The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-10-20

w ben dey GIT ter de river, dey
put de corn down en- hunt 'roun'
twel dey git piece or bark. Dey
put de bark in de water en- lay de
corn on it. den dey shove out fun
sho' en- hist der tails fer sails en- go
on cross. Eve'y one had piece or
bark en- dey ferry dat corn cross
like dey done been use ter dat kinder
business.
ode man he sot dar like he dazed.
He go back de mex mornin' en-
watch, en- he see de same kinder
doin's. Eve'y squirt tuck year or
corn, en- eve'y squirt got i'm piece
err bark, en- hist his tail pom his
back en- sail cross de river.
De man amt say a word. He
amt so much ez shoe at um. He
des set dar en- watch UNI en- laugh.
Mo- dan dat, he went en- toll yuther
folks bout it en- laugh some mo-.
Dey AK i'm whyn't he make de
squir'ls drap de cora, en- he des wink
at um en- grin. Den dey say he
bleedze ter be fool, en- he wink en-
laugh some mo-
"Bimeby, when de corn gun ter
git low in de crib, de man tuck his
gun en- ak en- went cross de river
fer ter look after it. He wuz gwine
long, huntin' fer de corn, when up
jump rabbit. He raise his gun en-
shot, en- des ez he shot de rabbit run
inter covey er pa'tridges. AT de
shot, turkey gobbler Topped up en-
fiewed in big poplar. De man
damned aloose wild de yuther barrel,
en- de gobbler drapt over en- lodged
up dar. Den he look over de groun'
en- fin one dead rabbit en- lev m
dead pa tridges. One pa fridge had
'er wing broke, en- she scrambled off
in de bushes. De man follered on
after, en- terreckly he come ter whar
dey wuz turkey mes wild a hatful
er turkey eggs.
'tDen he clum up de tree fer ter
git de turkey. When he got up dar,
he see dat de turkey done drap in
hole-like, en- he pull 'er out, en- down
in dar wuz all his corn. He clum
down, he did, en- got de ak en- gun
ter cut de tree down. He amt MON
chopped thoo de bark TO he seed
sump'n nudder runnin' out, en- he
look at it right close, en- 'twuz de
pyo honey.
"He low: Hill Pm gittin' de
rent fer my cornl
"Den he chopped him out stob
en- plugged up de hole, en- got his
game en- his turkey eggs en- put out
fer home. Whites he gwine back,
a nudder rabbit jump up. De man
amt got no load in his gun, so he
des flung de gun at him. De rabbit
went on, but when de man start ter
pick up dc gun, he feel de groun'
givin' way neat his foots, en- TO
he kin ketch hisse'f de done drapt
down in a hole.
"Was it big, deep holei" the
little boy inquired with some show
of eagerness.
"Well, 'twuz over his head re-
sponded Uncle Remus vaguely.
cit seem like some un had made de
hole en- kivered it wild a plank, en-
den put dirt on de plank. 1t been
done so long dat de man come long
des in time fer ter fall throo. When
he gun ter fall, he make up his
min dat 'twuz all night. / som
dar wild him. But he struck bottom
quieker'n he specified he would, en-
when he git over his skeer he gun
ter feel 'roun' fer ter see eff it's him
er some yuther man what drapt in
dar. Whites he 'uz feelin' 'roun'
fer ter see who he wuz, en- whar he
wuz, en- what he dom dar, he put
his ham on sump'n lard en- col.
"Yasserl right den en- dar he put
his han on sump'n hard en- col
what you reckon it wuzi Nothin'
in de roun' worl but key err money.
He scrambled out err dar, after he
lif' de key out, en- den he roll it
down ter his canoe en- tuck it home.
He count it up, de man did, en- he
fin he got forty -lev'm hunder'd
dollars in hard speeshy. When he
git rested he tuck his boss en- Vaughn
en- empty bar'l en- went 'roun' by
de bridge EN- back ter de place whar
he find de honey. He pull de plug
out'n de tree en- let de honey run in
de bar'l twel it was full, en- den he |
tuck it home en- fetch back two mo-
bar'ls en- got dem full. Hit went on |
dis way twel he got / dunner how
many bar'ls er honey. En- den when
he cut down de tree en- haul de corn
home, he fin he got mo- dan he had
at fust, kaze de squirl's been stealth
somebody else corn long with his'n
$50 den dar he wuz wild much
money ez he want, en- mo- honey
dan drove er mules kin pull, en-
mo- corn dan what he had befo', en-
all de game he want, en- all bekaze
he de biggest fool in sewn Nunited
States.
Seeing that the little boy was dis
posed to regard the story somewhat
obviously, Uncle Remus made this
concluding remark;
"Tooby sho, dis amt no ereetur
tale, but eff faint so, how come folks
talkin' bout it yitf | wish you be
so good ez ter tell me dat. "
But the little boy was not prepared
to argue the matter.