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O:.~$ 01 ~!1U~L~S. Dey wuzn‘ rio morE den muies to him. It was early su~:i~e.: ~ ~•.L:~ ~ brung dem to do plantation, but when wheat cuttin‘ t±IIIC OGME Lissa an~ Cieve ~iaS sent to de wheat fiel‘s. Dey was sù~i‘rt ni~~:erS, dey worked hard~-—too hard for dey own good. In dem tinle,s ‘t.:uz de s:~art, hard workin‘ niggers dat brought de bes‘ price, an‘ nobody didn‘ know d~t~better den Marse Drew.

	Une iiay Cleve seed iviarse Drew watchin‘ Lissa. She was gleamin‘ de wheat. Her skin was de col~ of warm brown ve1ve~ her eyes was dark ant bright an‘ thinin‘ like inuscadines under de frosty sun, an‘ her body was slender like a young tree dat bends easy. As she stoopE~i ant picked up de wheat, flirigin‘ it ‘cross her arm, she swayet~ bac~ an‘ fo‘th jus‘ likedena saplins down yonder by de creek sway s in de wint

Cï~ve watched Marse Drew on de sly. He seed hirn watchiri‘ Lissa.

	~	S~d (le lustful look in his eyes, but tt~znt Lissa he lustin‘ afber~ ‘twuz money he seed. in her slender swayint body, in de smooth War:~L Lrov:n Skin, an‘ de quick, clean way she gl~arn de wheat. ~tx~ipped to de wais‘ on de A1abam~. auction block she would bring~near ‘bout a thousan ‚ dollars . Cieve ‘gun to . sweat . He turned so sick ri.‘ ~akeered dat he could hardly swing de scythe through de wheat. Marse Drew doie took his baby away ‚ au ‚ now sumpin ‚ way down in his heart tolE: him dat he was ~W~.IIC take Lissa. He dîdn‘ keer I1~ he parted

~	ttwuz dollars he seed swingin‘ ‘roun‘ his head —— gol‘ dollars
~ &h1fli~L brighter den. stars ~	.	~ ~

‘Twuz d€ nex‘ .. ~y ~t i~rseDrew wentio .Çleve‘s cabin. ~ He. e~ .1~ ~ aiL! ~knoek cm ~e ~r~wi~,de butt o~ his. whip...