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three months an~ di~ amt ~o lie. Ulee Sue, he never got close to me ‘c~use murna had aed ‘~n‘t let no body bother yo‘ principle~‘cause dat wuz all yo‘ had. I ‘bey my muma, an‘ toi‘ him ‘807 and I said to go an‘ ask ~u~a an‘ et e~e 5•d he could get cloee to ~e hit ~as airight. AD“ he an‘ I went to gether to aee and aek Lauma.

	Den intima eaid ~‘Come here chi1lun,~and ehe began tellin‘ me to please my husband, an‘ ‘twa~ my duty as a wife, dat he had mar~ed a pu‘fect lady.“

	Dees here chillun don‘t think of deir principle. Run purfectly wild. Old women too . Dey ai~ ‘t all ‘est true to one ‚ but have tao.

	Je. what is gittin‘ ir[t~ cue generation; is hit de wor]. ‚ comiri‘ to an end?

	Kt~ had haZ I goin ~ tel‘ yo‘ som‘thin‘ else

	I had a young man to come to see me ś~e	‘ an ‚ he s.d die to me, ~ .~oore“ “Let me jin my fence to your plantation.

	:i give him his hat. I say, Mno‘~ yo‘ go yo‘ way an‘ I go mine. I wz through wid him, an ‚ mind ‘ I from thi.t da ‚ ‘t il di e ami knowed what he wuz talkin‘ ‘bout an ‚ wuz a ehamed to ask mura; but I thought he insulted me.“

	I didn‘t never go to school. Had to work an‘ ana working now an‘ when hit breaks good weather, I go fishing. And who works dat big garden out dar? No body but me.“ •

	You know I‘m mother of eleven chillui~,an‘ ‘tie seven living an‘ four of dem ded.