The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-09
THE EVER LIVING MULE.
BEFORE THE wan TT ROAMED
IBOUT THE CAPE FAIR COUNTRY.
circumstance by which II Got n Drink OF
the WATER of the Fountain of Eternal
Youth and Mnhs' McKeevuh's Faith

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NV ri, nnmmrs ha donesoyi,I Now vat 70.
gwon 70 racLon hour II suh' ottah dat,
Tha xor,horr nav IecIared that hs had M
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orourh to die long AGO. an saw TO Mabs,
MAINS McKeevub' I saw. 'wu1o' dat dab
mule liyin's'
"Nohs' NcEeovpb be cork he eve down AZ mo
anna GRIN nm, bo oor.
".Dat Joh mule Twin he cav .kaze he coin',
HON hescfr Ask va NANNY 'hout dat dab
mule h., say and Mains, McKeevuh no pri,
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.Den dono ,sl; my nj, NANNY an. WAT va
fink an' ont dat do mule kim 70 do Cana
Fair kentrv long wiz Nrobs, NcKnnvuh,s
faddub,s rr,nf,1Juh s,bi So n hoar bandd
down by Nahs' McKeevuh's ,olks 70 nv mann
my fno on, DAT af r. doon, bo 10, do man
wat inst own 1ot mu,o don M,hs, McKeevnh's
f,ddnb's rronfodIuh nm, p~ron,mudduh I,v
! donc bean Iiyir, 70 dis hvrh d,v suh an, dat
w,rd.,, uuIo q, nina u bo,r d,ii die bvuh
LundJ an, nftv ynnhs or mo-,
"N,yLo 20, ,,o,t bo,b boto, dis s,b ,bo,,
fo,le d,t b.an ,urtir. veobs an, vo,h, an,
yenhs aro.to fine n spring way down in Flah'dy
somewhat, an dat spring It boun' to meek EN-
live fo'evuh Of dew dos git "A sun o. d, wahtun
outen il. hut dcy nevuh kin fin il. an de In,ins
done kill all OF EN- wat doan' die wiz de chills
! an fnvuhg Maybe yo' mowt beah a dat befo'
dis. sub ~
The Northern man said he had heard OF tho
search for such n fahled fountain of youth.
Huh. huh! Co'se yo' have! An bet yo'
Of a. ,,I r l,p' eth. 49, InlI cub ,~' lit,
'mcmhuh dat yo' done see dat dab wand'n'
mule somewhat in yo' scrimmidgin'. Cain
do dat, huh? OATS pow'ful Queeuh! Pow'ful
quccuh. subj! MahS' McKcevuh's fadduh's
Gran'fadduh he doan be down dab in Flah'dy.
huntin' TO- dat wun'ful spring. hut he des'
down dab spyin' round to see waTo' kyine O.
Ian duh been dab. 'kazc maybe he mowt
skittuh way fun de Cape Fair kentry
an 60 down dah ef de Ian it bean mo-
promisin'. He spyin' an spyin' roun'. an
one day n monst'us big Injin man he done
step outcn de bresh squah in front O. Mahs'