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Chapter 13

           Iwascompelledtopickitfromthegroundwhereitwouldfall,nearlyasoftenasfromthestalkwhereithadgrown. Imadehavocalsowiththebranches,loadedwiththeyetunbrokenbolls,thelong,cumbersomesackswingingfromsidetosideinamannernotallowableinthecottonfield. AfteramostlaboriousdayIarrivedatthegin-housewithmyload. Whenthescaledetermineditsweighttobeonlyninety-fivepounds,nothalfthequantityrequiredofthepoorestpicker,Eppsthreatenedtheseverestflogging,butinconsiderationofmybeinga"rawhand,"concludedtopardonmeonthatoccasion. Thefollowingday,andmanydayssucceeding,IreturnedatnightwithnobettersuccessIwasevidentlynotdesignedforthatkindoflabor. IhadnotthegiftthedexterousfingersandquickmotionofPatsey,whocouldflyalongonesideofarowofcotton,strippingitofitsundefiledandfleecywhitenessmiraculouslyfast. Practiceandwhippingwerealikeunavailing,andEpps,satisfiedofitatlast,sworeIwasadisgracethatIwasnotfittoassociatewithacotton-picking"nigger"thatIcouldnotpickenoughinadaytopaythetroubleofweighingit,andthatIshouldgointothecottonfieldnomore. Iwasnowemployedincuttingandhaulingwood,drawingcottonfromthefieldtothegin-house,andperformedwhateverotherservicewasrequired. Sufficetosay,Iwasneverpermittedtobeidle. 

           Itwasrarelythatadaypassedbywithoutoneormorewhippings.Thisoccurredatthetimethecottonwasweighed. 

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