Subject:Deathbed
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Entry 925
A fellah wus poisoned an' he turned black from his toes - left foot - he got black all up to his thigh. An' after he got black he stayed that way fer about three or four weeks an' he couldn't git well. An' they car'd 'im to four or five diff'rent hospitals in Florida an' he couldn't git well. An' so fin'lly, he taken from one thing to another an' his side were gittin' a little bettah. After it got a little bettah, well, a fellah got sick in de hospitial - de fellah who poisoned 'im, an' he send for 'im. So he went to dis fellah an' he wus confess on his bed dat he's dyin', see, an' he told 'im dat he poisoned 'im. He axed 'im whut he poison - said, "What choo poison me fer?" He said, "Well, jis' didn't like you; somebody axe me to poison you an' I jis' had to do it to make mah money." An' he axed 'im an' said, "Well, how will I get cured?" He said, "I'll tell you whut I poisoned you with, an' I'll tell you whut I cure you with - you kin cure yourself with it." He said, "Whut choo poison me with?" He said, "I poisoned you with runnin' huckleberry, it's de root; an' go into a graveyard an' dig right down in de center of de grave, an' git some of dat dirt an' put it in dere with dat runnin' huckleberry root, an' ball [boil] it an' take dat tea an' put it in some whiskey, an' that how you poisoned." When he axed 'im, he said, "Well, how will I git well?" He telled 'im to go in the woods an' find 'im some silkweed - it's some sort of silkweed that when you mash on it, milk it look like will come out. An' you [put it] right in some watah an' ball it, an' after it ball, you put fifteen drops of turpentine in - add it up to a quart of watah. An' you take a glassful like dat for nine mornin' until you take it all up. Be sure an' take it all up in nine mornin'. In nine mornin' your colah'll come back an' that'll cure you. Dat bin mahself. He poisoned me. I's de fellah he poisoned.