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Yot see he a~m rnoughty blue den ‚ so mebbe he says dat he‘d. ruther be daid; den dis feller what am trYiIi‘ ter cheer
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him tells hirn dat all right he sho‘ will die ~t he‘s got

de Joe Moe put on him.

	“Seberal days atter dis de new nigger fin‘s a little rag full of somepin twix de bed an~ mattress an‘ he axes what hit am. Somebody tells him dat hit an de~Joe Moe, an‘ dey tells him dat de only way he can git de spell off am ter git de bag off on somebody else. Ever‘body but him knows ‘bout hit so de Joe l~e keeps commt back till a new one comes in an‘ he l‘arns de joke.

	~Talkin‘ ‘bout ghostes I wants ter tell you dat de air am full of ‘em. Dar‘s a strip from de groun‘ ~• ‘bout four feet high wh ich am light on de darkes ‚ night ‚ e ase hit can‘t git dark down dar. Git down an‘ crawl an‘ yo‘ll see a million laigs of eber‘ kin‘ an‘ if‘en you li ‘ ens you ‚ 11 hyar a li ttle groanin ‚ an ‚ den you has gone tlwough a wax~n spot.
B.N.