The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-16

UNI des ez long ez dey wuz a'er one
un UNI in sight. I tried to make signs
fer to make i'm hush, but, SHOOT his
dander wuz up, and you dess ez we'll
make signs at a gate post. He says he
gwine move ter town; an when 1 ak
i'm What we gWine live on, he low lat
we can starve lots better in town dan
we kin in de country; an 1 spec dat
So kaZe we won't be so lonesome. Dey
amt a Twin soul on dat place but me
an Marse Tumlin, an you cousin Val
lie and Hamp. All de niggers done
gone, kaZe when dey come an ak
Marse Tumlin what dey mus do, he
bein mad, lowed dey could all go to
de OF boy, and be janged. He say
he comm over here fer ter borry
sump'n ter eat; and he better be comm
f19' Ter de daSH be gone 10 70" kn0"
''Yonder he is now" said Sweetest
Susan. The children were well ac-
quainted with Major Perdue. He was
not only kin to them in some remote
way, but he was very jolly company
when in the humor-and this was pref
ty much all the time; for, although the
major had a temper which he took
small pains to control, it was only on
rare occasions that he displayed it.
He was in a fine humor now, for he
came forward laughing, and gave the
children each a hearty smack.
'Minervy Ann" said the major Il
thought l told you to curry that horse
and plat his name before you hitched
him to the buggy?"
You did tell me dat" replied
Min.eryy Ann, an 1 tot you dat ef
you'd git some hot water an soap. an
wash de horn off his HAD, I'd plat
bofe name an tail
Il clean forgot it" the major de-
clared. We'll, You stay here and talk
to these chaps, and I'll call on Cousin
Abercrombie and see if l can't beg or
borrow d few rations. When l want
you, I'll call you. and then you can
drive your carriage in at the side gate
there
Aunt Minervy Ann looked after the
major and laughed. Il hope ter good
ness" she said, as she sat down by the
children-'I hope TO goodness dat he
won't say dat he want de vittles
cooked. Kaze eff he done dat it'd put
me in min er dat OF tale my NANNY
useter tell me-
What tale was that?" Sweetest Su-
san asked.
"Oh! you all done hear tell un it mo-
times dan you been ter chu'ch. You
amt never had OF Remus to tell it;
but dar is dat OF A'on, an OF Foun-
tain, an Big Seal-what dey been dom
all dis time eff dey amt never tOl' you
dat tale? Eff dey amt got sense huff
fer to tell you all de tales dey is gwine,
you better sic de dogs on UNI an run
UNI off he place-ef you got any dogs
lef.''
We'll, they don't tell us any tales. y
said Buster John, truly enough. "Old
aunt Free Polly used to tell us some,
but that's been so long ago that we've
forgotten them. You ought not to
have said anything about tale if you
didn't want to tell it,
Aunt Minervy Ann looked at the
child and laughed. 'Heyo, here!'' she
exclaimed; 'ef dey's gwine ter be any
swellin' up an gittin' mad, I'll tell de
tale. and git way fun here des quick
ez l kin. [ amt come ter dis place
fer ter git in no fuss"
The children composed themselves
comfortably on the dead grass, and
aunt Minervy Ann told this story of
BROTHER RABBIT AND COOLERS.
Way back yonder," said aunt
Minervy Ann, relying her head hand
kerchief, de times wild de creatures
Tuz mighty much like dey is wild folks
ow, speshually VEAL up dar at de
'erdue plantation. Dey WIZ hard
ines. L disremember whedder dey
had been a war and de army sweep
long, or Wneuder dey WuZ dry
drouth, Dey amt much diffunce when
craps fail.
We'll, anyhow de times wuz mighty
hard. Nittles wuz skacer dan hen
tushes, an dem what had it, hid it.
An eff dey amt hide it. dey stayed
mighty close by it. o. Brer Rabbit
wuz in jest ez bad fix ez any un UNI,
eff not wUss. Slick ez he wuz. he want
slick huff fer ter git sump'n ter eat
whar dey want none. De calamus
patch gun out, all de saplin's had been
barked higher up dan Brer Rabbit kin
reach der later patches Wuz empty,
an de pea vines wuz dry huff fer to
ketch fire widout any hep.
$50 dar 'twuZ. Like de common run
er po' white folks, Brer Rabbit had q
big family. De young uns wuz constant
a-cryin', Daddy! Daddy! fetch me
sumpn ter eat! An OF Miss Rabbit
wuz dribblin' at de mouf, she wuz dat
hungry.
or Brer Rabbit wuz so mad kaze
he can't git no vittles nowhar and no.
how, dat he kicked a cheer cross de
room wild his him foot and skeered dc
young uns 50 dat dey tipped under
de bed, an dar dey stayed twel der
daddy wuz out er sight an hearin.
'Brer Rabbit knowed mighty wei
dat 'twain't gwine ter do fer him tel
be settin' roun' de house wild de family