The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-09

den a long wet rain dat freshed de
rivers, an de creeks, an de branches
out'n der banks an washed up all de
craps. DEFY wuz mo- swimmin' dan
wadin', an mo- wadin' dan walkin
run'd off, times wuZ des a leetle bit
harder dan what dey wuz when de
/ drout wuz on
You all mayn't b'lieve it, but hard
times will change habits, Let folks
| have plenty ter eat, and huff cloze 20
war, an dey'll go on behavin better
an better; but stint UNI, an dey'll go
| on behavin' wusS an wuss. Now daI's
de plain, naked trufe, an you'll fin it
out when you git big huff fer ter take
/ notice er all de gwines-on you see
| round you. Well, 'twuz endurin' deze
| hard time Ttellin' you bout dat de
creeturs gun TO hunt one amer down.
| Up ter dem times dey went on an plant
der craps an work UNI an house UNI
des like folks does now. Dey had der
corn patches an der goober patcher an
der later patches and der peach orch
ards, an dey'd have der barbecueS an
dinners. an OF Miss Meadows an ne
gals wuZ dar fer ter have quiltin' bees,
ana dey had der log rollins and sech
like.
But when times got hard. an dey
drap der work, kaze 'twant no use ter
work, an den dey tuck ter stealin', an
bimeby, here dey wuZ clawing an
chawin' one amer; de big ones eating
de little ones, an de little ones eatin'
de littlest up an down throo de woods
an fun dat time on dey wuZ viii. De-
quit warn cloze an h'ar crowd On
UNI, an after dey'd had blood bread
didn't tase good no mo-.
'Yit de time I'm gWine ter tell Won
bout wuz when times wuZ gittin' wus-
ser, but hadn't come ter de wuss. De
creeturs wuz scufflin' an scrablin' fer
Sump'n L eat, an none 'cept de biggest
had gun ter claw an chaw one amer.
For dem hard times dey had been
heap er talk bout a damon min in
dem parts, an all dat talk had been
handed down for de longest. Brer.
Wolf had heard his great gran daddy
talkin' bout it; Brer FoX's gran daddy
know'd sump'n bout it, an Brer. Rab-
bits gran nanny had lowed dat eff she
wuz young ez she use ter be an had
good use er limbs an eyes, she could
go right straight an put her han on
de place whar he damon min wuZ at.
All de OF creeturs talked dat way, an
de OF ones TO dem. way back yam.
when de creeturs wuZ bigger dan what
bosses is now"
Bigger than horses, The children be-
gan to open their eyes and Sweetest
Susan snuggled up to Aunt Minervy
Ann with that delightful thrill of make
believe dread that only children can
feel. Aunt Minervy Ann knew she had
scored a point.
Yes, la, Bigger dan what bosses is
now. Dey'd set up cross-legged an run
on bout dat damon mine, des like der
gran daddies had done befo' UNI, an
des like der gran'chillun done after UNI.
An when de hard times gun ter pinch !
UNI, dey start in ter hunt fer dat dia-
mon mine. Eff dey'd "a worked ez hard !
ez dey hunted, maybe dey mought er
been better: anyhow, dey'd "a felt lots |
better
'Brer Wolf went off in de woods by |
hissef an Brer Fox by hisse'f, an |
Brer Rabbit by hisself. an dat wuz de /
way Wild de yuthers. Dey don't want J
nobody ter know eff dey fin de damon |
mine. Dey hunt an dey hunt FUN dawn /
twel dark, an when night come dey'd |
dream bout it. But dey wuZ bleeze ter |
eat, an some days devd go 'roun' hunt
in fer vittles. Brer Rabbit had some /
acorns dat his OF oman had saved up,
an he foun' some sugar cane dat had |
been buried in de san when de freshet /
come, an he got long tollable well;
but he want none too fat. Brer. Wolf
was thin eZ a fence rail. an Brer. Fox
W uZ 81 Odl IllS ldlilllS am uGOtE
got fat down ter dis day.
well, one time when de creeturs wuz
takin' day off, Brer Fox. he low dat
he don't b'lieve dey's any damon mine
any whar 'roun' in dat country. But
Brer Rabbit say his great gran MAN.
my wuZ quainted wild dem dat own de
mine. Brer Fox he ak what der name
wuz. Brer Rabbit low dat der name
WIZ needer mo- ner less dan Nanny
Nanny Big money. an de way she got
her name wuz on count er de damon
nine.
'Brer Wolf laugh and say, OATS de
-rufe, an what's mo-, Brer Fox would
1t know a damon frum pebble less'n
t wuZ cleaned an rubbed up
''Brer Fox say, Don't dey shine like
ley got fire in der entrails?'
''Brer Wolf shake his head an low
Not les'n deyer, cleaned an rubbed
Ip.'
Dis make Brer. Fox open his eye He
say, L been huntin' fer shine things;
maybe | done fin de damon mine wild
tut KNOWN it
Maybe you is an maybe you amt
;ez Brer Wolf, wild a grin, an Brer.
Rabbit ne laugh fit ter kill.
''Brer Fox he AK what damon look
ike TO it's rubbed up an made shiny.
Des like plain, ev'y-day dirt says
3rer Wolf, an Brer Rabbit gree wild
i'm.
We'll, dey went on huntin' Dey ]
lunt high an dey hunt low an bimeby