The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-09
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be I done fin de damon mine widout
KNOWN it.
Maybe you is an maybe you amt
SEE Brer Wolf wild a grin, an Brer Rabbit
he laugh fit ter kill
'Brer Fox he ak what a damon look
like. TO it's rubbed UP an made shiny
" 'Des like plain, ev'y-day dirt says
Brer Wolf, an Brer Rabbit gree wild
i'm.
well, dey went on huntn'. Dey hunt
high an dey hunt low, an bimeby dey
! got so bad Off an so Venomous fer whites
dat dey halter do sumpn sides hunt dia-
mon mines: an so, one day, when Brer
Wolf see Brer Rabbit gwne long thOo de
woods, he loped after i'm. Brer Rabbit
seed i'm comm, an he Cantered on ahead.
De faster Brer Wolf come de faster Bre
Rabbit went, an bimeby Brer Rabbit got
in de briar brush, whar Brer Wolf can't
foller He got in dar, he did, an set down
an wipe his face wild bofe hams like you
| see chillun do. Brer Wolf sot not fur off,
an he was so hongry he fair dribDle at
de mouf.
He say, Come yer, Brer Rabbit; wan
ter see you
"Brer Rabbit low, Look at me, Brer
Wolf; I'm in plain sight. l amt hidin'.
"Brer Wolf say, 1 wanter show you
sump'n.'
"Brer Rabbit say I amt got pop-eyes
for nothin. 1 kin set right here an see
anything you wanter show me eff 'talnt
no hitler dan a seed-tick.'
"Brer Wolf lick his chops an say, l
got sump'n I wanter whisper in yo' year
"Brer Robbit low, My years amt big
fer nothin. Do yo' whispern from Wnar
yo' is, Brer Wolf. I kin hear yo' des as
well eff not better dan eff you had my year
in yo' mouf.'
Den Brer Wolf walk roun an study.
Bimeby he look down a de groun' an sart-
er scratch in it. Den ne jump up in de
air an whirl 'roun' an heller Cody
goody. Brer Rabbit I so glad! l done
foun' de damon mine Den he clawed on
| de groun' wild hans an fools an made DC
dirt an pebbles fly.
"Brer Rabbit sot dar in de briarbush an
watch Brer Wolf for to see what he swine
do mex. Den ne went on combin his mar
wild his tongue an rubin his face wild
his hans.
"Brer Wolf. wild one eye on Brer Rabbit,
KEEP up his grabblin in de dirt. He hoi-
| Ter. Come on. Brer Rabbit! Deyer here by
de bushcl. De groun' is fairly strowed wild
umr
''Brer Rabbit low, Nummine bout me,
Brer Wolf Eff dey's huff fer bole IL
git mine after you git all you want. III
dey amt huff fer bofe, faint no use fer
me ter come out dar an worry you while
you workin.
"Brer Wolf grabble harder dan ever. He
saw, %, come on, Brer Rabbit! Don't be
| hangin' back dat way?
'I3rer Rabbit low, I gwine home after
A bag. My pockets amt big huff for ter
hoT all you say you gwinter 81 me.
..Rrer Wolf say, Come look at UNI, Brer
Rabbit. an chosen de size an kin you
want
"Brer Rabbit low, I'd be monst'ous on
grateful eff 1 couldn't trust dat ter you'
Brer WOLF
i. DaN boiler
me Brer Wolf! Wait fer me" Den he
make big rustlin' noise in de briar bush
like he runnin' thoo um, but he laid his
years back an drapt on de groun' an
watch Brer Wo.f. Time Brer RABBIT
made de rustlin noise, Brer Wolf stop
grabblin', ana run 'roun' de briar patch
fer DER see eff he can't head Brer HAD
bit off an ketch i'm.
"When Brer Rabbit see dat, he sot W,
an laugh, an lay down an laugh, an roll
over an laugh; an ez eff dat want nun,
he drum on de groun wild his behine feets,
an it SCUM des like when you thump on
a bedtick wild yo' fingers"
'"Then he didn't catch Brother Rabbit
said Sweetest Susan.
who? Him! Not dat day. ner de
mex, ner not na'er udder day dat 1 ever
hear tell UNI. Well, when Brer Wolf got
'roun' de briar patch an amt see needer
ha'r ner hide er Brer Rabbit, he say ter
hisse'f dat Brer Rabbit done gone on home
in a hurry, an hell des waylay i'm ez
he come back. So he hid in de under
brush an wait. He wait an he wait, but
Brer Rabbit amt come back, kaze he wus
settin' not twenty yards fun Brer Wolf
an watchin' his motions, all de time tryin'
ter keep FUN laughin out loud.
"Bimbey who should come promenadin'
long but OF Brer Fox. He want dom
nothin' in de worP but huntin' de damon
NINE Time Brer Wof see i'm he made
a break after i'm, an Brer Fox put out
ez hard ez he could fer ter keep outer de
way. Brer Fox wuz nimble in de feet,
but Brer Wolf wuz hongry, an so dar
'twuz Bimeby, Brer Fox tuck tree.
Brer Wolf try ter cline up after i'm. but
he done dulled his claws by grabblin an
dey wouldn't nod in de bark.
Den he try de same game on Brer Fox
dat he'd tried on Brer Rabbit He look
at de groun'. turn roun' a time er two
an start ter gra bbin He holler out,
L mighty glad l played de prank on you,
Brer Fox, kaze you lead me right straight
ter de damon mine; you must a know'd
whar 'twuz. Eff you did, I'm mighty
much bleege ter you, kaze de damon
mine Is right here an you shan't lose
nothin', Brer Fox
"Brer Fox look down at i'm, an look
hard but Brer Wolf keep on grabblin,
Brer Fox say: Is dey sho' huff diamon's,
Brer Wolff
"Brer Wolf make out he amt near I'm,
an keep on a-grabblin.' Bmeby, he hol- !
Ter, eWhoo-ee What a big unr He grab
bic harder dan ever an den he fetched
amer whoop, Jimmy cracky! deze de big !
gest diamon's l yever is laid eyes on.
"Brer Fox say 'HoP up one un UNI
Brer Wolf, an femme see IT.
"Brer Wolf low, i amt got time, Brer
Fox I got ter put in my work 10 any
er de yuther creeturs come up an claim
der sheer You amt he'pin' me none |
Brer Fox, but ! don't keer bout dat |
You wuz de 'casion er my fndin' 'um ef |
1 hadn't "a been prankn' wild you I'd "a
never foun dis damon mine in de roun
worI. An you won't lose nothin' by It, |
needer. All de time talkin Rrer Wolf |