j~L.SLAV~ STORXXS	Paie Two
(Texas)




fies and de sleeves come to my elbow ptu‘ty like. We she1 hai. d.e finest kind~ of a time when Cinto and me gits aarri~ed, we—all fi shea down ~n de b2yOu ~1l day long. Marse John marry us right out of de Bible.

tu were bre~and bern in 1~o. 2 Ca~np over thar, but it called

~cNeel Plantation at Pleasant Grove in them days. It was Greenville Li~cNeel‘s brother an~ his sister, Nancy, marry Dave Ran~1on. When my marster and wife separate, de wife took part de slaves and d.c marster took some others and us tnd we corne down here,

	UI had. five brothers and one sister and I jus‘ ‘member, Cinto‘s step-pappy try cross ~e ribber on ~‚ iot~ in hir~h water and. a ‘ld alU~ator swaller him right up.

	“My marster ~nd his missy were mi~hty good to us, mighty good. We used. to wear good clothes —— real purty clothes —— most as go~. as dat Houston cloth you—all wearin‘. And~, she‘ ‘nough, I h~‘d some purty red. russet shoes. When we—all rei~tl good, Marse John used to cive us small money to buy with. I spent moe‘ of mine to buy clothes. ~ie used. to go barefoot and. only when I go to church ~nd dances I wore my shoes.

	“We sho‘ h~ some good dances in my youn~ days, when I was spry. “e ttse& to cut all kind. of steps, de cotillion and de w~.ltz and de shotty (schottische) and. all de rest de c3.ances of dat time. 1~y preacher ~tsed to wimp me d Id. he hear I go t O dance s ‚ but I was a r i~ht smart dane in ‚ gal. ‚~ I Was little and. sprite ~n& at]. dem yo ~ rig bucks want to d~ancs€~ with me.

	“Cinto di&n‘t know how to 10 no step, but he could fiddle. Der. was a •l~. SOflC which come bask to me, ‘Rich heels and Calico Stockin‘s.‘

‘Pare ~•~L well, Miss Nancy Hawkins,
Ei~•h heel shoes and. calico stockin‘s.‘
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