~1~s1ave Stories	. Page Three 44 (Texas)





de Pattersons, and we been here 23 years now.

“OEhosties? I was takin‘ care of a white msn when he died. and.

I seed. something tbout three feet high ~~nd black. I reckon I must have fainted ‘cause they has de doctor for me, And. on dark nichts I seed.

ghesties what has no head.. ~ Dey looks like dey wild ~nd dey is all in dif~

ferent performance. When I coin‘ down de road. and fee]. a~ hot steam and look over my shoulder I can see ‘em plain as y~ st~n&in‘ dere. I seed. ‘em when ~y wife was with me, but she can‘t see ‘em, ‘cause some people ain‘t ~1fte& to see ‘es,