Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-26

tuck an tuck his trunk an wrop hit roun'
Hyar' an gin him a whul thu de air dat
tucken his BRET clean way. an he lan'ed
him in de year an shet de flap down on
him. Den he splunge Inter de river an
, 'mence ter cross over.
"Co'se Hyar' ain bin in de year long
| 'twel he gun ter study wat mischief ter git
inter. He 'mence ter fldget roun' an wuk
his nose hard an sniff lax he smell sump'n
pow'ful bad.
watts de marter wild your SEE de Eta
lent, seZee.
''Hyar' he 'spon'. oh. nuttin' t all. Mis-
tab Efalent, don you min me. sub: jes' 60
right long
'.Presn'y he go at hit agin. 1es' snifln'
an kyar'yin on. Um-m- M umph! umph!
umphl! umph!r sezee. holm his nose lax
he KANT stan ter keep hit open.
"'Gret' kingr seq de Efalent, W.T. is de
nlarter wi6 de III cuss. anyhowsr
Don pay no 'tention ter me, sub.
Hyar' say. I has de as'my an dat mex me
breave hard; SCUM mighty loud 'kase Use
right inside yo' year
well, sub. he KEEP hit up dat-a-way on
do trip over, an wen dey git ter tu'rr side
he watch his chanel wen Mistah Efalent
flip his year up an den he jis' lit down
same'z he bin made er injy-rubber an tuck
up de bank an inter de bresh TO Efalent
miss him outen de year. He curl his trunk
! roun' an feel fer him, but he KANT fin
him. Den he think mebbe he done forgot
witch year he putt him in. an so he feel in
tu'rr one Nav. sub, he want in tu'rr one.
neener. We'll. eff his don beat my timer
sezee; I sutn'y putt dat owdacious creetur
| in my year. Tain poss'br dat cue 20 an
dream sech ez dat, an he stan dar 1es'
a-huffin' an a-puffln'.
"Hyar' he bin watchin him an he tuck
de 'casion ter stick his haid outer de bresh
an say: TO be sho' you want dreamin'
Mistah Efalent; l wuz In yo' year, sho'
nun. an mighty bad time I have NV hit
| in dar. You axed me. sub. wat wuz de
marter, an now I gwine tell you, dough
Use saw'y eff seem onmannerly after you
teckin me cross; but Use 'bleeged ter say,
sub. dat you done forgot ter wash yo'
years dis mawnin. dat you has. an 'clar'
ter goodness hit mex me feel plumb family
fed in dar wen you shet dat nap down ON
| me: deed hit did. Mex time you teck any
b'dy in yo year, better see dat hits clean.
So-long. sub; so-long.' An wild dat he shuk
one'r his behime footses at de Efalent rum
roun' de cornder NV q tree an wuz off In q
Jill. leavin' dat greet big creeeur STAMINA
| dar 1es a-trim'lin' an a-stompin' an a.
/ foamfn' an a-snortin' an tearin' up trees
by de roots; but tain do him no good fer
Hyar wux outer sight by dat time, fur on
| his way ter de meetin'.
AN now finished Aunt Nancy, az she
gave last twist to one Of Kits long, yell
| low curls dat shows y'ali wat happen ter
| folks whar ain ticker bout keepin der
| years clean. Dey think no pusson gwine
notuss but someb'dy sho' ter I'm hit out
an mex fun NV EN- an hol' 'em up fer Q
disgrace ainT ter der family an do quality In
Here she carefully threw tho combinss
| that had accumulated In the making Of the
little boys toilet into the IRE, explainins
| that II they were thrown away and not
burned. the birds might find them and use
| them In nest building. in which case the
person from whose head the hair came
| would be sure to so crazy: nothing could
avert tbs tate.