Ex~e1aire Stories	P~€e Six	~ .	41)
(Texas)






I dontt w~xit any sich ‘gain. Dere am men carzyln‘ de d~ec~d off de field, but dey can‘t keep up with de cwinons. I helps bary de dead and den I gits sent to Murphysboro and dere it am jus‘ de same.

	‘tYo~t knows when Abe Ljncoln am shot? Well, I~s in N~ehville den and it am near de end of de war and I am standin‘ on Broadway Street talkin‘ with de sergeant when up walk a man and him shakes hands with me and says, t s pr oud. t o n~ cet a brave ‚ young fell ow like yr~~i ~ ~ Dat man an Andrew Johnson and him come to be president after Abe‘s dead.

	ItT stays in Nashville when de war am over and I ma~rries Tennessee House in 1875 and she died July 10th, 1936. Dat make 61 year dat wetuns am togedder. Her old missy am now livin‘ in Arlington Heights, right

here in Port Worth and her name ~m Mallard and she come from Tennessee, too.

	UI cernes here fr~ Tennessee 51 year ago and at fast I fz?rms and den I works for de packin‘ plante till dey lets me out, ‘cause I~s too old for to do ~ work for dem.

	“I has eight boys and three girls, dat make eleven chilien, and dey makint soatterment all over de c~intry so l‘s alone in my old age. I has dat $17.00 de month pension what I gits from de State.

“Dat am~ de end of de road.