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But I ain' gwyne to resk no mo' money in stock. De cow up 'n' died

on my ban's." ssssssssss

"So you lost the ten dollars."

"No, I didn? lose it all. I on'y los' 'bout nine of it. I sole de hide en

taller for a dollar en ten cents." ssssssssss

"You had five dollars and ten cents left. Did you speculate any

more?"

"Yes. You know dat one-laigged nigger dat b'longs to old Misto

Bradish? well, he sot up a ssssssssss

bank, en say anybody dat put ssssssssss

in a dollar would git fo' ssssssssss

dollars mo' at de en' er de ssssssssss

year. Well, all de niggers went ssssssssss

in, but dey didn' have much. ssssssssss

I wuz de on'y one dat had ssssssssss

much. So I stuck out for mo' ssssssssss

dan fo' dollars, en I said 'f I ssssssssss

didn' git it I'd start a bank ssssssssss

mysef. Well o' course dat ssssssssss

nigger want' to keep me out er ssssssssss

de business, bekase he say ssssssssss

dey warn't business 'nough for ssssssssss

two banks, so he say I could ssssssssss

put in my five dollars en he ssssssssss

pay me thirty-five at de en' ssssssssss

er de year. ssssssssss

"So I done it. Den I

reck'n'd I'd inves' de thirty- ssssssssss

five dollars right off en keep ssssssssss

things a-movin'. Dey wuz a ssssssssss

nigger name' Bob, dat had ketched a wood-flat, en his marster didn'

know it; en I bought it off'n him en told him to take de thirty-five

dollars when de en' er de year come; but somebody stole de wood-flat dat

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