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too dat ~1assa William8 was rauh pappy, Ah tell yuh suppin‘ else. Got uh brother libin‘ ret on diř here etreet~ one denntoof doctors, yuh lcnow.what pulle yer teef.

Cose he‘s white. But tain‘t knowed ‘ro~‘ here. ‘Twould ruin him. He‘s a nice itan though. Uster go tuh see muh sonan‘ his wife, lots uh times. Yes dey‘s good frientas

	Ye, dey had overseers. $onietiiae dey call dera stewards. Had colored uns too. Massa Scott had white overseers, good. man though; but Massa Nottin‘ham, he had big black boss on his p lace, c~~‘ ‘member his name. He am ‚ had to git no p ‘mission tuh come tuh our place. He j‘ come afl‘ goes when he gits ready.

	Kin ah ‘member de war? Yes, indeed~ ‘Member jes‘ lak ‘twas yestidy. Well dey had a stow down de conner f‘om Massa‘B plantation, an‘ de~al‘ys sen‘ me tuh stow fo‘ tuh buy things. Uster go down dere, an‘ dem..Yankees be sittin‘ all ‘long de road wid dey blue coats; ret pret-ty site ~ twas. But ah‘ s sceard tuh deaf, when ah gits neah ~ Ah gits what ah wants f‘orn de stow, afl‘ flys pass ‘em. Dem Yankees show had. dey way. Dey went in all de white folks house; tek dey silver, an‘ inythirig dey big ~ nough carry out. Jes ‚ ruin ~Aissus furniture ; get up on de tab le an‘ jest cut capper. Nasty things~ Den de Yankees goes ‘round at night~tek anybody dey wants tuh help ‘em fight. Twas dey “Civil right“. Got my Jake~ cose ah neber knowd hIm den. He twelve yeah oiler ah is. .

	Lernmie tell .yuh ‘bout inuh Jake, how he did in de war. He big man in dey war. He drill soldiers ev‘y day. Firs‘ he be inone dem companies — Company “C“ ah bliebe. Den he wucked up to be sergentS-Major, in de Tenth Regiment. Jacob ~ his name was. He say. a1~L look up tuh him an‘ ‚ spect him too. See dat „ Sowd“ 0V1 in dat conerJ ~t ~ s de ye ‚ y sowd he used in de war, an‘ ah kep.‘ ~ it ail dese yeahs. No de soldiers neber did no fighting ‘round here‘s ah know of. But plenty ob ‘em camped here.

	My Jake, he hansome man, he was. ‚ Member, how we firs ‚ got togeder . We al. 1 was tuh church one Sunday, an1 Jake he kep‘ cHin‘ up to me. An‘, ah lookin‘ at him outer de coner mub eye, till finally he come up an‘ took holt niuh han‘ e. ~ Twas af ‘t

I de war ah had growd up. Ah was In mub early teens den. Dey say. ah‘s de purtiet girl onde ~ An‘ whenJake ~ me got zna~r ~ ied, ev‘ybody said, “You show meks a purty .