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I jist tzuembers de whuppints. Some of de rest wuz beat wuser dan I wuz too, an‘ I uster scream dat I wuz sho‘ dim‘.

	“Yess‘um I seed de Yankees go by, but dey ain‘t bodder us none, case dey knows dat ‘hind eber‘ bush jist about a Cthnfederate soldier pints a gun.
~	“I warn‘t glad at de surrender, case I doan

understand hit ‚ an ‚ de Alle n ‚ s ke ep s me right on ‚ an‘ whups me wuser den dan eber.
ttI reckon I wuz twelve years old v~hen my manirx~r

come ter de bouse an‘ axes Mis‘ Allen ter let mego spex~‘ de week en‘ wid her. Mis‘ Allen can‘t say no, case Mam~‘ xnought go ter de carpet baggers so she lets me go fer de week-en‘ . Mammy laughs Sunday when I says s i‘ ‘bout goin‘ back. Naw, I stayed on wid my maii~rr~,r, an‘ I ain‘t seed Mis‘ Allen no ~no‘.“
AC