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cd at what was said ; and a gentleman laid 

 me a bottle of wine that she would tell mc 

 my name, if I went into her house. I did 

 not think that a fair trial of her conjuring, 

 as I frequently was in Baltimore ; there- 

 fore, she might know me. But I went to 

 the house where she resided, jumped off 

 my horse, and entered her apartment with- 

 out any one apprising her of my intention. 

 She could not tell my name ; said she was 

 neither witch nor wizard, — but often 

 guessed very well ; that, if she did not 

 succeed in guessing, she sometimes desired 

 the person who had lost horse, cow, or 

 any other property, to come again at an 

 appointed time, and she would play the 

 deuce with the holder of the stolen goods, 

 if they were not delivered. . If that hap- 

 pened, she then wrote a charm, which was 

 a strange bugbear or fright to the people, 

 especially to the negroes. By some decep- 

 tion she has surprised very genteel people. 

 The reason why this was proposed to me, 

 was, that, a short time before this, Mrs. 

 Latimer, the lady of a merchant (and, like 



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