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 "I see I'se des begun—one debble out, but dey's six mo' ter come!"

Again he whipped her around the room, threw her down, held her hair and banged her head against the floor.

"Fur de las' time I axes ye, is de Lawd's' messenger, Isaac A. Postle, a sanctified one?"

Bang! Bang! Bang! went her head against the planks.

"Yes honey, I sees it now!" she cried with enthusiasm.

"Dat's de way!"

"Does ye lub me fur showin' ye de light?"

Bang! Bang! went her head.

"Yes, Lawd, I lub ye."

"Say it strong."

Bang! Bang! went her head.

"I lubs ye, my honey, yes I do Aunt Julie Ann.

"An' I'se de only man dat ye ebber lub?"

A moment's pause, and again bang! bang! went her head.

Alfred couldn't wait for the answer; he gripped his stick, sprang through the door, knocked the Apostle flat on his back, and jumped on him.

Aunt Julie Ann was more astonished than Isaac at her sudden deliverance.

She scrambled to her feet and gazed for a moment shouted