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good to eat.

	“Then we gits sick dey Jes‘ gives us some kind of tea, Ino$tly made from weeds. Moe‘ of de time we gits well.

	“When de news comes dat we was free our boss, lie say, ‘You tree now.‘ Course we was glad but we didn‘ know nothin‘ to do but Jes‘ stay on dere,and we did ‘bout three years and de boss paya us a little by de month ror our work.

	“I‘s lef‘ den den and comes to old Ben Fickl4n to work on a ranch. Dat was before dere was any San ~&nge1o,Tex‘~ ~ as. l‘s been here ever since, jea‘ a workin‘ from one ranch to another long as I was able. Now l‘s Je8‘ stayin‘ ‘round wid my ohillun and dey takes good care of me.“