The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-06
PLAYED the Liveliest Tunes could Think Of.

bucket for Brother Terrapin."
That's So" Mr.. Rabbit replied, laughing.
land when he used to go to your house to
see the girls they'd set the bucket on the
table in the house and lift Brother Terrapin
TO the shelf so he could see and be seen. l
remember it used to make him very mad
when I'd tell him he would be a mighty
man If he wasn't so fiat-foOted."
"Oh. you used TO talk worse than that"
cried Mrs. Meadows, laughing heartily at
the remembrance of ii. you used to tell
him he was the only man you ever saw that
sat down when he stood up. l declare!
Brother Terrapn's eyes used to get right
red"
We'll" said Mr. Rabbit. after a pause. II
remember l went to your house one day
and | carried my fiddle. When / got there
who should / see but old Brother Terrapin
sitting up on the shelf. l expected to find
the girls by themselves. but there was
Brother Terrapin. So began to joke him.
'Howdy, Brother Terrapn? says 1. If
you had a ladder handy you could come
down stairs and shake hands, couldn't you?
'He began to get sullen and sulky at
once. He wouldn't hardly make any re-
ply But 1 didn't care for that: Says l:
Cross your legs and look comfortable,
Brother Terrapin; don't be glum in COM
pany. I've got my fiddle with me and I'm
going to make your bones ache if you don't
dance. ,"
",Then / whirled in" said Mr.. Rabbit.
land played the liveliest tunes L could
think of-'Bily in the Low Grounds. Pos
s.,n ITp the Gum stump Chicken in the
Bread Tray and all those hoppery-skp-
perry jiggery-dancery tunes that make your
feet go whether or no. But there Brother
Terrapin sat- looking as unconcerned as IL
the fiddle had been ten miles away he
didn't even keep time to the music with
his foot More than that he didn't
even wag his head from side to side.
~ always knew Brother Terrapin had no
oar for music" remarked Mrs. Meadows.
"If that was a fault, he certainly had more
than his share OF IT,
"I ought not to talk about people behind
their hacks" Mr.. Rabbit continued, trying
80 shola a dv out of his ear but l must
cav that Brother Terrapin was very dull
about some things Well, | played ana
plaved and the girls danced and seemed
to enjoy it, 1 believe you danced round
or two yourself?" Mr.. Rabbit turned 10
Mrs. Meadows inquiringly
81 expect 1 shook my foot little SAID
Mrs. Meadows with sigh. Il was none
too good
",rbev danced and danced until they
were tired of dancing" Mr.. Rabbit re-
sumed, but there sat Brother Terrapln as
ouiet as if he were asleep. Wen, was
Vexed-I don't mind saying so now-l was
certainly vexed. But l didn't let on. And
between tunes L Oiu my "S'S -
Brother TerrapiE.
Ladies', says l. don't make so much
fuss Let Brother Terrapin get his nap
ont You'll turn a chair over directly, ana
BROTHER Terrapin will give jump ana ran
off the shelf and break some or the fur-
niture i'm his house This made the girls
laugh very much, for they remembered the
old saving that Brother Terrapln carries
his house on his back. Don't laugh so
I'D, saws l. Brother Terrapin has earned
his rest He's been counting on the other
"a of the creek and he has carriage
"a ride i'm when he goes back and FORTH
shit saws l. don't disturb him. Wheh
norson sits down when he STANDS up, anu
ias down when he walks, some allowance
must be made.
"Rrother Terrapin's eyes grew redder ana
,odder and the skin on the back OF ms
80 nc,yon to work backward and forward.
NJ. r7igbt have happened / don't know.
~. ut ne the girls were in the middle OF
= sonce one of my fiddle strings broke, ana
:. ,os the treble too. / wouldn't nave
r,irded II if it had been any of the other
strings hut when the treble broke L had 10
stop playing. -, a,.,r-
"Well. the girls were very much uisap-
nointed and so /, for L had come ioL
a frolic | searched in my pockets eu. 1
had no other string. l tried TO play win
thraa strings. but the tune wouldn't come.
rha GIRLS were so sorry they didn't know
what to do.
"Iust then an idea struck me. Ladies',
savs it's a thousand pities l didn't bring
an extra treble, and I'm perfectly Wiling
TO go home and fetch one, but II Brother
Terrapin was a little more accommodating
the music could go right on. You could be
dancing again in little or no time
"Oh, is that so?' says the girls. Well.