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ed he always got uh lot tuhsay.

“‘Gawdatrd.t,‘ Aß say,‘~twau de tiggdl%s tek B1cki~qM:tfl

“How dey c~ dat OraCle St~ep?“ ah ast, though ßli knowet he wag

gonna tell me anyway.‘	. . ~ s t, ‘De niggetis done tuk RichxűoncL, ‚„‚ rie k ep on .s‘.afln‘ an‘

final15~ he tell me how cun dey tsk Richzn~~nd.

	‘~Ŕh seed et wut~setr,t9 t~. say, “‘my cornp‘ny w~s stationed on de tuntpike Clu~ ~ tub Richmond. We istas in uh oie nrehouse~‘“• he toL~. me, “‘wid de WInL&ers an~ de doors all barred up an‘
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packed wict ~ebte4 bales awaltin‘ fo~ ~e lanks tuh cor~e, An‘ we was ~4j5tßfljfl‘ an~ pCepSn‘ Out an~ we beer4 waitin‘ den most
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all ~. AU‘ den we tseer4whistlin‘ an~ uh roarin‘ like tab big blow 8~t it itpp‘ gittin‘ closer, ~ :l3ut we couldn‘t see nothin‘ Uh coi4nt de night was so dark. ~ roarint ke~ta—gittin‘ loud~ er an‘ louder ant ‘lông ibout da~ break there owi~. tuna dot de pike
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sech ui;.~ sboutifl‘~ an titt )rellin‘ ab ~ttth in xtagi barri days~ ~ ~ ~
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