The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-29
BR'ER RABBITS STRATEGY.
New sketches by Joel Chandler Harri


so stlngy he won't buy him dram
skacely. En- de gracious en- de good
ness! What good do it do i'm? He sat
dar in de house, too sJingy tor scratch
hissef right hard, Ell swivel up en- die,
en- now dem ar chillun er hist is fling
i'm it fur en- wide. Shoe! When it
comes to stingy folks, take um away
from me! Don't femme come nigh un.
Wen, Uncle Renus," began the lit
tie boy, but the old man interrupted:
"HeyO, dar! Dat you? Whyn't you
stay out dar en- fret dat ar baby some
MOP"
well, Uncle Remus, had piece of
cake for you and the baby saw it and
cried for it, and 1 didn't want him to
have it. He gets everything anyhow"
"What dat in your pOcket?' asked the
old man.
We'll, that's my piece of cake"
Den whyn't you gil de baby my
pieS - fetch me yOun?"
"Then l wouldn't have had any,"
~ speck OATS So" said Uncle Remus.
MAY be de cake mOughter flung de
on boss en- gaIlOp after de doctor, en-
de boss mought or stumbled en- broke
my neck, en- den deze yer trifiin' good
fer-nothin' niggers roun' de house
would'a had q big jolliheation.
"En yit," the old man went ON slowly
eating the cake, 81 spices ter see stin-
Giness. Hit put me in min er ole Brer
Bar en- de honey orchard. If 1 amt
done toP you dat tale, I'd like to know
de reason why, kase Its all de time a.
poppin in my head"
The little boy was very, very sure he
had never heard OF the honey orchard
before.
"Well," said Uncle Remus, "dey wus
one time when mos all the creeturs,
horn and claw, live in de same settle
ment. Dey'd have Some fuses, but
dey amt had no fallin' out, en- ney wuz
Twin just es satifactual eZ what folks
does. Times mighty hard
twas In about all dey kin do fer scuf1le
long en- make buckle en- tongue meet.
Rake en- scrape ez dey would, some un
| 'um d halter 30 ter bed hungry. Yit
dey took notice or one thing, dat whiles
all un 'um wuz gittin' POI and pO'er, ole
Brer Bar wuz gittin' latter en- fatter.
Whites de ote'rcreeturs' ribs wuZ stand
in out like barl hoops, Brer Bar wuz
slick en- 'roun es a butter ball. He DEE
waller'd in tat; he wuz too fat ter keep
de flies Off7n hsse'f.
'Dey all'study Gu study how Brer Bay
kin keep so fat when times so hard
Brer Rabbit make up his min dat mo
gWine ter 2iL at de bottom er de matter,
en- so he keep his ego on Brer Bar. He
watch inn he did, en- 'twant long 10
seed dat Brer Bar wuZ doin' mighty
quare. Stidder seIten up late en/talkin'
politics, he'd go ter bed wild d g chickens,
en- by good daylight he'd /be up and
gone. This bouder Brer Rabbit might
ly. He got so pester'd eA fretted dat
many's de time when he'd be gwine
long de road he'd squat right flat on de
grouu' en- scratch his head en- study.
"Brer Rabbit had done got de track er
settin' up all night en- sleepin' late in de
day, but bimeby; one night he tuck'n
pay Brer Bar Visit fer to see what he
kin fin out. lie get ter de door, he did
en- scrapes his foot on de step en- sOrter
CIR up his throat. Old Miss Bar she
come out or de porch fer to see who tits
Ell she uz mOnSirus perlite. She how
died with Brer Rabbit, ali AK lin eff he
wont come in en- t. Ike off his things aud
set awhile wild 'um. Brer Rabbit said
he don't care If he do, been's how he
amt seed 'um all in so long, en- den ole
NJ tss Bar she nestled 'roun' ZEN fOtch n
chair, en- ak Brer Rabbit fer to make
hisse'f at home.
"Brer Rabbit crossed his legs, be did,
Ell low dat he amt seed Brer Bar in
coOn's age, en- Miss Bar she fan herself
wild turkey-tail fan en- low dat times
so hard her ole man halter work soon
en- late fer ter make bOfe Gems meet.
Den she skuZen herself, en- say she got
ter go right now ell fix a bag err ashes
fer IN ter take ter work wild him III de
mOrnin.'
