East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-04-26

mucn all ue way.
Did you say it was dead limb, Jupi-
ter?' cried Legrand in quavering voice.
yes, massa, him dead as de door nail
done up for sartain-done departed dis
here life'
'What in the name Of heaven shall
do?' asked Legrand, seemingly in the
greatest distress.
'Dop said l, glad of an opportunity ia
interpose q word, 'why, come home and
90 to bed. Do-that's fine fellow
It's getting late, and besides you remem-
Der your promise
Jupiter cried he, without needing me
in the least;;' do you hear me?'
Yes, Massa VIII, hear you ebber Sc
plain
Try the wood we'll then with your
knife and see if you think it very rotten.
'IIim rotten, massa, sure nuff,' replied
the negro in few moment, 'but not so
berry rotten as mought be. Mought
ventnr' o t leetle way pom de limb my
self, dat's true
by yourselfl--what do you mcan?'
why, mean de bug. lis berry heb
by bug. S'pose 1 drop him down fuss,
and den de limb went break wild Just de
weight oh one nigger."
you internal scoundrel' y cried Le-
grand, apparently much relieved, what
do you mean by telling me such nonsense
as thai? AS sure as you drop that beetle
Ill break your neck. Look here, Jupiter,
do you hear me?'
Yes, massa, needn't hollo at poor Mig
ger in dat style
well now listen! if you will venture
out on the limb as far as you think safe,
and not let go of the beetle, I'll make you
a present of silver dollar as soon as you
get down.
I'm gwine, Massa Will-'deed is ;
replied the negro very promptly mos
out to de end now
out to the eadP here fairly screamed
Legrand," do you say that you are out to
the end of that limb.
Soon be to de eend, massa-o o-o-o-ohl
Lor-gol-a-marcy what is dis here pom de
tree?
well y cried Legrand, highly delight
ed, why, taint noffin but skull-some-
body bin lef him head up de tree, and de
crows done gobble ebcry bit OBJ de meat
off,
a skull, you say!-.very well!--how is
it fastened to the limb?--what holds it on?'
"Sure nuff massa; mus look. Why,
dis berry curious circumstance, 'pon my
word-dare's great big nail in de skull,
what fastens oh it on to de tree
well now, Jupiter, do exactly as tell
you--do you hear
Yes, massa.'
PAY attention, then!--fnd the left eye
of the skull
'Hum hool dat's goodl why, dare aint
no eye lef at all
Curse your stupidity! do you know
your right hand from your left?'
Yes, | knows dat-knows all bout
dat-'tis my lef hand what chops dc
wood wid.'
'To be sure you are left handed; and
your left eye is on the same side as your
left hand. Now, suppose you can find
the left eye Of the skull, or the place
where the left eye has been. Have you
found it?'
IIa~o ,,os q ls~s r~s... A.l.~e.l, .ho
negro asked.
rs dc lef eye of de skull pom de same
side as de lef hand of dc skull, too?--cause
dc skull aint got not bit oh hand at
all-nebber mindl / got dc lef eye now
here de lcf eye! what mus do wild it?'
Let the beetle drop through it as far
as the string will reach, but be careful
and not let 90 your hold of the string
'All dat done, Massa Will; mighty easy
ting for to put dc bug fru dc hole-look
out for him dar bclown
'Very welll-now just keep as you are
| for few minutes
During this colloquy no portion of
Jupiter's person could be seen; but the
beetle, which hc had suffered to descend,
was now visible at the end Of the string,
and glstened, like q globe of FURNISHED
gold, in the last rays of the setting sun,
some of which still family ilumined the
emnencc upon which we stood. The
scWaJrw hung quite clear Of any
branches, and, if allowed to fall, wonld
have fallen at our feet. Lcgrand imme-
datey took the scythe, and cleared with
it circular space, three or four yards in
diameter, just beneath the insect, and
having accomplished this, ordered Jupi-
ter to let 90 the string and come down
from the tree.
Driving peg, with great nicely, into
the ground, at the precise spot where the
beetle lay, my friend now produced from
his pocket tape measure. Fastening
one end Of this at that point of the trunk
of the tree which was nearest the peg, he
unrolled it till it reached the peg, and
thence further unrolled it, in the direc-
tion already established by the two points
of the tree and the peg, for the distance
of fifty feet = Jupiter clearing away the
bramblcs with the scythe. At the spot
thus attained second peg was driven,
and about this, as a centre, a rude circle,
about four feet in diameter, described
Taking now a spade himself, and giving
one to Jupiter and one to me, Legrand
begged us to set about digging as quick
ly as possible. To speak the truth, had
no especial relish for such amusement at
any time, and at that particular moment
/ would most willingly have declined it,
Al el.l I.ll