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	“Who was n~r brothers and sisters and where is they? Brother Ben arid Sister ~ainie is dead and in glory. flat‘s all de chillun n~ami~r had a chance to have, ‘cause she was a good woman and would never pay any ‘tention to de men slaves‘on de Propst place. 11er was faithful to pappy through thick and thins whichever it be.

	“I doesn‘t ‘~mber imich tb~t de Yankees, though I does ‘members de Ku Klux. They visit pappy‘s house after freedom, shake him, aud.~threater~, dat,if hint didn‘t quit listenin‘ to them low-down white trash soalawags and oarpetba~gbers ‚ they would cone back and whale de devil out of him, and dat de Klan would take notice of him on tiection day.

	“‘Vihen I was ‘bout seventeeti years old, I come to de Boro (Wixmsboro) one Saturday evenin‘ and eon a tall willowy gal, black she was but s~hixiy, puttin‘ them foots of her‘n down on de pavement tua pretty gamecock pullet kind of way, as if to say: ‘Roosters look at me.t I goes over to Mr. Landecker‘s store, de Mr. Lendeoker dat marry Miss Mamie Propet, and I begs him to give n~ a cigar. I lights dat cigar and pute out after~her. I ketches up wid her just as she was commt out of Mr. Sailing Wolfe ‚ s Jew store. I brush up ~ giust her and say:

Exouse me lady.‘ Her say:	‘I grants your pardonMister. I ‘spects smoke got in your eyes and you didn‘t see me.‘ I say: ‘Well, de snake is out of my eyes now and they will never have sight for any other gal but you as long as I live.‘ Black as she was, her got red in de face and say: ‘Who is you7‘ I say: ‘Torn Rosboro. What might be your name, lovely gal?‘ Her say: ‘My name is Nattie

Nelson.‘ I say:	‘Please to rne~t you, Sugar Plum.‘ Her say: ‘I. live ;dOWU at

Simpson‘s Turnout. Glad to have you corne down to see me sometime.‘ After dat us ~ a nisetin‘ in Wixmsboro ‚ every Saturday ‚ ‚ til one day us ~ went ‚ round to Judge Jno. J. Neue‘ law office and him married us. Me and I&~t have our trials