The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
RABBIT BETTER THAN TURKEY,
Wild Turkey, at That, N Although the
was q HOodoo.

LlNIt w. ~ W. ~
Black Homer OF Jlmtown sat on a pine
stump noar his cabin door. grinning so
that the corners Of his mouth were almost
touching the roots Of his ears. He had been
talking about going down to the round
timber after a wild turkey. and the North
ern man. judging from the happy state
the old darkey was In, supposed that he
had gone down there and had bagged his
turkey.
-No. subj said the Black Homer, chuck
ling. sBettuh dan dat. sub. A heap
bettuhl-
As the bagging OF a wild tu~rkoy-shy,
wary, ~sagacious, as that great game bird
Is, and requiring oil the tact and skill a
hunter can command TO overreach it's
regarded as the height Of good fortune
In the piney woods country, the Northern
man was surprised to hear that the Black
Homer had encountered something better
than that yet to make him happy. and no
told the old man 80.
Dat a fao'2' said the Black Homer. grim
ming still more. II that was possible. CANT
hep 1t, sub. Cotchin' a vile lucky doan'
been nuffln' oompar' wiv dis hyuh wat l
gloatin' on, suhl I done see a bad luck
rabbit dis mo'nin', sub.
DE wurs kyine O. bad luck rabbit, sub.
OATS wat l done see. Vile tuckyl Publ
Wat kyine q no-'count ting a vile lucky
bean compar' wiz de bad luck rabbit wat
/ done see dis mo'nin'f'
The Northern man must have shown his
perplexity on his face, for the Black Homer,
without reducing his grin. said:
dahl l bet yo' 70 dollcrhs yo' neveh
do know wat a bad luck rabbit BEAM
The Northerner admitted that he was all
In the dark as TO what a bad luck rabbit
was.
.why, jickettyi- exclaimed the Black Homer
EFF a rabbit run befo' yo' cross the road
fun de right han to de lef' han. dat rabbit
boun' to fotch 20 dc wusses' kyine O. bad
luck, sub, eff somehow somebody doan'
kill dat dab bad luck rabbit TO de sun
done sot huhsof dat day, sub. Sholyi
But Of dc rabbit run cross de road FUN
dc lef' han TO de right han, den dat rabbit
boun' to fotch yo' good luck, sub. Humphl
Mighty queeah. 20 doan' heah bout dat,
de times yo' bean skivin' roun' In desc hyuh
piney woods. l bet yo' ef yo' bean down
yon in de Cape Fair kentry yo' boun' to
heah it long 10 dis, sub.
why, mighty Gabriel De bad luck
dem rabbits wat cross de Dad fun do
right nan to de lef' nan kin fotch yo',
| subj Dey dos likes not meek yo' chilluns
tu'n to an git dey teef in time, an de
c~hickenpox. an de humps on bofe sides
dey chops, an de measles, an de Group,
all de same time, sub, an ef you evuh
bean a fadduh much O. yo' time | reckon
yo' boun' to know dat setch a drappin'
down o. childhood blessin's gwan TO try
yo' tempuh right smsht, an mebbe meek
yo' oil woman feel Like she ain ticly purt
| huh ownsef, sub.
AN mebbe dat bad luck rabbit fotch
witchin' on yo' cows an meek de po' crea-
tubs give bloody milk. An mebbe it set
de witchin' on 20, pig, sub, an , shrun n k
him dan yo' kin cut outen a w~ashboa'd.
AN nebhe dat bad luck rabbit fetch
yo' mule wiv de witchin', so de vimness It
all leave de- mule, an he des' Top he eahs
| an NOPE, an lone fo'gi he de same corky
| creatuh wat use TO swell an hee-haw wiz
Joy wen he rise he heels an hist you in
de haynow. o, dom bad luck rabbits
| dey monst'us, suhl
AN l done SEQ one dis mo'nin'-a rip
pinacious big un, too, sub; an full o.
witchin'i Um-m-m-um, how chock full
O. witchin' dat bad luck rabbit bean, subj"
The Black Homer spread his grin until
his SHAY face wrinkled in merry waves
clear to the roots of his wool, and the North
ern man showed his surprise and wonder.
sYes, suh,' said the Black Homer. Il
bean gwan 10 de woods aftuh a jag o. light
wood dis mo'nin' m des' up yon a big OIL
rabbit done jump outen de bresh an skittuh
cross de road right 10 my eyes, sub, fun
han side do road DIES long enough till he
cock he eve back at me, an den he hop
away in dc bresh. an l done heah him
chucklin' es' "a plain as yo' heah me
tellin' yo' bout It, suhl o. wat a bad
luck rabbit dat oil wltchy ohap done Deenl
Uin-m-m-uml
The u~naccountable happiness of tho
Black Homer under the shadow OF a bad
luck rabbit spell was more than the North
ern man coull comprehend, and he asked
the grinning old darkey for an explanation.
"Ff yo' done been heah dis mo'nln', sub, A"
said he, Il bet yO' woan' find me GRIMM
an chucklin' lack dis hyuh, sub! No,
sub. Yo' done find me deep in de gluns
an de~spondinatin', kaze des' oom back
from de road whah dat monst us bad luck
rabbit done skittuh out TO hoodoo me.
dis mo'nin', if 70 bean hyuh, sub. yo'
des' find me out yon on dat fan stump,
feelin' lack | boun' to weep an wall an
gnash my gums. ] sot dab, an l sot dan,
10 dat bad luck rabbit 10 staht mis- witchin'
on me, wen oil Pcte's little dahkey Bony
he kun long dab wiz a gun on he shoulder,
"'Whah yo' done bean folin' yo' time
away, 20 thinkless niggah yoT say 70
II des bean huntin', dat ALL Bony he
sHuntin'r l say. Huh! Wat yo' done
| kiIlF / say.
"Bony he ritch no han in he shirt an
he fotch out o. he breas' wat he lone kill
an | git down oflen do stump. | bet 70,
sub. yo' woud'n giss waio' | done GRIMM
an Chuckiin' like dis hyuh kaze ] see a
bad luck rabbit dis mo'nin', guin' fun de
right han TO de lef han. bet 20 dat des'
at yo' woud'n.
L wish yo' dcs' 'bleege me, sub, an shove
yo' haid froo dat cabin do, sub. Dab.
Dat fab enough in, sub. Rosabelia, des'
onkivvuh dat pot a spell.
"Dah. Um-m-m-lml Do 20 snif dat
subj Co'se yo' do! OATS de bad luck
rabbit. | give Bony a quahtuh TO him,
sub, an deh dat rabbit bean simmerin'
in de pot, suhl Vile lucky, subj Pub.
Catchin' vile lucky cain,t compar wiz
dis hyuh wat I'm gloatin' on, sub! Bad
luck rabbit 70 suppuh, sub, an do hoodoo
done broke!
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