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	.	~ ‚ Joaphine kndsrsom
	Tampa1 r~lorida
	Octvbar ~‚ l93!~
	Jul.e ~. frost
	“Do*e I blive i~ witohasl S-a‘-*~“y, I knows more bout em dan ta jas ‘bli.~.‘ I ~ 1~j by em. Right here il die hcuaa. You am neyer beam rid by a uvitaht WeLt, you mig~sty lucky. t*y come in de night, gir~nerly coon after y~u drop off to eleep. Dey put a bridle os your had, an a bit in y~ir n~outh, an a saddle on y~ur back. Den dey take oU their akin an hang it up on de wall. De~ dey git on you an øoas nighta dey like to ride you to death. You try to holler but you kamt, counta the ir~zi bit in y~ur mouth, an y ~u feel Uk. somebody holdin you down. Den dey ride y~u bat~k kI413~Ø ~L1~ ifltQ ~ZJUX~ b~id. ~kefl ~ kilt de bed ~3~U juiûp a~i ~x‘ub do kivere,an de witcka be guns, like d~. But you know ~~)U bøt~~ rid x~iighty httrd, cauae yca ail wet wid eweat, an y~u reel plum tired out.


	“Sont~ folka aay y~u jue böes dreamin, counta de blood atop circu— lat in in yQur back. Shuck.. ~ Day ah~ nver been rid by a witch ‚ or day airt e~yin dat.


	“Old witch dootsr, he want ten d~ollora for a pises o‘ •tx~ing, ~iat ne aay eame kinda chars worde over. Tells ~e to make a iaage o‘ dat 31d witch ~ta &u~h, an tie dat .tring rouri it. necks ~1en when I bake it in de oven, it swell ~p an de i~gic etring chat off her breath. I dith~‘t have no ten dollar, eo he cay tien I git up five dollar he make me a hand-—you know, what collared folks cala a jack. Dat be a charm what will keep de vitchs aisy. I knowe how to make ~‚ but day doan do no good thout de magic worda, an I dean kn~w d~. You take a little pinch a‘ dried make eJ~in an eame graveyard dirt, a~i a~*a red pepper