make the past owners wife. The rumor began that one is able to hear moans from the lumber in the newly built kitchen. It ends up that Tenie dies on the floor of the kitchen and the narrator, John, believes that the story is unbelievable while Annie seems to be worried about the outcome of the black couples love. The whole story is initiated with the narrator saying he is going to make the old schoolyard into the kitchen. Julian then chimes in that it is a bad idea because it is haunted and then it shows immediately following the story Julian is holding church meetings in the supposed haunted schoolhouse that no one should be alone in. Julian, by telling the story about the old school house, changes Annies mind and gets his way. Another story that Julian tells that results in him getting his own way is the mule and horse story. Julian attempts to convince John, the narrator, that the mule is too human like and tells him the story of Primus being conjured upon by the small conjure man. Anyways the reason behind the insertion of this story is for Julian to sneakily benefit from it while Jon and Annie think that the story is completely ridiculous. Julian asks John nonchalantly if he would like to see a horse because he knows the man who is selling it. I n reality this is a trick to buy a useless horse that dies within weeks. Julian is said to be seen in brand new Sunday clothes and there is no way that he could have purchased them so it is obvious that he received clothes from the deal he struck up with the man selling the horse.The events discussed above only touch briefly on reason for telling of these stories, but I found it interesting that Julius always profits by telling the stories. In Charles W. Chesnutts The Conjurer Woman Julius seems very similar to the Brer Rabbit in Uncle Remus in the fact that both are cunning and sneaky to get things to go their way....
