gtories Fron‘ Ex.-Slaves
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about 1-ijilh in de Yorkvillelnquirer at~cï dey still has dat paper over dar t il 1 ri ow . De Re a Sh ir t s e orne al o n~ a rici g ot Wade Hampt on in . He scared de Yankees anc~ Carpetbaggers aric~ all sech Loiks as dein away ~‘rorn our country. Dey went back whar dey come rrom, I reckon.

	“De Ku Klux was de terriblest folks dat ever crossed my cath. ~ho dey was I ain‘t never know‘d, but dey took Alex Leech to Black‘s Ford on Bullet Creek and killeci him for being a radical. it was three weeks beTh‘ his folks got hold of his body.

	“Dr. Bell‘s calves got out arid d1~. ri6t come back ±or a 1on~ time. I~i1TS. Bell ±~ear‘d dat dey vvas ~itting wild, so she sent de milk ~iri down on de creek to ~it dem calves. Dat girl had a ti~ne, but she found ‘em arid drove ‘em back to de lot. De calves give her a big criase arid jumped de creek near a bi;~ raft ot logs dat had done washed up from freshets. ~~U1 over dein logs she saw possums, ~i~usrats arid buzzards a~setting arounci1 She took her stick ana ctrove dem all ciW!ai, vvid dem buzzards puking at her. ~Jhen dey had. left, she see‘d uncle ~Uex laying up dar halt e‘t up by all dem varmints.

	“She know‘d dat it must be him. When she left, dem buz.~ zards went back to deir perch. First thing dey done was to lap up dejr own puke beTh‘ dey started on uncle Alex again. Yes sir, dat‘s de way turkey buzzards does. Dey pukes on folks to keep dem away, and you can‘t go near kaise it be‘s so nasty; but dem buzzards don‘t waste nothing. Little youni~ buzzards looks like down till dey gits over three days old. You can ~o to a buzz~rd roost and see for your~ self, but you skiD better stay out‘ri de way o±~ de old buzzara‘s puke. Dey sets around de little ones and keeps everything off by puking.

	“Pacolet use~ to be called Buzzard Roost, aaise in de old. days dey had. a rail outside de bar~room dat de drunks used~to nang