The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
TURN OF THE TEST
BoGUEH0MME REDOLENT or THE
 wITCHCRAFT.
Ysunser smart Set sf oIa fsery Cea- elaves Gets Alarmed over sharp Evidences ef veedesfsn.
 Resulfa,

winnie ooodgame's name has always puzzled the negroes of Boguehomme and as Winnie grew up to womanhooc of sweeping curves. boyish short hair and liquid dark eyes, handed down to her from a forefather of carpetbagger notoriety, the Identity of the Juno. done In old ivory. caused no little speculation and some alarm. The Mrs. Grundys' of Boguehomme looked wise and crossed the street when the Hebe-proportioned creature walked along the street. and members of the younger smart set, through jealousy oi personal charm and misundersta nding held conciaves at which witchcraft was the topic of discussion.
 Mary Banks got sick with a wterd ill., ness. The incident caused unrest. Cato Thomas went lame and uneasiness switched to alarm, but when one day Rosa Broughton found a package of -four, pieces of coal. horsehair and the bill of dead sparrow. neatly done up at her front door to greet her in the morning. Boguehomme threw . super stitious handspring and was fabber- gasted beyond all peradventure.
 The elders took counsel among them selves, gut the great pow-wow came to naught: 1t was beyond their ken. Elders were not supposed to be classy about GcAJutAH8 Au opch CV1atts GaR2St1sA$ with graduates of Tuskegee in the in- ner circle. Therefore. what to them was . seif-evident fact, was passed up as belonging to the regime of Umbompo who dwe1led by the puriing Ujiji.
 Rosa was not satisfied with the hnd- ing of the leaders of the tribe, and when Malissey Daniels found the tail Of rat, the back end of a tooth brush. the lower jaw of Q freshly killed pos- sum. and . defunct police court sum mons, all wrapped in the lingerie torn from an ante-beIlum horsehair chaiv end above all. stuffed in the gullet of the pump, the case was no longer one for doubt.
 Rosa and Maiissey,. in sheer despera. tion, decided on drastic measures. The time for action had come. and they whetted their razors in the gloom of early dawn, while the sun was bobbins up from behind Mount Meigs. Their bodices looking like sacks of cocoa" nuts with e crop of hidden bricks, they gat them to the street and awaited the passing of Winnie, having decided to ascertain whether her blood was really green and forever settle the probabil- fly of the presence of 8 witch in tho elite neighborhood.
 Unconscious of pending harm. Winnie stroiied out to her morning work. swinging along in the free. full strides of magnificent health. She was stopped by the witch finders.
 ooman, Is you trying to conture muh?' asked Rosa caressing her thumb nall with the edge of a razor.
 \. Winnie didn't turn an eyeiash.l she laughed at the question, and would have passed. but Maiissy stood before her: "wha' de hell you day sen me dis hoo- door she asked In a voice pregnant with suppressed feeling.
 Winnie stood to one sfde and took . step forward but was stopped by Rosa. Rosa swung back her arm and the razor bit into the yellow cheek of the unsus- peeting woman. A gush of red blood followed. and her assailants, seeing but human, fied.t for the first time taking cognizance of the shadow of the law. It was too late. From afar the myrmi- dons of Sir Miles had seen. and clap ping spurs to their trusty palfrles, closed rapidly on the fleeing fiKures.
 The case was presented in police court. but the fact that 1t had occurred at noon and no witnesses had been sum- moned, gave cause for postponement.