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	~7~s1ave Stories	?a~e Two	5G
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tallow to make it firmer. Dcv tie one end ~ wick on c~ stick ~cios~ de r~old ~nd pi~i± in de raelt«~d wa~ and tallow.

s, Dey h~ve a ta~ble~ ~ b~nch~s, too. BLIt a chair de rrire thing in a cabin.

:)ey In~)k~ SOL~. with th~ split hick‘ry or rawhide bottom, Dey h~ve hay mattress.

Dc ticidnt ~ rice s~çk~. Us h~ve ~1Ud chirnniy. Dey fix sticks like ~e lpdder

a~ mix mud and moss and gr~ss in wh~‘t dey call$ ‘c~‘ts‘. ~ey have rock backs,

and, ‘nan, us h~ve a shot ‘n•~~h fire in ‘cri. Put ~. st~k lrng as me &nd big as

~	porch post in dat fireol~c‘, Tn cold wer~th~r det l~st all ci~ and all night. UWhefl de parents workint in de field, somebody look after de chilien. De

manimies come in and nuss dem when t~rae come. ‚~ ‘vhlte folks nev~r put on ~ on de chilien till dey twelve, fourteen years old. Dey all wear de straight—rut slip. Dey give de li‘]. gals ~ slip dress ~zrid li‘l panties. In wintertirn~ dey give de boys de 11‘l coat and pants ~‘nd shoes, but no dr~wera or unnerwe~ Dey give dem h~rd nisset sho~s in wintertime, Dey have brass toes. Dey plenty dur‘ble. In surni~iertime us didntt see no shoe.

	‚I L~a;sa Looney jes‘ as fine de mnn ~s ever ni~ike tracks. Christmas time

corse, he give ‘em a few dollars ~nd scy go to the store and buy what us want. He give all de li‘]. nigger chilien ~if‘s, jes‘ like he o~. He ~it de jug of whi~skey and plenty e~~s and make d.c big ~g~iog for everybody. He treat us cLilud folks jest like he treat he own fain‘ly. He never take no liquor ‘cept at Christrn~.s. He give us lots to eat at Christmas, too.

	“Sometime old miss~î corne out ~xid call all de Ii‘l nig~ers in de house to play with her chilien. When us eat us have de tin plate and cup. Dey give us plenty 11111k axid butter snd ‘taters and sich. Us all set on de floor and make ‘way with dera rations.
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