“I am reminded of the revival what saved my life. It turnt me around, it did.” The Duke stood at the front with the preacher, and now the stage was his. “You see, my friends, I used to be the worst of men. I was a pirate.” The crowd gasped. “A pirate on the high seas, where I stole and killed and did all sorts of other nefarious deeds that decent folks don’t talk about.” “Where’s yer eyepatch and yer parrot?” someone yelled out, and there was a smattering of laughter. “Oh, I had me one, brothers and sisters. I had one, right on this here eye, but the Lord, just like He done today fer some of
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