Code No. ~	No. We~d~_____
Project, 1~5-.(i)	Reduced fi~ocLiworda
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by
Place, Marion, 8.0,	__________________
Date, December 26, 1937	~j~e ~


MOM RY~R ~MWU~L
	Ex-Slave, Age 7~	39041‘?


	NWeii, hOw you feelin die rnornin, honey? I had. tell MiSS Sue dat I would be keepin a eye out dat door dere en when I is see a car stop up to de house, I would try en make it UP dere dis niornin. Yee,mam, Ïis~ 8ue tell rue you was coriiin today en I promise her I would be up dere, but I aim‘ been feelin 80 much to speak bout die rnornin. Den you see, I know I gwine be obliged to run down to de woods en le tch rue up some wood en kindi in fore night fall • I been tspect to make ~oota break me up some splinters, ‘but he alu‘ no count worth nothin. Yes,mam, he my grandson. Cose I tries to knock bout eoznewhe‘ en let me get out In de gotton patöh, I Can put in a good sturdy job ‘any day. You see, my eyes does be pretty good Cause dey got on dey second glove, I say. Can see good to my age. But oh, ~y Lord, right in my chest here, it does thua~p sometimes just like a drum beatìn in dere en I can‘ never stand to hurry en walk hard no more ~ dese days . „
	NN0,marn, it don‘ bother me noways to leave dat door open.

I keeps it dat way bout all de time, so as I can look out en

see what gwine along de road dere • What de matter ‚ honey, you

don‘ loves to smell dem chitlin I got boum dere on de stove?

I hear some people say dey can‘ stand no chitlin scent nowhe~

bout dein, but I loves dem so much dat it does make my mouth