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	“We . ha some fun on LIarse Rufus ‚ plantation, watermillion slicin‘s, candy pullin‘s, dances, prayer meetin‘s an‘ sich. Yes main, we had er heap of fun an‘ in dat time I had eleben chilluns.
t%r husband, Wifliam~sti11 stayed on ter Mister

I~~c~ee‘s. ~ie got married in 1860, de year ‘fore dé war startea, I think. I can‘t tell yo‘.much ‘bout our courtin‘ case hit went on fer years an‘ de Marster wanted u s te r gi t marrie d s o ‚ s dat I ‚ d have chi Iluns ~ Whe n de slaves on de McGee place got married de marster alwa~rs said dat dere duty wus ter have a houseful of chilluns fer him.

	“When de Yankees come Lus‘ Sally, Liarse .tIUfUS‘ wife cried ant ordered de scalawags outen de house but dey jist 1au,~1is at her an‘ takes all we got. Dey ebe‘a takes de stand of lard . dat we has got buried in de oie fi e ‘ an‘ d e haras ngi‘ up i n de tr e e s in de pasture. Atter dey is gone we fin‘s a sick Yankee in de barn an‘ i‘~Iic‘ Sally nurses him. Way atter de war Lus‘ Sally gits a letter an‘ a gol ‚ rin~g from hirn.

	“When ae news of ~e surrender comes i~is‘ Sally cries an‘ sez dat she can‘t do widout her niggers, so kiarse Rufus comes in an‘ tells us dat we can stay on.