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Solomon died dein good white mens kept on commt out now and den to see if rue and. Solomon‘s ehullun had what us needed.

	“Solomon, ray Solomon, he went out of dis here world, in dat dere room whar you sees dat old bed, and. dat is perzactly wh~ir I wants to be when de Blessed Loi~. lays his hands on me and tells rr~e to come on liome to Glory. I wants to be toted out of dat room., through 5is hail sind on out to de graveyard sus‘ lak my man was. I knows dat evvything would be done nice jus‘ lak I wants it if Mr. Moss and kir. Levy was a-livin‘ ‘cause dey was both. Masons, and members of de 1~sons is all done swore a oath to look atter deir own follcses. Dey said ~$o1ornon ~nd his farnbly was lak deir own folkses, i~1r. Moss and i~1r. Levy did. Most of de folkses, both white and black, dat I has knowed. and loved has done gone on over de Jordan, out of dis world of trouble, and it will be happy days for all of us when us nieets again in de place ‘of many mansions‘ whar dere won‘t be noth~n‘ for nofle of us to pester ourseifs ‘bout no more.

	“All of ray life, I‘se had a great desire to travel, jus‘ to go evvywhar, but atter all dese years of busy livin‘ I ‘spects all de trav‘~uin‘ I‘ll ever do will be on de road to Glory. Dat will be good enough for rae ‘cause Ï got so many more of ‘em I loves over dar dan is left tiere.“

	As the visotor passed out of earshot of ~ordelia‘s cabin the last words she he~ird from the old Negress were: “Good-bye again, Missy. Talkin‘ to you has been a heap of consolation to me.“