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~	EX-SlAVE.

	n Yes young anis sey ah ‚ Ii sho tell yo—all whut yo wants ter 1~riow. Yes tra oie Uncle Marion sho kin. Mah price is fo‘ bits fer one question. No‘m, not fo‘ bits fo tht ~ uv yo but fo‘ bits each. Yo sayyo all ain‘t got much money and yo all both wants ter kri~v th‘ sa~ thing. .iell ah reckon since yo all is been corriint rount and tawkin‘ to oie Uncle i~1arion ah cud make hit answer -th‘ one question fuh both uv yo fuh fo‘ bits ‘tween yo.

	tm ah ca in-b bring hit out he ah • Yo ai I will haft tuh corr~ ins ide h‘ hous e.“

	“~:re went ins ide the house •~nd Uncle Marion unwrapped his voodoo instru~ ment which proved to be a snail glass bofrtle about 2~- inches tall wrapped to the neck in pink washable adhesive tape and suspended fr~rL a dirty twine aoout six inches long. ‘~t the top of the twine was a slip laiot and in a sly way Ur~le I~arion would twist ~he cord before asking the question. If the cord was twisted irt or~ direction the bottle would swing in a certain direction and if the cord was t~visted in the other direction the bottle would SWing in the opposite direction. Uncle Marion thought that we did not observe this arid of course we played dumb. By twistiz~g the cord and slyly working the muscles of his ami Uncle Marion ir~de his instx~ment answer his questions in the wa1r that he ‘~‘rished them answered,)

	“Now ifn t1~ answer to huh question is yais swine towards huh and ifn taint be still, (The bottle slowly swung toward me.) Now missy see hit have done answered yo question and yo d~e seed hit say yes. Yestm hit sho ~m yes and yo‘ jes wait and see ifn oie Uncle barion amt right. Now yo je8 answer the same question fuh tother young missy heaix. I~ow ifn the answer is ~‘ais yo turn toward huh which ~n the onposite to which yo jes turne and i.fh the answer is no sta‘ still, (The bottle then slowly turned arou~~d and went in lIrs. Thoripson‘ s direction,)