Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22
git some kind er spell putt on me; deed l

git some kind er spell putt on me; deed l
aim
DE oil man he say: We'll. you know l
ain much on totin' babies. nohc'w; slluz
pears ter me dey gwine drap ter pieces on
my hans, an l let you know / ain gwine
fetch dis un seem lax / KANT feel dat
hits any akin mine Jes lax you ses,
sump'n curious bout dat chill an /
reckon bes go slow twel we fin out
wat it's
'Dey KEEP on gittin' skeerder an skeerder
an de gal she KEEP bringin' de chiP ter
see 'etm ev-y mawnin'. Dey had mighty on
easy times tryin' ter be mannerly an keep
on de right side err de gal an yit not tetch
de chill. Las de gal see how 'twuz an she
got hurried in her feelin's an went home
an toi' de giant dat her nav an her paw
wuz feared de baby. Den de giant he
got hurried in his feelin's. an cose his feel
ms wuz bigger'n hern an hurried him WIS
ser, an he jes' rave an he kyave. he say:
Yer 1 bin fetchin' game an wood Ter yo'
daddy an nanny an pomper1n en- up
twel dey ain have muffin ter do an den
dey ac' lax dis. Yer l wuz gwine roun dat
house ev'y night an cud jes' knock hit
wild my ifs same'z you smash a aig-
she'll er blow hit down wild my bref: jes'
one puff 'ud sont hit over in jiff. But
ain do muffin t all 'ceptin ter hep EN-,
an yer dey halter go an git skeerd er my
chill. Dey is skeerd er me, too; l knows
dat: dat don mex no diffens. but wen hit
come ter gittin skeery bout dat po' Ill
chill. gwine gin 'em sump'n ter git skeery
bout, sho' huff: 1 gwine show EN- hue
come.
Den de gal she saw'y she done toll him
bout her daddy an her NANNY, an she
suade an 'suade him ter let EN- off, twel
las he promuss he let 'em lone, but he
say: I tell you pin blank dat eff l let's
EN- off. l ain gwine stay yer an see EN-
turn up, der noses at my chill; dat l ain.
l jes gwine teck him an putt out fun
yer an go so fur off dat dey ain nuver
gwine set eyes on him ag'in; you kin jes'
mex up yo' min ter dat Den he rave an
IN do mo
outen her wits. Her daddy an her nanny
yearn de SCUM an ses ter one nu'rr dat
dar mus be a thunderstorm gwine on up
in de mountains.
DE gal she baig an she baig an she
say dat eff he teck de baby. she gwine go.
too. Giant ain sayin' muffin, jes' toss his
long hya'r an stomp his greet footses an
g'long bout his bizness.
.'One day w'iles de gal wuz way, de giant
he tucken he baby an putt out fun dar
tight'z he cu'd go. Wen de gal got home
an found de baby gone she knowed he
done tucken hit, and l tell you dar wuz
some tall cuttin'-up bout den. She tear
her hya'r an Cry an scream an go on
'twel de nabers come arunnin an her paw
an her nav stood dar lookin' on an say
in: Uh-huh! now you see dat! Amt we
toll you so wen you wanter may dat good
fer-nuttin' giant? Mebbe, mex time, you
gwine pay some tention ter we-all'
Gal went cryin' an wringin' her
hans. an las she say she gwine git up an
foller de giant an. fin him eff she kin. SO
she start off an she go an she go an she
go, follerin de giants tracks, fer dey wuZ
so monst'ous big dey nluz mighty easy ter
fin She went thu de woods an de fiel's
an up de hills an down de hills, an de
wind In de pines KEEP monin', Gone! gomez
an de water in de branches call out over
de stones, Gone! gone. an de buds chirp,
Gone. gone" an de SOUL up de tree drap
a nut down at her an squeak out, Gone,
gone" an evthing keep hit up dat-a-way
'twel de CONAN WIZ plumb 'stracted.
Las, wen she wuz clean beat out, wild
her footses sore an her hans all scratch
up an bleedin' fun de devil s-shoe-string,
witch some folks calls hit de bamboo-brier,
she see de giants tracks on enc side de
branch an she looks cross an see dat
tain come out on turr side, an so she
think he mus be somers roun' dar She
look up de branch, an Sho huff dar he
wuz. settin' on a rock in the mdse err de
water wild de chill in his arms. She ain
say nuttin, jes' turn roun' an steal thu de
woods 'twel she come out right across
fun war she done seed de giant settin'.
Bless gracious, he want dar, not him.
He knowed wat she wuz up ter jes' ez
we'll ez eff some un done tor i'm. So he
tucken de chill an made one big step
thu de water, swish. an sot down on
nu'rr rock futher up. De gal she look up
an see him: den she try de same trick
ag'in stealth up on him thu de woods
but he jes' showed all de tools in his haid
in a big grin an shet EN- to wild snap
an tucken anu'rr big step thu de water
an sot down on n greet rock wild de wa
ter a-fussin an a-foamin all roun him
an de baby. Dat mex her fair viii an
she try ter fool i'm ag'in But tain so
easy ter fool giant an he KEEP on tollin
her an tollin' her up de stream 'twel she
wuz nigh mos daid an halter gin up de
chase an go back. All de way home she
KEEP wringin' her hans an cryin' Gone!
gomez an de wind an de water an de
buds in de tree-tops dey all call back at
her Gone! gone" lax dey felt mighty
sawy fer her.
de nabers dey say 1t sarve her right
fer not bein' sassifed ter may man NV
huff fer 'er' dey ses halter have big
man. huh? Reckon she ain gwine have
sech big notions de mex time.
Gal she useter go out inter de WOODS
ey'y now an den ter see eff she kin see
any sign er de giant an de baby. but
ev'y time she come back cryin Gone!
gone an de wind an de water an de
buds arnser her back evy time, an you
kin year 'em sayin' hit down ontwel dis
day eff you jes' stop an stan still an
lissen vile"