The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-05

dat ole Brer Fox got rampant ter hoe. Ole
Brer Rabbit he kept er putiin' i'm of.
'Brer Fox, he lowed, I'D let yo' chop
quicker'n would anybody else, but it's jist
as 1 tells yo'. Please let me chop, Brer
Rabbit old Brer Box said. 4 Buver will
ak yo' ter let mo do muffin else. jest let ms
/ chop dis time an never will ak yo' gin
'Brer Fox, please d mt beg me; can't
staa' beggin',' said ole Brer RABBIT. DO.
please, GIN me de hoe, Brer Rabbit pleaded
! Brer Fox as he, dun over de fens.
'Jes' dis time, Brer Rabbit, an
lee not gwineT ak yo' no moh.'
| Brer Rabbit he stopped still. He looked at
Brer Fox az he 'peared lack he wuz cryin'.
He lowed, he did, We'll, Brer Fox, if yo'
| is gwine ter chop. take yo' butter ter de
spring and put it in deOspring utsr git coo /
while yo' is choppin'.1 " All EiEht. Brer.
Rabbit, all right" said ole-sB rsr Fox as he
| jumped over de fens and SIX edaddled down
ter de spring. After he tux an put de but
ter in de spring ter cool, he runned back up
de hill ter de- field aud clum
over de fens, an Brer Rabbit he
Fox he said, 'yo' must say cher mollicher
wing" and yo' can hoe sweet and nice.' Old
Brer Fox he says 'cher mollicher wing and
de hoe-Went right straight ter leadin' i'm
er long 'dout any trouble tall. He did
| think it wuz so nice De hoe it done all de
work, and muffin wuz lef' fer Brer Fox ter
do, 'cept ter walk after it an hold up wild
his hands. But he couldn't turn it loose.
Old Brer Rabbit he tuck EN-
sot erbout in de fens corners err while, tull
he seed dat Brer Fox wuz gittin' on purity
] fine, and he lowed dat he wuz gwine ter de
| spring. He went or hoppin' erlong, an er
hoppin' erlong, thinkin' ter he's self. When
he got ter de spring de fuss thing dat he seed
wuz de nice bowl of Brer Fox butter. Ole
Pak IroI hafs ~ I'D
back up de hill at de cotton patch. He tuck
| de boal out er de spring an sot
it under big tree, an he tuck and hep he.
! self. He smack he's lips aud set de res back
in de spring. He hoped erlong easy, back
up de hill, an laid down under or tree outside
de cotton patch. He watched Brer Fox
chop. Way long todes dinner time ole
Brer Fox gos mighty tired, IAN he gin ter
cry. He cried, an cried, an cried, but
he couldn't turn de hoe loose.
His hans stuck ter de handle
an he haftsr keep chopin. By'mbye,
when de ole Brer RABBIT get tickled huff at
Brer Fox, he run down ter de spring an
eat up de res Nv de butter. When he got
back ter de patch Brer Fox done nearly
finish de patch. When Brer Fox got ter
de end Nv de row, ole Brer Rabbit
jumped over de fens in a mighty
big hurry an said, 'Lawd hab mus
sey, Brer Fox, what is de matterr
Brer Fox, he said: Pm tired nearly ter
DEATH
"'Whyn't yo' stop, Brer Fox, den.'
Cause can't put de hoe down. 'Whyn't
| yo' say cher mallicher quite
4 didn't think Nv it, said cid Brer Fox
Ole Brer Fox den sayd what Brer Rabbit
| tole i'm, and do hoe dropped fun his hans
Brer Fox fell down on de groun' den, an
rolled over and over, so tirei.
HE jumped up an run'd ter de spring ter
| git i'll de branch ter cool heself
He rolled bout in de water till he got sorter
rested up an he went ter git de butter out
de spring an lol an b'holdl he find muffin
but de bowl. He sot down on de edge or de
| spring an cried, an cried, an cried, but de
butter wuz gone. Old Brer Rabbit wuz
done gone, too, an he kicked up he's heels in
de briar patch an lowed lie done got my
cotton chopped an Ize got my belly full nv
butter. too when old Tyne concluded he
sat silent a moment, looking down in front
of him. When the silence was broken he
broke it. "An' dat wuz de tale dat
tuck de whurp," he said exultingly, and
cracking the whip again he shambled back
into his little room with a big ha! hal and
all was over. z. d. r.