| Show NEEDED A THOROUGH SOUSING evil spirit of hackman could not bi 11 exercised exorcised except by 14 most ost k gent cent methods doctor brown a negro evangelist was a firm finn believer in the a dy cb torn tom of river baptism and bomea J whom he baptized in this mann manner ersel ss dorn dom forgot it A few years ago lt bli held a christening in a new jerai 1 town on the banks of the delawie Dela river where x here a dozen or more concetti con verni were assembled awaiting their tura tani to be immersed among them well westa hackman who evinced a lively ante f est in the ceremony cpr emony why OOPS lops the gool good doctor lr asked of a follow fellow converts convert cluck some of 0 f them folks two times an othi more ile he ducks em once iiii friend for every new dew name coln to have Is that th tb hackman ackman li m plied 1 I was coln to call my aff thomas jefferson lincoln anderm lint but iguess I 1 guess tom will be boutie bout loi duff tins this conversation was overheard bil the sharp ears of doctor brown browd nit finally beckoned tho the hackman to emita or fulward forward L 2 yo name please he inquired ii adeep a deep bass voice jess baptize me torn tom that ml 0 the lie candidate replied as the evans evan ak taking him none too gently by bj tit neck piloted him far out into cn stream where he ducked him not can it hut but halt half a dozen times with buch in 11 and vigor that a few fear hi rt later the hac hackman kuian found f lind 11 eif t the shore coughing sputtering u 1 fighting tor for breath the ceremony ce remon soon over and when he had ills his strength he made his way to 6 side ide of doctor brown what to fo you duck me that W tj he demanded in aggrieved toria tonet come here to td be baptized dot to t drowned my bir good mr man M replied di 61 drown brown you was so filled sila devil I 1 had to use a powerful 10 laj water to wash him out of 70 ye spit tk r |
