The Portland daily press., 1880-01-09
What you doin' dar,
Settin' in de cornder

| AS matter of course this vague allusion re-
minded the little boy of the fact that the wick
| ed Fox was still in pursuit of the Rabbit, and
| he Immediately put his curiosity in the shape
| of a question.
"Uncle Remus, did the Rabbit have to go
| clean away when he got loose from the Tar
| Baby?"
"Bless grashus, honey, dat he didn't Who?
| Him? Yo' dunno nothin' t all bout Brer Rab-
| bit eff dat's de way youse gwine to'put i'm down.
| Wat ne gaiAo away fer? He mouter stayed
| sorter close twell de pitch rub off'n his ha'r,
| but t'wan't menny days fo' he was lopin' up en-
| down de naberhood same ez ever, and dunno
eff he want mo- sasser dan befo'
Seem like dat de tale how he got mixed up
| wild de Tar-Baby got roun' 'mongst de nabers:
| Leas ways Miss Meadows en- de gals got win
up it, en- de mex time Brer Rabbit paid em q
| visit Miss Meadows tackled 'em bout it, en- de
gals set up a mons'tus gigglement. Brer Rab-
bit, he set up ez cool ez a cowcumber, he did,
| en- let em run on"
"Who was Miss Meadows, Uncle Remus?"
"Don't ak me- honey. She was in de tale, en-
de tale, glib you like hi't wer' gun to me. Brer
Rabbit he sot dar, he did, sorter lam like, en-
den bimeby he cross his legs, he did, en- wink
his eye slow en- up en- say, sezee:
Ladies, Brer Fox was my daddy ridin' 'hoss
for thirty year; maybe mo-, but thirty year,
dat | knows 'un' sezee; en- den he pays um his
'spects, en- tip his beaver en- march OIL, he did,
dez ez stiff en- ez stuck-up ez tire-stick.
Mex day Brer Fox cum a-callin', en- wen he
gun for to laff bout Brer Rabbit, Miss Mead
ows en- de gals, dey ups en- tells 'em bout wat
Brer Rabbit said. Den Brer Fox grit his toof
sho' 'nuff, he did, en- look mighty dumpy, but
wen he riz fer to go up en- say, sezee:
Ladies, amt 'sputin W AT you say, but I'll
make Brer Rabbit chaw up his words en- spit
um out right we're whar you kin see um, sezee,
en- wild dat off Brer Fox marcht.
En- wen he got in de big road, he shuck de
dew off'n his tail, en- made straight shoot Ter
Brer Rabbits house. Wen he got dar, Brer
Rabbit wuz spectin' i'm, en- de do wuz shet
fas' Brer Fox knock. Nobody never ans'er.
Brer Fox knock. Nobody ans'er. Den he
knock agin- blam! blam! Den Brer Rabbit
holler out mighty weak:
.Is dat YOU, Brer Fox? 1 want you ter run
en- fetch de doctor. Dat bait er pusly wat ct
dis mawnin' is gittin' way wild me. Do, please,
Brer Fox, run quick sez Brer Rabbit. sezee.
Il come arter you, Brer Rabbit, sez Brer
Miss Meadows sezee .All de girls'll be dere,
en- promus dat I'll fetch you. De gals, dey
lowed dat hit wouldn't be no party, 'ceppin l
fetch you,' sez Brer Fox, sezee.
Den Brer Rabbit say he wuz too sick, en-
Brer Fox say he wuzu't, eE dar dey he'd it, up
en- down. 'sputin' en- contendin'. Brer Rabbit
saw he couldn't walk. Brer Fox said he'd tote
i'm. Brer Rabbit say how. Brer Fox say IN
his arms Brer Rabbit say he'd drap i'm. Brer
Fox low he wouldn't. Bimeby Brer Rabbit
Brer Fox say he would. Brer Rabbit say he
couldn't ride widout saddle. Brer Fox say
he'd git de saddle. Brer Rabbit say he couldn't
set in de saddle less he had bride fer to hol
by. Brer Fox say he'd git de bride. Brer
Rabbit say he couldn't ride widout bline bride
kase Brer Fox'd be shyin' at stumps long de
road en- fling i'm off. Brer Fox say he'd git de
bline bride Den Brer Rabbit say he'd go;
| Den Brer Fox say he'd ride Brer Rabbit mos
| up to Miss Meadows, en- den he could git down
en- walk de balance er de way. Brer Rabbit
| greed, en- den Brer Fox lipt out after de sad
die en- bride.
Co'se Brer Rabbit know'd de game dat Brer
| Fox wuz fixn' fer ter play, en- he 'termlned Ter
| ter outdo i'm, en- by de time he koam his har
en- twis his mustash, en- sorter rig up, here come
| Brer Fox, saddle en- bride on, en- lookin ez
| peart ez a circus pony. He trot up to de do en-
| stood dar PAWN de groun' en- champin' de bit
| same like sho' huff hoss, en- Brer Rabbit he
| mounted, he did, en- dey amble off. Brer Fox
| couldn't see behind wild de bline bride on, but
| bimeby he feel Brer Rabbit raise one er his
| foots.
'W'at you doin' now, Brer Rabbit?' sezee.
Short MIN de lef' strip, Brer Fox sezee
| Bimeby Brer Rabbit raise up de udder foot.
"W'at you doin' now, Brer Rabbit! sezee.
'Pulln' down my pants Brer Fox sezee.
| All de time, bless grashus, honey, Brer Rab-
| bit wer' putin on his spurious, en- wen dey
|
| wuz to git off, en- Brer Fox made motion Ter
ter put on de brakes, Brer Rabbit slap de spur
| rows into Brer Fox's fianks, en- you better
| b'leeve he got over groun'. Wen dey got Ter
| de house, Miss Meadows en- all de gals was out
| on de piazzer, en- stidder stoppin at de gate,
| Brer Rabbit rid on by, he did, en- den come
| gallopin down de road en- up to de hoss-rack,
| witch he hitch Brer Fox at, en- den he santer
| inter de house, he did, en- shake hands wild de
| gals en- set dar smokin' his seegyar, same ez a
| town man. Bmeby he draw in long puff en-
| den let hit out in cloud, en- squar hissef back
| en- holler out, he did:
Ladies', amt / done tole you Brer Fox wuz
| de ridin' '-hoss fer our family? He's sorter los
| in his gait now, but speck kin fetch i'm all
| right in a mont er so, sezee.
| En- den Brer Rabbit smile, he did, en- de gals
| giggle, en- Miss Meadows, she praise up de pony
| en- dar wuz Brer Fox hitch fas' to de rack en-
| couldn't help hissef."
SIS that ali, Uncle Remus?" asked the little
| boy, as the old man paused.
| "Dat amt all, honey, but 'twon't pay fer ter
| glib out too much cloff fer ter cut one par
| pants replied the old man, sententiously.