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1118 eidO ‚ am‘ t he? ‚ Ye~ ‚ Marn, I aai~ That ‚ orr~a told me everytlixig tiRt was wrong with Albert and zackly how he aete~~ ~].i at once ~he aai4 : t ]f ~ ~ & ~  ~ tîiings had hatched in ii~~i j~ would e. been too iats, it you ~o zac~ciy ia~c i ten you I‘ll get nirn up from there.‘ I sho will, I told hex‘, ‘~e11, there‘~ a stabl• este east of his houes. • His house got tiirso z‘oozne ana. a patii go straigirt to the stable. I see it there where ho hangs his harness. Yes, I see lt all, the devijal Have you got any moiiey?‘ Yes, mam, a little, I said, ‘All right then, ‘she said. • ‘GO to ‚ the drug stŒ~ e and get 5~ worth ot blue stone ; 5ó wheat bren; end go ter a fish market ~nd ask ‘em ter give you a little fish brine; then go in the wooda and get some poke-root berrlea. Now, ther~e‘ s two kind.s of poke—root berries, the red skin and the white skin berry. Put all this in a pot, mix with it the ~tatrom a ~een go~d and 9 parts of red pepper. ?~ke a poultice and put to his aids on that knot.

Now, listen, your son will be afraid and think you are trying tei~ do eon~t)iI~g ter him but be gentle and~ persuade hini that its fer‘ his good,‘ Child, he eho did act funny when I tol‘ hin I wexite~ to treat his aide. I ha~ tu‘ tell him I ~iz carrying out doctors orders so he could get weil. He reared and tassel and said he didn‘t

want that rases on him. I told him the doctor says you do very well till you go ter the horse lot then you go blind and you can‘t ses. He looked at nie. ‘Sho nuff, Ma, he said, ‚ ttiat silo is the trufe. I have t~ always call one of • the ehillun when I go there cause I can‘t see how ter get back ter the houas.‘ Well, that ConVinCed hi~ ~id he let me fix the medicine ~or hint. I put him ter b1 end xr~de the poultice, then I put it ter hie aids. Now this ‘omen said no one vuz toe‘ take ~ lt off the

~ next ~aorning but n~ • I 1hZ suppos e ter fix thi‘eS ‚ one each night ‚ a~ atter taking eacfl one off ter bury it ].ak dead folks 13 buried, east and west, end ter xr~Jcs a real grave out ot each o~ • WeU, when I to 14 him not t er i~ove it the next niornin€~ but le t ~ ~ve it ‚ he got funny again and wanted to ~ow ~y. Do you ~ow I had ter pi~y lek I COUld move it without messing up iq bed clothes and if he moved it hs might waste it all. PiXU~].lY he said he would. cell me the next mcrnin~. Sho nuff,