The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-12

done waitin' fur EN- down at de aige NV de road,
an needs dey all '~sistance eff dey wants to see
some fun, an de sooner de p'cession staht de
sooner de play begin.
vivid dat dey all march Town to de road. an,
jine Mr.. Ferret, an wild him at de head, dey
march long thout a sound; dreckly Mr.. Ferret
pint out de tracks NV Mr.. Rabbit in de snow, an
he laff an holler, an say dey done struck de
right trail, an it's mos soon enuff to keep dere
footses from gittin' col. Jus den Mr.. Ferret
stop dat suddint dat it neatly throw de whole
p'cession out O. jint.
"'Oh, no! sezee, dis hyer is a on'speckted, but
'greeble comprehension sezee to hissef, sezee.
"Dey all lookup de road, an dere. right fo' deys
all eyes, sOt Mr.. Rabbit, wild his year towards,
like he hyear sumpin', an a-lookin'
dat pale roun' de gills, dat it I'D make anybody
feel sorry fur i'm, b%eeeppin' de ones wat he play
so many FRANKS on.
AN, genelmans. dere was likeways de fresh
prints NV Kunnel Man and Squire Dog!
MI. Rabbit soon lay out his campane, an
staht oveh into de woods. Mr.. Ferret an his so
Jers don't hurry none, cause, l tell you dat he
done have 'sperince long wild lots Nv Mr.. Rab-
bits family fo' now.
"Brer Rabbit ac' jus as uppity same like al
ways, an he JUS go hat hammonin' thrO' de
woods like he want in nospeshul hurry. Mr.. Fer
ret come right long wild de res on 'em. keepin'
his eyes on Brer Rabbits tracks: till bimeby
dey see i'm an de tracks dis'pear in a tut NV
grass. De c~reetyers look at one yuther in 'ston-
ishment, an den dey look at Mr.. Ferret. who
look as cool as a cowcumber.
"Dey come up to de place whar de tracks stop.
an Mr.. Ferret call out, Halt! Dey stop. an
Mr.. Ferret low dat he got to stashun his pickets.
Wild dat he ordah Cap'n Fox an Maiah Wolf to
take dere STAINS whah he puts EN-, an after
leavin' Jedge Bar to watch de place whah Mr..
Rabbit dispear, he leads Cap'n Fox an Majah
Wolf to two udder tufts NV grass, whah
deres two holes 'pariently. Den Mr.. Mink he
perdooce a bag fur Cap'n Fox. an ner fur Majah
Wolf, an Ginral Ferret say dey mus keep EN-
ovah de holes an look out.
vivid dat he k'noiter a little. an say dat, beins
dere's no mo- holes, he'll jus drap in an see how
Mr.. Rabbit feels by dis time.
Den he go back whahM Mr.. Rabbitdis pear from
sight, an whah he lef 'Jedge Bar an Mr.. Mink,
an pullin' a quah-lookin' lot NV straps outen his
pocket, he laff an say, 'sezee, KNOWS my failins,
g~enelmens, sezee, AN if l come up wild Mr.. Rab-
bit IN de hole. sezee, Use mighty liable to take
an suck his blood sezee, AN dat nd Spite de fun
fur de res sezee. Den he pull de strops ovah
his nose, an muzzle hissef, an started in. Mr..
Mink bein' in de secret NV Mr.. Ferret jus bresh
de snow often a chinkapin log. an him an 'Jedge
Bar hop up an wait de quensekonses Nv de
movements.
Jus den dey hyear a monstus racket, an hyar
come Kunnel man an Squire Dog acrost de
fence, an Kunnel Man done got four NV ole
man Rabbits chilluns tied togedder
by dere legs. Cose de c~reetyers sort O skeerd
wen dey see Kunnel Man an Squire Dog right
in amongs EN-, but dey halter stan dere groun'
like good sojers in de face NV de enemy.
"Wies dey wuz gitten back de camness Nv
dere feelin's." and here Aunt Dinah laughed out
loud at the open-eyed. open-mouthed astOnish-
ment of the child at the predicament of ''Brier
Rabbit 'Dere wuz a monstus lutterment in
de neighborhoods Nv Captain Fox, at de same
time Mr.. Ferret make his pearance, an it doan
take no time to fin out dat he done chase ole
man Rab right into de bag wat Captain Foxs
a-holdin'.
"Dere wuz a pause, cause dey doan know wat
to do mex. en- durin' de time Mr.. Ferrit wuz
takin' de muzzle off an Mr.. Man come up, kind
O frenzy like, an low, he did, dat dat wuz
mighty fine wuk, sezee, and eff you all Il jus
tun Mr.. Rabbit ovah to me, I'll hep you alls to
finish de las ac' NV his yuthly Greer, sezee.
"Dey all give dere silent consent. Capn
Fox reich de bag to Kunnel Man, an
yum outen dat bag by dem same ole behine legs
NV hisn, an ker-sqush he tuck him aGin a chink-
apin tree, an ole Rabbit ies stiffen hissef out
stone dead 'thouten maxim his will"
Was that that the last of Br'er Rabbit, Aunt
DinahgN inquired the boy, after a pause.
"Cose OATS de las NV ole man Brer Rabbit;
but I hyearn he lef' a big family NV chilluns an
lashuns.'
"Dey do say she continued, as a
grand finale to the story, 'dat
Kunnel Mar tuck'n gin Mr.. Ferret
his bode an close de res NV his natchul life fur
de service he can render in givin de rabbit
family dere come-uppin's wen it's a needcessity.
An dey say furder, dat dat night dere wuz a
blowout at Miss Minkses, an de gals, when
dey tuck up a cleckshun for ole Miss Rabbit an
de chilluns on de strenk NV de good radiance NV
de bad rubbage Nv Ole Man Rabbit"
''Clar outen de kitcun now Honey, soze | kin
Git de white folks supper on time and the little
boy skipped into the house to tell his mamma
that Aunt Dinah had told him how "Brer Rab-
bitt1 done got his come uppins at last.
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