Dat chile is bout seben years ole an dat chile could see hants all in de house an he wouldn' go tuh baid till his gran'pappy come home an went tuh baid wid him.

"I wash and irons and keep a woman's little chile so she can work.

" "I was a motherless chile but the Lord made up for it by givin' me a good husband

You can't raise nary chile, white or black, widout chastisin'.

"The way it all come bout I was the onliest chile my mother had.

"Yes, pore, dear chile!