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Project -1855
(41ssels E. Tiodemsn
Chsrlyston, L. C.
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(Verbatim Conversation)
Approx. 241 words
:;phalis was asked what sLe thought about the burninE of Mt.
Zion churCh on last Wnday night.
"I tlink somebody set fire to am an' bun em do. Aint no
punishment ob de Lord, IL aint go bun down kits house ob worship
when people wuk had (herd) to dress em up new. Dal ia one
ob de debbul pet trick. lE put envy in do hat (heart) ob a
already wicked sinner anl mek em do dat.
"je 3ible gib we die command, dont you ebber wish on any-
t'ing you neighbor ha.' Dere was somebody what wish on all
dom new carpet ant tlings in dat chueh (church), so old Satan
say: 'come on boy, day is hab too big a time in dere anyway wid
dat bishop from de colored people land (lithiopia), what axe den
to gib em a big automobile for em to run -'bout in When le git
home.' Jet rook Satan laugh st dat bishop. I laugh too. You
tlink I axe God Dar any tling lak dat an speck to c,it an?
Humble youself befol you God an axe em to mek you ready to
enter de 'lingdom, den you hub abery t'ing le want you to hub.
"Jiat bishop aint no man ob God, le verrit is ob dia world,
any Lctan git em yet. I sorry 'bout de dhuch bun 6crim, but
esmotody in doro is ot up wid envy an le let Satan hub le
foot loose."
Source: Ophelia Jemin, Addison Court, Charleston, E. C.