The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-04-15

kentry, an dem bahs dey hep deyseHs
to he hogs desp'ritest kyine. Dey
mighty smaht, dem bahs, an Squiah
Blue he jes' couldn't set he eyes on 'em,
nohow, TO- longest time he evuh see.
Den bimeby he kotch big OF bah totin'
off one O. he shoats, an he push de bah
so pow'ful hahd de bah drap de shoat
an done scoot.
"'Yi, yi!' Squiah Blue he say: 'Bime-
by I gwan to let yo' have dis hyah shoat,
Mahs' Bah, but vain yo' git him l git
yo' sub! done toll yo'!'
"Den Squiah Blue he SEN way up in
de mountain grass kentry an get big
bah trap. Den he 60 way out in de
wudes, whah he mighty shu' dat Of
bah lives, an he takes de shoat wiz him.
Den he beel q pen wiz logs, an he set
de trap in de pen, an he tie de po' shoat
so he lay nigh de trap, and nobody evuh
tink dat OIL bah kin git dat shoat wivout
de trap git de OIL BAH
"'Dah!' Squiah Blue he say. 'Dah's
nice fat shoat TO- yo', Mahs' Bah! Yo'
jes' come git him, den come git yo'.
an stretch yo' ole hide on my fence!
OATS wat done do, subj
'Den he go home, chucklin' pow'full'
est kyine, he feel so good 'kase he done
gwan cotch de Of bah. Two, free days
he go out in de wudes to git de bah.
He snickin' up to de pen vain he see
big bah snickin' up too, De bah have
heap O. con in he aims, an he go in de
open side de pen. Den Squiah Blue he
snick up close an peek froo de chink,
an sees suffin' he nevvuh did o'git, sub.
Dab de OF bah wat he sot de trap TO-.
Dab de trap, tight shet like it never did
be sot. Dab de po' shoat, tied jes' like
de Squiah done tie him. Dab a big
heap con on de groun', an dar de uddah
bah chuckin' he ahmful on de heap
De OF bah wat de squiah done sot de
trap TO-, he look de heap O de con all
ovuh, an den he nod he haid to uddah
bah, an uddah bah he pick up de trap
an shoat an way he go, p'intin' TO- de
Cape Fare kentry. Squiah Blue he jest
natch'ly pick heself up an scoot way
from deb, he so pow'ful skeert, an he
nevah say a ting, sub, till he git safe
home in he hoace, den he holluh:
mighty Gabrul!' he holluh. Dem
aim hahs! Dem devils!'
swat yo' fink O. dat, sub? Aim dat
desp'rit? But dat aim de all of it. Joe
Eandle he a po' man down yon in de
Cape Fare kentry. He rise con on he
plantation, an dey bahs dey keep a
reapin' he crap so pow'ful much, he jes'
git him an OF gun, an he load it, an he
tromp, tromp up an down he planta-
ton, an peppah de bahs vain dey come
snickin' roun' attlIh he con. De bahs
dey try to skeer him way, but dey cain
do it, an one day pow'ful big bah he
jes' come squah at Joe an pitch in to
tab him all to pieces, but Joe he peppuh
hole clean froo de bah, an attuh dat
de bahs dey done fight shy O. Joe's con
fiep. Joe he chuckle, 'kase he fink he
skeer the bahs so dey done got 'nough
O. him, but he tramp he plantation wiz
he OIL gun jes' de same. One day he
trompin' froo he con fier an he sees
pile O. shucks on de groun' an he haul
off an kick it. Snap! suffin' go in de
shucks, an Joe he JUS STAN still an hol-
luh like a bull at beefin'. Waffo' Joe
he holluh? He done been cotch in a
bah trap, dat's waffo' he holluh! Den
two big bahs dey resh out'n de high con
an jes' gwan to tab Joe all to pieces,
'lase he done fas' in de trap, but Joe
he peppuh a hole froo one dem bah's
mighty quick, sub, an scrunch uddah
bah's haid wiz he gun, an clash he froat
wiz he knife TO- de bah know wat done
drap on him! Joe he holluh SO loud
dey hare 'em way to de hoace, an come
an pry him oat'n de bah trap. Squiah
Blue he hare bout dis hyuh bimeby, an
den he know. Dat bah wiz de con, wat
he see de day he snick to de bah trap
in de pen, dat bean Cape Fare kentry
bah came up to de Drownin' Creek ken
try to swop CON FIR polk. He FUN Joe
Yandle's plantation. He done see de
bah trap, an jes' natch1y want it, so
dey kin cotch, Joe, an he strike up
swop TO- de trap, too, an tote it back
an set it TO- Joe! Sho! Dem bahs de
devils own! s-a--
eyes, sub! Moth, Calina 4bahs dey
pow'ful bad bees'es! You bettuh look
out TO- EN-, sub! I done toll yo'!"-N.
Y. Sun.