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In a ~ina11 houa• at 175 ?hoeni~ 4.Uay, LE~ lives ~ a ~ little oiã wcma~ . .

aboub ~ tt. 2 in, J.n height~ ~io is an Øx-3i~aT~o She gree$~& th• writer with a bri~ght anfl. and bade her inter and b~av a aeat by . the ~naU tire in * poorly lighted zo~. The wz~iter vividly rcalied the intervis~ ~te gay. on e1ave~?y pre‘viou32y and ipnducre& iZ any f~cts cone•~‘ning sup ~ititiona, onjurs, signa, etc. coùld be obtained from hei‘. After a short oonveraation px‘tain1n~ to everyda~ occurr,nc.s, the aubject of supe~etition irns broached to Mra. A~ery The idea amused her and ehs gave the • writer th. toUowixig facta: A.s far aj possible the atones ax• given In her •zact uorda. T~e interview req~uix~ed two d~yi, November 50 and Dee~the~ 2, 1936.

	“When you 8es a 40g lay on his 8tomach and audi it ~a a true sign of daih. This is aho true~ ow~es it happened to as. Years ago ‚ien I lived on P~ ~eet I was si tting on ~ steps playing with ~ nin.-~n*. old baby. A t‘i~*~ UY. miflö oaJ~ by and sat dom; end as we sit there a dog that followid h began to ~1~• on his stoaacho It SOBXØI irie; an4 I said to her, did you see that dog? Yes, I sho ~ That night i~ baby di.d and it IUZn‘t Bick at all that Lay. bat‘. the truth and a aho sign ot death. Anuddar 8i~t of death ii t~ droan ot a nø .. ~.

born baby. One night not so long ago I driemi about a ne~-~born baby and y~ ~Qi~ I went ter the door end Sailed Mies Mazy next ~oox an~ told h~r I dr.d about a Ue14‘Orn taby, and she said, Ohi that‘a a aho e1g* of Oath. The ~uae week that gal‘ • baby over there die. It didn ‘t .urprie. me !hsn I b.er* it caue I knowe~ iobody x~oun& here wus go ~i•o~ She contiand:

	“Listai, Child! If •bbsr you clean youx bed, ~‘t you neyer ms~ ott your springe with a broom. ~&1wqa wip. ‚ ~ with a r~. or ~s• a brnh. That es sho as you . do you ~e ~ expei.‘ieus 4.a* a~ouii4 you. I tosk ~ bet ‚owe eM swept off my spriii~,~ aM I isst heppeia4 to t•U oi4 ~s. Si#th; ~d cii