to me when i d see her he use to write to her too an she use to write to him too den miss anne she off to school too an in de summer time d come home an yo hardly whether lived at home or over at l s he over constant always or down in de river or sometimes he go over an im an she d go out an set in de yard de trees she up out she some sort o ii bright some n de all up g her an her hat th owed back on her neck an he to her out books an sometimes d read out de same book one an den i use to see em when up like den he run for an l he put up to run g by de but he beat im yo know he do co se he made l mighty mad and each lar like had been all long den l he sort o got in debt an sell some o he an s de way de fuss begun s de from he didn like nobody to sell an l o his he writ an offered to buy his m an all her en cause she married our an don yo think l mo n th ee fur m old bought her de an on m an a whole o he went to de sale an bid for em but l he got some one to bid g knocked out to an den a big an to co t off an on fur some years till at de co t decided m belonged in virginia to l den so mad he for a little strip o down on de line fence he said belonged to im body hit belonged to ef yo go down now i kin show it to yo inside de line fence it done bin ever since long born but a us man an he wouldn let nobody run over im no he wouldn so down to co t about fur i don know how long till beat im all dis time yo know back an for to college an up a ve y fine young man he a ve y likely man miss anne she done up too � her up like use to put hers up an t bright de s mane when de sun on it an her eyes t big dark eyes like her pa s on y bigger an not so fierce an none o de young ladies she she an still set a heap o by one but i don think easy each when he used to her home from school on his back he use to love de ve y she walked on in my his face light up whenever she come into ch or anywhere like de sun come th oo a on it suddenly n den lost he eyes d yo ever bout didn yo well one night de big barn fire de stables yo know under de big barn an all de in hit to me like no time all de folks an de neighbors come an a water an a to save de po and got a heap on em out but de wouldn come out an a back an for inside de a an a like time come yo could em so pitiful an n y old said to ham he de driver go in an try to save em don let em bu n to death an ham he went right in an jest he got in de shed it fell in an de sparks shot way up in de air an ham didn come back an de fire begun to out under de over de an all of a sudden tu ned an kissed who nigh him her face white a s an anybody what he do jumped right in de do an de smoke come po in out im well i to tell judgment a de folks set up she down on her knees in de mud an prayed out loud hit like her r heard for in a right out de same do ham in his arms in ou virginia his s all flung water on an put im out an ef you b me yo wouldn a yo see he find ham done fall down in de smoke right by the he him an he to im back in his arms th oo de fire what done de front part o de stable and to keep de flame from down ham s th he his own hat and it all over ham s face an he ham from bein so much bu nt but he bu nt dreadful i his beard an all off an his face an ban s an neck terrible well he laid ham down an then he kind o staggered for ad an im in her arms ham he warn bu nt so bad an he got out in a month or two an a long time he got well too but he always stone blind that he could see none from night he home from college an he n y did faithful � like a den he took charge of de plantation an i use to wait on im uke when we boys an sometimes we d slip off an have a fox hunt an he d be like he in times got an miss anne over to our house an de trees out de same book is he n y good to me made no bout he hit me a in his life � an let nobody else do it i members one day when he a bit o boy o e done we all en not to slide on de straw an one day me an thought done gone way from home we watched him on he 