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write it down if yer wants ter. I'm proud er it.
When me and my wife had just two kids, Charlie and
little Nell, we lived in a two-room apartment right
across the hall from a friend of our'n. They had two
kids, too. One night we all went ter town. My wife,
she walked with Mrs. Davis and I walked on ahead totin
little Nell in my arms. On the corner wuz a man I never
seen before. He wuz drinking but I didn't know hit then.
He walks up to me and says" , 'Say, Mister, is that yo
baby you totin or is it mine?' "Well, I saw red. I
handed my wife the baby. Then I picked up a Coca-Cola
bottle and lambed him right side er the head. He died
three days later. Course I went to Jail but got out
on bond. Hit came ter trail but I wuz turned loose. That's
one time I lost my temper that I ain't been sorry fer".
Not wanting to keep a busy man from his work any
longer I suggested that I had better be going. So after
finishing our inspection of the buildings I thanked him
and said, "Goodbye".

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