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186   The Conjure Woman

groun' he sta'ted off fas' ez he could fer
his own cabin, so he could be sho' en be
dere time ernuff ter ketch de witch, en
put a' een' ter her kyarin's-on.
   "Ez soon ez Dan wuz gone good, de
cunjuh man tuk de rock off'n de bo'd,
en de bo'd off'n de bairl, en out le'p'
Mahaly en sta'ted fer ter go home, des
lack a cat er a 'oman er anybody e'se
would w'at wuz in trouble; en it wa'n't 
many minutes befo' she wuz gwine up
de path ter her own do'.
   "Meanw'iles, w'en Dan had retch' de
cabin, he had hid hisse'f in a bunch er
jimson weeds in de ya'd. He had n'
wait' long befo' he seed a black cat run
up de path to'ds de do.' Des ez soon
ez she got close ter'im, he le'p' out en ketch' her by de th'oat, en got a grip
on her, des lack de cunjuh man had tol'
'im ter do. En lo en behol'! no sooner
had de blood 'mence' ter flow dan de
black cat tu'nt back ter Mahaly, en Dan