Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-11-27
now A WITCH WAS CAUGHT.

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how you ever in de roun' Worl er any .
where's else spccl me fer ter make any
Roadway in tellin' Il tale wiles all dish yer .
racket gwne on don't want ter call +
nobody's pa. kase he mos alters talk too .
loud, en- if | cali der ma twou't make 80 .
mighty much difference, kasc she done .
got SO usen ter it dat she dunner wen deg .
CT maxim any fuss. believe dat ci .
every thing wuz ter git right good tn still !
on dc2e premises DIES one time, You ma ,
would in about die wild dr'hcadachc Any. ,
way, she Il be mighty sick, bckasc She |
amt usen ter not haNin' 10 fuss en- she !
DIES couldn't git long bdout it, !
81 tell you right now, ia he atearcd fer
ter tell any tale. rOun' YER kaSe de tuSt /
news | know'd I'd get my eyes put out, er !
my leg broke, er sump'n' n'er knows !
deze yer w'te chilun, mon dat | does
knows um. Dey'll git de upper hand or j
de niggcrs eff de Lord spars um. En- He /
mos nginner' lily spar's EN-
well, now, ef you want ter year dish /
yer tale wat | bin tu'nin' over in my
min you DIES got ter come en- set right yer
in front er me whar ] kin keep my two |
eyes on you kase amt gwine ter take !
no resks er no foolishncss. Now, den, you !
des better behave, bekaze hit don't cost !
me nothin' fer ter cut dis tale right short
Off
zone time der wuz miller man wat |
live by a river en- had mill. He wuz IL
mighty smart man. He tuck so much toll |
dat he tuck'n' buyed I'm II house, en- he
want ter rent dat ar house out ter folks,
but de folks dey lowed dat de house was
ha'nted. Dey'd come eli rent de house,
dey would, en- move i'll dar, en- den 90 up
stairs ell 90 ter bed. Dey'd 20 ter bed,
dey would, but dey couldn't sleep, en- time
it got day dey'd git out er dat house
'De miller man, he aX'd um wat de
matter wuz, but dey DIES shuck erhead en-
low lie house Wuz ha'ntcd. Deu he tuck II
try ter fine out wat kinder ha'nt she wuz
dat skeer folks. He sleep III de house, but
he amt see nothin, Ell de mos wat he
year wuz big ole gray cat a-promenadn'
roun' en- holerin'. Bimeby hit got so dat
dey want no fun in havln' de ha'nted
house, ell wen folks d come long &c mil
lerman, he'd DIES up en- tell um dat de
house 'uz ha 'nted. Some 'ud 90 up en-
some wouldn't. but dem wat went up
didn't stay, kase DIES bout bedtime dey'd
fetch yell en- DIES come Il rushin' down,
en- all de money in de Nunted States er
Georgy wouldn't GIT um fer to 90 back
up dar.
Hit went on dis away twel one time a
preacher man com long dar am say he
wanted SOM RS ter stay. He wuz II great,
big man, an he look like lie wuz good ac-
cordin'. De miller man say he hate
mighty bad for ter dlscommerdate i'm,
but he es'pintedly amt got no place
house. De preacher man say he des soon
stay dar ez anywhar's kase he bin Twin
IN deZe groun's er sorrer too long Ter
ter be sot back by any one-hoss ha'nts.
De miller man 'low'd dat he luz aieared
de ha'ntS 'ud worry him nightly but de
preacher man low he did, dat he use ter
ben' worried, an he up n tell de miller
man dat he'd a heap rather stay in de
house wild de ha'nt, mo matter how big
she is, dan ter stay out doors Ill de rain.
80 de miller man, he low he amt got
no mo 'pology fer ter make, bekaze ef de
preacher man wuz ready ter ter face de
ha'nls an set up dar en- out blink unl, dey
wouldn't be nobody in de roun' worl' no
gladder dan him. Den de miller man
showed de preacher man how ter git in de
house an had I'm 4 great big tier built.
En- after de miller man Wuz done gone, de
preacher man drawed II cheer up ter de
fer an waited fer de ha'nts, but dey ain I
no ha'nts come. Den Wen dey amt no
ha'nts come, de preacher man tuCk'n open
up he satChel en- got I'M out some spar'rbs
ell sot um by de fer fer ter cook, en- den
he got down en- said he pra'rs, en- den he
got up en- read he Bible. He wuz II mIgrty
good man, mon, en- he prayed en read IL
long time. Bimeby, wen his spar ribs
git done, he got some bread out'n he
satchel, en- fixed fer ter eat his supper.
by de time he got all de meat oil II one
er de ribs, de preacher man listened, en- he
year'd Il monstus scramblln' en- scratchm'
on de wall. He look aroun', he did, Ell
dar wuz great, big black cat Il sharpen
in Ter claws on de door tacin'. Folks
don I talk dar ar cat WuZ a sight Great
long wife tools en- great big yaller eye
balls Il shinin' like dey wuZ lit up way
back III de head. She stood dar minnit
dat ole black cat did, en- den she gun tel
sidle up like she wuz gwine ter mount da
preacher man right dar Ell den. But dc
preacher man, he DIES shoo'd at Ter, ell il
seem like dis sorter skeer'd 'er, kaze She
went off.
But de preacher man, he KEEP his eye
open, en- helt on ter his spar'-rib. Pres
ent'y he year de old black cat COMM back
en- dis time she fotch wild 'er IL great biz
gang er cats. Dey Wuz all black DIES llk'
she wuZ, en- der eyeballs ShincdCd en- de
lashes wuz long en- wife. Hit look lik
de preacher man wuz gwine ter git sun
roundered.
"Dey come sidlin' up, dey did. en- d
ole black cat made ii pass at de preache
man like she WIZ gwine ter tar he eye
out De preacher man lodged, but d
mex pass she made de preacher man fOtcl
'er wipe wild his spar rib en- cut off one e
her toes. Wild dat de ole black cat fotcl
yell dat You might yeard Il mile, en- ue
she gin 'ersel't il sort NV II tWls' e
made her isappearance up q
chimbly, en- wen she do dat all de yuthe
cats made der disappearance up de chimt
ley he preacher man he got up, he die
en- looked und' de bed fer ter see ef he kl
fine any mo- cats, but dey wuz all don
gone.
den he tuckn pick up de cat toe wa
he done knock off wild de sparrlb, e
wrop il up in a piece er paper en- put 1t i
he pocket Den he say his pra'rs som
mo, en- went ter bed an slep right straigl
along tWel broad day Wight en- nuthiI
amt dast ter bodder i'm.
Mex mornin' de preacher man got NJ
he did, en- say his plar's an eat his breE
Il. /, 4.