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ß2~ day to stay in town ‚ ‘ a day to c orne back9 ~en he always got
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home in de ni;tht~ Ceptn~Ahe rode ho‘se bac~: ‘stead of de carriage,O~ den sometimes he got homw by sun down.
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	Mars e Frank dldn ~ go to de war1 t~ie ~ too o 1e~, ~o when de YankeE~s come through dey foun‘ him at home . ~ihen Mar.se Frank seed de blue coats COIfljfl~ down de road he run an‘ got his gun. De
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Yankees ~z~on h&-~es. I ain‘t never seed so many men. Dey~z

thick as hornets co~nin‘ dovm de road in~cioudof dus~ Dey~ome
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up to de house an‘ tied de ho-L~ to de pa1ints;~w~~~

k4~ ~i~OUfl~ de yardt~(W~i dey seed.i‘~ar~e Frank standin‘ on de~~~~Nid
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cte gun leveled on ~em, dey got mad. Time Marse Fran~ done shot cn~ a~
~irfte ~ bully Yankee snatched de gun ~way an‘ tole Marse Frank to
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	holz~ up his han~S, Den dey tied his ~	ant pushed him down on
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de floor ‚ side de house an‘ tole him dat if he moved~ dey would shoot

hLm,~en dey went in de house.

I ~wt~- skeered near tbout to death, but I run in de kitchen an‘
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got ~Ibutcher knife, an‘ when de Yankees ~ lookin‘ ‚ I tried to

cut de rope an‘ set ~~arse Frank fre e~ ~ut one of dem blue deb ils tvr~Y
seed ~ an‘ come runnin‘. He say:

~	‘Thut y~W‘doin‘, y1k~b1ack bratj yat‘stinkin‘ little alligator

bait4‘ He snatched de knife from my hand an‘ ~tol~ me to stick out my tongue ‚ dat he ~~wine to cut it off . I let out ~ yell an‘ run behir4de house.
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Some of de Yankees ~ in de smoke house gettin‘ de meat, some