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Uncle Rube an‘ I says, “By God, he‘s daid,“ den I runs an meets ma Muthu~‘,	. s; an‘ I tells her “By God, he‘s daid.“ She jes kinda turned her bacic tuh me an‘ I cud see her shakin. She war laffint ~

	Aftuh de buryin‘ was over, Young Joe and‘ Jane stood dar on de porch an‘ dey call de darkies up one at a time. Fust dey calls ma Gr~zpa an young 3~oe says ‚ “Yo oie Mastuh‘ s . Now I‘ s you‘ Mastuh ‚ an‘ Miss 3~ane here is your Missus. Do you unilerstand dat?“ Grampa say “Yessir“ an pass

on.	Nex‘ he call Lucy, den Aunt Hanna. To each one he says de same, “I‘s yore Mastuh and Miss‘ Jane here Is yore New Missus“--~su.m db‘ em says “yessir“, sum ob‘ em jes kinda bows dey haid an? pass on. Wen he Call .rn~h Jvluthuh up an‘ say de saine tuh her—she look at him a minIt den shesay. “I knowtd yuh all dese year as ~Toe an‘ h,er as Jane, an‘ I amt conna start now callin‘ you Mastuh or M~Lssus. I‘ll call you 3~oe an‘ Jane like I allus done,“ an‘ she walked away. ~
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~	One time ‘fore dat she puddin near kill young ~Toe. She wuh hoing corn in de field an he curn ridin‘-~I spect he war jes tryin‘ to be ~rnaht but he teils her to swallow dat tobbaccy she got in huh mouth. She don‘ pay him no mind an‘ he tell her agin. Den she say, “You chewing tobaccy? VIhyn‘t yuh swaller dat‘?« Dat make him mad and he take a double rope en whack her

... cross de sholders. Den she grab huh fingers roun‘ his throat, an his face

: wuh all black es my own fore dey pulls her offen him. Den 01e Me.stuh try

: tub whup her, but he couldn‘ by hisseif, so he sends fo‘ three nigger~buy~~

: ers dat‘s close by. When onze o‘ em tells rnuthuh to put her liants togedder

~	he tie em, she grab him by de c~ll~r an‘ de seat o‘ he‘s pants an knock‘s his haid agin a post like a battern‘ rani. Den 01e Mastuh say, “Men, yo‘ bet— ter go on home. I don‘ want my cullud folks to git hurt.“ He said it like
dat,	~ ~