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!X-SLATE STORIES ~	Paie Two ~ : ~ ~(Texas) ~ ~1 48







	Dre a big ~artg of white and. cullud chilien on de plantation but Dr. Sneed d.idn‘t have no chilien of he own. De neighbor white chilien caine over dere arid pLayed. U~ rip and. play arid fight and. kick up ii~ heeiB, and go on~ Massa never ~low~no whippi& of de chilien, He make dein pick rocks up and m~ce fences ouSt dem ‚ but he d.1&n ‚ t ‚ low ~ no chilien work in de field till dey tbout fourteen . De real old folks dIdn ‚ t work in de fields ne I ther ‚ Dey s ot ~ r ound and kn.i t so cks and mend de ~ shoes and harne ~ s and stuff. ~

	tiMassa John mighty good to us chilien. He allus give us a 11,].

Pl ece money every Sunday. When he ‚ d gi t In he baggy t o go to Austin to sell butter, de chilien pile in dat buggy and. all over him so you couldn‘t see him and he‘d hardly see to drive.

	“Us had. possum and rabbit and. fish and trap birds for catin‘. Dere all kind. wild green dein days . Us jus ‚ ~o . irr de woods and git Wild. lettuce and irnistard and leather~britches and polk sz~1ad and watercress, all us want to eat. Us kilt hawgs and put up de lard by de barrel. tie thresh wheat and take lt to de li~l watermill at Barton Creek to griùd.. Dey‘d. only grind two bushel to de

family, no matter how big dat	family, tcause dare so many foIk~ and it euch a ç
small mill. ~	~

	“Each family have de li‘ 1 garden and ~rai se turnips and cabbage and sweet 1tatere and. put dem in de kiln meke from corn stalks aud cure dem for winter eat in ‚ • Us have home~ake clot hes and brogan shoes ‚ ~ caine fr oiu Austin or some place. Us chilien wear fr-~° t ill us ‘bout thirteen. ~ ~ .‚

~	«Massa ltYe IA de b1~ two..story rock hou5e and have he ‘office and drug~ . ~ ‚ ~

st ore in one e~‘ d. de bou,e. Missy ~m have no ehiUen~ so,ft~k.‘ dOPt one from
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