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Could see things in ‘em. I ‘members one time when I wuz small and
didn’t know so good what de cyards wuz tellin’ me, dat a rich man,
one of de riches’ in Wilkes County, wuz at our place, I tol ‘im de
cyards when I run ‘em. I saw sompin’ wuz goin’ to happen on his
place, dat two colored mens would be tangled up wid, but I didn’t
know jus’ what wuz goin’ to happen. And sho’ ‘nuff, two colored
mens sot fire to his bards and burned up all his horses and mules, de
onlies’ thing dey saved wuz one ridin’ horse. Dey ketched de mens, 
and dey served time for what dey done. One of ‘em died way out yonder
where dey sont ‘em.
	“I ‘members one white lady way out in Alabama sont a note
axin’ me to run de cyards for her. I runned ‘em and got one of my
friends to writer her what I seed. Day had run bright and dat wuz
good luck. One time I runned de cyards for two sisters dat had done
married two brothers, and de cyards run so close kin date I wuz able to
tell ‘em how dey wuz married and dey tol me dat I wuz right.
	“And jus’ a few days ago a old man come to see me thinkin’
dat he wuz pizened. When I runned de cyards, I seed his trouble. He
had been drinkin’ and wuz sick, so I jus’ give him a big dose of soda
and cream of tartar and he got better. Den I tole him to go on home;
dat nobody hadn’t done nothin’ to ‘im and all he needed wuz a little 
medicine.
	“I told Mr. Dick Armell of how he wuz goin’ to git kilt if
he went up in his airyplane dat day and begged him not to try it but
to wait. He wouldn’t listen and went on and got kilt jus’ lak I tole 
‘im he would. I runned de cyards for Mrs. Armell lots of times for I