A Fearsome Story
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And what became of Aunt Peachy after that?"
"She done slunk away an' nobody did'n' hearn no mo' er her conjering fer many a day. The nex' thing we know'd, Aunt Peachy wa' one er the mos' rombustious mimbers er the chu'ch, prayin' an' 'zortin' an' shoutin'. She allus had it in fer me'n Si, though, fer bus'in' up her conjer dance. Three or fo' years arfter that, when me'n Si done got Marse Thomas' consent ter git married, Aunt Peachy done tu'n up at the wedding, though Gawd knows she didn't git no invite, an' she brung long a bride's gif, a moughty fine-looking glass water pitcher with a crack in it. I's fear'd Aunt Peachy's 'ligion an' her pitcher air jes' about the same: neither one er them won't hol' water."
