The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
POOR BOzUH BUNN'S N
A IAR8EEL GHOST STORY BT THE
BLACK HONER OF JIMToWN.

reaal.r ana ms Oi1 white DeG-HFreverens
Nr. Few asa the HIsaisg e the ps--s
The pesstsro.s spssks and the Spectre DeE.
SOUTHERN PINES. NC May 25.-"one time -
said the Black Homer Of Jimtown. "oh, 40 long
go dat my oil NANNY abe only des' 'membuh IL
'kase huh oil NANNY done toll huh bout It, man
named 'Kiah Juffkin he kim down yon long de
Cape Fair Rivuh an teck . plantation. He
bean monst'ous queeuh man, dat 'Riah Juikin
bean. an he sistuh Joan she bean mighty queeuh
woman. Dey bofe mighty oil. an deg done
look 30 scraggy and skinny dat ev'body down
dab deg fovt shy Of EN-. an heap O. people say:
Huh! Des' yo' mine wat We done tell yo'!
Dem Jufkinses dey bean hoodoosi Des' yo'
mine. Dey hoodoo somebody round hyuh, fus'
ting 10 knovr
deg nevuh did hoodoon nobody ROM dab,
not 'codtn' to wat my OF nanny evuh heah
huh oil NANNY say. but dey done do wussuh
ting dan hoodoo! Sho Ides' bet OF Satan he
bean mos lahnn' hesefT to deH, desc yeahs an
yeahs. sub. seem Kiah Ju1kin an he sistuh
Joan roas'in' an toas'in' an veepin' an vailin'
an snashin' dey teef!
"Bozuh Bum he bean E peddIuh wat done
tote he pack froo dat kentry so long dat ev'body
know him des' lack dey know dey ownssG. An
dey know Bozuh's OIL vito dog des' well dey
know BozrA, ar"ef some time Bozuh he happen
to come long dat away, an dey doan' see dat dog
iogsin' long close hind Bozuh's heels. my oil
NANNY say she bet dey holluh:
"'Jicketty! Dis hyuh wul' comm to an end,
sho1yr
"one day Bozuh he leave de Chink plahnta-
ton, whah he done sell some o. he goods, an say
he swan to de Dubbs plantation De Dubbs
plantation bean eight miles fudduh on. an
night It mos fallin'. SO de Chink folks dey say :
Reckon yo' bettuh stay hyuh till mo'nin'.
Boruh.'
-But Bozuh he say, CANT do 1T. Dey .,pect-
in me to de Dubbs plantation tonight. I got
mighty nne tinss TO Janey. wat gwAn to git
mah'd, an she be pow full dis pinted II I doan'
git dab tonight
SO way Bozuh he go, de OIL vito dog iogEtn'
close hind he heels. Mex day young Mahsuh
Joe Dubbs he kim to de Chink plantation.
-'Bozuh Bum bean hyuh 7 he say.
DE Chink folks dey say. Why. sholy.'
"'whah he done gone r young Mahsuh Joe
he say.
DE Chink folks. dey say: why, he done
gone to yo' plantation labs night!
He nevuh did git dahl young Mahsuh Joe
he say.
he nevuh did. sub. Nevuh! Folks dey
| inquiah ev'whah- Labs anybody done see o.
, Bozuh. sam Pool he meet him an he dog. nigh
de Ju1kin cabin dat night, jes' boat dahk-
Folks go dis away. dat away. all roun' de ken
try, but nobody nevuh see po' Bozuh no he dog
alLuh Qat. len IOIkS oey gin 10 CAlA-
"'Jicketty" dey say. Nobody doan spec
Bozuh an he dog done bean snatch up an toted
way 10 de skies, lack oil Liiuh. does deyI Co'se
mott Den whah dey isl Nobody doan' spec
Bozuh an be dog done sonk down to de bottom
less pit in de twenkle of an eye, does dey Co'se
not! Den whah dey isl We done tell 20 vhah
der is = folks gin to say. 'Dey's whah OIL Kiah
Ju7kin an he sistuh Joan done put EN-, Dah's
whsh deg is"
Dis hyuh bean povful strong talk. an
bahmby ev'body deg t'tnk it mus be de troot,
sholy. an dey go up to de Juffkin plantation
to see bout it. Nobody dab. Cabin empty as \
dippuh tu'n upside down, sub! Kiah an Joan
dey done gone. an nobody 'cep' oil Satan. who
done bean dey stiddy company ev' senee, sub,
| nevuh did see EN- no mo. "
-Time it pahs. an pahs. an pahs. Nobody
keeuh TO teck up de Juhkin plantation. an it
lie dab desp'rit spooky. Den long kim Mahs'
Henry Dew. FUN down in de Peedee kentry.
