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‘A bullfrog tied by its tail -to a stump,

It rear and it croak, but it couldn‘t make a jumpL‘

	“The white folks and. the niggers clap, stamp, throw hats, and laugh; finally, marchin‘ up to the table to grab daddy axid carry him up the street on their shoulders. He keep sayin‘: ‘Boys, why don‘t you let me finish n~r speech?‘ They would laugh and say: tpaul, you done made de best spe~èch in de worldL‘ Daddy win at the ‘lection, in a big way.

	“~T daddy learn to read, write, and cipher while he was a slave. The Jenkins family help hirn, he say, ‘cause he always keep the peace, and work as he was told to do. When he‘s set free, that white family help him get settled and loaned hi.m books. lie ~o to Charleston tbout 1860. and buy an armful of books and studied at night or whenever he had the chance. That is why he was able to make the political races which he make and profit by. He send me and my brother, Edgar, to school, so that we learn a good deal in books. Edgar, he fidgitty lak, and decide he go to Pennsylvania and make a fortunet

	“Edgar got work in a steel mill at Johnstov~n, soon after he got there, and had considerable money, ~ien he was sent to the hospital with pneumonia. He pull through that sickness and go back to his job, but the big flood come (May 31, 1889) and~ the girl he was to marry was among the 2,000 unknown people who was drowned~ and he never has n~rried -~ peculiar lok our daddy, don‘t you think? I just been married to one. She is 68 and l‘s 70 and I i~.y say we‘s through, toot

	“I specialized on bridge-buildin‘. I has helped build a sight of bridges in n~r t ime ‚ travelint as far as i9 Terni • ‚ In that work. I has made oodles of ir~‘ney, but n~ do liars always has wings and, one way or the other, they get away from me. Still me and n~j old woman not sufferin‘ nu~oh and ~we hopes, when we goes away for good, we goes together.“