lx.Sleve Stories	Pa~ Two	.	i~c~
(Texas)		‚	V“







	N~Ie~Ufle hae lots of ausic on dat place ‘c~iss de maz‘ster, he de good fiddler and he learns s~e of us nigger. to play de

fiddle and de banjo. Is gits together and. has de ~tuic,‘stng aM ~Ie~cs. If I thinks tbaat darn d~s now I can see w&uns daiciu‘ and heer de .tngin‘ or da 01‘ songs, sieh like 01 Black Joe aM Swanee Ri~.r. Iffen I t~iinks too much ‘bout &e~ deys, tear. comes in di. ol‘ nigger‘. eye.. i~m wer, de he~py days of my~ life.

In dem days, we1uns not know what em aoney, never have any. What for we‘u.ns need it? I‘se mors happy den, dan I been since, With aoney.

	“De aareter am scart for to loss all de hosses end everything, ‘cens. diy takes it for de arey man, so he gits to thinicin‘ 1b01;Lt novin‘ to Texas. D. war warnt‘ over ehen h• goes to T.xas end takes all us nigger. with hin. De roads ~1em da~ys am not so good. ~o oridges over de rivers~ ~cept de biggee‘ ones. IiO~i OX tises we‘Uns has to push for help de hosses pull de wagons outta de ~udho1e, sud W,‘uns Is over a montt~ getting to Williams Co~nty. I~ ranter rents de land dere and. we st~s for one crop, and. den we all goes to Travis County, viiar mareter settle for to raise de wheat.

	~When fr.edon c~i•s, de ~arater says we‘uns has to work for wage. aM buy all de food and de elothss and everything dat we~uns gits. Dat‘s not so easy. At first he p~. me $5.00 a month and den paya me $10.00 de Month. After three years X a~ite and rents a fern