<TITLE>14. Par 50-51</TITLE>L-50 Here sometime ago, I was working for a utility company. And I went down to tell the lady that she hadn't paid her light bill, and they was going to come turn the services off, if she didn't pay it. And I went down to the door, and knocked on the door, and there was a little girl come to the door, a little woman about eighteen twenty years old, about enough clothes on to wad a musket. And she come to the door, and she said, "Oh, you're from the light company." Said, "Mother told me to take the bill in a few days ago."
And I said, "Yes, ma'am."
And she said, "Well wait, I will get the money for you."
I said, "Thank you."
She said, "Can you take it for me?"
I said, "Yes, ma'am."
She started across the floor, and there was some kind of an old worldly crazy music come on of some old fiddler. You know sawing, that in that kind of a music out, of some kind a little old song that's worldly. And she was going... started playing it real fast like the devil does. And so she started across the floor, and that girl forgot I was even in the... around the place.
She started across the floor dancing around hollering, "Toodley, toodley, toodley." All around the floor, some kind of a slugs, and jitterbugs, and all other kind of rumble mumbles. And all ungodly things you ever heard of. And there she was u--upon the floor doing that. And directly she looked around.
I stood I thought, "Well, that poor kid." I thought, "My, she is really fully sold out." So I looked at her. I thought, "Well, she's nothing but a kid. That's a shame." So after while she looked... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
"I didn't. I forgot about you being at the door." She got the money, come to the door. She said, "I just love to dance so well."
I said, "Yes, ma'am. I see that."
So she got down when this man said they was going to have some kind of an old--kind of a dance out at some kind of a green briar patch or something. She got down throwed him a kiss through the radio. She said, "Good-bye deary." Said, "I will be right there to see you."
I thought, "You're sure will too. There's no one at all to keep you away from it." No, sir.

L-51 I went on up a fine church in our city, great church, Doctor Brown, the pastor, a fine friend of mine. I was coming down a pole; I'd been taking down some old secondaries. And I was coming down the pole. Dr. Brown come over. He said, "How are you, Billy?"
I said, "Just fine."
He said, "You still having good crowds up at the Tabernacle?"
I said, "Wonderful."
He said, "Billy, you know since I been in this town." He said, "The other week," said, "I sent out." Said, "There's sixteen, I mean at least six thousand... Said, "I got six thousand members of this church around here somewhere." And said, "I sent out cards to make them people pledge that they'd come to prayer meeting at least six months out of the year." And said, "You know how many responded to those six thousand cards?"
I said, "No."
He said, "Two."


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