The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02

= 4 - - y a y 4 y A'sss "a AkV ~
] come back frum de quarters. den TN
know it's so. Dey's sumpin in me dat tells
me right pine-blank dat eff folks cant talk
! via de creatures it's der own fault; an
| VIZ, Whcn you come ter think bout il hard
an strong, it don't look natch-ual"
Aunt Mlnervy Ann went her way for the
| time beng and Sweetest Susan. holding
the flying squirrel against her rosy face.
said;
Your name is Fit Remember that
! please Now, Fit, you must tell us some
thing about yourself ana how YOU han
pened 10 let Aunt Minervy Ann catch
| you"
Who is that talking?" chirped the fly
ing squirrel I'm Owfuuy sleepy. This
is my time for sleeping. What is 'FHt?' q"
Fit is your name, I'd have YOU to
know" replied Sweetest Susan, and 1
want you TO tell us about yourself"
Wei, give me some water said Fit
| this words sounded like the notes of the
song sparrow, and don't keep me awake
too long. l didn't have any sleep yester-
day, and haven't slept any to-day"
You should be good and sleep at night"
Sweetest Susan declared.
Il can't sleep when I'm hungry. and
when the shine-ban goes down l have to
wake and hunt for food I'm awfully
..vi ~ ~ ~ llN"7'S' ~
t,,.o, "a, ua1 10H 81 sCaly va Ms you an
some I'll go crack UNI"
What are scaly-barks?" asked Fit
Small hickory nuts" replied Sweetest
Susan
Instantly Fit was wide awake, making
a chattering noise such as a small bird
- ~ ,IiNe l'aI - '"G veg tHi"5 ]
80 s,'hT I7 LAST, MANI "a9le ne cilSU'
aitll93.,l ~ as " oe van, ma M NJ
10 ',ls iio1Sg ND" as sillaii plIq
ms nan ma IL 1He very NiiHs
"uls H'Ne n"S'e' iiiaAe Haste' ne
oi-0N
Druslila was soon cracking the sca4N
PARKS ana III Few moments Fit was
sitting on his hind legs in Sweetest Su-
san hand eating me Soody' as ine
chlidren ea!ied It, as last as buster Johh
could PICK Il OUT with an Ola shoemaker
awL Inc mite creature was very DAINTY
ABOUT H. 100 II tle meat OF lhe scay
bark happened to be the least spoiled or
"ormeaten' he promptly rejected It, ana
called Tor better tooi. And between times,
ne to.a OF some OF ms recent advent ures;
NOT so very long ego, sald r IT. look
ing curiously at a piece OF the meat OF a
scalY bark ana turning 1t over ana over
in his nimole forepaWs' Il went nome
before the shlne-Oall came out ana there
l found a big black snake curled up in my
bed. de raised his head and made his
tongue culver and l was AFRAID to go IN.
| didn't know what to do. | knew If the
shine-ball came out and found me away
from home that l WOULDN'T be able TO
see what was going on, for the shRe-
ball is so bright that it hurts my eyes.
l wandered ABOUT among the trees
jumping from one TO the other, until fin
ally l remembered where wocdpecker
had had nest in big pine not far off.
had seen him hiding some acorns there,
and at night l used 10 go there and see
how they tasted, and ] thought if | could
get there by the time the shine-ball came
out l could get a little rest. Wen,
went to the pine and crawled in the wood
peekers nest But IL was very uncom-
Portable, and had a bad smell. There was
no soft bed in it, such as ! had at home,
and everything about it was rough The
door. Now l don't think you ought
to eat all the good ones yourself and pick
out the bad ones for me. Why, that last
piece was black on one side"
This was addressed to Buster John,