The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
CARES OF A NOBLE BIRD.
TIE WILD TURKEY ZEN AND TER
FAMILY TROUBLES.

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THE WILD TURKEY BEW AND HER
FAMILY TROUBLES.
Vanity OF Her Husband and the Cunnisg That
CircuuVents Ht-v1Eiianca Against Foes OF
the Earth and the Air 20 Protect Her
YounE-wisdom ana FOLLY orthe wild Turkey
SOUTHERN PINES. N. G., Nov. 6-"De wilo
lucky said the Black Homer Of Jimtown,
"boan q mighty peeuht fowl. sub. He mighty
queeuh, too. 'kaze pometimos he kin itch q fox
how 70 DO smaht, an sometimes q suckin' calf
ain been half 30 big a fool as de vile lucky.
shol wat a fool dat fowl kin DO sometimes |
Many times know OIL gobbluhs 30 pow'ful smaht
dey fool all do bes' huntuhs wat try to git en-,
weeks an weeks. an den dos tu'n roun' an fol-
luh q train O. con w'ah lead 'em squah into some
wuffiess nigguh's pom. an stay dab. cranin' dey
nccks tryin' to git outen dab at de top. wat bean
all roof ovuh, wen dab dc hole in do groun' wat
dey kim In by, spreadin' dab wide open, an dey
setch dosp'rit chucklehaids dey amt got sense
enough to crawl outen It'll Dat a fac, subj I
nevuh kin see how anything SO pow'ful smaht as
de vile lucky bean kin be setch q monst'us big
fooli No, sub, l nevuh kini
81 done spec yo' nevuh bean in do wudes
dcs' wen de mawnin gin TO break, an hoah'd
do vile tuckys week upi Jickettyi but dat
been gran. subj Fus' 20 heah one oil gohbluh,
away up high In he tree. holluh oat; den
nudduh one dis away, an nuddub one dat
away, an nudduh one way ovuh you, dey done
cotch It up, till bahmby de wudes dey rlngin',
ringin', ringin', fab an neah, wild do tuckys
singin' dey gladness 'kazo do night It done
scampuh Off fun dab, an do daytime It
liftin' up it's haid an peekin' down
ovuh dem tree tops. It bean gran,
sub, an sometimes wen I bean waitin' TO
dos dat time SO l kin pick or q big. fat ~gobbluh,
] done scrummage oaten dem wudes an nevuh
pull a trigger. sub. 'kaze I CANT hep feelin' dat
It gwan to be mighty hahd TO- de good Lo'd to
'scuse a man wat up an shoot one O. He cree
tubs wen 1t des' natch'ly liftin' up Its voice
soundin' He praisei But dat bean wen vile
tuckys dey mighty sight mo- dan dey is now. I
doan' tink I run oaten dc wudes desc days,
'kaze 1 feahd to shoot q lucky wen it holluh'n
in dc mawnin'. Wen 1 60 attuh lucky desc
days I want him bad. an 1 tink de Lo'd 'scuse q
man wen do man got to have meat.
But duh bean heaps o. lucky yit In dc piney
wudes. God es Of en-. sub. Coolies Of EN-. Duh
bean q monst'us fne hatchin' last spring. De
.roun ,timbuh down yon des full OF, EN-. Roun'
timbuh Dat bean de timbuh wat de axe hain't
box yt TO tahpentine. Gittin' mighty skceus,
too, sub. Yes. De roun' timbuh down yon des,
full o vile lucky, It done do yo'a powuh O
watch 'em many, many times. Wen de spring it
SGm Iad de huh oil h Sins tH fS! as she 6 SG HI to m Sn; M SGa nest so:
setch ting Waio' ho doan' want he. wife to
m monst n%n H 5esio US an inS s sifs Sn He He'G lack M"s str ct
an street in de wudes, an he want he wife .wiv
ton to him an muffin else She daSshn't meek
huh nest whah he know 1t, kase. he pounce on
huh. whop huh Of dat nest, an. 9resk all de 1.
hen done gwan to dor She try to snick
away FUN dc gobbluh. so she kin
but he pow'ful s'picious, an he kip he eye on
huh. an wen she seraggles Of kine a keeuhless.
