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she said ‚ I g ue s s I wuz t b out 12 ~ t ar s o le t e n I lt rush Missis en utah mammy brought me ter Nashvi. lie en p~t me ter wuk. i~e ~iawnjnt I ]~ft rush MiS8iS, I went ter de Court House en •met mali m8~rmiy ; de C ourt room wuz jammed wid peeple . De Jedge tole me ter hold my right • hand up, I wuz so skeered I stuck both hands up. Jedge sezs, “Frankie ez dat yo mammy‘?“ I sezs ‚ “t ~ ‚ she sezs she ez ‚„ ~ (W‘ at did I know ob a mammy dat wuz ~tuk~ftzm me at six weeks ole). He sezs, “Wuz yç~ Marste~ good ter you?“ I sezs~ “Mah Misais wuz, but mah Marster wann‘ t - b~e whup‘d me .„ De ~Iedge said ‚ “Whar did he whu.p you?~ I tole bi~n on ~ah back. He seZS, “Frankie, ez you laughin‘?“ I sezs, “No, sir.~‘ He said ter ~ah mammy, “Lucindia.tek dis chilee~ be good ter her fer she has b‘en mistreated. Sum day she can ruek a livin‘ fer you.“ (En thank de Lawd I did keep

~	he r in her o le day s en wuz ~ ab le t e r bury . ) At d at t luis money wuz ealled.chin plaster en wien I 1er‘ out ob~de court room diff‘ ent peeple gib me nioney en ~ I had mah hat aituos‘ full.J Dat wuz da only money I had gib ter me.

	I ~ Miss sadie PopeFaU; she njatrjed Mat Gardner0 I also fltLSøSd Mies $ue Porter Housto~. I denwukid at de.ßline

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	De f~ist pa‘r ob shoes I eberhad wuz atter I kui~ ter Nashville. Dey had high tops sri wuz oalledbootees. I had sum red striped socks wid. dem. ~

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