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De owner can put him ter sleep in de house if he wants ter, case his wife am ~pendin‘ de night wid a friend of hem, but he ‘sides ter put him in de mill.

	~Ke tells de runaway nigger ‘bout de witch,but atter de nigger~gits hisseif a butcher knife he aintt steered no ff0‘ an‘ he goes on ter de mill.

	~‘~ay frL d~ night de nigger sees somethin‘, an~ de whites o‘ his eyes. shines lak lamps. De things conies nearer an‘ nearer an‘ he sees d at hit em a big black cat wid de savage notion o~ eatin‘ him.

	~	De nigger swings his knife an‘ off somes one of de oie catis feste. She gives a awfùl screech an‘ goes outen de winder.

	“De nex‘ momnin‘ de owner‘s wife am sick in de bed. an‘ she ‘fuses tergit up. De man tells her ter git up an‘ cook his breakfas~ but she ‘fuses ter stir.

	n tiou better git up ‚ you lazy trt „ de man shouts an ‚ wid dat he drags de ‚ onian outen de bed. He ana ‚ mazed. when he s e e s dat he r han ‚ am cut off ‚ an‘ he ye Ils f er de neighbors.

	‘~When de neighbors gits dar dey makes a big bresh pile an‘ dey ties her on hit an‘ burns her up. Atter dat de man had. good luck, eben atter he married ag‘in.“


Note:	This witch story is a variant of The Old Brownrigg
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~	MIII by Doctor Richard. Billard.