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can't depend on them, they're always gottin up and leavin without notice.

"You know, when I was young and jest married, I figured I'd be a rish
farmer in no time, but it aint never gonna work out that way now." At
this Mr. Denman sighed regretfully. "And it's all because I ain't got much
of a education.

"You bet I believe in education: Ever since I've been growed I've
tried to get all I could. I read and study all I can, and I like to talk
to educated folks. I read the papers and good magazines, when I get
them. Them trashy ones I wouldn't let in my house, and I'm hopin my young-
uns never get to readin them neither. Why do they let them be printed,
they don't do no good, and in the longer run they're bound to do lots of
mischief.

"We got five children. Letty, she's the oldest, she's 18 now, and
in high school. I'm hopin she'll be a teacher when she finishes. And if
I can, I'm aimin to send her to college to study fer one. Grace is 15 and
she's about ready for high school I think. I jest ain't sure of their
exact ages and grades in school, mam, but I reckon that's about right.
Earline is our youngest girl and she's 11 now. I got two boys too, John
who's 13 is a pretty good farmer if I do say so. But ifen I can help it
I don't want my boys to be farmers, there's too much hard work and too much
disappointment in it. Gene, who is the baby, is nine. Geo! You'd better
not ever call him a baby, he don't like that, and he gets awful mad.

"Yep, we have a good size family for bein sech poor folks, but the
younguns all behaves and gits along good in school. Their teachers, and
each one has a different teacher, it ain't like we useter have it, tell
me that they don't never have no trouble with them. Well, both Anne and
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