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	My Muthuh wuz big an‘ strong. She nevuh worked in de house none but dey warn‘t nothin on de place dat she couldnt~: do. She cud att down a big tree en chop off a rail length an‘ use a wedge an‘ maul an‘ make rails as good as anybody. Pore Muthuh, she shore did have a hard time. Dey warn‘t never nuthin for her but work hard all de time she neveh caine in fuin de

feel‘ ‘til dark, den had to feed wid a lantern.

	George Sean, a neighbor used tuh whup oie Felix with a cat.-o~-nine tails tu we‘d hear him holler over at our place.

	I ‘member one time de snow wuz a foot deep I wuz barefooted an‘ barehanded. Mah feet hurt so stift I couldn‘ work niah fingers, but ah had de corn. Dat night xnah feet crack open an‘ nex‘ make de fires I left a track O~ blood across da‘ mean to us butGodBless you, day‘s all daid an‘
an I had tub ~athuh corn. so bad ant inah hands got tuh keep on breakint ~f f mabnin‘ when I had tub flo.‘ Dey shore wuz gone an‘ de Lewd has ‘~pared
me.
	Wen de war cu.tn, lots o‘ cullud men went off to fight fo do Government. Young Mastuh ~Toe nevuh went but whenever de. sojers own aroun‘ Mastuh Yoe couldn‘ nevuh be found‘

	One tinie a pas$ei a‘ sojers cum to de places dey didden go to de big house, but dat night dey spread straw funi de straw pile on de flo ob our cabin-~.-an2 slep dar. ~ W~e slop in de loft. Nex‘ inornin‘ dey went to de barn an‘ took de bran‘ new we~gon an‘ de bes‘ team o‘ raules an‘ dey went to. de smoke house an‘ hep deysefs. Dar wuz one nian standiri on de wagon cuttin downs de. hams an‘ s14e meat an‘ de udder packin it in de wagon. Jane cum out on de porch an‘ ‚ s~bart raisin‘ a ruccul bout: ~ ~ t8kifl her meat • De







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