The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-08-22
HOW She Was CONVERTED.

HOW She WAS CONVERTED.
Southern Sketch.
NJ coorrE wr111Ans.
An old negro woman, upon whose
head the snow Of many winters had
fallen, cat DOING in front Of her cabin,
and occasionally aroused sufficiently to
fan herself with . rude kind of fan,
made from . wild turkeys wing.
"A penny for your thoughts, Aunt
judy" I said, ~ I climbed the low
rail fence and approached har. Very
Hospitality she relinquished her chair
to me. and seated herself on the steps.
wall honey. I doan' know dat rs
studin' bout much, cop rs pesterin'
my min ter think how de angels Rwine
to look"
sDoyou expect to be an angelo"
sI's got 81 moughty hsnkerin dat or
way. Use been er 'ciple O. Chris fur
nigh onto forty years, n I tries pow'ful
hard to walk de straight n narrow
pat. but de weeds gifts 90 high, n de
light 90 din, pears like I has tor crawl
on my knees ter keep f'om gittin outen
do wsy."
Are you not very lonesome living by
aNo. chile, me m de Savior, libes ter
gedder. De darkes' nights whut comes
pears like de Lswd flies down fom
hebin, in de shape O. er leetle white
dove, m sets on de head O. my bed.
Den in de day. when I hears or hen
Lswd tells 'em ter say, .fs Wild you,
judy When you is by yourself is de-
time ter hol' sweet remunion wild de
Lawd, m He allus stays closer ter dem
whut needs Him mos,.s
When did the Lord first touch your
hearth"
"De fus time I felt de sperit wukin
on me. marster's colored folks wuz hol.-
in or stracted meetin. I had been
'ten'in putty regular, but I wuz pow'ful
peart in dem days m I lowed 1 wuzn'
gwine TO be shoutin' outen my sto'
bought shoes. like dem did whut he'd
ligion. One Sunday de preacher give
us er s'archin' sarmon. I nuver went
mp whom he called fur mourners, but it
sot mi ter thinkin' bout my sins. De
naix day I wuz chopin cotton in de
new groun', m de Lawd riz up outen de
woods. back O. de fell m said ter me.
Judy, drap dat hoe m go to seekin' Ii
gion.' De debil riz up long side o. him
N lowed. Who 10 gwine ter keep yer
cotton outen de grass while you is
seekin'Y lent on my hoe handle or
minute, MI gun ter think bout de
matter. Terrectly, de Lawd said, Ain
you gwine ter do whut I tole you?' Den
dat p~esterin voice O de debil said, 'You
knows dat hen roos' on de way ter
chu'ch. You got jes az much right ter
dem chickens ez anybody, m while you
10 seekin' some Niger gwine to git EN-
Flowed, Git O way fom yere. debill
ain got no time ter be pestered wild
none o your hifalutin talk Dat night
Invent ter meetin' m when de parson
called fur mourners ter come ter de
front, II 'peased like de angels picked
mo up often de bench m toted me ter
do pulpit. Wall, I got down on nv
knees, when de angels lef me, m do
las thing I r~icollec wuz de congregs-
tion singin' DIET good ole tune,
oh, you mus be er lover O. do ISwd.
Ef you wants ter 60 ter heabin whom you de-
In or minute I felt somethin tech mo
MI opened my eyes. Il wuz all dark,
but I could eco 'twux de debit, BY de
fire comm outen his nose n mouth.
He tuck me by do nam n led me down
or steep slippery hill, whut I lowed
wuz made ,outen glass. DEN he tuck
mo in or roo whar al de middle o. il
wus bilin fire. Icould see folks in de
dre burniu, m heaps o. 'em hanRin'
,foun' dc wall by de ha.r. De debil
frowed on some pine m wood ter mek
dc IRE OF leetle hotter, m den he come
back fur me. I wished I wux back in
de cotton patch, but I riz up mouehty
proud like, m lowed, MY Cord! Marse
Debil, whut il you gwine ter do wild
me?' He said, Give me- or piece O. your
ha'r quick I he'd 1es wropped nv he'r
In shucks de night fore n Ihsted row.
full tor tex hit loose, but I give him ono
stran,. He tuck n fixed one end rom
my neck. m den he tied de udder end
tor er peg in de fist. DarI hung
er rrsson wuz seekin' ligion he he'd ter
hang three days. Ef he fell in he burnt,
but Of de hs'r didn' brek den he wuz
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What does the devil look like, Aunt
"tsvd, honey, you have to 60 rec fur
yourseH. He u monstrous black, sho.
Some folks calls colored people niggsrs
but dc debdl Is dc onlyest Niger I eber
seed.
Il hung dar tell do dsbil cut me down
den be tuck mo on Do en- Q his pitch
fork. n totsd me back ter, Do worl,. I
hsared Do ga&ss. o. hell slam Wild or
beng, n 'peaxed like somebody spoke
ter me. I opened my eyes, a. dar I
Icy in my owp cabin. 1heddone found
1igion den. n ris up f'om dar or
shoutins. Inuvsr thunk bout my sto'.
bought shoes den. but I fairly riz dat
cabin roof or shoutin..
(which church did You ioin?s
s"Oh, Ts 81 Mssodia'. Me m my ole
man Peter he'd or pow'iul pestsrin time
'bout dat. Peter wuz gwine ter jine do
ehu'ch too. but hs sortor leaned ter do
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