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grapes. We picked the quinces in August and used them for preservin~g. Märster and missus believed in giving the slaves plenty of fruit, especially the children.

	“Marster had three children, one boy named Dallas, and two crins ‚ Bettie and Carrie . He would not allow slave children to call his children marster and missus unless the slave said little marster or little rnissus. He had four whIte overseers but they were not allowed to whip a slave.‘~ If there was any whipping to be dori~ he always said he would do it. He didn‘t believe in whipping so when a slave got sobad he could not manage him he sold him. •
	ItMarster didn‘t quarrel with anybody, mIs~us would not

speak short to a slave, but both rnissus and mar~ter taught slaves to~ obedient in a nice quiet way. The slaves were

taught to take th~ir hats and bonnets off before going into the house, and to bow and say, tGood morning Marster Sam~and Miss~ Evaline‘. Some of the little negroes would go down to the ~reat

~	. house and ask them when it wus goi~ to~ rain, and when marster or missus walked in the grove the little Negroes would follow along after them like a gang of kiddies. Some of the slave children wanted to stay with them at the great house C‘~l the timê . They knew no better of course and seemed to love mars ter and missus as much as they dId their own mother and father.

~	Marster and missus always used gentle means to get the children ~.‚ out of their wa~ when they bothered them and the way the
.: . ~ children loved and trusted them wus a beautiful si~ght to see.