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32 The Conjure Woman

sorter like a cannel. Dey did n't 'pear ter be nuffin de matter wid 'im, 'cep'n' de rheumatiz, but his strenk des dwindel' away 'tel he did n' hab ernuff lef' ter draw his bref. De goopher had got de under holt, en th'owed Henry dat time fer good en all. 
"Mars Dugal' tuk on might'ly 'bout losin' his vimes en his nigger in de same year; en he swo'dat ef he could get holt er dat Yankee he'd wear 'im ter a fraz-zle, en den chaw up de frazzle; en he'd done it, too, for Mars Dugal' 'uz a mon-st'us brash man w'en he once git started. He sot de vimya'd out ober ag'in, but it wuz th'ee er fo' year befo' de vimes got ter b'arin' any scuppernon's. 
"W'en de wah broke out, Mars Du-gal' raise' a comp'ny, en went off ter fight de Yankees. He say he wuz mighty glad dat wah come, en he des want ter kill a Yankee fer eve-y dollar he los' 'long er dat grape-raisin' Yankee.