dinner an‘ he‘p finish pickin‘ dat patch o‘ cotton. I can pick two hund‘ ed pounds a dey an‘ I‘ s one hund‘ od an‘ sixteen year old. I picks wid both han‘s an‘ don‘t have to stoop much. My back don‘t never ache me ate.].l. My mau~ny tsac~ied me to pick cotton. She took a pole to me if I didn‘ do it right. I been a-pickin ever since. I‘d ruther pick cotton dan eat, any day.

	“But I‘se seen enough. I‘s jus‘ a-waitin‘ for de call to meet all my folks in Heaven. Dey‘s a better place den dIs an‘ Its a—tryin‘ to treat ever‘body right so‘s I can git to go to it.

	“I‘s listenin‘ hard for dat call an‘ I L~iow it won‘t be
long a—canin‘ .„
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