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in the door.
	tt]Je Lawd in HebbenL‘1 cried fat Judy her swift glance taking

in L!iss y‘ s white face ‚ burned garments and helpless hands, and ‘Uncle‘ Mose tottering back to his bed.

	“Po‘ ~lamb1 now jess look at dem han‘s! Lemnie tie ‘em up in vet sody this minutel You sho mos‘ got burned up, honey.“

	“I would have, but for Uncle Mose,“ s~ ‘J\~iis‘ Sally faintly, as she sank into a chair.

	Aunt Judy turned stormy eyes upon the poor groaning Old man. “I ‘cl lak ter know ~ how cum Une ‚ Mose j ess un‘ out he kin walk? bhe inquired belligerently. “I ‘lowed some time ergo dat Mose \~1US pOSSU1fli.fl~. I sho am‘ gwine to waste mo‘ elbo‘ grease on dat o ici hyp‘ cri te •„

	“Hush, Judy,“ said her mistress sternly, “Uncle Mose is no hypocrite. He has inflamatory rheumatism. It was a miracle~tt she added reverently.

	“Dat‘s hit~“ exclaimed ~Lose, eagerly. “Er miracle! Hit wuz de Lawd-~er4iighty let 1~iose git up den. Fer how you reckon I‘d

~ eber facr i~rs‘ Wat ergin‘ ef I had to tell him I jess lay in de ~ bald en let my lii‘ mistress burn up? Mose done promus ~r~‘ Wat ter tek keer er Miss Sally, an‘ oie man done de bes‘ he could.“


	Told by Edith Taturn, Greenville, Alabama.


‘i~sh. copy,
1/19/37.
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