Immediately After the War

"Right after the War, I stayed with the people that owned me and worked.

They give me two dollars a month and my food and clothes. I stayed with

them five years and then I quit. I had sense enough to quit and I went

to work for wages. I got five dollars a month. And I thought that was a

big salary. I didn't know no better. I learnt better by experience.

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