Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

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A. That was on Washington Street. And we had a lot of t @;s in o ymd.
Our front yard was deep and our back yard was deep. We hpckenl we
had a grapevine that ran f'mm the house to the rear, the ar where e went
for our bathroom. (lau&tex,)
Now q father only whipped IE ace and I remrnber it.
wanted a dr%nk of water. We were out on the back
big back porch. And the well was ri@t here and
the well. And Wfllie wanted a drink: and my
I was eager to get out and play with the
got the drink and I held the cup for
&ink fast enought to suit me, so I
father got after me. He chased
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Q. Well, it probably didn't ham WilUe too mch.
A. No, it didn't. But he had a hard tlrne. But now when
m, he calls m llAnnie . l1 I was christened Annie Louisa.
yeam old I didn't like it. So I changed it to Anna. I
Dutchy. And Louisa, now I wish I hadn't changed the hui
Louise is what I m d rrgself and that ' s what I am in all
and father didn't object.
Then I graduated fromthe ei@bh grade while I was still $ the Lynn s. I
was staying there all the t%. Now and then I was calleq in when a 1 couple
fk.om out of town or somplace-well, it could be right in tmm-cam to the
pastorate to be married. Then I was called in as a witne .
Q. Oh, nqr. At age twelve?
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A. Yes, well, I was getting along then to fourteen. You ee, I had my two
years at Herndonl s.
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Q. When you worked. at Herndon1 s , did you live at horn? I
A. Yes, yes. And then rrly sister was keeping house. She mamded when
she was seventeen, you see, four years after my mother
Q. Weren't you too young to be working at Herndon1 s?
A. I was, but nobow said it mtil this lnvl came along. be work wasn't
hard. 1
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Q. What did the man do? The nl&n who cam Slong.
A. Well, he brought suit on the fimn for hirlng xombody
young]. Well, I guess they wew fhed; I don1 t how.
not to scare me by it. dnlt quit on account
cause I wantedto go 001. No, I couldlve
picking the hots [f'rom the of] lW. Hemdon's
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