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Georgia? I was out in de woods chopj4n‘ cordwood and I felt somepin‘ flap at me ‘bout rriy foots~.. Atter while I looked down, and dere was 01~15 of dem deadly snakes, a highland moccasin. I was so weak I

prayed to de I~wd to gimirie power to kill dat snake, but he didn‘ t. De snake jus‘ disappeared. I thought it was de Lawd‘ s dom‘ ‚ but I warn‘ t sho‘ ~ Den I tuk up my axe and moved over to a sandy place whar I jus‘ knowed dere warn‘t no snaes. I started to raise my axe to cut de wood and sornepin‘ told me to look down. I did, and dere was de same snake right twixt my foots again. Den and dere I kilt him, and de Sperrit passed t& oo me sayin‘ : ‘You is meaner dan dat snake ; you kilt hi~ and he hadn‘ t even bit you. ~ I. knowed for sho‘ den dat de Lawd was sjje akin‘.

	fil was preachin‘ in Gainesville, whar I lived den, on de Sunday ‘fore de tornado in April 1936. Whilst I was in dat pul~4t de Sperrit s~poke to me and said: ‘Dis town is gwine to be ‚ stroyed tomorrow; ‘j~are your folks.t I told my congregation what de Sperrit done told rile, and deiii Niggers thought I was crazy. Bright and early next mornin‘ I went down to de depot to see de most of my folks go off on de train to Atlanta on a picnic. Dey begged i~e to go along \71d ‘ein, but I said: ‘ff0, I‘se gwine to stay right here. And ‘fore I got back home dat tornado broke loose. I was knocked down flat and broke to pieces. Bat storm was de caise of me bein‘ hitched up in dis here harness what makes me look lak de devil‘ s hoes.

	“Tuther night I was a~singïri‘ dis tune: ‘Mother how .kong tf0~ I‘se Gwine?‘ A tO3fl~fl riz U~ and said: ‘You done raised de

Jaid . ‚ Den I laughed and ‚ lowed : ‚ I knows you is a Sperri t • I‘ se 3flC too.‘ At dat ehe faded out of sight.