The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-05-10
One err Dem Ole-time Fuses.

zone time Mr.. Rabbit an Mr. Coon live
close ter one anudder in de same neighbor-
hoods. How dey does now amt a-tellin'
you but in dem times dey want no hard feel
ms 'twix' 'um. Dey DIES went long like two
ole Cronies. Mr.. Rabbit, he wuz fisherman,
and Mr.. Coon, he wuz fishermsn-"
"And put 'em in pens," said Lillian, re-
membering an old rhyme she had heard.
mo, honey, dey amt no Willum-C Come
Trimbetoe in dis. Mr.. Rabbit an Mr.. Coon
wuz bofe fishermans, but Mr.. Rabbit, he
kotch fish, an Mr.. Coon he ished fer frogs
Mr.. Rabbit, he had mighty good luck, an Mr..
Coon he had mighty bad luck. Mr.. Rabbit,
he got fat an sleek, an Mr.. Coon, he got po'
an sick.
"Hit went on dis away tell one day Mr.
Coon meet Mr.. Rabbit in de big road. Dey
shook hans, dey did, an den Mr.. Coon, he
low:
"'Brer Rabbit, whar you git sech fine
chance er fish ?
MIR. Rabbit laugh an say 4 kotch UNI
outen de river, Brer Coon. All got ter do
is ter bait my hook sezee.
Den Mr.. Coon shake his head an low:
Den how come amt kin ketch no frogsF
'"Mr Rabbit sot down in de road an scratch
done make UNI all mad, Brer Coon. One
time in de dark er de moon, you slipped
down ter de branch an kotch de ole King
Frog; an ever sence dat time, Whenever you
err passin by, you kin year UNI sing out, fus
one an den anudder- Yer he come Oar lie
goes Hit I'm an de eye Hit I'm IN de eye
MASH i'm an emaSh I'm Mash I'm and smash
I'm Yasser, dat DIES wat dey say year
um constant, Brer Coon, and dat DIES wat
dey say
"Den Mr.. Coon up an say EFF dat de way
dey gwine on, how der name err goodness kin
ketch UNI, Brer Rabbit l bleeze to have
sump'n ter eat fer me an my family connec-
ton
"Mr. Rabbit sorter grin in de corner of
his mouf, an den he say well, Brer Coon,
amt never showed yo' toofes zen pull yo'
tail, III des whirl in an help yo' out.
"Mr Coon, he say 'Thanky thanky-do,
Brer Rabbit"
"Mr Rabbit hung his fish on tree lin, an
say Now Brer Coon, you bleeze ter do DIES
like tell you
"Mr. Coon lowed dat he would eff de Lord
spared i'm.
"Den Mr.. Rabbit say Now Brer Coon,
you DIES rack down yander, an git on de big
san'-bar 'twix' de river an de branch. Wen
you git dar you mus stagger like you sick,
an den you mus whirl roun' an drap down
like yo' dead. After you drap down, you
mus sorter jerk yo legs once er twice, an
den you mus lay right still. Ef fly light on
yo' nose, let i'm stay dar. Don't move
Des lay right dar, an t won't be long TO-
you year fun me. Yit don't you move till
give de word
mir. Coon, he paced off, he did, an done
DIES like Mr.. Rabbit toll i'm. He staggered
roun' on de san bank, an den he drapped
down dead After so long time, Mr.. Rab-
bit come opin long, an soon's he git dar, he
squat out, Coon dead 7 Dis reused de frogs,
an dey stuck dey heads up fer ter see W at all
de rippit wuz bout. One great big green un
up an holler, Wat de matter ! Wat de mat.
ter? He talk like he had got bad coli.
"Mr Rabbit low Coon dead!'
Frog say Don't belieoe 1t Don't 6el1eue
"'N'er frog say Yes, he is! Yes, he is
Little bit er one say No, he amt! No, he
ant!
"Dey KEEP on 'sputn' an 'sputin', tell
bimeby hit look like all de frogs in de neigh
borhoods wuz dar Mr.. Rabbit look like he
amt a-yearin' ner a-keerin' wat dey do err
say. He sot dar in de san like he gwine in
mournin' fer Mr.. Coon. De Frogs KEEP git
tin closer an closer. Mr.. Coon, he amt
move. Wen fly d git on i'm, Mr.. Rabbit,
he'd bIesh i'm off.
"Bmeby he low 'Ef you want ter git i'm
outen de way, now's yo time, Cousin Frogs
Des whirl in an bury him deep in de SAM
big ole Frog say Hoo ace geoine ter do it /?
Hoo aoe gacine ter do al
MIR. Rabbit low :Des dig de SAN out
fun under i'm an let i'm down in de hole
Den de Frogs deY went to work sho nuff
Dey mus a bin a hundred I'm UNI, an dey
make dat SAN fly, mon. Mr.. Coon he amt
move. DE Frogs, dey dig an scratch in de
SAN tell after while dey had right smart
hole, an Mr.. Coon wuz down in dsr.
"Bimeby big Frog holer Dis deep nut'9
Dis deep nHf?
MIR Rabbit low kin you jump outH'
big Frog say Yes, l Kin Yes, Ik1nl
! "Mr. Rabbit say: Den t ain't deep nuff.'
Den de Frogs dey dig an dey dig, tell
himeby, big Frog say : Dis deep NUT? Dis
deep auf?
"Mr. Rabbit low Kin you jump out p
big Frog say DIES kin Ides Kin
"Mr. Rabbit say: Dig it deeper
ode Frogs keep on diggn' tell. bimeby, |
big Frog holler out "Dis deep nuf? Dis
deep nuf?
"Mr. Rabbit low Kin you jump out ?
"Big Frog say No, l can't! No, Icant
Come hep mel Come hep me!
"Mr. Rabbit bust out laugnin' and holler |
out "RIsE UP, SANDY, AN GIT Yo' MEATp |
an Mr.. Coon riz,"-JOel Chandler Harris, in
st. Nicholas.
Ireland's Future.