why! he say. 'ws'o' dat plantation swan
to shucksr
Folks dey done tell him WHY dat plantation
Poo he s.y: .1tsck dat plahn..tton.'
70 dey tu'n up heap o bones! De men deg
crap a9M ass !'R asn ~ run Mahs Henry dey holluh.
We dome hne ,po' Bozuh.s bonesf, .
How 20, know tey Bozuh's bones = Aahs'
Mus Be bBozuh,s bones, Mahs' Henry. aey
hollph: Ain, no udduh pus.son 'cep' Bozuh los
mBss MANS, Henri hs say: iPeot; Mel, deg;
Bozuh doan' want EN- no mo. Dey ain no use
50 Mahs' Henry he teck an chuck de bones
"'Dah, he say; 'tus, time Bozuh comes long
dis away ,,quiah'n 70 he bones. des' tell him dey
iaytn. oyuh yon in de bresh. an II he want EN-
-Mahs' Henry he lahf Iackshe mos tickle to
Ahf on dFaddqh side be. faes, sub! Bahmby de-
new hoase it done, an MANS Henry he fotch he
t sdka All 9l,. P 70: a Ia; P fsi o aies got rh sSgf Il .s sss' ls
come dab an minsie wiv EN-. an skeeuh, EN-
c ass 2as asy s de- tsSl ssh an Il It dS SFeet nae ds G seesh q
an. bsas Dc dos desp'H5s.' tyine: e
hJuh ghos, it keep a sheckin' sqfin' bout Mahs''
it des' natchiY SCUM ike nufin but bones in a
bag. sub! Den. sv' little vile, de win it swtp.
VIM to get inT An duh ain no vim BLOWN on
peeuht shos. Mighty peeuhs. sub, 4s
n.,th,x Vat I mo. 70, Il ffn ok !, Iieks,sy dies,
oa1 4 I si I S Sts a;i s9 G Sssh it 70 se : ia1 TO o. c % my
dab Dey see him plain noush, but wen dey
sins dey g2 nigh him, something's he tes, toes up
lack be new, been dab at all. An all de time be
look monst'ous feeus- an snap an snahl an
gnash he teef!
Den folks dey gin to say: Huh. huh. OATS
po' Bozuh Bum an he oil wife dog, OATS who
It Is Mahs' Henry an he folks dey new have
no peace no mo. less dey done git Bozuh's
bones t9eevvph an, put, EN- whah deg keep!
bones. an de dog be back hyuh to he'p him git
'em /. OATS all"
"Iahs' Henry he CANT do nufin' but tink 80.
too. but he pow'tui stqbh'p. an one night; wen
Henry's head. Mahs' Henry he holluh:
"'Look-y hyuh. 20 Boz1h! Wat,o' 20 doan,
got 20 bones. Dey on yon in de bresh! ain
got no time TO sevvah up Of, bones! Fl 20 done
bresh an git EN- Yo' mos onreasonbles' zhos'
lev, see!, G'way fun hyuh"
But dat ghOs' IL doan' pay no 'teutiou To
MANS Henry. and tables an de cheeuhs dey
done keep upsertin'. an, de deeshes dey done
brock, brock, breek. an dc win it done whush
FROG dat hocse. an rattle an bang de vinduz>
mo- and mo-. an wussuh dan eyuh- An de
ghos' dog! Jtckstty. How he do git madduh
an mafduhi Cm-m-m-umpi how dat ghos'
dog do git rnadduh an madduh. Bahmby MANS
uarHrba tu{ya ahA Iaa dana rafp'F afanH is M