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Tet us bow down fu’ a season of silentpraar,” said the minister. “ Lawd, he’p us to pray,’Eben Adams. The silence that ensued was continuallybroken by the wavering wail of the mourners.Suddenly one of them, a stalwart young man,near the opening of the aisle, began to writheand twist himself into every possible contortion,crying: “*O Lawd, de devil’s a-ridin’ me; tekhim off —tek him off!” “Tek him off, Lawd!” shouted the congre-gation. ? responded Uncle 3
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