Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-12
NIGHTS With Uncle Remus
A Ghost Story.

The next time the little boy visited
Uncle Remus, he persuaded "Hldy to
20 in with hilu. Daddy Jack was in his
usual place doing and talking to him
self, while Uncle Remus oiled the car
riage harness. After awhile Aunt Tenn
by came in
The conversation turned on ghosts and
after some general discussion of the
subject Tidy broke the silence.
'W'en it come ter tales bout ha'nt's,"
said she II hear tell 'er one dat'N des
natally make de kinks on yo' head on
| quite deyse'f."
"N ut tale dat, chile?' asked Aunt
! Temby
''Let her CO me in,' said Uncle Remus.
We'll, dem" said Tidy. rolling her
eyes back and displaying her white
| teeth. lone time dey wuz a Oman en-
| Man. Seem lax dey live close ter one
n'er en- &c Man he shot his eyes on de
| Oman, she DIES went long en- ten ter
| tuck sick en- die. Man, he
| dey come en- fx'cr. Dey layer out, en-
dey light some candles, en- dey sor up
wider, des like folks does now; en- dey
put two great big roun' shiny dollars on
| Ter eyes fer ter hoP er eye-leds down"
( In describing the silver dollars, 'Tildy
| joined the end Of her thumbs ard fore
! fingers together, and made figure as
| large as q saucer.
obey WIZ lots bigger den dollars is
deze days." she continued, zen dey
looks mighty purity. Seem like dey wuz
all de money de Oman got, en- de folks
dey put UNI on 'er eye>leds fer ter hoP
um down. Den we'eu de folks do dat
dey call up de man en- taken tell I'm dat
he mus dig grave en- bury de Oman,
en- dey all went off bout der bizness.
swell, den, de Man, he tuck'n dig de
grave en- make ready fer ter bury de
Oman. He look at dat money on 'er
eye-leds, en- it shine mighty purity.
mighty good, but des bout time de Man
open. Look like she lookin' at i'm, en-
he taken put de money whar be gi1 it
fum.
"Well, den, de Man, he taken git
Vaughn en- haul de Oman out ter de
buryin' q oun', en- wen be cit dar he fix
everything, en- den he grab de de mon.
ey en- kiyver up de grave right quick.
Den he go home, en- put de mo ney in a
tin box Ell rattle it sroun'. Hit rattle loud
en- bit rattle nice, but de Man, he amt
feel SO good. Seem like he know de
Oman eye-lid stretch wide open lookin'
fer 'em. Yit he rattle de money :roun' =,
en- hit rattle loud en- hit rattle nice.
'Well, den, de Man. he taken put de
tin box wat de money in on de mantel-
shel-uf. De day go by, en- de night
come, en- wen night come, de win gun
ter rise up en- blow. HIT rise high, hit
blow strong. Hit blow on top er de
| house, hit blow und' de house, bit blow
roun de house. Man, he feels quaro.
he set by de fer en- lissen. VIM ssy
| .Euzz-zoo-o-o-o~o!' Man lissen. VIM
holler en- cry. Hit blow top er de house
hit blow und' de house bit blow 'roun'
de house, hit blow in de house. Man git
de cracks en- blow in UNI. Biz, bizzy,
! buzz--zoo-o-o o-oT
"Wen, den, Man, he Gssen, lissen,
lissen, but bimeby he git tired er dis, en-
| he low ter hisse'f dat he gwine ter bed.
He tuck'n fling fresh light'd knot in
fer, en- den he Jump in de bed, en- guile
hisse'f up en- put his head und' de Xiv
yer. Win hunt fer de cracks-bizzy-
| buzz, bizzy-buzz, bugZ-zoo o-o-o-o. o!
Man keep his head und' de kivver.
| Light'd knot far up en- flicker. Man
| amt dast ter move. VIM blow en- wis
sci PheW-fee-e-e-e! Light knot flicker
en- far Man he keep his head kivvud.
Nv ell den, Man lay dar, en- git skeer'-
der en- skeer'der. He amt dast ter
wink his eye, skaeely, en- seem like be
gWine tar have swamp agur. W'iles biz
dar shakin. en- de win 9 bloWia