The Burning of the Tobacco Barn

The [HW: other] Tucker brother had made a fine crop of tobacco that

year, more than a thousand dollars worth in his big barn. Pol made one

of her slaves go with her, [HW: when] and she set fire to the tobacco

barn of her brother-in-law's barn, and not being able to get away [HW:

unable to escape] before the flames [HW: brought] a crowd, she hid in

the grass, right near the path where the people were running to the

fire. She had some kind of stroke, perhaps from fright, or pure deviltry

which 'put her out of business'. I wish I could remember whether it

killed her or just made a paralytic of her, but this is a true story.

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