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low part of town, set ou de railroad track in de moonlight, all night. I wcts mighty sleepy de nex‘ mornin‘ but I work on de railroad track just de same ~ Dat night folks come back to St • John‘ s Church ‚ Lind it still dere, and such a ~o~pourin‘ of de spirit was had. as never was had befo‘ or since.

UJ~St thir~kL Oat has been fifty-one years ago. rfhem was de glorious


horse and buggy days. Dere was no air-~ships, no autos and no radi~s~ ~Nhite folks had horses to driTe. Niggers had mu~les to ride to a base~a11 game, to see vthite folks run lak de patarollers (patrollers) wa~ after them and they holler lak de world was on fire.~
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