The sun., 1897-10-31

po' bah an DC spittin' cat ali de road dey want,
but dcy feel pow'ful sorry TO do bah. An wat |
des' settle dOwn in do OIL shanty on do back
hdEo hnnS DC big swamp, wat nobody hahn hahn
i Ronted by S dc spoSEs e%ss'y o, ySTnJ OF Joo % Jill
son, an his woman, an lis two nigguhs,
a dcsnut hand lot, wat bean all toun' in dc
shanty one mo min dnid wild dey froats cut. All
dem spooks bean h'antin' dat place ev' sence, an
cntlin M sc,ch monst'us didos dat nobody
ncyah KIN stay !ah no mo. An dah,s whah dat
creepy ol woman done settle down wiv huh cat
an huh bah! Folks dcy say she CANT stay dab
max huh sCrummdgc oaten dahr folks say, but
Mnl,y 20 thh lckettyl She done skesnh dcm
spo3ks oui"n dat shanty 10 she bean dnh free
wooman rOw'ful. suh,!
" De mail coach FUN Raleigh It run froo dat
som'how. One cvcmin' dcs n week attuh do ol
woman come long dah, dc coach bean late an
dc coach ii uonr rest dab To- suppuh, an IL meek
huh iinglC r0un mos too lively wen II late. Shc
dat she doan' have tuc to notice 'tickly yonng
HMl AT come in FUN dc coach WY muuumn
"mG carryn Gcny baby in @ huh s aims, snoc,n bG
some ON d,i waitin' foh huh. She doan' see no
%nc Gah an gSahi lack she mighty sPrisSh an
hGrr%, out TO Missy Angus an say:
So 'Whah who is Missy Angus she say, stop
Pin wiN huh hans full o dishes.
Ny siatuh. .lancv! tic young gal she shy,
an +" Missy Angus she dong Eii Eih1 nHh SrSn Sn n se
an Size holluh 7oh, dab she is; 1 dun hcah huh
SM%nliG TO me- Den dc you&nE & ga All shS obiip 1Tip
de gal mus he crazy. but she have suffin TO do
sides runnin' nt,uh, ,crn2y folks, an she serum,
did see de gal lie dc baby in dc se,tin
room I'ahmby dc suppnh bean ga, ian, an
time 10 Missy Angus she git time to go in de
scltin room Den she see de teony baby snooz;
In unl m she let Shrek h%t iotGn en- Angus h nn
hoasr allah
-" MWi,uh! he wife holuh. CANT yo' see
ws n de Wa,tgh ,.,t Dat gal done gone ot an fo''
Den dc folks dey sahch cv'whah. but dcy
CANT fine de gal. Dcy chase de coach wid
=" ,| oks ou eWeh ea to do " ney do@n
want no mo chiinn. kaze dey got ten areadE.
dou gh dis hyuh baby bean de tecnies mite dcy
"""nuh ain nntiin' to do Missy Angus she
say. but TO sen dis po' leetle midget away
"Sow il dcs happen dat wen dc young gal
bean dah an say she lookin 10 huh sistnh.
glanres of huh eye, an dcy done shoot down in
he boozum dccpnh an sting him hahduh dan he
Se% Se(" o?h hyS hySh baby bcnn to }oeH dat gH
back hyuh some day. Jarvy he t'ink to he scif,
an Wen he mudduh she say dey have to sen dc
":I reckon yo' woan't do muffin o de kyne.
