Evening star., 1899-04-15

SS uaSS1ty eS II ne QeS ndQ de HneSt K,nCef
dinner. He went on, smoothin' down his
mustaches, when who should he meet but
Brer Fox, wild big basket on his arm.
Whar you been, Brer Fox?
Brer Rabbit?
up hill and down dale What you got
in yo' basket, Brer Fox?'
" Des er hatful COOLERS, Brer Rabbit.
!" .Parched, Brer Fox?
Yes, indeedy, Brer Rabbit, parched good
EN- brown x
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 UNI. Mo dan dat des had a
bait er groun' squirt
Now. Brer Rabbit wuz hankerin' arter
de goobers so bad dat he can't stan still,
an when he say groun' -squir'l Brer Fox
under Jaw drap an gun ter trimble an
| CULVER. He say:
"'Wuz he fat, Rrer Rabbit?
Fat ez butter-ball, Brer Fox, but not
too fat; dey wuZ plenty lean meat
" My gracious, Brer Rabbit! Wizard you
git 'im?
Wnole family un um stays dar.'
Show me de place, Brer Rabbit; my OF
oman been hankerin' after groun' squirt
for de longest
I'll show YOU Brer Fox: but yo' claws
blin'.'
'.Brer Fox jaw shuck like he had swamp
chill. He low: You never is see nobody
srabble, Brer Rabbit, twel you see me-
done
Now. Brer Rabbit did know whar dey
wuz burrow some kim, but he amt
know Whedder it wuz groun' squirt, er a
Wood-rat er highlan' moccasin. So he
tuck Brer Fox up de big road a piece, and
den dey struck out thoo de woods. But fo
dey start in de timber, Brer Rabbit low:
You better hide yo' basket er COOLERS
wo,' M oe e oushes; Brer Fox, kaze It'll bother
you RraDbIe I'll IL
basket va No
so said, so done. Brer Fox sot de bas-
| ket doWn In de bushes, an dey kiyered it
wild leaves and trash and went on Bime-
py. dey got ter de place whar Brer Rabbit
say de family er de groun' squirrel live,
an ne show Brer Fox de mouf er de bur-
row. Brer Fox low:
It'll be hard diggin', Brer Rabbit,
De harder de diggin', Brer Fox, de big
ger & de crap. OATS what I hear um say
Wid dat Brer Fox shucked his coat, an
ron up his shirt sleeves an start ter diggin'
He made de dirt fly. After while he stop
ter rest an low:
Keep yo' eye on my goobers. Brer Rab-
pit; pit; don't let nobody run off wild um.' An
den ne sot in ter grabblin agin.
watch UNI, Brer Fox; don't make
no doubt er dat
Den Brer Rabbit run to whar de basket
Wuz, flung de trash off'n it, tuck 1t off in
de woods a little piece. an emptied all de
COOLERS out'n 1t. Den he fill it up wild sticks
ana chips, mos ter de top, and on de trash
iic put d ldv6T eT SOODerS. Den ne tuck it
back an ldvered it like 'twuz at first, an
went ter whar Brer Fox wuz grabblin'
Brer Fox low:
You smell mighty strong er parched
COOLERS, Brer Rabbit
" don't doubt dat, Brer Fox: 7 lifted de
lid er de basket fer ter see eff dey was all
oar an de stencil fun um come mighty
mo- l wuz dat weak and sick I come mighty
nigh gwine home
Well, Brer Fox he grabble an grabble
twel he git tired er grabblin. and den he
low dat he b'lieve he'll Put off eatin' any
groun squirt twel some yether day Brer
Rabbit say he kin do ez he pleases bout
dat, an den dey went on back ter whar
nose an lifted de lid an looked in an low:
yoself.'
"I don't 'spute it, Brer Rabbit; amt
say dey amt all dar
Dat may, be, ,Brer Fox, but hear folks
nobody .t@ fer ter be 'spSionin' er me-.
spurred, Brer Rabbit
"Brer Rabbit say, De right kinder horse
don't need no spurrin, Brer Fox
Well, Brer Fox picked up his basket an
went on home. an Brer Rabbit he went de
yuther way; but by de time Brer Fox git
out er sight good, OF Brer Rabbit run home.
an git basket. an run back ter whar he
he had urn al! at home an him an his OF
oman an de chillun had reg'lar feastin'
time
s'When Brer Fox foun' dat he had mo-
trash dan goobers in his basket, he was dat
mad dat he could a bit hisse'f; but he amt
let on. He know dey amt use maxim
no fuss, an he know mighty well dat he
can't ketch Brer Rabbit; he done tried dat
befo'.
$50 dis time he went ter law bout it. He
laid de case 10 'ol' Judge Wolf an dey got
out papers, an sont de papers after Brer
Rabbit. Well dey want no gittin' roun
dat. Brer Rabbit had ter go: he wuz
mighty skittish, but he knowed dat eff dey
got de law on i'm he won't have no peace
in dat settlement So he went ter court
/ and dar he foun' whole passel er de cree
turs. When he got in, OF Judge Wolf tuck
his seat on de high platform. an put on his
specs, an started ter readin' in great big
book. Dey called de case, and Brer Fox
tuck de stan an toll his side: and den
Brer Rabbit got up an tor his side. Judge
Wolf tuck off his specs an look at Brer
Rabbit wild a broad grin. Den he ak Brer
Fox how many COOLERS he had and Brer
Fox say he dunno how many, but dey must
"a been a bushel. Judge Wolf ak i'm
whar' bouts he got um. He say he get um
frum on de river.
Judge Wolf low. "A man on de river!
Well. eff dat de case you must "a had some
sho 'nuff.' Den he turn ter Brer Rabbit an
low: 'Brer Rabbit, you'll halter pay i'm his
COOLERS back when you dig yo' crap Brer
Rabbit say he'll do de best he kin.
Judge Wolf say, How'll you have um,
Brer Fox. raw er parched?'
"Brer Fox holler out 'Parcled, parched!'
Judge Wolf low. 'Brer Rabbit, when
you dig yo crop, save all de parched goo
bers for Brer Fox
"Brer Rabbit say he'll be mo- dan glad
ter do So an den dey 'journed de court
house"
That's what call stealing" said Sweet
est Susan, emphatically, as Aunt Mineryy
Ann paused. .
There was silence for a while, and then
Aunt Minervy Ann shook her head and
said: Ell folks had "a done dat away
'twould "a been stealin', but de creetursY
dey got ways er dey own, honey Dey dun
no right fun wrong, an eff dey did 'twould
be mighty bad for we-aIl. Our own hosses
ud kick US, and our own COWS 'ud hook us
forty times day. Dey wouldn't be no pit
tin long wild um de way dey er treated