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riot his daddy. No use to put down dere in writing just who his pappy was. tt3tealjflg was de main crime • De whippin‘s was put on de backs ‚ and

if you scowled, dat would git you a whippin‘ right dere and then.

	t, tes sir, dere is haunts, plenty of them. De devil is de daddy arid they is hatched out in de SWampso MY brother say they is demons of hell and has de witches of do earth for their hosses.

	“De neighbors ‘bout was de Neils, de Rawls, de Sinithe, and de Mobleys. iarSe Ed Mobley was great for huntin‘. Marse General Bratton was a great sheep raiser. In spite of dat, they got along; though de dogs pestered de

sheep and de shotguns peppered de dogs son~tirx~s.

	“My marster was a general in de Secession War. After dat, him a con-•

~- trouer of de Stateo Hirn run old ‘Buttermilk‘ ~al1ace out of Congress. Then
	he was a Congressman.	-

	tMymistross was Miss Bettie. Eier was a Dußose0 lier child, Miss Isa. bella, marry some big man up North and their son, Theodore, is de bishop of de high ‘Piacopal Church of Mississippi.

	ttNow I repeats de question: Does you think I‘s a fool just ‘cause l‘a born on dat füst day of April, 1852?

	“You rxade me feel religious askin‘ aU them questions. Seeuii.ike a voice of all de days dat am gone turn over meandpress on de heart, é~nd dis room ‘feet. me like was in a church. If you ever pass de Canaan place I‘d be mighty happy to ses you again.“ -