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work, with the exception of 11~ht task8 about
the house. •

There eeems to be no d~oubt that Aunt Edle la 109 years o]4. She talks intelligently about things that occurred 100 yeara ago. All her children, grandohiidren, etc. ‚ asserts that her age is exactly a~ stated. Indeed, they have been the custodians of her age, so to speak, for nearly half a century. It was a matter of great interest to her family when she passed the 100 mark.

Aunt Edle is religious and she delights In discussing scriptural matters. She has practical notions, however, and while she Is morally sure she will go to a better world when she dies, she remarks, “That we know something about this world, but nothing about the next.R

Perhaps this is one reason why Aunt Edle has
stayed here 109 years.

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NOTE:	Mary Glad~y (8O6~ ~ Sixth Avenue, Columbus, Georgia). A grand-daughter of Edle Dennis, states that her grandmother died in 1901, aged. 110.



TEE STORY 0F CHUCK, AS
TOLD BY MARY GLADDY.

Chuck was a very Intelligent and Industrious slave, but so religious that he annoyed his master by doing so much praying, chanting, and singing.

So, while in a apitetu.]. mood one day, this master sold. the Negro to an infidel. And this infidel, having no respect ~or religion whatsoever, beat Chuck unmerol~11y in an effort to stop him from indulging in his devotions. But, the more and the harder the infidel owner whipped Chuck, the more devout and demonstrative the slave became,