And Brother Sneedon himself was not entirely
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Ann,” said he to his wife, “I wunner efHannah Williams ca’culates dat ’Lias Smith kinbeat Brother Abe Ma’tin preachin’, ki yi! butwon’t she be riley when she fin’s out how mis-taken she is? Why, dey ain’t nobody ’twixthyeah an’ Louisville kin beat Brothah AbeMa’tin preachin’. I’s hyeahed dat man preach’twell de winders rattled an’ it seemed lak deskies mus’ come down anyhow, an’ sinnahs wasa-fallin’ befo’ de Wo’d lak leaves in a Novem- 85
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