see ~i da t )‘ae had rn edle I n e en I o 0km‘ a t te r ‚ en e t he wuz bad 8 ~ ck Marse Billie had de white folks doator corne see ‘bout ‘ixr~.‘

	“Did us hey shoes? Yŕ~s JIa‘ am us had shoes. Dat wuz all oie ~‘egieg wi~iz good fer, jes ter rrek shoes, en fix shoes atter dey wuz ‘bout ter give out. Pegleg made de 5VT~ day shQes for Marse Biiii~‘~~ own ch11iun~, ‘cept flO~!t en den Marse Billie fetched ‘cri h~n~ corne sto‘ bought shoes fun Yools.“

	“Yassuiri, us sho‘ wuz skeered er ghosts. • Den] days when de Way won‘ t long gone, niggers sho‘ wuz skert er graveyards.~ los‘ evvy nigger kep‘ ~: rabbit foot, kaze ghosties~ wone gYîir~e bodder nobuddy dat; hed er let‘ hind foot frum er graveyard rabbit. Dein days dar v1uz r:O~t allus woods ‘round de graveyards, en it uz easy ter ketch er rabbit e:z he loped outer er graveyard. lawey, Miss Sarah, dose days Ah sho‘ wouldn‘t er been standin‘ hyar in no graveyard taikin‘ ter ennybody, eben in wide open daytirne.~ ~

/~%~ “:E:n you ax Ttuz dey enny thing else uz wuz skert uv? Yassuii,us

‚ ~Ilu~ did git r~oughty oneasy cf er scritct ~wl hollered et night. •

~	Pappy ud hop right out er his bed en stick de fire shovel en de

~	coals. Effen he did dat rat q~uick, en look over ‘1s let‘ shoulder

~	~thi:.st. de ~hov~l gittin‘ hot, den r~aybe r~o nigger ~ine die dat week

___~_on dat ~lantation. ~n us nebber did lak ter fine er hawse tal].

hair en de hawse tr~ug!i, kaze us wu~ sho‘ ter meet er snake f0‘ l~g.“.

~	“Yassuri, us h3.~1 chawms fer heap er things. Tie got ‘em fumer oie

~	Injun ‘o~nan dat lived crost de crick, Her sold us chawins ter rn~k de mens lak us, en chawms dat would ~it er boy baby, ~r anudder kind er chaxn~ efferi yer rant er gal baby. Miss Margie alms scold ‘bout de ch2:wr~$, en riek us shamed ter wear ‘em, ‘cept she doan mine et US wear as~e.rfitHy chswr~s ter keep off fevers, en she doan say nuffth when ~y