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gits er fire ~t way effen ăey is lucky.“

ADern days nö~iddy bring er axe in de house on his shoulder. Dat

VÇTU2 er shot si~ri er b~.d luck. En n&ber lay no broom cro~t de bed. One time er likely pair er black folks git married, en soniebuddy cive 7ecn er new broom. De ‘oman ~he proud uv her nice, spankint new bröom en she lay hit on de bed fer de weddint crowd ter see it, wid de udder tiiin~s been ~i‘re ‘em. Fo‘ thee years go by her man. wuz beatin‘ ter, en not long atter dat she go plum stark crazy. She ou~hter terknow bettertii ter lay dat broom on her bed. It sho‘ done brune her bad luck. D~y sont her off ter de crazy folks place, en she died dar.