E~s1ave St•ries	p~• ~~•‚
(Texas)







HSperrjtst I used ti et~e dem, I ecart of dem. Semetiine dey ls*s

nat‘ral and sometime like de sh~d~w. Iffen day liok like de shad•w, jus‘ k~p on leokin‘ at dein till d.7 1•okB nat‘r:~1. Iffen y,u walks ‘l.ng, dey coiie right up side ~ïou. Iffen you isoks •ver y.u left shoulder, yiu see dem. ~ Dey makes de air fee]. warm ~nd yu hair rise up, and s.i~etime dy giv•s you~ de cold chills. Yllib C~U feel it when dey with ylu. I sit here and seed dem standin‘ in dat gate. Dey goes rii~rnd like dey ione when dey ~ Sime say dey can‘t cress water,

	‘II heared talk of de bad insuth. L •ld aman put bad msuth on ysu and shake her hand at y.u, ~nd ~ de day dine you gwine be in de acciden‘.

	t, I seed de Kl~L Klux. P. ‚ Cajans and redbon.s ‚ I calls des. Dey might t, be sleepin‘. One time I seed a man hartgin‘ in de wood when I~n pickin‘ black-‘ berries. Eis t•ng~xe hangin‘ sut and de tuzzards fly down on he sh~ilder. De bree :1 sot him t• swingin‘ and. de buzzards fly •ff. X tells de psopis and dey takes him down t~ bur~r, He a fine,young cullud man. I don‘t know why dey done it~ Dat after peace and de Yenke~s dGne gone back home.

	“I been here in Texas a g..d while, and it such a r•ugh read it got my ‘membrance all stir up. I never been t. scheel, cause I bound sut t. work. I lives with my daughter and die child here my grandchild. . I can‘t ‘aember no mirs, ‘cause my head ain‘t giod as lt used. to be.