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my pappy‘ s name.

	“When I waa a young man de white folks‘ Baptist Church was called Salem an‘ it was on de hill whar de graveyard now i8 • It burnt down an‘ den dey bruxi~ it to towzi ‚ an ‚ as I was goin‘ to tell yer I went ~O88UR huntin‘ in dat graveyard one .

night. I tuk ~y ax an‘ dog ‘long wid me an‘ de dog, he treed a

possum right in do graveyard. I eut down dat tree~ an ‚ started hoi~e ‚ when all to once acme‘ run by me an‘ wnt down dat big road 18k light‘ning an‘ ay dog was afte‘ it. Den de dog cœe back an‘ lay down at ~ feet an‘ roiled on his back en‘ howled an‘ howled ‚ an‘ right den I knowed it was a spent an‘ I throwed down my ~po•aum an‘ ax an‘ beat de dog hcm~e. I tell you dat was a spent — I‘se seed plen‘y ot ‘m. Dat ain‘t de only spent I ever seed. I‘se seen ‘sa a heap of times. Well, dat taught me niver to hunt in a grave yard ag‘in.

	“No ma‘a, I niver sesd a ghost but I tell yer I know dore is aponte. Let me tell yer, anudder time I was goin‘ by de graveyard an‘ I seed a man‘s head. HI had no tset, but he kep‘ lookin‘ afte ‚ me an‘ every way I turned he wouldu ‚ talc, hie eye offeu me~ an‘ I walked fast an‘ he got faster an‘ den I ~z an‘ den he run, an‘ when I got havie I jea fell on de bed an‘ hoUera ed an‘ hollered an‘ toi‘ ay old lady, an‘ she said I was ~a skeer~ ed, but I‘se sho‘ sssI dat 8pSrit an‘ I ain‘t goin‘ by de grave yard at nigb.t by myee‘t ag‘in.