mnGdnh! Dat duh baby done gwan to stay right
Nobody dah go gnst young Nlahs' .Iarvy on
dat plantntion, an so de bH by it DON stay right
hunt huntn an Wen he he kim @ home M he I say y '
DE witchy woman up to de shanty done got
saS sse SE sHi q" hopeless
| An daC beer pow'f full s'prisn, kaASe nobody
'rcnn dat kcntry hain't see wife deeuh TO
:" Now done spec yo' dcs natchly tink Ise
gwan TO say, dat de baby growed up in dat
up at ali sub! When he bean 10 yeah OIL he no
| higguh dan u frec.year-ol' piccaninny. But he
. done s%Gn bsnn Ga hEW %eenh nh
yo' tink ! He CANT hcah nor he CANT talk! lie
loan' stay wiz Angus''s folks only des' Ven he
bah cubs an wilecat kittens! An he ain afeahd
., ol, bahs, ncduh; an he fight em lack little Ii
l'm,m mum! How he kin frow dem rocks wiv
he sling! Duh nevuh bean bullet kin whi2Z
quccnh icctlc crcatuh's sling! lie donn' have
! no name but Davy. an dough he CANT heah noi
SGnt taiE 9ns M@n !"ryy ne done So ydSr 5S
nn dGs happen to feel dat Away n, jcSe!ty! hoy s
dc young gal wat leave de baby in de sittin
room She, doan', come back, but young Mahs
in he haht it done BUN dah yit. DE oil witcl
woman she live right on on, in de- sham,y ay wid hmi m
Mahs' Mepads McCrammons an he wife. way
up on de Hackberry swamp plantation. dev xii
af Sy oahs TIN dc ey dsH ks
Oh Meg she witch en- dhceG roMf% T ont
in de wudcs. an he bean creepin along sly. " CT
Inryy he know de bah; ,kazo il bean ,m, dc .9 9l
N1S" lack it T beam mighty 'S peeuhi SETH dah b,
little Dayy, Dayy he bean ,cuhddlin, up clos
he he knen. nc T long gan: come ne dc " w'ite % dccnh. m m
lie she haid in ,Davy's lap. and ilary h
Bahlnby Davy he do suttin dat mos meek Mahs
Jarvy drap daid. Dayy ne hol, up he fnguh
! an talk suifn' to de bah. an de bah hol' up on
! n hp fllI an IN
OATS wat my oil NANNY done tell me: an hu
oil nanny done tell huh. an huh oil mamm
Yes, subj Davy hol' up he tngnhs an talk t
de bGh, an de bah hol' pone o she claws al
bah 10 talk dat away, and the bah done lahn d
Young MaHs' Jar?y drap daid. but wen he SC
wat Davy an de bah talkin boat, he dcs tin
he CANT live 'nuddah minute ef he stay dai
an he snick away an go home. Den he lay f
two, free days, lool;in' lack he doan' know va
! an talk wiX him, Wai he ,alEi i dunno dc 6
froo. an go scrummagin back to de wudes de
.. f"s' he mule laiEs kin tote him, ., r.,
de ins co"ch h'E VIII :"H IVAN up 20 ii tn way. an
ie"y1 dat spn sgnin IN he Mabaae Ell
l | mOns's plantation. an he 'quiah 70 Mamn
D sue. DAT hnh bean my oil mammy'Sol oil MANN
=. NANNY Su" she come;
. |
p, - reckon is" Nanny Sue she say.
i Den Mnis' Jaryy he say he heah she bean
| witch sprlluh. an she say she bean.
Den itN me q bullet made onten VIII
Q hOss's shoe. Mahs JaTvy he say. 'wiv nine hail
o de same hoss's tail mix wiv it,
e - ShO! Nanny sue she say. an she lul
), skcenht. 'fo' know wat yo' done gwan TO d
! sub
l. II done gwan TO lie done in de dahkin o {
h moon, at dcs' de stroke o midnight Mni
Il j. rvy hr say.
- jCkctty. Nanny Sue she say. Doa
c yO' know il mus BE- done wvoat pOwduh. su
an dat chile at ncvuh knowed he fadduh n
c he mudduh, an W AT ncvuh done spick wud
4 hc iic ton iyin soul; sub; an wat ncrnh hc'
/. Il livu soul done SpiCk TO him, mus do ii !
d ~ know dat Mahs' .Inrvy he say. An
J. he kill dc black wolf. den all dem wat be-
q witchcd by dc black wolf dey done so free, doa
It dcy
It "'Sholy. Nanny sue she say. l'ut cf
doan' Kill de black wolf, den yo tu'ns to w
Ii yo' ownscr. an de black wolf own yo. ana de
l. waits witchcd dcy done bewitchcd wussuh d.
n | cvuh, IOu want dat bullet
q "Nluhs' Jarvcy say he do an Nanny sue S
a done fix il 70 him.
a, - Dc- on. de strike o'midnight in dc dahkn
| o de moon! She says. An mine yo', SUI. ;
II | dat yO' clock bean right!