The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-02
BROTHER BEAR 4 H' honey ORCHARD.
Plantation Fables by Joel Chandler Harris, Author
Of "Uncle Remus."

times so hard her ole man halter work
soon Ell late fer ter make bore Gems
meet. Den she skuzen herself. en- say
she got ter go right now en- fix bag
err ashes fer i'm ter take ter work Wld
i'm in de mOrnin.
"Brer Rabbit axed what in de name
er goodness do Brer Bar Go wild a bag
err ashes, en- ole Miss Bar laugh en- say
she dunncr what on top side er yerth
he do wild 'um, but she spec bits des
one err his notions.
"Ole Miss Bar work 'er fan twel 1t
fair tiutter, ZEN she low, Goodness knows,
dat ole bag er ashes is done causin'
me- mo- trouble dan it with. But you
know how men folks is, Brer Rabbit,
dey'n have der way eff it's de las ac'.
What my ole man want wild bag er
ashes ever mOrnin' is mon / kin tell
you, but have UNI he will, spite er all
creation. Dey got ter be rit dar by de
chimbley corner so he can get um when
he start ter work
''Brer Rabbit say, 'Whar Brer Bar
now? l amt hear him in dar.'
"Ole Miss Bar laughed twel she bent
over. She low, You amt gwino ter
hear 'em, nuther, Brer Rabbit, less you
happen ter hear 'em sno'. Sleep! I amt
never is sec nobody what kin sleep like
my ole man. He amt take time ter
cat skacely, 10 he's ready fer de bed,
en- he no mon strike de bed, 70 he's SCUM
err sleep. l laugh, eli den tell Inn It's
mighty blessin for him dat aiTft know
what n sleepy-hcad he is for 1 mar
roed i'm"
The little boy wanted to laugh, but
the gravity with which Uncle Rcmus
narrated this conversation warned him
that his nlirth would be ill-tmed. The
old man made no pause.
"Wid dat, Brer Rabbit say he better
be gwine, en- he tip ole Miss Bar Il bow
Ell wish 'er mighty well. He went off
a little piece, he did, en- sot down by de
road, en- twis' his mustashes, en- study
bout dat bag er ashes. He AK hisse'f
wuz ole Miss Bar tryin fer ter fool i'm
en- he get so pester'd dat he amt know
what ter do.
after so long or time, he slipped back
ter Brer Bars house, en-, Sho nun, dar
Vuz de bag er ashes in de cnimDley
corner en- inside de house he could hear
Brer Bar snorin' away like somebody
sawin' gourds. Brer Rabbit make up
his min dat he'd sorter hang rouh en-
see whar' Brer Bar so ter so soon III
de Iflornin'. SO he caper 'roun In de
grass one-I.alf de night, en- played Wld
de lightnin' bugs tudder half.
"Time de chickens 'ginter crow fer day,
Rrer Bar WIZ up eli a-Strren, en- by
de time 'twuZ light good, he'd done
slung de bag er ashes cross his shoulder
en- wuz a-makin' fer de woods. Brer
Rabbit try ter keep UP, but he Skecf
ter git too close, en- fus news he KNOW
Rrer Bar done make his disappearance.
When dat happen dey amt nuiln NOR
for Rrar Rabbit ter do but ter go nome
ell dream bout what de name er Sood-
ness Brer Bar gWine to do wild dat Dag
er ashes.
DE mex night Brer Rabbit played
'roun' en- run after lightnin' bugs tWel
everything got still at Brer Bars house.
en- den he went ter look fer de bag
er ashes. Sho huff, dare 'tWuz-same
bag in de same chimbey corner. Brel
Rabbit felt de heft I'LL it, en- it seem
| like ter him dat dey wuz bout a bushe
| er ashes in dar. Den he grab holt el
| one corner er de bag en- tore er hole
| In it. Some or de ashes got up Brel
, Rabbits nose Ell he fin it out he bleedge
| ter sneeze. He hOp in long CT he XII
| en- make Il break fer ter git cZ fur iron
de house cz he kin 70 de snccZe come
! He helt his brCff, he did, long ez he kn
Ell when de Sneeze did bust alOoSe. CENTER
mems, he turned pair somerset back
| wards. en- den WuZ such q Spluttermen
dat de guinny hens got ter holm, en- d.
chickens ter cacklin', en- ole Brer Rabbi
tuck his foot in his han en- lit out from
dar.
"Well, sub, mex mornin' Brer Rabbi
got I'D some sooner dan he In de habit!
er dom, en- he went 'roun' by Brer Bar