The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-09-15
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pipe reAectively for some time after
the little boy had criticised the
heartlessness of the "creeturs. -
When he spoke he showed that he
had been thinking the matter over.
He took the pipe from his mouth
and blew a cloud of smoke in the
air.
''Uh-uh ~ he exclaimed, "taint
no use er talkin'. Creeturs is
creeturs. You er what you is, en-
you can't be no is-er; I'm what !
am en- / can't be no amer. 1t all
done been FIX, en- | amt see nobody
yit what kin onfx it. Creeturs is
nachully got hash idees, en- you
may take notice whenever you see
hair en- bristles right dar you er mo
dan APP ter FIN claws and tushes.
Hits des like | tell you, honey.
"You flung me off in de track, but
| amt done wild dat fuss 'twix Brer
Rabbit en- Brer Fox. You sorter
fiinch'd kaze Brer Rabbit tuck en-
burnt blister on Brer Fox back, en-
it sot me ter studyin', but we amt
come ter de wuss. Ef you err too
tetchy fer ter set dar whites / runs
on, you kin des go up ter de big
house en- watch Sis Tempy fret over
dat churn. / hear her quoilin'
now
The only reply the little boy made
was to settle himself more firmly in
the splint- bottom chair in which he
was sitting. Seeing which the old
man continued:
"Now, den, what do Brer Rabbit
do after he scorch Brer Foxi Do
he gone off some'rs en- set down en-
NOPE kase Brer Fox rushed out fun
under de blazin' stovef Eff you
think he gwine do dat away you
mighty much mistaken. He des ez
restless ez he yever is been. He
move bout en- he work his min.
He jump 'roun' en- study.
He got i'm string er red pep
per en- he stewed it down wild some
hog fat en- mutton suet. Den he
pick out de pepper, en- when de fat
en- de suet get col he tuck n spread
de salve On long piece er rag. He
tuck dis rag, he did, en- put it in his
wallet, en- den he got down his
walkin' cane, en- went down de road
to 'rds de place whar Brer Fox live
at. He amt gone so mighty fur
TO- he see Brer Fox settin' down
nussin' hisse'f. Time he see IN
Brer Rabbit gun ter holler:
"N'yam, n'yaml 'Intment fer
swellin's! Salve fer burns en- bis
tiers N'yam! N'yamp
"He keep on hollerin' dis away
des loud ez he kin. He hop his
head up like he amt see Brer Fox,
en- he wuz gwine on by, but Brer
Fox call i'm. Brer Rabbit look at
i'm, but he amt stop. Den Brer
Fox call i'm agin. Den Brer Rab-
bit stop en- look mighty mad.
"He boiler back: What you
want long err met Eff 'twant kaze
you got de impotence err Ole Scratch
hisse'f you wouldn't dast ter have
de face fer ter hail me whites |
gwine long 'tendin ter my own
business. Talk quick / amt
got no time fer ter fool wild yo'
sort
"Den Brer Fox ak i'm what he so
mighty mad bout, en- Brer Rabbit
low: Look how you done me
bout dat hay Amt you say you
gwine ter fetch it on top err de hill
ter met
"Brer Fox look 'stonish. He say
Name er goodness, Brer Rabbit
You seed wild yo' own eyes what de
reason can't fetch it up dar l wish |
you'd look at my back what got a
blister on it fun de top er my head |
plum ter de en- er my tail, l des ike |
ter see de man what kin tote grass
when she get dat hot
"Brer Rabbit look at Brer Fox
back en- he make great miration. !
He low: She sho wuz hot, Brer
Fox, en- you got de marks un it. |
dis tuck notion you wuz playin' off |
one er yo' pranks on me, en- my |
feelin wuz hurried.
'Brer Fox say: Il hear you
gwine on hollerin' bout some kind |
err 'intment er nuther what Il paeify |
burns, en- dat what make boiler at |
you
ovid dat Brer Rabbit went
down in his wallet en- fotch out de
red pepper salve, en- say ter
Brer Fox dat he mus, git his ole
oman fer ter spread de plaster on de |
place des soon ez he kin. Brer
Fox tuck it en- wabble off home des
fas' ez he kin. Brer Rabbit he |
foller long out er sight, en- hide in
de bushes whar he kin see en- hear
what gwine on.
"Well, sub, 'twant long : 70 Brer
Rabbit hear Brer Fox fetch a squat
en- den be shot out'n de house, en-
in about SEWN jumps he landed in |
de creek, dough de creek wuz mo-
a half mile of. Foxes is skeered err
water same ez cats, but dat ar Fox
be des roll en- waller in de water.
Brer Rabbit still foller after, en-
when he git Ghar be kin see Brer
Fox he des set down EN- hole his
hans on his side for ter keep FUN
Dustin de buttons offin his wescut
MID laughin'.