Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-16

whedder dey wuZ a dry drouth. Dey amt
much diffunce when craps fail.
We'll, anyhow de times wuz mighty hard.
Whites wuz skaCer dan hens tushes an
dem what had it hid it. An eff dey amt hide
it dey stayed mighty close by il. or Brer
Rabbit wuz in jest ez bad fix es any un UNI,
Of not wuss. Slick ez he wuz, he want
slick nuff fer ter git sump'n ter eat whar
Gey 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.
80 dar twuz. Like de common run er po'
white folks, Brer Rabbit had a big family.
De young uns wuz constant a~-cryin', Daddy!
Daddy! fetch me sump'n ter eat!' An OF
Mis- Rabbit wuz dribblin' at de mouf, she
was dat hongry.
o Brer Rabbit wnz so mad kaze he cant
git no vittles nowhar and nohow. dat he
kicked a cheer cross de room wild his hin
foot and skeered de young uns so dat dey
tipped under de bed, an dar dey stayed twri
der daddy WIZ out err sight an hearin'.
"Brer Rabbit knowed mighty we'll daJ
'twain't gwine ter do fer him ter be settin'
roun' de house wild de family dat hongry
dat dey cant skately slan' lone. SO he
comb his hair an brush his hat an put on
his mitts fer ter keep de sun frum frecklin'
his hans. an tuck down his walkin' cane an
put out down de road fer ter see what he
kin see an hear what he kin hear
At this point the children laughed, Sweet
est Susan convulsively and Buster John
more s~edately, but still heartily. Aunt
Minervy Ann paused and regarded them
with grave and inquiring eyes.
What de matter now?" she asked SOL
EMMY. At this the children laughed louder
than ever. Welt" she cried. ''ef you
gwine ter have conniption fits I'll wait twell
dey pass off,
"Why, | was laughing because you said
Brother Rabbit put on his mitts to keep his
hands from freckling," explained Buster
John, and Sweetest Susan, when she could
catch her breath, declared that she was
laughing for the same reason.
"You-all must be mighty ticklish," re-
marked Aunt Minervy Ann, plucking at the
dead grass. II amt see nothin' funny in
dat. You nee'n't think dat rabbits is like
dey ulster be. Dey done had der day. In
dem times dey growsd big and had lots er
sense, an dey wuz mighty keerful wild dey-
self. But dey done had der day. Folks
come long and tuck der place, an since den
dey done dwindle way twel dey amt nothin'
mo- dan runts, an skacely dat. Folks
holdln de ground now, Dut now long uey
gwine ter hol' it? How long TO- sump'in'
else'l come long an take folks places? DE
time may be short er IL may be long, but
it'll come-you min what l tell you: an
when 1t do come, folksll dwindle way and
git ter be runts des like de creeturs did, an
dey'll fergit how ter talk so everybody kin
know what dey sayin'.
Look at de creeturs, Why, de time VIII
when dey could talk same ez folks. but now
dey cant hardly jabber, an dey amt no
body know what dey sayin' cept dis here
A'on you got here"-the children looked al
each other and smiled-'an' dat don't dc
him ner dem no good. Now des ez de cree,
turs Is, de folksll be when de time come
you mark my word"
"But all this time" remarked Buster
John slyly, the rabbits in the tale are sui,
fering nightly for something to eat"
Oats so. honey! | got so much on m!
min dat ! done clean forgot bout de tale
| wuz thinkin' bout de time when we-all
white and black, would be brung low
You'll have to scuzen me, sho, Well, den
OF Brer Rabbit put ON his m!tts and tucl