The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
MANS MKEEYERS EAR
n WARMED HIM 0NOE TOO 0F1EN
AND Is NOT STRAIGHT NOW.

I'M rs NOT STRAIGHT NOW.
Tho Hack Homer sr Jintown Tells why II
Doesn't Smart 60 Good Purpose Any More
A Confunion OF NIisnt shot and Game In n
Hunt In tho swamp. with n hear on Top cram.
SOUTHERN PISEs, n. O., July done spec
my oil Mahsuh bean dc Hncs' looking man in
do Cape Fair kentry,' said the Black Homer OF
Jimtown. mo mattuh Of no right cab it doan'
hong on ho haid dos czacly as puppindicluh rs
no loft eah do. Yes, sub. He pow'ful nno look
in man, oil Mahsuh wuz. An wat 20 done
spcc' do reason dat he right cab 1t doan' hong
dos ozac'ly as pupplndicluh on no haid as no loft
oah dot II all do tahpentino crop In do plney
woods 1t bean mino, 1 bot yo' de hull Of Il gin n
wild razuh.back shoat wat nobody kin cvuh
cotch dat yo' novuh kin tell wnno' dat
right cab doan' heng puppindicluh lack do lof'
ono! Yo' kin guess an guess an guess till
Uncle Gabriel toot his hon on do great day, an
| 20 nevuh git nlghuh to 1t dan yo' Is dis hyuh
minutol Reckon I have to tell yo' how oil
Mahsuh's right cab 1t done git knocked out'n
plumb. Fus' place, 1t wuz dat oah's own fault,
suh, 'kaso 1t bean a wahnin' eah. Secon' place,
It bean 'knso do Capo Fair kcntry bahs doy SO
monst'us pccuht.
"w'at's a wahnin' oahi Why, q wahnin' cab
bean an cab wat wahns yo'. Sho! deem yo'
ovuh feel yo' oah smaht lack 1t havo fnh in 1T
Co.'S 20 deodi Well. waffo' dat eah smaht an
bu'ni Des' to wnhn yo' dat somebody talkin'
boat 30, dcs'pritos' kyine. so 20 kin watch oat.
Now. oil Mahsuh's right eoh 1t boan a pow'ful
wahnin' cab, but II deem wahn him dat folks
talkin' boat him. It wahn him dat a 'possum.
or n coon, or q vile tuckey. or q pottidgc, or SUI.
I'm like a-dat, bean hangln' 'roun dab, SO ho kin
go oat an keel 1t IL no feel dat away. Ev' tahm dat
right cab of Mahsuh's tcck to smahtin', he
natch'ly snatch up de OIL gun an 20 ont In do
gum swamp an bahmby como home wiz q right
smaht O. sufin' good.
".An'In eyuh done keel one Of 'cm.' I heah
him say many times. of dat right eah of mine
1t doan' VAIN me. Doy CANT git way FUN dat
dab cab. 1t q sign sahttn ns sin, dat wat
it Isl
"But Mahs' he nno oat he make a mistake
boat dat once. Ono day. long 10 do wah, Mshs'
he say:
"'Jicketty, Dat right eah o. mine 1t smahtin'
desp'rit! 'Peahs to me It smahtin' too pow'ful
70 possum or coon or ~pottidgo or tuckey! Shot
CANT be dat dab oah prophesyin' bah. kin i'll
Monst'us heap lack itl'
80, to meek tings sahtin'. Mahs no took wiz
i'm ~pottidge shot. an tuckoy shot, an rabbit
shot, an buck shot.
"'I CANT keel q bah wiz pottidge shot he
say. on I doan' want to tab q pottidgo or q rab-
bit to strings wiv tuckey shot. Peahs to me,
though Mahs' he say, 1T shu'ly bean bah. way
dat dab cab O. mine 1t des' smahtin 30 monst'us!'
"Den he go of to find out wat meek It smaht,
an bahmby bang! we heah he oil gun, way of
in de swamp.
"'Mahsah's smahtin' cah 1t hahn fool him
none. I reckon my Of nanny she say. He
fotchin' suffin' doun, shu's 20 bo'n!'
Den bahmby bang! como uh shot, an
bahmby anudduh one. an bahmby anudduh one,
an den dc oil gun 1t doan' bang no mo-.
