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	“I ~1ve my wife eli my money and all de time she was givin‘ it away to another man. So dat was when I left her flat and went

. c‘own to Charleston, Cairo,~and Kentucicy and stayed three years. I was workin‘ in de tobacco for three years. Dere was -too much stoop— in‘ in dat and I decided to corne back to St. Louis. ~e only got ~l2 a month in de tobacco fields and worked from 4 o‘clock in de morning to 8 or 9o‘clock in de night.time. Dere was 9 or 10 in de tobacco field.

	“Den I worked in de iron foundry in a St . Louis furnace . I carried iron and hustled in de casting hole. Dey :oaid pretty good and we got ~1 . 50 to ~l . 75 a day . I worked up d.ere two years and den cor~te to Sulohur Springs and went on de farm and got ~26 a month. I got to be a trusty and dey put it in my hands. I worked here five years for old Mike Green. I was single den. I went dowii on 3ohn Coffman‘s farmin Ste. Genevieve County to work for him. ~orked on his farm for ‘bout 15 years and got ~26 a month and board. He had a gang of ‘em working‘ for him. He had rows of cabins ‘most a mile long. Dat was where I go~ married a second time.

	~‘~After I left dere I went down below Fredericktown and went on a farm again arid stayed right dere for seven years. I lost my wife at dat place and sold my land. I paid $90 f~or 40 acres dem and ~