The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-07-28

I While outside of all, four negroes
 stripped naked to the waist, whirleC | about, Wrnging their hands and way 1 Ing them to and fro, and dancing anC l hoWling like flends Three dishes filled
 with pork, boiled yams and rum were l placed on bench by the side of tht
 collin. These were calculated to supply I the dead man with food enough to las
 him until the shores of Africa were 1 reached.
 Quash said of the wild scene: Fore l de Lawd, I'll neber forgit dat, tell my | dyin' day. Dem triggers dey sing like | looms. F'ust de men dey would chant: say, broder, you caint go yit!' An den de women dey shriek out il1 1 de chorus while de drums beat: When de morning star rise, den we put you In de lsole.' An den de charters:
 '" Den you go in Africa, you see Fetish dere!'
 An de chorus say:
 !" When de morning star rise, den we put you in de hole
 An bimely eberybody gives loud holler an runs off an leave me alone Wid op Hannibal. An ol' Hannibal he
 was drunk. Dat l lxnowed. He come
 an he stand by my coffin an I felt lak
 l wanted to git up an kill de rascal.
 Den ol Hannibal he begin to sing an
 bimeby he takes up de polk (pork) an
 he says: How, dis? I cain't put dis
 in dat niggers coffin Cause dere's too
 much fat in it. Quash he hate fat too
 much An den ol Hannibal sets down an eats dat polk all up. Den dat mig ger begins on de boiled yam. No salt on dem,' he says, who de debil do such a ting? Dat no good for Quash,' an he eat dem all up. Den Hannibal come to de rum. l knowed dat he would drink dat an he did. Rum he says, yes Quash love rum ef it be strong. How dis? what de debil Massa Nigger? Who put water in dat rum? Quash' Il neber drink dat. Neber, neber.' An dat nigger jess pours it down his own neck.
 "Den ol Hannibal he sets down on de bank to wait for de morning star to rise befo' putting me in de hole. On l felt terrible. An ol' Hannibal he say, half asleep: 'Golly dat ol' star late tonight. I caint wait much longer An when I 1 I lay dere helpless lak I was dead, suf- ferng so dat de sweat pour down my face for I knowed dat I was to be put in de ground alive. Bimeby OF Hanni- bal he rouse up again an say: cam see what am keeping dat star so Ets an hour late now an I still lie dere almost scart to death.
 "Bimeby something long, lak great snake begin to dangle in, de air befo my eyes. It was snake, too, a big yaller one, an it swung so close to my face by it's tail from a limb overhead, dat I hab to cry out with horror an move. I jess couldn't help it. Den a strange feeling passed over me an jumps out ob dat coffin right down into de grave an scart dat rascal ol' Hanni- bal so dat he fell in after me. An de yaller snake he gets out ob sight an we two niggers was both so scart dat we kicked an pounded each other, ontell We got tired an den we got out an run to de shanties an knocked to be let in. De nex morning dis here hair ob mine, I found, was snow white, chile"
 THE HORSE FEET CRAB.
 Quash catches horse feet crabs along 1 the sandy shores of the Sound at "top high water" on the nights of the full | moon in May and June. At such times these crabs come on shore from deep | water to deposit their eggs in the sand, and are readily taken in a common dip | net, provided the hoop of the net be arge enough to surround the female, which is much the larger of the species. The shell of a female horse foot will measure from eighteen inch IS to two feet in diameter. These crea- .ures have no claws, other than their 'eelers, and when pursued settle down nto the sand. under their turtle back hells-their only means of defense They are readily seen under a bright noon on the snowy sand bars, and on rood fishing grounds an expert with the lip net may load his boat in a few ,ours. Quash says that the meat of an dult horse foot. when boiled, is superb IF in flavor to that of lobster"