des' sahchih' 70 fodduh. he know she gwan to
mage Off whah she kin hide, an fus' ting she
de- e OPEN N. an meebbo swat huh iii she squa WI i
b. she boun' to meek dat nest. an mebbe
CANT do dat den she dcs' natchly go monst'u US
lame. She git SO lame she CANT hahdly walk.
i Hn 'h Isie n1 ap' a" sah stinsSI pe t OF eo tsSH sh he On ea ha9
stan dat, He doan' want no cripple wife on he
hams. an away he street from dab, lsavin, de Of
oil gobbluh he done street away SO he CANT see huh
no mo. dat cripple hen she git well mighty sud:
an hide an meek huh nest. Dat de way she fool
huh h1M, 0l. man mar ~; an aa 4 SHhy hin GT F fSat \. Pat pa why ~,
in de spring. 'iDey all grass .widowuhs wat
boun' dey wouldn't have no families, an dey
T Sas ss asy sid 1isin cP fa asyl nss sny II Ss tick OroSh'
trouble wen she slope trum DC setish sobbluh.
wide Of she git froo dat hatehih' all right. De
ali de time to git a chance to snick dem tueky's
aigs., De crow he kin scent q tucky,,s aig Of
W Ssa dat, a na @s' be ams';d dc an hen 't got ne to hR be
crow, he doan' sobble EN- right dab in dc nest.
whuh he kin eat 'em des' any time he want to.
How de crow git at dem aigsi DIS hyuh way.
whah he kin see de hen %settin' on dc aigs. Coso
de lucky, she bopn' to leave dc nest sometimes,
an she snow bout ae crow, an she sahch
one bean watchin' huh. Many times she
See him, an den she nevuh leave dat nest till de
kivyuh de aigs up wiz brush an leaves. So, yo'
neyuh could tell dey evuh bean a nest roun' dab,
an she go way to drink an eat a leetle. But Of
de crow bean In a tree an do lucky din SEQ him,
tickettyl wen she done git back she fine huh
nest all scrabble an dc aigs done gone; Dc hen
nevuh go back ovuh de same groun', kaze
bahmby dat meek a path to do nest an some o
huh foes dey fine 1t.
tings wat NECK a heap O. trouble on dc oil hens
mine. De wilecat an do fox an de weasel, dey
sight O settin' hens nevuh 6esh dey fns' bon
peep. But Of dc oil hen sho doan' git cotch by u
Tilecat Or a fox or q weasel. an de aiGs dey
den bahmby dat oil hen been happy as q 'possum
in de 'simmon tree. De little peepin' chicks dey
come tum6lin' oaten de nest, des' lack dey bean
de bolls often q cotton plant foatin' down dab.
An dey mudduh she mighty proud. She stroke
'em wiz huh bill, an cluck to EN-. an keep ON
hid TN dey big enough, to travel, an den she
mo- trouble, 'kaze de hawks dey desprit fond O.
lucky chicks. De mudduh she all dc time watch
SSssr S Hlvs S' sno a n hsEh Il sbs eS%e Sf LII eS 9EGs s ses
bean ,peckin. hesh. ,peckin, dab. pectin'
drop in dey tracks an stretch on dc
grou' lack dey bean daid dis hyah long time.
De mudduh che scoot in de bresh. De hawk he
swoop down, an wat he seel Muffin but a lot
a dald lucky chicks dab on dc, gronn'! He
poise roun' dab o spell, an 20 mos tink he say:
Pub! Des 4 heap o buzzuhd feed Whah
Idone sec peckin' roun' ,heahT
HE doah' see EN-. an he rise an, float up in
de same, an yo' swan, dey daid. But wen do
hawk he done gone To- sahtin, de mudduh, she
come oaten de bresh an hoiluh to huh chicks.
Up dey scrummaee. an peck, peck, peck dey go.
ais. a- Sasn d dat a as a do an ns sHh a w1 ift,t ICES sp 1s9k s asy
An de muddnh hon she mighty ,tie'luh to keep
chicks dey al, fedduh oat an kin run an
look oat TO deysefrs. TO- do Eobbluh
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