The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25
NEB WHITES DREAMS
TWENTY-ElGHT FAT POSSUMS PEN.
NED IN A HOLLOW LOG.

When he had got his pipe alight, Zeb
White, tho possum hunter of Tonnes
see, told mo this story:
"Onc Gay, when L was comm down
the mountain arter bein Up at Snake
Peak to lool; for bar, l fell and broke
my leg. That was in November, and
never did sec SIGH sight of possums rs
was around that fall Postum pelts
was with so cents apiece, and the crit
terS WAS so fat that ono of 'om would
make meat fur me and the old woman
fur three days. l was laid up power
ful long time with that leg, butt didn't
suffer iii body half so much as in mind.
hadn't been in the house moron "a
wcei; when | woke the ole woman up
one night and SCI to her, scz [:
/ want yo' to run over and git Tom
Bailey right away.
Fur Why SCI she
Give had powerful dream
What's powerful dream got to
60 with Tom Bailey
y heap. Over by the springon Chest.
nut hill thar ar Il big holler log. I've
lcst dreamt that L saw fotecn possulns
90 into that log. Thar's only one holo
70 20 III, and if Tom would slip over
thar he could bag tho hull lot.
'Eho ole woman just laughed ut mo
and wouldn't 20 fur Tom, and so it
passed OIL. Next night, 'bout the Same
hour, had that same dream az in, and
woke the ole woman up and sc2 seq !
" Fur the Lawd's sake go over and
git Tom Bailey rs fast rs ever go kin,
fur thar 20 possums i'll that log to-
night.
Shoot Zob White, go hey gone
crazy Now, lay quiet and don't be
licllin up fuss
But | tell yo' them rossnms ar
thar, and Tim kin plug mp the hole and
git every blamed one.
Shoe! Shoe! Got Il fever and ar
light headed. Zeb, cuddlc down and 20
TO sleep.
WAL" said Zob rs he added more
tobacco to his pipe, sit was mighty
Gurus about that dream. Every single
night fur two weeks or mo- it cum to me
at about the same hour, but | couldn't
git the ole woman to believe in it. The
,a', "'"' ny i'oiii 10
49, .Ie'i ~ 'Mc'i'S -cihhe, IN" they was All
SGT eyes on. Tom Bailey cum over twice.
and | told him about 'cn bat he Jest
smiled and pattcd me on the head and
said I'D git over bcin Eighty arter
awhile L cried and begged of him TO 90
over some night and stop up that hole
and cartur' everything in the log. but he
anu .iic oic woman WINGED ate"ch other
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