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dat somebody in town had a fuss wid Marse Rufus ~ ‘bout lettin‘ his niggers run loose in town. Marse Rufus atter dat had a oberseer in town ter see ‘bout his niggers.
	2	J fl1 got a whuppin‘ onet fer punchin‘ out a frog‘s

	eyes. Mies Sally giv~ hit ter me long wid ~a lecture ‘bout O bein‘ kiii‘ ter dumb brutes, but I ain‘t neber seed whar a frog am a brute yit.

	./	“Yes‘uni I heard a heap ‘bout de Yankees but Ï ain‘t prepared fer dere takin‘ eben our..bread. Miss Sally ain‘t prepared nother an‘ sbe teils ‘em wbar ter go, den she goes ter bed sick. I wus sorry fer Miss Sally, dat I wus.

	~‘De day dat news of de surrender come Miss Sally cried soriie more an‘ she ain‘t wanted m~nrny ter go, so Marse Rufus said dat we can stay on. Dey said dat Mister McGee runned his niggers offen his place wid a bresh broorxi dat day.

	“Atter de war we stayed on Marse	‘ place tifl 1898 when pa died. I had married a feller by de narn.e of Charlie Hodges ‚ what lived on a nearby plantation an ‚ we wus ii‘ on Marse ‘ place wid pa an‘ ma. We moved ter Raleigh~ den an‘ atter seberal years mamiriy moved hear too. You. can fin‘ her on Cannon Street, but I‘ll tell you dat she‘ s pretty puny now ‚ s Inc e her s troke ~„