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just 3 months in the summer, but the Gates boys school was 8 months."

"You taught school one year?"

"I taught out at Center Point. I had 35 scholars. When I whipped one
I never had to whip him again."

"About that time," said the doctor, "Dr. Collier came home from medical
school in Louisville, Kentucy. I was looking around for something to do. I
wanted a job that would let me keep a good horse. I wanted a good horse. Dr.
Collier came in, and he had a big black horse, a fine horse. So I went over
to see him, and I told him what I wanted to do." He thought carefully, and
said: "He let me borrow 3 books: anatomy was one of the books." The doctor
couldn't remember the rest. "Every Sunday I would go to Dr. Collier's, and
he would teach me, drill me on the words."

"When I got to Louisville, Kentucky to go to school, I stayed with some
fellow from West Virginny. I didn't want to stay out where they were, but
they talked me into it; they told me I could have the feather bed. Back then
I liked the feather bed, but I don't care anything about it now.

"On Saturday night, I remember we used to have to give up our room for
the girl there to court in. I forget her name. We got tired of having to
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