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	.	“When I use to be in din~ing room service I would hear de white folks talk,

arid, d~ you know, Miss Sue you can hear a lot that way‘

	‘Moster said he couldn‘t sell me ‘cause I was so 1ittle,~ust kept me fur to wait 021 de little chillun in de house.

	“Mi 38 Sue, you‘ 11 have to give me something for tel ling you al 1 dis here, ~ it it ain/ nothing but a horse cake.

ni ‘ye seen lots of dis world in travel. Done bin to BaltimoreCity; done bin


~	to Phili4delphia.

ni amt gwine give you no more, gal.

~	/•~ “Yes, to Lynchburg, den I worked at Mont Royal School~ Baby ‚ where Mrs


V~cDanie1 was manager.
	‘~The man gwirie say, „ dat woman bin some where. „ If I stayed long enough I

	migh4a got some learning but I stayed only one year. Got tired of that place. From ~ one sea Bon to another is a year, amt it? Mi I Lord~ ~ -

	“Young folks now adays are just fur~ a- good time, anda good time too they have. Yes, Siree BobZ

	“Gwine stop now, Miss Sue, amt gwine give you no mo ‚ • Man gwine say, Miss Sue, where in the devil did you get this stuff~ Gal, you are a mess. You gonaa write most ai 1 dat book about De lia . Go on now, date nough.

~	il In . dem days chi 1 lun were chi I lun, now every body is grown.. Chi 1 lun then were seen and not heard. when old persons came around ~uma sent us out and you better not be seen. Now every body~grown. Make the man laugh.

	“I‘ve always enjoyed good health.~ver had a Doctor in my life,not even when my chillun wuz born. Dis rubbing when people got pain just rubs it in. Eating so

much and late hour s i s cause you young fo Iks dying . Al I muma ‚ s chi I lun wuz healthy.
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	‘food in dem day8, yes~muma fed us good vituals from white folks. I tell you,

we had good owners. I didn‘t see sun set when I wuz a child,Always went to bed early,