Ex~s1r‘,ve Stor~ies	p~g~ Seven
(Texas)







Cornella w~ien Marse die, 1~a~ she don‘t ha~re none of him and h~ done ‘rent streigkit ‘w~r ~nd Icill hisseif,

	“One day a 1i~I 1ri~fl cöme~ ridin‘ by on ‚~ 11‘l ~un boss so f~.st you couldn‘t see d~t :rloss ted.]. a~‘sw1tchin‘, He whoopin‘ arid hollerin1. Us nig— gers ‚ gun whoop ~nd ho11~, too. i)en first thing ~rou know d~ Yanks ~nd de Democrats ‘gun to figrit right dere. Dey ~ hiwi old mountain front Marge‘s hou~e and de Yanks tg~ pepper cnnnon bal]. cLown from ~e top dat hill. De war met right dere ~nd dem Yanks r~nd Democ~ts fit for twenty-fo‘t.tr hours straight riinnin‘,

	“When de bullets starts rainin~‘ down, Marse call us and slip us w~y beck into de woocts, where it so black and deep. Next dey, when de fight over, M~rse come out with great big wagons piles fUJ.1 0±‘ mess-poke for us to eat. Dat what us call hog rne~it • Us sho‘ glad t o ~ scz~e from de Yankees.

	11~V~hen us driir back to ae plantation, sech a sight I never seen. Law, de thin~s I can tell. Dem Yanks have kilt men and women. I ~ babies pick up from de road with dere brains bust right out. One old iuan ~in drp.win‘ water and a cannon ball shoots him right in de well. Dey dr~ws hi~ up with de fish in‘ I Inc. Dey‘ s a old sugar boat out on de bi~you • with blood ~nd sugar ru.nnin‘ long

si~:te de busted barrels. :~Lasses run in cie ba~rou and blood run in de ait ches. Marse have de great big orcnard on de road. ~nd it wipe cleari as de whistle. Ballets wipe up everythin‘ ~nd bust dat sugar cane all to pieces. Dc house sot far back and ‘scape de bullets, imt, law, de time d~ev haves

	ftDeyP~$ awful, awful times after dat. À old cotton dress cost five dol~ lare ~fl(L a pound of cOffee cost five dollars and a pint cup flour cost six bit s.