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	III	went ter schul at Fisk a short time, w‘en bit wuz ‚ neah 12th en Cedar, en a w‘ile down on Chuch St. Mah teacher

a13.t~s bragged on me fer bein‘ clean er~ neat. I d1d~‘t git. much schuling, mah daddy wuz lak meat oie folks, he though ef~n you knowd yo a, b, c‘s en could read a line, dat wuz ‘nuff. En he hired me out. Dunno wiat dey paid me, for hit wuz paid. ter mah daddy.

UI w~Z hi;r~d ter a Mrs. Ryne fer ylars, whar de Loveman

store ez now. Dere wuz a theatre whar Montgomery Ward store ez, a ]~ot ob de theatre peepie roomed en bo‘ded wid Mrs. Ryne, en déy would gib me passes terde shol en I‘d slip up in de gailtry en watch de shoe • I co~id~‘ t read a wud but I ‚ joyld

.	goin‘ • Mah daddy wuz a driver ter Mr. Ryan.

UI nussed fer a Mrs. Mitchell e~ she had a boy in schal.

. .	One summer ~he went ‘w~. A Mrs. Smith Wid 10 boyswan.ted me ter ataywid heii ‘tilMrs. Mitchell got back.en I staid en laked

dem s.o~ well dat I wouli:in go back ter Mrs. Mitchell‘ s.

..	t,.1 went ter Memphis en matied George Grisham in I87O~ . He jinned de army, a~ bant leader, went ter San Antonio, Texas en I kuni back ter Mrs. Smith‘s en stayed ‘til her mammy lost her rninc~. Mah huaband d*.ed in Texas, fum heart tx‘uble, All h.is th1~ga: WUZ sent back ter me, en eve‘y month I got a .4~3O.OO pension fer me en maki daughter. W‘en s~be wuz 16 dey cut ~t

dowXie.n:I ~1y git$12.00 now,
.	. I edj‘cated fl~ daughter at Fisk; ~ shets bin teachini

~ch~i .siz~c~e 18.93. She buy dis place en we live tergedder. We ~ab good b~alth en both ez happy. I hab a t oman kurn evey ~o~4ay en wash fer ~s.



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