The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07
AARON IN THE Wild WOODS.
The Story Of a Southern
Swamp.
BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.
Copyright. ,,,,. bv Joel Chandler Barrfa
CHAPTER I.
THE LITTLE MASTER.

| STORY OF Aaron $50 nhmeul tDe son OF ben All
tells all tho adventures Of the Arab while he
WINS n fugitive in the wild woods. you are very
much mistaken. II you will go back to that
book you will see that Timoleon the black
stallion. Grunter the white rig. Gristle the
gray pony. and Rambler tho track dog. told
only what they werc asked to tell. And they
were not anxious to tell even that. They would
much rather have been left alone. What they
did tell they told without any nourishes what
ever. for they wanted to get through and be
done with It. Story telling was not in their line.
and they knew IL very well: 30 they said what
they hal to say and that was tho end Of II so
far as they were concerned: setting a worthy
example to men and women. and to children. too.
1t is natural. therefore. that q man such as
Aaron was. full of courage and valuable to tho
man who has bought him from the Spectator
should have had many adventures that tho ant
mails knew nothing OF. or IL they know. had no
occasion to relate. In the book you will find
that Buster John aud Sweetest Susan asked
only about such things as they heard OF inoi-
dentally. But como of the most interesting
things were never mentioned by Aaron at all:
30 the children never asked about them.
Little Crotchett. It will be remembered. who
knew more about the matter than anybody OK
cent Aaron. was dead. and so there was nobody
to give the children any hint or cue as TO tho
questions they were TO ask. You will say they
had Aaron close at hand. That Is true. but
Aaron was busy. ana besides that he was not
80 '.nso
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"en :. y.
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no.uo'.,t SO " on !" L'.o
tool. who were old enough to be wise shook their
heads over some OF the events and declared that
wy, "o' "'e,
w..,...'. .ss...s,u
m $3.50
w. MY
Nv, .'' "N't' ".
wv "..'""'"' 10 WV
uo"n' n" URN ns A,,ont,ou. 'ook'he hi'er
"nni' Aoe'e'ouio.e p''n''''o"'
An TINS ""ppenc" oc'o'e buster JONI ana
S"eo'es' .ueH" "eFo oo.m, VINO 'hel nno.ner
~ x"i IN nor teens "hen h.tt'e ,ro'chett
was ""'e '"'nks were very uI"c'cht on tho
aoe'eron.olop '""'".'on !" ~ 'neS "cre De-
i're r n,ler"aru. US true ne was a cripple
anu nai 'oso on cru'ehes' Except wheh ne was
rinlne urlstIe' ths gray pony but ne was very
active and nlmble, and very restless. too for he
was here. thcre and e~yeryvhcre Mara tbnn
,n., ha m,. -. ~ - - -.
'""' Nv was "'""'' " XIV" hu"lor' "'"aSH
onsr' ,hnn ana most o. the Tim" '1 Sn a, bis
81 ,.,.., -. -, I.-
TOT. was wen UNDERSTOOD on mat plantation
and. Indeed. wherever Little Crotchett was
familiarly known. that. as he was .om.thInq Of
~ In,.,ts 49,, s"oh !. I,,,s ri, -, ,.r,a.n
boot. nothing unpleasant was to como to hi.
ears. II he found ont nbout trouble nvwb.r
he was to find 1t out for himself. and without
any help from anybody else.
" e"A' "n"
crippled ne mao = very wise mead on MS
shoulders. One OF the first things he found out
ven, unn,ea,ant ,binv, from coming 70 hi, ar.
and the idea thu. he was to be humbureed in
mi. xov mad. bIn l,,.h 4, v,. az frnny No
Wv way unaae I'M ,auEa. " w a 80 lunhy. nc
salu 10 hlmseIt that III he could have troubles
nnd mar. iIfe pl.a..n, for him surely o,ncr
people who had nobody to look out for them
must have much larger troubles. And he found
NJ ",s - ~ esss,u ..",us, wv. .s'I
ihe,'"'n "hne oeop'e '"ouEhl 'he'
humburrIny everybody exeep, a few who knew
-, 49,. i,,r. - - IT,. 90,
h.% toa1S on, ,ho, Ii,,Is r,"chs,t i,sm ,rss,
sor,un,ts in thi. world than ANYBODY Knew
Il wa; very peculiar; =, He wGnld 60 S"iLopin y;
matter where ne st4ppen rh.te was aiwaSs
= negro ready 10 tt aSwn ne bars or me
simplest matter in the world, Ii made no dit.
ference where the nslM hands were working:
nor What 'hey were uoIhg, they were always
Watching Tor their Little Aaster' as they called
him; Ihey were sure 70 Know wheh ne was
cnminS sCrc 10 Sc" MN; anu no mater now
hlrh thc renee wa. Town u w9u'a come when-
ever the fray iohy was drought 10 stahustili.
IL wns a s,sht 70 sec me noe hnnus or we
pl9ngh hahu7 "heh theit LITTLE MASTER weht
rulhg among ,netn' IL WA mas ou anu
.howdy. money; MIN AZ; nnu that was SONS
thlhS the hite-iiaiiea Master never saw nh-
lees ne wa, rldIhe WIN Little ,rVt.hett' whlch
s9rnet,mes hHppepeo. onee INC III irei
MASTER sau 70 Little ,rotcne't. l1eS ~,
ioye yen because you ar sood, my SON. bn'
Little Irotchrtt whs quick y, repiy: ~
%, no, ia'her: u Ism that- us because
am iona OF lhem: ... .I
soy wasn't ne wise LOT M aSe' ~ hau
tumo.o upon ,no tIea. rvehes .n1s ninnesa''
the happlne,, there Is IN ms worid. me ne
ELoes IoVeu MN o~caufe ne = i"na ,. .nem
lie used to ST on tho tray lnny ani watch ths
hhhuS hoeing anu piousn'ns. ahu, hithousH
they uIu tneII psst "hen nc alouho. IVY
never Ih',eu 10 Nnu OUT tho .Nrsa ones nnu SEM
mem o. !''.e er,an m Ia .m"uIa p / he y q -
one u Was, - mo q 80" an
OTHER, ,ste u YOU can ma me any over, ~
ouGul 'ue "o'.t n.n,ovn un " p.ausat'o
was Bis sal n muIatto woman. she hAu .
tohsHc w " ouhpr Ihhb h"thIhe "" SoH