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g Emma Sanderson H^dgins 12*3
The folks decided that the f d go on in to i:emphis# My
Mother and Father didn f t live together none after we
went to town* First I lived with Mother and then when
she died my Father took me* My mother died vvhen I was
9* She worked at cooking and washing* When I was bi;
enough I went to school* I kept on going to school
after my Father took xnel He d^ied when I was about 15*
By that time I was old enough to look out after myself.
What did I do ? I stayed in folkses houses♦ I
cooked and I washed* Then when I was about 18, I
married. After th t I had a mam to take care of me.
He was a carpenter•
77e been here in Hot Springs a long time you
maybe heared of Sanderson he took vq) platering and
he was food too* Eow long I been in Eot Springs-—lav;
I don T t know f cept I was a full grown \vo:nan when
we come*
I f s had four children all of f em is dead*
I lives v.ith my grandson* The little fellow, he f ll
be old enough to go to school in a year or twcu A dime
for him ma f am an* 2 cents besides ? Now son you
keep the dime and you can spend the pennies* I always
t±±es to teach him to save* Then when he gets big he'll