| Show borhood children fence and told to Four which men they We were lined up keep very quiet brought emptied that they were of them pulled piathroat intospasm boilers into along filled large the with wooden inside scalding barrel of the water thought going to shoot the pig first but no --one outTong knife and proceeded to slit the The squealing of the terrified animal sent me shouted for them to stop but they paid no attention to me Down the middle of his body they again plunged the knife then the four threw him into the barrel scalding water Screaming and crying ran to my home the eerie of the squealing pig still ringing in my ears mares it evoked can only be comparable to some Tent scenes our young children see today on TV Jobs lighted for when Thinning never children anything were beets forget was very scarce hence that paid few dollars usually open each how we crawled on our year hands The nightof the vio we were de came our way however and sounds and knees in can the blazing sun down the lona rows These rows which mile long paid aboutcents each really fast seemed worker could at m of earn and about 54 cents returned at day about Ue Teft 00 for work 00 m One of the joys of my 1ife was to walk behind Queenie Campbell and absorb every detail of her beautiful clothes Queenie was the 1iving-doll-type little girl granddaughter of the Ras Andersons who came to Mt Pleasant every summer with her mother to visit her grandparents She had long blond ringlets and wore bonnet-shaped hats which set off her pixie face Her elegant dresses made of exquisite material were the epitome of California styles To complete the picture she wore short stockings which matched her frocks and Maryjane slippers Althoughbegged to have half socks just Tike Queeniewas never allowed to have them Mama was sure that suffered blue no would take i11 effects or white cold but noted continued however to wear that Queenie Tong pink stockings As time passed andgrew older began to design own dresses The Fourth of July holiday was the social of the season for children Weeks before the big event 19 my event |
