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d~e Academy and. stayed. three yeeàs. I married. a man dat belonged. to Master Holmes1 cousin. His name was Colbert, too. I bad. a big we&ding. Mus Betsy and~ a lot of white folks come and. stayed for dinner. We danced. all evS*in~ and. after sapper we started again and. d.ance& all night ath 1e next day aixi d~e next night. ‘ d. eat awhile axt~ den we ~ &ance awhile.

	My Imsbancl and. I ha~ nine chulth~en ar~1 now Itve got seven grandehil&ren. My husband. has been dead. a long time.

	My sister, C1~aney, lives here close to me but her mind. bas got feeble and she ant t recollect as nuich as I can, I live wi th my son and. he~-i a mighty good. to me. I ~ow I aine t long for dis world but I don~ t mind. for I has lived a long time an& Vll have a lot of frtend.s in de other ~rl& a~. I WOn~t be lonesome.