The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-17

ana so he J'st went 10 bed and there divert
ed himself locking at the FIRE, that was bia
} zln as merry as a bonfire on the hearth.
I Well. az be was lyin. ihat.a way, Just
ihlokin' o nothin' al all, what should come
INTO the place but fox. Blu, | mus. tell
you, what forgot TO tell you before, that
The rangers house was on the borthers O.
tho wood, and he had no one to live wild
him but himself, barrn' the dogs he had
tho caro- Nv, that was his only com.
psnions. and he had hole Gu, in the door,
with ssinsiu board to it, tina, the dogs
nigh, 20 10 or out. eccordn' as IL PLACED
them nnd. be dad, the fox came in as |
tod you through the hole in the door, as
bold as ram, and walked over to the FIRE
aud sat down loininst il.
Nov, II was mighty provokin' tina, all
the dogs was out they NOR rovin' about the
woods, you sec. looking for TO ketch rab
bits 10 ate, or some other Mischief, and il
80 happened that there want so much as
ohie individual dog IN the place and, be
dad, IN 60 bail the fox knew tina, right well
before he put hs nose inside the rangers
lodge.
"Well the RINGER was IN hopes iba,
some o the dogs i'd come home and keicb
the chsp, and he vas 10Th to stlr hand or
lut hlmself, afeared o freigh,enin' away the
iol; but, Be dad, he could hardly keep his
temper at oil, at all, when he seed the fox
Toxic the pipe off the hob, where he left Il
sfofs he whit 10 bed, aud putin the bowl
INTO the h'e 10 kiude it, (,'s ,hruc as I'm
here) he began TO smske foremost the FIRE,
as natural ss any other man sou cvcs seed.
Musha, bad luck to your impudsnce,
you long ia,lsd Llackguard 7" said the ran
ger, and i, 10 srpok a my pipe you are
o thin. by this and by that. and il | had my
gun convaynien, TO the, it's fire and smoke
OF smother sort, and what you wtut.t't bar.
gain for, Id give you" said he. Ba, still
he vas 10th 10 stir, hoping tito dogs ID rome
home, and ." he dad, my fiae follow" says
he to the iox. 4" if one o the dogs i'd COVE
homo, sa!,poIhre wouldn', save you, aid
that strong pickle y
$50, with that, he watched cai,, ihe fox
wasn't mindih hun, bu, was busy shak,n'
the eiodefs out o the pipe, shen he done
Old II, and the ranger thought he vas 20
log 10 20 Immediately after ges.n' 90 ar
o the 6rs and a shaugh O. the pipe; and SO
says he, "Faiks my lad, won't le, on 20
90 aisy a. all that, as cunnin as you think
yourself" and wild tina. he made dar, GU,
o bed. and run over TO the door. and got be
tune i. aud the fox; aud, "now says be
"your breads baked, my buck, and may
be my lord won, have fine run out o you
aod the dogs a, your brish every yard you
morodin' thief, aud the dlviI mind YOU"
ssys he, Z" for your impudcnce, for sure, 1t
you hadn'i the impotence Of highway.
mans horse, it's no, into my vety house,
unlher my moss, you'd dare for 10 cone"
aud with hat, he began TO whistle for the
d Y. and the fox, that stood eyein' him all
the time while he VAS spakIn' began to
lhuk It was time 10 be j gym when he
heatd the whistle, and says the fox 10 hun
self, Tro;h, indeed, you think yourself
mighty r,ea, ranger now" says he, "and
you think you're very cute, but, upon my
tail, and that's big oath, I'D be long sor.
~ to lei sl,cb a maIet headed bog sbroIter
as yourself take q dirty advantage O me,
and III engage" says the fox, Ill make
I sou leave the door soon aud siddln;' and,
with that, be turned to where the rangers
brogues we're lying, bard by, beside the fire,
and v hat would you think, but the fox tuck
up one o the brogues, aud wlni over 10 the
fire and threw /, INTO IT.
a. think ihai',l make you start" Gays
the fox.
"D.vi resavc the start" says the ran
ger; that won't do, VT, my buck, said he,
"lhe b,ogue may hutn 10 cendlhers, says
he, bu, out O. this won't stir" and thin,
putting his fingers into his mouth, he gev a
bias, " whistle you'd hear mile oil, aud
shouted Tor the dogs.
so tina, won't do" says the fox -
"Wvll, mus, ,hty another offer says he,
and with tina, he TUX up the other btoguc
. anI threw II into the fire too. There
now, Gays he, on may keep the Other
company" cay she, "and there's pair o
We now, as the dlvll said oil his knee buc
, kles."
"Oh, you thievin' varmin " says iht
ranger, you won't lave me tack To my
fee, bu, no mather, says he,1"your head''
9 worth more nor a pair Of brogues 60 me
i any day and, by the Piper o Blessin,own
T. cure money in my pocket this mint" say
!, he and with that, the fingers vas in hi
!, mouth ag,n, and he was gon' 10 whistle
" WIN, what would you think, but up sits tn
J. fox on h hunkers. and puts his two fore
c paws into his mouth. make game o IN
tanget- Bad luck TO the lie tell you
lr "Well, tho ranger, and no wonder, a
10 though in a rage, as he was, couldn't bel
10 aushin' at tho fox mockln' MN, aud by dat
i, he tuck Glitch fit o laughter, tina. he coult
m, whistle and tina, was the cu'epess o III
a, fox TO gam time but, whep his first laug
nd was over, the ranger recovered himself an
a pey another AID so says the foI, BY NJ
sowl p Gays he, " l think it wouldn't
er good for my health to stay hero much lo
he Ger, and musnt by thriilIn' with tina. blac
guard rauger any moIe," says be, "a'
h, 1 m,s, make h,m sensible that il is time