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rL~eet1fl~S in their o~n cabine where they could sine in‘a~r ands)texrraa ~iueh as

they‘ wiahe~. “X nebber wiU fer“git the last prayer aeettng US hrid~Y‘r«aarked ‚
~rs. ~7r4wC ~vona~ xie~ed ~nt Patsy and i~nt Prudence c~ over fron the next

~lant~tton. I believed they elipped over Vera wid out gittin a peee~any3~ay)

ti~ey olr raaster c~s there and w~Ai ~)jčOd ‘~a and i~i~e ‘~a go home. I reckin he

thought us wuz praying ter ~4t free. Continuing — I nebber Will fe~git the tust tii~e I set eyes on thei~ thai‘ Yankeee.

I ~one already heard ‘bout how they wuz &~oing round ter the different plan— t~ tiOfl8 t~kiflR thO hOI‘BOS tAud c~irr~rtn~ rnvay the money and other vRluable ‚ htng~.~‘

but they had nebbor coeie ter our ~)laCe~O this day I ea~ ‘em coning cross the

rai lroi~ track and they look jest lack tbunder there wuz so many •~y ~ ~h.n

they ~ot ter our house every body im~ sleep an~ they knocked an~ knocked.

e h~ a bad dO~ tilEit didfl‘t take no fooltshnea~ ~~obod~ so ehen be kept b~rkin~ th~ Yankes au3~ed him and do you know he heeh.~ up.~‘ I ei d ‚ „ ear Lord what sort of wan is tb~t all he ~ot ter do li curio thitt dog : rid h. ~on‘t even ~rewl~ •d~U) Wh~fl they finally got in ~ll they wanted wuz ter know if ~ r. ~yrd could help feed the sol~iera until Monday. Ti‘. }~yrd told ‚~ h ;~ould. ~oon after that the wt~r ended an~ we vuz c~l1ed tez~ gather ~.nd told U8 Wt1Z ti‘~ • 5Ś~~ UV ‚ ~ stayed there anti ec~e uv‘ eś left • Us left rind n~ved ter anotLt~r plantation.“

	~2 • 1~yrd who had previ 0w31y given the writer an tntervie~ on f olk-lor as~e~ the ~triter to return at a later d~te and ah. would try to think up ~re infor~iation concerning superatitions~ conjure )~~et~f, ~riie writer t~an~eci her tor trie intervie~v and prŚdßed to ~iake another visit aoon.