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	Ex~1aVe Stories	Six
	(Texas)	~.






	I am hired. Dey lots of wood and stones 9nd brick and. trees and sich dein ‚ bi~ gans knock down.

~	“I ~goes back to ridin‘ de prairie and rides till l‘s 94 year old.

~	I stops de same year Mr. Joe H~bert dies. wi~en I quits I‘s out workin~, tendin‘ I Mr. Langham‘s chickens ~nd I forgits it Ch~istm~.s ~nd my birthday till Mr.

~	Lan~ham comes ridin‘ ou~t with my money. Dat‘s de last work I done and dat in

~	1931 and I‘s 94 year old, like I say. I bet dese nineteen Imnerd ni~ers ain‘t

~	gwine live dat ions.

~	“I didntt h~.d no chiUen..~ynay•first wife ~nd she been dead ‘bQut

~	7Q year now. My last wife flRJQC1 Ch~rio~te and she been dead 22 year and ~is i~ have 16 chilien. Dey six gals and ten boys and ten ain livin‘ now. Moss of I~. dem ~ too old to work now. I stays with Ada, here, ~nd she got a gif‘. She


i~	know what kind of herb ;:~rn good for rnedic~ne for diff‘rent ailments. She born ~ with a veil over de face and am wise to dem things. Dey‘ S de fever weed ~tnd


It de debil‘s shoestrin~~ and fleaweed cures neural~y ~nd toothache. Spanish ~ mulberry root, dat good for kidneys. When anybo~r g~t swolled feets give dein


I wild. grapevine. Prickly ash bark ~:ood for dat, too. Red. oak bark good for ~I~: women‘ s trouble s and puiipkin head for de heart . Camphor and. asafoet ida in de



F~ b~ round de neck good for de heart. Vlhen de chile git convulsion m~ike dein ~ drink I j VI bluiri‘ . Dat good for ~owed~.up folks ‚ too. It good for burns ‚