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Dibble, Fred, PJ., Grey, Bernice, V.L, Beaumont, Jefferson, Dist. #3.



dem steps and den his foot be right at de stirrup. My daddy hoi‘ de stirrup for him to put he other foot in it.“ I “~ ~ big ‘miff to run after h~ni and ax him to gimrne

a dim~ He laugh and sometime he giinine de diiîie. Sometime he pitch it to me and I run and grab it up and say, ‘T‘ankee, n~arster,‘ and he laugh and laugh.“

	t~Q~t mistus she had a reg‘lar cook. Dat was my mud~

der‘s inudder. Eb‘ryt‘ing had to be jis‘ so, and eb‘ry-‘ t‘ing nice and clean. „

	“Dey didn‘ do no reg‘lar wi~& on Sunday. Eb‘ry Sunday one of de •ther wiinmins haftertek de place of de cook so she could git off. All of ‘em what could would git off and go to de chu‘ch for de preachin‘. Dem what turn didn‘ come one Sunday, would go anudder ‘till dey all got ‘roun‘ to go.“

	“Marster had two or t‘ree hundred head of cattle. My gran‘father, Guilford, had a mule and hoss of he own. Uncle Hank was his brudder, and he had de sheep department to look atter. Sometime de niggers git a hoss or a sheep over, den de marst‘er buy tj~j. Some of de niggers had a li‘l patch ‘rotin‘ dey cabin‘ and dey raise veg‘tabie. 01‘ niar~ eter he buy de veg‘table sometime. I didu‘ know what f ree