The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10
UNCLE MINGo AND THE FOX.
By VIM. T. Williams

remarked the waiter discontentedly4
"Dey amt no SIGH good times goin'
on now like we use to had: times is
changed"
20 pshaw!" said Uncle Mingo, "al
dat kim O. nonsense talkin' put me cen
min o. de book I hear 'em readin' up
to de Kunnel house bout de ole lady
MY! my! dearie met she say, how
ebbleting is changed desc onregener-
ate days! wy she say, you can't eber1
git no good wood no NOR It's awful
she saw.
"A boy go way from home on de farm
an lib fibe or six years cen town. At
las he come back to see de ole folks.
'Ebbleting STAINS jis like wen you gone
away dey tell him. How cen de worl'
kim YOU say SIGH a ting? he say, wy,
ebbleting has git VERY much mo-
smaller he say"
'Humpt!" said the waiter, ''he was
de one wot was changed"
"Zacly So" said Uncle Mingo, IAN
1t minis me OBJ a imaginary conwersa-
ton 1 had wild a fox one day."
Dat mus been very amusin', said
mos smartes, you or de fox"
1T was a summer day." said Uncle
| Mingo, ignoring the banter, IAN / was
takin' long walk. 1 git sorter tired,
so l set down on a log side de road to
res. Jis bout den 1 see fox come
trottin' down de road, an he look like
he was gittin' right tired; his tail was
hangin' down at one en-, an his tongue
at de udder. Den understan'. Way
off yonder I could hear some dogs a
barkin' edible now an den.
"Jis' os de fox git opposite to were
l was, he jump out de road on a log
on de udder side an squat down on
de log to res, too. Den he spy me,
an make a start like he was goin' TO
go a runnin' again, but seem to change
his min; he look at me kim o. quizztcal
like, as II he was sayin to hisself, I
know dat ole Niger amt goin' to trou-
Bile me. 1 amt 'fraid o. him. So he
scratch his ear wild his lef' him foot,
an dere he sot, BLOWN like a bell
lers.
He look at me an look at him, an
den imagine dat him an me git eehto
conversation togedder. He cock up
his ears an look cen de direction we're
we could hear de pack O. dogs long
ways off.
"'Darn dem dogs!' I imagine he say.
Times is changed; I wish tings was
days wen me an Brer Wolf and Brer
Rabbit amt had nothin' to do all day
'cep' to hab fun an run rigs on one
anudder.'
'Fiddlesticks!' 1 say; you know wot
you minis me oh, sittin' dere on dat
log?, ga
You minis me- say, 'ob a ole
monkey hear bout once. All TO- his
hans was gittin' stiff; his eyes wasn't
so keen, an his teet' wasn't so sharp,
nor yet so strong like dey use to be.
One day he git nice ripe cocoanut
an set down on log cen a nice cool
place ober de water to eat 1t. De me-
he bite, de mo- he couldn't git tro de
shell; so at las he hol' 1t up, an look
at it, an shake his head cen a nonefal
way. well! Well" he say, 'how tiugs
is changed Eben de cocoanuts has
git mo- harder dan dey use to be!"'
I see wot you mean de fox say,
an dere Is a good deal o. troot cen 1t,
but tings is changed. Elder some peo-
pie is gettin mo- smarter dan dey use
to be, or else some is gettin' mo fool
isher, an l don't tink Use trottin' cen
de fus class. De udder day. he say,
"a crow come an light on a tree right
were was an 1T had a nice big piece
of cheese or sump'n cen its bill. 1
member how 1 read cen de spellin'
book wen was little Teller how one
OBJ my aunt's sisters fool a crow cen
case like dat, 50 ups an says.
Good mornin', Miss Crow" "Caw,'
say de crow troo its nose. "You'e
lookin' fine to-day" I say: 81 eonsid-
ers you de fines lookin' bird dat
flies" Cav" say de crow. 81 un-
derstan's likewise" 1 say, dat you
has a splendid voice, an sings mos
beautiful. l hear de gentleman wot
writes de music notes for de paper say
you possesses de mos lubles', deliri-
Gus sopranny- voice cen de
lan,. Won't you sing sumpin for ne2"
De crow put de cheese carefully
on de limb o. de tree an den say, 81
dunno wedder you has any design on
my dinner or not, but feels 1t proper
to say dat / has also read de spellin'
book, an learn a little myself. After
desc few remarks. 1 shill now perceed
to glib you a expedition OBJ my vocal
debilities." Wild dat de crow set up
Gavin, witch was de po'es' show for
singin' / ebber did hear; so 1 had 20
say much oblige, an run off. Now
wasn't dat de debbil?'
"Jis' den de win bring de dog bark
In out good an strong, an dey had
git VERY much mo- closer.
Well, got to go now say he fox;
dam dem dogsi'
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den on a stump, den on anudder stump,
an so on tell finally de dash cen de
tick bushes an make for de swamp,
fresh an lively as you please.
mot long after up come de dogs
yellin' an barkin' an benin 'em a
whole lot O. people on horseback De
gentlyeman cen front ak me IL / amt
see no fox. Yes, sah,' Isay, al good little
vile ago. He ak was he lool1in' like he
was fag out, an say, NO, sab; he was
quite fresh an active witch was de
troot. after he done res. He ak w'ich
way he fox gone, an I say cen de
swamp, an I spec he's bout six mile
off by now.
"sWell, say de gentleman, T lows
wen hab 10 glib him up for to-day; we
is all pretty we'll tuckered out ourgelf,
leastways, our horses is
Oats too bad!' say a pretty young
lady who come ridin' up, cause want
ed to git his tail to make a brush out@
emf"
"Yesl Yesl" commented the waiter;