"Brer Rabbit axed what in de name
er goodness de Bar do wild a bag of
ashes, en- ole Miss Bar laugh, en- say
she dunner what on top side er yerth
he do wild 'unl, but she speck hits des
one er his notions.
cole Miss Bar work 'er twel it fair
tlutter, ZEN she low, goodness knows,
dat ole bag er ashes is done causin' me
mo- trouble dan it wuth. But you
know how mon folks is, Brer Rabbit,
dey'll have der way eff it's de las ac'.
What my ole man want wild bag er
ashes ever mOrnin' is NO III kin tell
you, but have um he will, spite er all
creation. Dey got ter be rit dar by de
chimbley corner 50 he can get um when
he start to work.
"Brer Rabbit say, 'Whar Brer Bar
now. 1 amt hear him in dar.'
ole Miss Bar laughed twel she bent
over. She low, you amt gwine Ter
hear lem, nuther, Brer Rabbit, less yer
happen ter hear i'm sno'. sleep!
amt never is see nobody what kin
sheep like my ole man. He amt take
de bed, en- ne mon strike de bed, fO'
he's SCUM er sleep. l laugh, en- den
he tell lin it's mighty blessin' for
dim dat l amt know what a sleepy
head he is for l married 'im.'
The little boy wanted to laugh, but
the gravity with which Uncle Remus
narrated the conversation warned him
that his mirth would be ill-timed.
The old man made no pause.
ovid dat, Brer Rabbit say he better
be gwine, en t p ole Miss Bar n bow
en- wish her mighty well. He went off
little piece, he did, en- sOt down by
study bout dat bag er ashes. Ho ak
hisse'f wuz ole Miss Bar trying fer ter
fool i'm, ell be get so pester'd dat he
amt know what to do.
"Atter so long er time, he slipped |
back to Brer Bars house, EN-, shO nuff, |
dar wuZ de bag er ashes i'll do chin |
bley corner, en- inside de house he |
could hear Brer Bar snorin' away |
Rabbit made up his min dat he'd |
sorter hang round en- see whar Brer !
Bar go ter so soon every mOrnin'. So |
he caper round in de grass one-half de |
night, en- played wild de lghtnin' bugs |
tudder half.
"Time de chickens gun ter crow |
fer day, Brer Bar WuZ up en- a-stirrin' |
en- by de time 'twuz light good he'd |
dun slung de bag er ashes cross his
shoulder en- wuZ a-makin fer de woods.
Brer Rabbit try ter keep up, but he
wuz skeer'd ter git too close, en- fust |
news he know Brer Bar done make |
his disappearance. When dat happen
dey amt muffin NOR fer Brer Rabbit |
ter do but tor go home en- dream bout
what de name er goodness Brer Bar
gwine to do wild dat bag or ashes.
''De next night Brer Rabbit played
round en- run after lightnin' bugs
twel everything got still at Brer Bars
house, EN- den he went ter look fer de
bag or ashes. ShO huff, dare twud
same bag in de same chimDley cor
ner. Brer Rabbit felt de hett un it, gu
it seems like ter him dat dey wuz
ubOut bushel er ashes in dRr. Den
he grab holt er one corner or de bags
tore or hole in it. Some or de ashes got NJ
Brer Rabbits nose, en- he fin it out he !
bleedze Ter sneeze. He holm long ez
he kin EN- make break fer ter git ez
fur from de house ez he kin, en- when
de sneeZe did bust alOose, gentermens,
he turned pair somerset backwards,
en- den wuz such a splutterment dat 9 |
Guinny hens got ter holm, en- de
chickens ter cacklin', en- ole Brer RIb-
bit tuck his foot in his ham EN- lit out
from dar.
ID I
got up some SOONER dan be is in de
habits er dom, en- he went 'rOun' by
Brer Bars house. He went 'rOun' dc
same way whar he see Brer Bar go de
TO- dat, en- he amt gone fur
twel he see what de ashes been spillin
Outeu de bag. Dat what he make de
hole in de bag fur. Eve'y time Brer
Bar take step he'd jolt de ashes out.
Brer Rabbit, he foller'd long, he did,
up hill en- down, throO bushes en- thrOo
briers, twel bImebye he come pun Brer
Bar, en- what yo'reckon dat creetur
wuz a-doin'7"
Uncle Remus paused as If he ex-