The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-21
THE LITTLE BOY AND HIS DOGS.
A STORY BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.

low:
"sW'les you er tellin'er please UNI tell 'er how
skeerd is
Den de quality ladies got mighty mad. Dey
walked 'roun' dat tree en- fairly snorted. Dey
pulled off der bonnets der wells, der dresses,
en-, 10 en- beholes! de little boy seed dey wuz two
great big painters. Dey had great big eyes, en-
big sharp tushes. en- great long tails, en- dey look
up at de little boy and growl en- grin at him twel
he come mighty nigh havin' chill Dey tried
to clam de tree but dey had done trim der claws
SO dey could git on gloves. en- dey couldn't clam
no mo.
kuse mark in de SAN. en- der great long tails
turned ter axes, en- sooner is der tails tu'n to
axes dan dey gun to cut de tree down. amt
dast ter tell you how sharp dem axes wuZ, kase
you wouldn't nigh blieve me. One on UNI stood
one side er de tree, en- de ter one stood on de
turrer side, en- deg whack at dat tree like dey
wuZ takin' holiday. Dey whack out chips ez
big ez yo' hat, en- twant so mighty long TO de
tree wuz ready fer ter fall.
''But wiles de little boy wuz settin' up dar,
skeer'd mighty nigh ter def, hit come inter his
min dat he had some eggs in his pocket wat he
done brung wild i'm fer ter eat w'enever he git
hongry. He tuck out one er de eggs en- broke it
en- say: Place fill upr en-, bless you soul! de
place fill up sho huff, de tree look des zackly
like nobody amt bin a-cuttin' on it.
But dem ar painters dey wus VERY vigrous.
Dey des spit on der hans en- cut away. Wen
de git de tree mighty nigh cut down de little boy
he pull out n'er egg en- broke it, en- say: Place.
fill upP en- by de time he say it de tree wus done
made SCUM agin. DEFY KEEP on dis away twel de
little boy gun ter git skeered agin. He done
broke all he eggs, 'ceptn one, Ell dem ar Greet
urs wus des a-cuttin' away like dey wus ven-
omous, witch dey mos sholy wuz.
"Des bout dat time de little boy nanny
happen to stumble over de pan er water wat wuz
settin down on de flo, en- dar it wuz all done
tn n ter blood. Den she tuckn run en- unloose
Minnyminny Morack en- Follerlinsko Den
wen she do dat she see de willer linn ashakin,
en- den she put de dogs on de little boy track. en-
away dey went De little boy year UNI a-comin',
en- he holer out:
"'Come on, my good dogs Here, dogs,
here
DE painters dey stop chopin en- lissen
One ak de udder one wat she year. Little boy
"'You dom year nothin, Go on wild yo'
chopin
"De painters dey chop some mo-, en- den dey
think dey year de dogs acomin' Den dey try
Ger bes' fer ter git away, but 'twant no USE
Dey amt got time fer ter change der axes back
inter tails, en- cose dey can't run wild axes drag
GIN behine EN-. So de dogs cotch UNI. De little
boy, he low:
"'Shake UNI en- bite UNI. Drag UNI 'roun' en-
roun twel you drag UNI two mile. So de dogs
dey drag UNI roun' two mile. Den de little boy
say, sezee:
=" Shake UNI en- tar UNI. Drag UNI 'roun' en-
| 'roun' twel you drag um ten mile So dey drag
UNI ten mile, en- by de time dey got back, the
painters col en- stiff.
'Den de little boy cum down our'n de tree en-
sot down fer ter res hissef. Bimeby after vile,
he low ter hissef Cat bein' he had SO much fun.
he b'lieve he take his dogs go way off in de
woods fer ter see eff he can't in his little sister,
he call his dogs. he did, en- went off in de woods
en- dey amt bin gone 80 mighty fur TO he seed
house in de woods away off by Itself.
DE dogs, dey went up en- smelt roun, dey
did. en- come back wild der bristles up, but de
little boy low he'd 60 up dar anyhow en- see
wat de dogs wuz mad bout. So he call de dogs
en- went tOdes de house, en- wen he got close up
he saw little gal totin' wood en- water. She
wuz mighty purity little gal, kaze she had a
milk white skin. en- great, long yaller hair; but
her close wuz all in rags, en- she wuz cryin kase
she halter work so hard. Mnnyminny Morack
en- Follerlnsko wagged der tails wen dey seed
de little GAL en- de little boy know'd by dat dat
she wuz his sister.
$50 he went up en- ak 'er wat 'er name is en-
she say she dunner wat her name is kaze she
so skeerd she done forgit it. Den he ak 'er wat
der name or goodness she cryin' bout en- she
say she cryln kaze she halter work so hard.
Den he ax'er who de house belong ter. on she
low it b1ong ter a great, big ole black Bar en-
dis ole Bar make 'er tote wood en- water all de
time. She say de water is ter go in de big wash
pot, en- de wood is fer ter make de pot bile, en- de
pot wuz ter cook folks wat de great big ole Bar
brung home ter he chilltns
de little boy didn't tell de little gal dat he
wuz er brer, but he low dat he wuz gwine ter
stay en- eat supper wild de big ole Bar. De
little gal cried en- low he better not, but de lit
tie boy say he amt feared fer ter eat supper
wild Bar. So dey went in de house, en- wen
de little boy got in dar. he seed dat de Bar had
two great big chiluns, en- one un UNI wuZ squat
tin on de bed, en- de ter one wuz squattn down
IN de hath. De chilluns. dey wuz bofe
name Cubs, fer short, but de little boy want
skeered un UNI, kaze dar wuz his dogs fer ter
make way wild UNI eff dey so much es roll der
eye ball.
"De ole Bar wuz mighty long time comm
back, so de little gal, she up'n fixed supper any
how, an de little boy, he tuck'n scrouge Cubs
fus on one side an den on ter, en- him en- de
little gal got much ez dey want AFTER supper
de little boy tole de little gal dat he'd take en-
but de little gals ha'r amt bin comb for
SO long. en- it am got in such a tankle dat it make
de po' creetur cry fer ter hear anybody talkin'
bout comm un it. Den de little boy low he amt
gwine ter hurt 'er, en- he tuck'n warm some wa
ter in pan. en- put it on er ha'r, en- den he
see.
"Wen de ole Bar git homo he wuz nightly
tooken back wen he seed he bad comply en-
wen he see UNI all settin' down like dey come den
fer ter stay. But he w mighty Deriite en- he
shuck hans all rouu', en- set down by de fer en-
dry his boots, en- ak bout de craps, en- lowed dat
de wedder would be monstus fine eff dey could
git little season ov rain.
len uo LUCK make q great 'mlratlOn over
de little gals har, en- he ak de little boy how in
de roun' worp kin he curl it en- fix it so nice De
little 'un low it's easy enough. Den de old Bar
say he beeve he like ter git his HAIR curlt up dat
away. en- de little boy say:
"'Fill de big pot wild wafer
de ole Bar filled de pot wild water. Den de
little boy say:
Bull fer und de pot en- heat de water hot
"W'en do water got scaldin' hot, de little boy
say:
"'All ready. now. Stick yo' head in Hits de
onliest way fer ter maks you hair curl
Den de ole Bar stuck he head in de water en-
dat az de las er him. bless gracious! De scald-
dat whar dey git de idee bout putin
bar grease on folks h'ar. De young bars
dey cry like everything wen dey see how der
daddy bin treated en- dey want to bite en- scratch
de little boy en- his sister, but dem dogs-dat