~x.‘s1aYS Stories	~ Two
(Texas)




ests at de saie tiRe aß de whit• folk., right where sassa kin watch

•em, and if dey not snc~~tgh to eat, he say, ‘How ~o.e? What de natter with de i~ooks?1

	“E. live in a twoœstory h*ime builded. out of l~aber and ai 1 ‘round in de yard was de quarter.. Dey nake oat of logs and nest has a little patch de anisa ~1ows t.*, and. what dey raise dey own. My daddy raise cotton each year aM he rai.. sweet ‚ taten and bank ~ im.

	~Dey hai Georgia hossee in de ~p~art.rs. Dey was den bed places ~hat de niggers slip ‚ on, Dey bores holes ii~ ô.. wall of d. house and makes di frime of de bed. aM put. cotton mattress and quilt on den.

De white folks hawe ho~xse make bedsteads, too. i» first bought bed I ae, was a plumb stoniahment to me. It have big poattee to hang

‘skeeter bar ~ De chairs was h~simake too, with de White oak splits for de bottoma~

	“Massa he didn‘t go to de wg, but h. sent he oldest boy, call John. Ei~ talces my daddy ‘long to feed. de stock and like dat. I g~a to de ceap ones to es. my daddy and stays a good. while. Dey fun‘ to fight de Ta~ee and dey rest and eat and talk. Dey shoot at de r fie

rii~g and d~ey make den practise all dey got to know to b~e good soldier, aWh.n freedon come ‘long, massa lin. us all up by de gallery

end say, ‚ You is you own wonen and men. Ton is free. Iffen yoi~ wt s

to stay, I gives yœi land and a te and grocsriss. Iiy daddy stays. NI marry long tine after freedom and raise‘ two batith of chilien.

My first wife ha~s sight and my second. wife have nine.
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