The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21
FAT the Big House a Collection.
81 Animal Folk Tales Of the
South, BY Miss Cnlbertson.

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81 Animal Folk Tales Of the
South, BY Miss sCulbertsoii.
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I AT THE BIG HOUSE BY Ammo Virginia
Culbertson. Published by the ~, ,l5opp =,
Merrill. Company, indianapolis. III.
& For sale by the Bell Book and Sttl-
tionery Company. !.
a AZ the Rig House is O collection or
i, animal folk-tales OF the South--the sort
that Uncle Reinus would have been glad
4 to telleif they had been ketched IN dc
T cornders uf his 'nemb'ance." They are
~ IN no sense mn Imitation or a reproductio
OF his delightful yarns, but a. supplement
i "a ttem. the completion OF the Southern
b lore Mr.. Joel Chandl er Harris says tiiat
4 Miss Culbertson has got all the stories
They are told in an iniinitable negro
dialect irnpregnated with Quaint turns,
with homely wisdom and With rich ana
racy humor. Some are narrated Ry Au WI
Il Nancy typical .foh- de-wah" nanny nam Il
Others. gathered from tho Southern m n :.
dsans, are put into the mouth u A q. ~
\ 'Phrony, who has Creek blood IN .net
II veins. The picture Of the old planta . !. ).
81 +,on house, The songs. half weird and halt
comfca1. crooned by the old matnmles, the
IL natural history mingled with the ' III (
natural. the tales which make tho AMI
i ,,,a1.folk almost human creatures Wilt VIII.
more than human intelligence-all TINS
y means many q happy hal f-houf for cflll-
dren and grown-ups alike 5s
"a +, wsrde Blaisdell has made thrty-t"o
II rnosr ludicrous illustrations for the BOOK,
L az (which sixteen are in color.
The story, why Crabs Walk Back I5
* Mo "a ~ A. the masterpiece Of the collec-
sE4 ion. 4 bit Of primitive 1lumor about ne ll'
* creation that is simply irresistib ms
81 is the wayalt runs; 3. il.
$gS ..Der wuz d da.' an time said Au ", !.
Nancy. 4, ell dar want no yearf a-tai !,
AZ Lawd jes' halter set ter WI X an.
mex 1t all FUN de bottom err de loWes
~ sea. ter de top er3 de highess mo1uhla "a
Den He set ter wu'lS on de oreetu1s !.
BY IIoneys. dat WIZ a big job! He ies' had
lone pattern ter go by, fSa,n all 5tdar wu5
8ss+n hlt yy,,z body, laigs, haid an tall, an
..fHyit He done mex EN- ev' one diff nj.
81 las, dew w,lz all done scusn& der haids,
II al dey wuz ev'y las one diff Mt ! 'l'nl
n f1Irr. De Lawd tuck an putt EN- In
5E NV & IN front NV i'm an den He sots Ter
n,,1,k on de haids. I tell you dat WIZ
mighty ticklish time wen de Iawd have
all8de llaids pile up, Waitin Il fer De % Wtl-
"a ers kase hit moughter bin dat de Wrons
haid an body got toge'rr er dey mo 1l 4
er bin j'ined sian cl1Ways ers dey mou ghter
e bin a. pc fit, but den dish Yer w1iz dc
S1.awd dom dis, SO In co'se dar want
gwine be no slip-up. s$
s.s.C Come yer, Efalent,' SEE de Lawd,
3 sezec, an wid dat Efalent walk up an
ID git his haid on an go twis'in an curtin
l5his trunk an raisin' up his voice 81 vel
de grou1l' plumb shuk wild dc SCUM IA
5s3s Is Come yer, % g. SEE de Layyd sezee,
q 4 Il .swid dat Dog he go trottin up an gil
Il his5haid putt on an go off Vaughn his y III
Il a Il, flappln' his years an barkln. s3 a
iev,yb'dy he meet. rs. Z.
Jesse 'twuz wild all de creeturs, fun
ii de Efalent down ter III oil Mis- Ant !, an
& dey &wuz all please an sassified, but Wen
e III come ter de turn er A1istahl Crab, he
& hilt back an he say. Nav sur, scuse
n me sub, eff I ain come forW'l'd.
aS5, .aTu'rr creeturs WIZ all scannelize3 = y
a his imp ence an dey nudge him an tel
IL 81. Come yer, crab, SEE de Lawd, sezee
r .an, femme year wat 'scuses you kir
/ mex fer dis rishness.
g Please sub, sezee, you mus 'scusf
rs me- sub. but i ain. want you ter put
nv haid ION me; I knows tain gwines fec
y ", comf,ble: II wanster putt my own hall
on. 'kase hit STAN ter reason dat ! mus
B know better'n any one else Wen hit feel
jess right
,.Iaf you'll blieve me, dar he stood
M sassy ez asjay- III ri, 'sputin an argyfylnr
twel de Lawd y.uz plumb lswo out WI
8 him an gin him de haid, right side up
i jes de way twuz Ter be putt on. Sra'
s@ he tucken hit inter his claws an hyste
81 hit up even VIII his body an clapped hi
<. on 'Oouch!' sezee, dat KANT be right
Ss feels sort err lop-sided.' an wild dat he g
8 hit a III hitch ter one side. Mo wusse
dan befo'. 'Shucks!' sezee. dat won dc
feel lax sort err whopper-jawed,' an h
gin hit nu'rr III hitch. He KEEP hit u
data way twel he had de haid on plum
upside down an den he WIZ sassified al
widout so much ez 'thanky' de ongratef,
creetur putt out fer whar he canned fun
witch 'wuz down by de sea sho, 8
..But bless yo soul, ibis idees WIZ n
turnt upside down long WIZ MS nal
e. an wat did he done hut run backwu'e
Et.dder forwu'ds. f5s
{" 'Lawsy.' sezee. seem LAX ] ain gittll
over de groun same ez m'rr qreatur
s Watts de marter wild me! Look LAX ev'.
thing runnin' way fun me stidder gi,tl
closter to hit. Spec better go hac
an AK bout dis
We'll, sub. lie had de nsurancester {
backin' hisse'f up in front er de Ian
an, AK Him bout de lnarter, but de Law
M 1es' chet spang down on him an tol' hi
dat sence he done tucken his haid N
his own hans he mus stan de commo
# squinces eff ttwan't putt on right l1y
"A sence den de crabs bin dom der runni
backwu'ds,"
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