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ah t~uk somethin like the dry rot. The meat come oft my fixi~ers and toes. J‘est look at th~tn sc~a:rs. And look at these sears in raah hair~. $ee how x~ah haid is all ‘scarred up. At times ah had a mind that ah wanted to go ~nd didn‘ kncw where. They h~d to ~)tch me all the time. But ole Mother Dye cured me axid that woman didn‘ git raah ole r.~Yi a~‘tah all.“ .

	Della and ~‘rige1ina talked among themselves for a moment and Della said ah believe ah will. Then she said: “Does you all know Phil Green? He lives aLout two miles and a half down the Junction City High~ay and he is a hoodoo man. He can tell you all tLirigs efn you all cares to go ahil ~ with you. He can tell you what is ~wianter h~p en and what has happened arid ke can hoodoo. Of course we were in for going right then while we had a car so Della crawled in the back seat and w~ were away to Phil Gree~i‘s. sent out thé hig~iw~y about two miles and turned off on a country road. T~p hill and down, around this field and that and through a bi~ gate, windi~ag around t~~rough a field and orchard. ~t last we arrived. 1h11 Green looked to be a prosperous rar~~ier. ~e drove up to t.e back of the house and around front. Some negro had just killed a chicken for dinner. Several care were parked in the yard. One bore a Louisiana license. The porch was full of x~e~roes. Della called and asked if Phil was tiere. T~ey replied that he was but that he wasbusy. ‚ Della said, “We wants to see him“ and a black negro ~Y~‘I~an came out to the car. My.‘ butehe was furious. ~e had never seen a negro so angry before . The first thing she did was to tell us th&~t they did~‘ t serve white people but t:~~e way she expressed it was *~ scream she said: “~e don‘ use white people. No suM ‘~e don‘ use em. Hits too dangerous. Ah don‘t care who tole you Phil used white people ;:~ don‘ • He is may husban and ah won‘ t let him. ~‚

	‘EVe soon pacified her by telling her that we appreciated her point of view and that it ~s perfectly airight with us. Della crawled out of the car right now aiid said : “You ail knows the way back to town don‘ you? Ah‘s going ter stay.

	The next morning we went back to Della‘s. ~he told us that the people on. Phil‘s rront porch were from Marion Louisiana and they had come to get him to tell. them how