"'Jicketty!' my ell nanny she say. Nah.
snh's eah it mus bean smahtin' pow.
full. dis hyuh time! He shu'ly ron UP ag'in a
heap q spffn'. way dat oil gun 1t done holluh
Den a right smaht time 1t go by, an
my OF NANNY She done luke GA an she hes see q
P |"nt bs l mfTpht long ,,hEa tod II. huh 1Io cabin ~ an, ,Pe1'h b.
tattuhs. nm he monst' us mussy an mummicky.
h He b have o +. han a ISlsp p on one one side dd he haid; lack
Iskisy saSS1 who irsR It %us on She She P fro% up her saa aG s an'
ho SisFo' 4 ?sG dsa Nc Mck dc prophet s.a '1' ys! s :ss
to Dc cabin do, holm he han to he hsid.
dat smsshtin' esh o. mine bean heap too sm r%in
dl, hy PHI tine : Is;. a., done spec it bean knocked
.Mahs' he teck he han, down of de side o he
res Ts'" on a. he shouldn't It The hen NJ 'o on q he hai ID a Il %G By
a hank Q skin boat leSk a shoestring;
Mans MChceVuhI NANNY she hOlluh.
Why. yo' eah 1t done slough OF!
Den che swat me %loG,sslde dc heid till I tink
pub attnh Doctuh Feel. yo' tinkless nigguh J.
A jomp on q boss an, scampuh down de
s"'f hustle Mahsuh to e' he ho as a'f De an doe @amm ny
come an. prop up Mahsnh's eah, an 1t hitch on
lack Kit It done OK IL beam an! 20 fo" i tee c 81 dat tan DOW Re FL spell q
smahtin'. An dis hvuh wat happen to Mahsuh
He deem bean in de swamp only des a bit, Wen
ho see a tuckcy. gobbluh. He ram a load o.
s sSSsfH shot he a IN nse hf F 81 ti m1ss at! tG nha M Hqs aS
git de tuckey shot in dc gun de tuckey bean u
'"Co'se, MANS. he say. f 1 have tuckey
shot in de gun. den l sahtin see u pottidgo or a
but he eah it keep smahtin' desp'rit, an
d tssk lack sb he :; sax, (. long long o9 G'o,s a F ra at1 an he have s
tab de rabbit all to strings, SO no wnm de tuckcv
shot out,9 de gun an, ram in dc rabbi. shot, but
%IShCr MaEs' he Pay; Dis hyah pow,.ful dis
anyhow Won't nnain' suit dis eah but bah i
"kGZe dat right eoh it. keep on smshtin' an
'glnst. long snick a fox. Now dat rabbit shot
% count M It "ii 10 Hf ios. an an d Safh aH h it @ Ssnn a oat a as
s,Ssh q &c 's ssss,i Sf i .SiG. 1 Rs. Minis iassE Il q e iir S; ssiy
stan dab nm swan pow'fnlL
",Jickct,ty! he say. : des,, natchly lilo dis
bahmby. an teck dc fab oat'n II, ef it doan' stop
a dis fool wahnin'! Dab hahn no bah roun' hyuh!'
A Mahs' he hahdly ovuh he talkin' wen
long street three rice plump ~pottidge. an do
oil gun change wir tnckcy shot! He cain't bin
dem pottidgc wild tuckey shot, 'kazc dat scattuh
EN- so he CANT enc Il piece OF EN- big ms n
cow pea. SO oil Mahs' he wum dc tuckey
shot oat'n dc gun an ram in pottidgo shot.
Des' no Gwan to pull UP an him
,em, b-r.r-ri way dcy futtuh oat a sight. Nav
Mahs' no bean dcsp'rit mad. an | done sDoc' he
talk pow'ful TO dat smahtln' cab. kase Mahs' he
a s, true s9bbth'n ge emma b an 1S, kin handle swan \,
he M y pn noisc an fS|hhc itu'Tn sn%S i iI ne ,alkih T.
stan n big bah only des' a little bit away.
.Jickctty!' MANS, he holluh. Dat oah know
its business. attuh alH
Den no ncvuh stop to INK he doan' have
muffin in de oil gun but pottidge shot. an no
bin away wiv II nj dat big bah. Dat fine shot II
only des' peppuh, dc bah so he mighty mad, an
woosh he resh To- Mahsuh.
"'WnTo' ] dOan' teck dat eah's wahnin' hefo'9'
he bolluh. Dis hyah bah Robble me now, shu's
BON