Mary, Ella, John D., Claud William, an‘ Prince, Jr. Three boys an‘ two gals Is still livin‘ • I lires wid my daughter, Claud, what is farmin‘ a place ‘bout five miles from C].arksdale. I has ‘bout fifteen head o‘ gran‘chillun en~ ever‘ las‘ one ot ‘em‘s farmers.

	“Things .15 all peaceful now, but de won‘ was sho‘ stirred up when Abrah~a Lincoln was ‘lected. I ‘m~ber well when dey killed ‘im. Us had a song ‘bout ‘im dat went iak dis:

‘Zfefferson Davis rode de milk white steed,
~	Lincoln rode de mule.
~eff Davis was a mighty fine man,
An‘ Lincoln was a fool.‘

	“One o‘ de little gals was a-singin‘ dat song one dey an‘ she mixed dem names up. She had it dat Marse Davis was de fool • I‘ se laughod ‚ bout dat many a t line • When Mistis finished wid ‚ e~‘ she had‘

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