~1x..s1ave Stories (Texes)
Paie Five
In de hotel dininLroom, tcause l‘s workin‘ for de hotel man, 3. B. Goodhu.. De Rev. Elder Ven~b1 e ‚ what am de old. cullucl pre acher ‚ marri e s us • I dd‘ t git marry like in slavery time. l‘s got a great big marriage certif‘cate h4~ngin‘ on de wall of my house,

“I ‘lon~s‘to several lodges, deinights of Labor and. de Knights of Honor and de Pilgrims. I never hold no office. I~s jes de bench member. I‘s arnember

of de Live Lake Missionary Baptist Church.

	~I~s got de big house of my own, on de corner of Roberts Avenue and. San Antonio street. After my wife di., I gits de man to ~ and live dere with me.

Dat‘s all I knows,