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good meeting he had had across the river, at which 

 somebody had agreed to join the Church, and was 

 now present for that purpose. And when he had sat 

 down, it being time to conclude the service, I asked 

 him if I had understood him rightly, as saying that 

 he had brought some one to join the Church. 



" ' Yes, sir,' answered he, briskly, ' dat da him.' 



" ' But did you not say, old man, that she was a 

 Baptist?' 



" ' Yes, sir, e Bapty.' 



" 'But why does n't she stay with her own people? ' 



" Here he arose, and putting himself in an oratori- 

 cal posture, he proceeded thus : 



"'You see, sir, ober we side de riber (river), some 

 Bapty and some Metody. An' de Bapty, dem say 

 de ting tan (stand) so (motioning to the left), and 

 the Metody, we say e tan so (motioning to the right). 

 An' so me and Brother Tom, we bin hab meetin'; and 

 one Bapty broder bin da, and dis sister bin da. An' 

 me talk pon um, and de Bapty broder talk pon um; 

 and him talk and me talk long time. An' arter (after) 

 dis sister set down da long time, an' yeddy (hear) we 

 good fasin (fashion), e tell me say, Brother Caesar, 

 me tink you right. Me say, Ki, sister, you say you 

 tink me right? Me know me right. So, sir, you see 

 me bring um to you fuh (for) join Church. An' you 

 know, sir, de Scripter say, de strongis dog, let um 

 hole (hold) fas.' 



"And who might have been the weaker dog where 

 Csesar was the stronger one? Homely work must 

 they have made of it, but I dare say they were honest, 

 which is more than I would say for some better-bred 

 controvertists, who, with a fair show of speech and 

 becoming figures, make their controversies like a dog- 



