Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03
At the Big House
Mr.. Hare Initiates Mr.. Bear.
Downright. 1904 by the Bss,bs. Merrill Ca,

Copyright, 1904. BY tne bobbs-Merrfll Col
The next morning, saftere breakfast, the
children heard q strange voice In the region
Of the back porch and went out to inyesti-
gate. Aunt 'Phrony had -come up to the
house to beg for quilt pieces, and as she sat
ON the porch steps, waiting until her wants
could be attended to- the children saw her
for the first time. She was tall and thin
and very straight. with high cheek bones
and piercing dark eyes. She wore a red
handkerchief about her neck and large
brass rings in her ears, and she claimed
Indian blood, in proof Of which she was in
the habit of calling attention to her hair.
saying "'twan't no niger WOOL" In fact.
while It was closely kinked, its lefty tint
and finer texture distinguished It from the
coarse and rusty black hair of the pure
African type. When questioned as to her
ancestry, she would say. II In communica-
tive mood: "Yas. Mars Torn done buyed
me and brung me up yer FUN Nawf
Ca'liny My daddy wuz a. Nawf Ca'liny IN
jun, Churrykee, an my nanny she wuz
a slave-ooman, dat huccome me ter he
bawn a slave. Eff she'd a-bin a Infun am
him slave den I'd bin bawn free. .kase dc
chilien alluz belonged wild dey NANNY !, she
Tree. dey free; she slave, dey slaves"
As Aunt 'Phrony sat with folded arms
gazing off at the rim of pines that formed
a green horizon about the planta tion,asteS
looked rather forbidding. very different
from the fat and laughter-loyinz & AAnf.
Nancy. The children DID not venture near
until she pretended to:sbe suddenly ava rs
OF their presence and eNndescended to say.
is desc Miss Janeys Ehilleu ;.sw lsar.Ia dome.
year tell bout comm dawn ter see dey In
Gle Hinrya Come yer an aemme see eff air,
one er you favers yo' nav. Huh-uh! Nair,,
one half ez good, ookirs..sez der NAV, efa
uver gwine be. But dunno sex we kin
spec datfumt chillen desc days. Fssi' ~
Notwithstanding this I'm favorable verdict.
Aunt ,Phrony tina wed by degrees, and pres
emily emily Ned yentared tosask r she knew any,
Reckon l. got sump,A Nelse ter do. sides
stp ID u. tales wat Rtnd er tales vow
Why, about the apin,als. .. explained
J ia tales like thoss Aunt Nancy tsals
At the bare .mentionks 81 6 Nas,cs Il karx
'Phrony prfcked UP hek ears, f0f the two
women were ancient ana immemorfa1- fsess
p aIan gossip said that Aunt Nancy had
cooily married out of hand. the very man on
whom Aunt ,Phrony.. had fixed her young
affections affect and had heve9 been pafdonsa for
:Deliawss- she snirea, dat CONAN bin
teilin you-aH tales? Mis'abfe.. OF nigger
tales, be boun'. Ell IEkan't gistin' So bad
In my 'memb'ance an 10 shawl in. de bref
tales w Mar1 In an tell heap sr InJun
knowed." =, -
,.D!d any of the Indian stories, have
Rabbit" said shes. you mean OIL
HIyar? We am cali i'm Rabbit Yer IN
Ferginny; jes' oil Hyar, er Mis-, Molly
Hyar,, .er Mis-, Molly Cotton-ta1l' De
inJun hyar' an a Niger, hyar',s an de In.
jun hyar cu'd do mos anything de niger
one cu'd, an mo-. too. Tiger de barg1m' :
ma. Aunt ,Phrony:" saidsfaney. who was a
some Of the things hsssso os that we sn ca aa
hare?" E3M s's->e.D
not Pth to By o Pride nH Determined
while thinking and then kEan:
I'm de Oh times de HSH. wuz de bes'
known er de creeturs-an.-de bigges' aman
NV all. an, dis huccoms< So; he have de gif
he go roun 'mongs' de humans Iettin' on
ne z dis puSson an dat puSson an tu'rr
pusson, an dom all SORTS er harm an
mekin' all kin's er mischief dat-a-way. Las
de people git tired er dis an dey say dey
ain gwine stan hit no longer. so dey git
up big hunt an chase i'm clean outen dat
kyountry. Den he go way off ter nu'rr
place, whar dey ain no i'm. an set out ter
bamboozle de creeturs same z he bin doin'
wild de humans, mekip' oYt, he z fus one
thing an den nu'rr,, an nhumrhickfn' ev'y-
thing he see folks do er year EN- say.Dar
wuz one time w en- dem s1narty ways come,
Z
gwtne tell you bout . -tc,5I:sE ---,, -
"One day he wuz gwine down de. road.
5iggitty-jig. wild one year turnt ter de back
an one ter de front, so's't he KANT miss
yearin' evything dat go son, wen all ter
onct he seed Mistah Growly Grum- b ar
comm lookin' mighty big an. empawtant.
Hyar' an nuyer met up wild i'm befo' an
he feel kind er jubous bout i'm, so he
scrouch down by de side er de road in de
hopes Mistah Bar aim gwine notuss i'm.
But Bar he wall his eye reun' an ketch
sight NV i'm. he stop an look down at
i'm outen de cornder NV his eye, lax Hyar'
so small he sea- ely kin see i'm, an den he
say, Souls an bodies!+ who dis III Teller
skulkin' yer by de side de road? Is I uver
see you befo'? l KANT seem ter member
hit, but den done knowed so many cree
turs In my time dat you KANT spec me ter
weight down my min wild 'em all. Co'se
dey all members me; dey KANT hep doin'
dat. reckon. but dey musn' git hu'ted in
der feelin's eff KANT kyar' 'em all on my
min
"Hyar boun' ter mex hisse'f greeable eff
he kin, so he say, Nav. sub; / ain nuver
have de good luck ter meet up wild you
befo', but eff 1 had, cu'ddeh spec sho'-
huff gemman LAX you is ter member no
sech trash ez wat is. i bin yearin' dis
long time dat you is de; bigges' man roun
desc parts, an l has bin nightly sot on
mekin' yo' 'quaintance.ls
"B'a ar right please wild dat sort err talkin
an he ak Hyar ter walk long wild i'm
wiles so dey kin git 'quainted OF Hyar
go sidin' long wild i'm, tryin' ter teck big