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Oklahoma Writers‘ Project
	The Big Eouse set back from the big road. about a quarter of a mile. It was oniy one story, but it had. lots of rooms.

	There was four rooms in a bunch on one side and. four in a bunch on the other, with a wide hail in between. They was mad~e of square adzecl logs, all weatherboard.ed. on the outside and planked. up and. plastered. on the inside. Then they was a long gallery clean across the front with big Dillars made out of bricks and. plastered over. They called it the passage tcause it din‘t have no floor excepting bricks, and. a bi~gy could drive right under it. Mostly it was used to set under and talk and play cards and drink the best whiskey old Master could bizy.

	Back in behind the big house was the kitchen, and the smokehouse in another place made of plank, and. all was whitewashed. and painted white all the time.

	Old Mistréss was named Miss Susie and she was born an Isley. She brought 40 niggers from her pappy as a present, and Master Levi jest had 4 or 5, bu~ he had got all his land from his pappy. £he had the niggers and he had. the land.. ‘ s the way it~ was ‚ and that ~ s the way it stayed! She never let him punish one of her niggers and he never asked her about bi~ring or selling land. Her pappy was richer t1i~n his pappy, and she was sure qualityl

	My pappyts naine was Axithony, and matnxny~s name was Clianie. He was the blacksmith and fixed the wagons, but he couldn~t read and figger like uncle John. Ma~nmy was the head h9us e wo~nan but idn‘ t know any lett ers either.

	They was both black like ms. Old man Is].ey, where they come from, had lots of niggers, but Idóñ‘t think they was off the boat.

::.	~ * . You can set the letters up and I can~t tell them, but you can‘t fool me with the figgers, tless they are mighty big xrumbers.


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