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The Conjurer's Revenge  115

mule a-stan'in', en right in front er de
press dey wuz a tub er grape-juice, des
pressed out, en a little ter one side a 
bairl erbout half full er wine w'at had
be'n stan'in two er th'ee days, en had
begun ter git sorter sha'p ter de tas'e.
Dey wuz a couple er bo'ds on top er hol'
'em down. Ez I wuz a-sayin', 'Dolphus
lef' de mul stan'in' in de ya'd, en went
inter de smoke-house fer ter git de beef.
Bimeby, w'en he come out, he see de
mule a-stagg'rin' 'bout de ya'd; en 'fo'
'Dolphus could git dere ter fin' out w'at
wuz de matter, de mule fell right ober
on his side, en laid dere des' lack he was
dead.
"All de niggers 'bout de house run
out dere fer ter see w'at wuz de matter.
Some say de mule had de colic; some 
say one thing en some ernudder; 'tel 
bimeby one er de han's seed de top wuz
off'n de bairl, en run en looked in.