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to see him, and he twisted up his features so that she couldn't

Next, they learned Conley could write. Frank told them
that, you know. Well, I don’t mean to be severe, but they
took that negro and they gave him the third degree. Black
and Scott cursed him. ‘You black scoundrel,’ they yelled
at him. ‘‘You know that man never had you come there and
write those notes on Friday!’? And the poor negro, under-
standing and trying to please, said, ‘Yes, boss, zat’s right,
ah was dere on Saturday.’”’ And so they went on and got
first one affidavit and then another out of him. Well, Scott
and Black had him there, and Conley was only in high
sehool. I don’t know whether to call Scott and Black ‘‘pro-
femora’’ or not. Scott seys, ‘“We told him what would fit
and what would not.’’ And it was ‘“‘stand up, James Con-
ley and recite, when did you fix those notes, Jamest’’ and
James would answer that he fixed them on Friday, and then
the teachers would tell James it was surely wrong, that he
must have fixed them on Saturday, and James would know
what was wanted and would acknowledge his error. Then
it would be, “That's a good lesson, James, you are excused,
James,’’? I’m not guessing in this thing. Scott told it on
the stand, only in not so plain words. So it was that when
this negro had told the whole truth they had another reci-
tation.

‘Was it fair for two skilled white men to train that negro
by the hour and by the day and to teach him and then get
8 statement from him and eall it the trutht Well, Professors
Black and Scott finished with him, and they thought Con-
ley’s education was through, but that nigger had to have a
university course!

Scott, you and Black milked him dry; you thought you
did, anyhow, but you got no moral perversion and no wateh-
ing. In the university they gave a slightly different course.
Tt was given by Professors Starnes and Campbell. Oh, I
wish I could look as pious as Starnes does. And Professor
Dorsey helped out, I suppose. I don’t know what Professor

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