The sun., 1897-02-14
,sr, into tn. swamp. They had tried it-oh.
many times.


| Jack extinguished his torch as
cries. Was Il Mr. Coon or Cousin coon Why
Cousin Coon. OF course. How DID the Swamp
ETnowl Tl hws. the .iuplss, thing in the world.
into the quasmiref wasu't there a snap and =
snarl when the partridge. pesvine caught his
and turn and 90 back ssy bs c,m ns aSaG.e 90 h,
caught and Killed on dry isndf Would Mr.
Don't you believeit II cut OF from home. he
you'd run to the nearest pond and plunge in.
,ure, to- take. a bath with him The % swamp amp
laughed a. the thonght of such thing. Aaron
smiled; smiled; the White Pig grun,ed. and Rambler
is safe at home and the swamp knows it.
Good luck to all who know the way
F9r por them ,sn S,fs',. x, mess, - nssrs snail stay
But IL was not always that sliens and strangers
hour. between mtdnish and dawn the swamp
would open i,s door, to Gosset,'s Riley. He had
no kcy and be bad never come to know and feel
MIXTURE Of mud and wsiep. ,ree Srs nsns. 'Snn Sine
ing things. To him th. swamp was merely =
place and not thing. but this was ignorance.
.on.. .ForEave Il aud pl,i.d him OSs a. Se de- de-.
served to be pitied. And yet he had qualities
s@.mp admired s%. II. va. o' ll,,is hs'' mons oas
ssaa. ssaa .,t.ss!' dssr!' os,ng eo~lssssd and
and va. eaii., chunsy Riley Sn, yeSS v,s much 10 i y
a man for all that. At lce-rolling there Was
DOT negro for miles around who could pull him
Ina, s.fsnt clussS Ri Rey =" A., A.:0 .sea .ea
that also is different Riley was no. swift OF
we'll knew. More tSan thai, ~ he could pSunSs 20 os
all-fours almost as fast a. he cond run on two
legs Ts and thu, va, :ometh,ns si!ileult 20 do.
euriou. way: The hrst time he came to bring
mss.ase TO Aaron he waited for no in'-odnction
but he paid no att-ntion TO their warning: the
myst.ries whispered to him. hut his ears wcre
to all the signals He blund-r-d Into tn. swamp
and rSundered toward the knoll As the span
near where the White Pig lay. He had the
sent and AL the signs of an alien. and the
w W MMhtte Grunter rushed ., him with open mouth.
Ihe swamp was now angry from centre to cir
would have been swift and ,udien bu, for ,h.
iact that he bore some undeveloped kinship to
the elements that surrounded him.
As th. White Pig rushed forward with open
him In the dark GEES. gave one Wild yeii, leaned
Into the air. and came down a-straddle of the
Pig bad bargained for. He answered Rllry's
yen WIN loud saueal. and went tearing
d.sIt. The es OWL Soot.a @ ' Rsmsles s sosI.s Astsh
Ard ek:o-the-lAntern threw down his torch
snd ned. The swamp that bad been anS-r-d was
that bad seized the White tiruni.r and wa.
carrying him on1 What could the rest hope
be disposed of IN this fashion Even AArou
was alarmed at the nproar. for Chunky Riley
eon,inued to yell. and the White Pig kept u2
It's -quealing.
It va, well that the Grun,sr. when he came to
espn .y sss ~ sHa nc siSse snS1ss to tree TO rub
telling what would have happened. II was well.
too. that Chunky Riley called loudly for Aaron
Pig vas r.levsd Of h.. Strange SS Surdes I " his his
anger rose fercer than ever. and b. came charg-
/ ing AZ Chunky Riley. who was living prone on
the sround. too frightened TO do anything more
spoke sharply to- to the be wSI,s @ p Pis ~ 'o'' Aaron
=" Shall us. = club on you. White Grunter7
Shall MAKE bacon Of Iou' lou heard him call
The Whit. Pig P.a'ed; II. mall eye. slI,.
,uss. . x.ais om!nsg.y: He knew the creature
49, - oot,: Your name, son Of Ben All - sad the
though; was merely m . series OF | assry srGn,. @
and snor,s "oot,! heard him call FOR Aaron.
g the Red Cha,ter.r in the hickory tree that
s :ssrs we're p ,hSe..nd s. As.on': bot osiy one
yos nsa .h.n ssG e.s ia. .soa, sssE eTes ride
inqatE-- Ef us. wish you'd Ss ROD enough
s5r ,In Ia dns n,cI sfes.9r ss sS fun hers saIs
on; .a' traTpl.d on an teeto,aliy ruin, right
.whA;'. yoar name - inquired Aaron.
You ought ter know me. bat I dunner whed-
der you does er not I'm name Riley-dey calls
ne ChEnkT Rilev fer short
Aaron Was silent for . nom ent. a. ~ tryiaz n
rer5embsr the name, Presently he laughed Ard
e.1. ca1. why. - .I1s;. ys.; know you pretty we'll
M 'Sh.no, me- No, lsss,n you,l run d..
panIer. Ef hsdn', er straddled i'm des now
a been nothin' l.r but de button, on my cioT..
az 40, nobody I'D, n d.. roun' worl' would a know'd
Aaran LAUGHED while speaking to the. White
The man a, .trons in d. back a; a horse
m. eotSo L:s MIN Tse yo1 ot oot As ss rbds
fof M. When horse !. rdd.n r. mn.o ss o.a
The White Pig; sim grinding his ,u.ks to-
and Drssently Aaron and CHUNKY Riley heard
nsa, him ersshIns @ t .hro1sh the canes and reeds.
way did S'e you come" me ~ inquired III. son y,
Ben All ghen the two had made themselves
Des ter fetch word that Marster wuz layin'
on ter zis after you Wild simmons's Niger dogs
-, All The way through the DARK for that
when did You rome TO IKE me so Ee! ~
..,n s.lsia, o., IN 3. hos. io'. wnf j. q. eG!n
A. ,ii,.ie Mar.e Ab.rcrombie, an he say, 60
The child with the crutches,' asked Aaron.
DE ve.y same replied Chnnky Riley. He
paused aWhlle ana then aided: Ia walk N any
= long mile fer dat white chill. day er night.
rain er shine"
He gAIed In the hickerng fire a long time,
waiting for Aaron 10 make some comment
Hearing none, he finally turned his eye on mis-
companion. Aaron was looking skyward. where
one small star could he seen twinkllng through
the ascending smoke from the hre. and his lips
were moving; though they framed no word.
thar Chunky Riley could hear. The attitude of
ths Son OF Ben All disturbed the negro.
Well. done what come TER do" he said,
making a pretense Of stretching himself anil
yawning. an speck I'D better he cwine."
The son Of Ben Al sill kept htseye hIed on the
twlnklIng star. What posters me-" Chunky
Riley went on, lis de idee dat dat ar VIII log
went 'zacIly de way got ter go. don't want
ter halter ride i'm no mo- less'n got saddle
an brdlr.'
Come" exclaimed Aaron. suddenly. I'll go
with you. want to see the Little Naster."
De dogs II nm yn' track shn, e! dey start out
tornorrsr." sugRe-ted Chunky Riley.
The only response the Son o. Ben All made to
this suggestion Was To say: Take the end Of
my cane In your hand and follow IL. Well take
q short cut"
Chunky Riley had queer thoughts a. he fol-
lowed his tall conductor, being led as II he were
= blind man: but he said nothing. Presently
~ seemed but few IN inutes to Chunky Rileyl