The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-16

road fer ter see what he kin see, an hear
what he kin hear"
At that point the children laughed,
Sweetest Susan convulsively,. and Buster
John more sedately, but stll heartily.
Aunt Minervy Ann paused and regarded
them with grave and inquiring eyes.
what de matter now?" she asked SOL
EMMY. At this the children laughed loud
err than ever "we.lr she cried, ''ef you
gwine ter have connipton fits, I'll wait
twell dey pass of"
why, I was laughing because you said
Brother Rabbit put on his mits to keep
his hands from freckling," explained Bus
ter John; and Sweetest Susan, when she
could catch her breath, declared that she
was laughing for the same reason.
"You-all must be mighty ticklish' re-
marked Aunt Minervy Ann, plucling at
the dead grass. 81 amt see nothin funa
ny in dat You nee'n't think dat rabbits
is like dey ulster be. Dey done had der
day. In dem times dey growed big ami
had lots err sense, an dey wuz mighty
keerful wild deyself. But dey done had der
day. Folks come long and tuck der place,
an since den dey done dwindle way twel
dey amt nothin' mo dan runts, an skase-
ly dat. Folks hodlin' de groun' now. but
how long dey gwine ter hol' 1t? How long
70 sump'in else'll come long an take
1t may be long. but it'n come-you min
what l tell you; an when IL do come,
fo.ks'n dwindle way and git ter be runts
des like de creeturs did, and dey'll fergit
how ter talk so evebody kin know what
dey sayln.
Look at de creeturs! Why. de time wuz
when dey could talk same ez folks, but
now dey can't hardly jabber, and dey
amt nobody know what dey sayn' 'cept
dis here A'on you got here"-the children
looked at each other and smiled-'an' dat
don't do him ner dem no good. Now
DIES re de creeturs Is, de folks'l be when
de time come-you mark my wordv'
"But all this time" remarked Buster
John slyly. 1.-THE rabbits in the tale are
suffering nightly for something to eat"
Oats so honey / got so much on my
min dat done clean forgot bout de tale.
wuz thinkin bout de time when we-all,
white and black, would be brung low.
You'll have to scuzen me, sho. Well. den,
or Brer Rabbit put on his mits and tuck
down his walkln' cane, and went prone
nadin down de big road. 6f he met any
body, dey never could guess dat he wuz
mighty nigh famished, kaze he walk des
es biggity es II he des had de finest kinder
dinner He went on, smoothin' down his
mustaches, when who should he meet but
Brer Fox, wild a big basket on his arm.
''Whar you been. Brer FoxT
'Loungn' roun'. Whar you gwine,
Brer Rabbit"
"Up hill and own dale. What you get
in yo' basket, Brer Fox?'
"Des er hatful er goobers Brer Rab-
Bit
Parched, Brer Fox?"
Yes, indeedy, Brer Rabbit. parched
| good en- brown
NO thank You. Brer Fox; none fer
me. Eff dey wuz fresh an raw now,
maybe I'd take some. But parched-My
| stomach won't stan um. Mo dan dat,
l des had a bait er groun' squirt
Now, Brer Rabbit wuz hankerin' ar
ter de COOLERS so bad dat he can't stan
still, an when he say groun' squirt. Brer
Fox under-jaw drap an gun ter trimble
| an qHlver. He say:
"'Wuz he fat, Brer Rabbit2
| "'Fat ez a butter-ball Brer Fox, but
not too fat; dey wuz plenty er lean meat
My gracious, Brer Rabbit Wizard you
git 'im2"
Back UP de road piece, Brer Fox A
| whole family un um stays dar.'
Show me de place, Brer Rabbit my
oil oman been hankerin after groun'
| squirt for de longest
''IH show you, Brer Fox: but yo' claws
longer'n mine, an you'll halter do dc
| grabbn'.'
"Brer Fox jaw shuck like he had a
swamp chill. He low: You never is see
nobody grabble, Brer Rabbit, twel you
| see me-
"Ill stan by. Brer Fox, an sec 1t well
done
Now, Brer Rabbit did know whar dey
wuz a burrow er some kim, but he ain'l
know whedder it wuz groun squirt, Ell
| a wocd-rat er a highlan' moccasin. Sc
he tuck Brer Fox up de big road piece