4.

sojer whu~ wuz cuttin‘ down de meat pull out he‘s gun an‘ ~ay “Whut dat she say‘?“ Jane run in~de house quick-~but he got mad de way she talk an‘ den‘ he take ~ a de meat an‘ c&ns o‘ lard, an a barrel of molasses. We amt

nevuh seed dat wagon agin an it wuz bran‘ new,	.

‚ Dey wuz a battle a few mile away an‘ dey said you couldn‘ walk on de
	groun‘ wifout steppinon daid men.	. ‚

. .	1ilen de war wuz over dey didden want us to know bout it. Dey want to

keep us es long es dey could. But it curn out in de papers dat de Guvinent

men wuz gonn~cum round an‘ see so dey had tuh turn us loose.

	Abe Lincoln .wuz de bonestest President we ev-uli had.‘ ~f lt warn‘t fo‘ him we‘d still be in bondage.

	If you puts two hoss~shoes above youh door~one up an‘ one down~it‘1l shore catch de wiches it dey tries tuh come thro~igh.

.	. ~ ~ One time lt wuz in de evenin‘ I wuz puttin hay iii de pen fo de hosses at

night, an I ~ee .‚a big white light acunirnin‘ up de lane jes a little above de top o‘ d~ fence. It wuz big an‘ shiny white. I wuzn‘ rightly skeered but I stood dere watchin‘ it.. It ci~ up an followed de‘ fence to de road. I watched to see did it go to de graveyard, an‘ shure nuf it did. It meant sumpin‘ but I don‘ know whut. An den one day, bout noon I seed sumpin. I wu.z out side dar an a little dog curn towards me. It wo‘ a bright collar, shinin‘ like, an‘ pretty. I amt nevtxh seed nuthin‘ like it. I goes to it an c~lls, “Heah puppy, heah puppy. “It stan dere n‘ look at me fir a minit den turn and‘ jump ovuh dat ten rail fence an‘ is lost in de tall weeds. Now ~you know no natohel puppy could jump ovuh a ten~rail fence. I goes in an tells H~tnna de cook ‘bout it an‘ she say, “Lawd ha‘ mercy! dat‘s a token
	fo ‚ sumpin . I	‘ know whut mebby somebody gonna di e ‚ but i t	‘ I s a
	token.“	   .	 ‚