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dun wen to de war an ‚ runs ‚ way frum HarpJ‘~“s Ferry ‘ oum home j es‘ 8ceered. to death. He ~et himsef a pah o‘ orutehee an‘ neber goes back.

Marse iohn dun u8eä. dein crutches ‘tu aftah de war wuz ovah. Den der wuz ol‘ Missy ICirriberton de gran‘inuthah. She wuz ‘cullar but prutty good, so wuz Marse‘s chilluns.“

	“01‘. Marse John had bout 20 slaves so de wurk wuzn‘t so bad on nun ob us. I kin jes‘ see dem ol‘ bindahs and harrows now, dat dey used den. It would shure look funny usin‘ ‘ein now.“~.

	ni all‘us got up fosh clock in de morhin‘ to git

I didn‘ t hurry nun ‚ ‚ cal se dat tak in de t line ‚„

	“Ouah manmiy neber ‘lowed de old folks to tell US chilluns sceery stories o‘ hants an‘ sich 11k‘ so der‘s nun 1~oah rae to ‘member.“

	..	“Travelin‘ wuz rather ab‘ 11k. De only way wuz in ox-carts or on hoss back. We all didn‘t hay much time fer travelin‘. Our ~arse wuz• too good to think ‘bout runnin‘ ‘way.“

	“Nun w faxn‘ly cud read er write. I lurned to read an write aftah :i own up Norf to Ohio. Dat wuz biggest thing I ebber tackled, but lt made me de happies ‚ aftah I lea.un‘ t .„

	“We all went to Sunday School ‘	‘ • Ye s sam, we had to wurk on Sundays, too, if we did hay any spare time, we went visitin‘. On Saturday nights we had big time foah der wuz toe‘ all‘us dancin‘ an‘ we ‚ d. dance long as de . can‘ les lasted. Can‘ les wuz all we had any time fur light.“ .

	“I ~z~ember one de neighb~th boys tried to run ‘way an‘ de patrollahs got ‘im an‘ fetched ‘lin back an‘ he shure dun got a wallopin‘ fer it.
in de cows an‘