Penny Dreadfuls, 1897 · page 4 of 36
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a Ecttosive shotit +. od hes “One of the men referred to approached Geasally oe practi their arts in a boy and said; | secret and oftentimes create a great deal ‘Well, Don, if it’s 9 tair questa of trouble by arousing the fears of the -what’s the show going to be?’? ignorant blacks and by conducting a ‘The old man has found a voodoo,’’|strange ceremonies that sometimes are *_ was the smiling response. said to involve the sacrifice of puman. SSA vor odoo |! [> lives. “Vep.”’ ‘To have the spell of a voodoo cast _ “The real thing?’ on one 1s thought to be the worst mis- = *'So he says.” “And is he going to have him right here, in his own parlor?’ ‘““Of course! Did you ever know the) old man to weaken when he’d got a new) idea in his nut ?’’ ‘‘No, it’s just like him, but a voodoo! fhat tll!” ‘‘And black as night, too.”’ “Whew! but of course being he must be black.’’ ** And talks only a jargon that none - us can understand.”’ ©Then how——’’ “Oh! there’s a woman comes along at. = the same price. She’s the voodoo’s sister, a a ore & believe, and- she translates what his E; ES. ae nobs has to say.” pa eae. see, but where did your father rake | » the fellow ?’’ . air ay “Oh, I don’t In the North the slang word ‘‘hoo- doo’’ is used by way of a joke to indicate = that a person is tated to be bd atti i in pie South vaaty = the caveat Aileart: and: among the educated there are not a few wh > | have a real fear of it. Usually it is only the blacks tS selves who know who the voodoos ; are or ‘where they may be found; therefore it~ | wasa great novelty to introduce a cenuine voodoo into a gathering of society J people. | As the word passed around from one to. another among Mr. Grey’s guests the greatest interest was expre ed in thes ‘event and many were those who said that they should take the opportunity to have their fortunes told. =. Among them was a young lady who” r chowied: so much interest in the 1 oe ~~: ‘Ke | F- somewhere i in the} . see oa 1 Sepa at the outskirts of the that she atttacted a ood deal of interest ‘ aS jattention to herself, Her face changed color when ihe at ‘2 learned that a voodoo was to be present; e jand for a moment she looked act wae i ep rentenes —_— One of the men Who... 1 set the information, gol other: a . : Ati otton roing ‘“There’s ae Miss De. Le 20 df c a as out. ; seeshese ; > Ee eh ‘I’m not mistaken she'll a tuss/ ae 4 “reckon e can d ipo Re ‘with his nibs, the voodoo, for T u ned pe you believe in Meas ‘stand that she and all her fam ar ase “ting § do and you can g On it ‘superstitious. ? a Soak er ome — there's 10 ) doubt that gon eof) «gy 1¢ looks tired,’? said the other, “those nico than we} “Yes, and I'll vs Se FOU the drink sive them creait Ic Biden FS he will be more so when s she “Bet See tesieer returned to his friend te With the nigger.” tell him the news and _ the latter seemed Bre: t’s ask her if she’s goi | = ae “Bully for I nites Tu: see if he can | tell Aas a - — me how ny deal in, or ) as In p35 ——- = » —— er or