DECEMBER 25, 1865.

Sadai woke very early and crept out of bed to her stocking. Seeing it

well filled she soon had a light and eight little negroes around her,

gazing upon the treasures. Everything opened that could be divided

was shared with them. 'Tis the last Christmas, probably, that we shall

be together, freedmen! Now you will, I trust, have your own homes, and

be joyful under your own vine and fig tree, with none to molest or

make afraid.

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