Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-12

fling 'er 'cross his shoulder an g'long
singin'.
An de time ne wuz singin Mis- Duck she
wuz hangm' haid down, jes' a-kickin' an
a-Scufiin. but want no use; Fox he hilt
on, he did. an he jes' let her go ON jawin
all she wanter. Las she stop her racket an
set her min ter wu'k on de queschin NV how
ter git outer de pickle whar she wuz in.
Pres y she say. 'Scuse me, please, subj
Mistah Slickry Sly-fox. / lax ter talk to
you III bit. but hits mighty hard wu'k
wild my haid hangin' down so turr'bl
slanchindicular. l ak you. please fer ter
fix me wild my haid ri higher. sub
Nav. ma am, seq de Fox. sezee. I
knows huff ter hol onter good thing wen
gifts hit
Laws-a-mussy Mistah Fox seq Duck
SEE she. you Is mighty fiattersome in yo'
remarks; | ain gwine try ter chouse you
outer yo dinner. deed ! ain But vile we
joggin long yer. / Jes lax ter you sub.
eff you lax pig ter eat?'
Now you talkin'. sezee, an he smack
his lips so loud dat hit sont col shivers up
an down Mis- Ducks spine, an he say.
Wat de marter, Mis- Duck; wat you
shiver bout dis WON day?
She wuz too proud ter let dat she
WIZ feard, so she say, oh. muffin t all.
Mistah Fox. jes a III fetch de ager; you
know Wen you got dat you bleeged ter
shver, nemmtne how wo' m de day is Den
she go on ag'in bout pig. She say 50
you sho' nun does lax pig. sub. 1 done
year tell you did, but 1 want sho' bout
Fox he got his min on pig an seem lax
he KANT git hit Off. an las he git kind err
mad 'kase dar want no pig ter be had. an
he say, sezee, Look-a-yer, CONAN. / dunno
huccome you name dat meat ter me wen
you knows KANT git me none
Mis- Duck she ses, seq she, Now l ak
you fer ter tell me de plain trufe. sub;
WIGHT does you prefer. pig er duck?
Sezee. Gimme pig evry time. 'kase
tain got no fedders. 1 tell you. ma am,
wen you swollers duck down de way I
does, fedders an ALL. yo' th'oat gifts mighty
woolly sometimes. l cen about spec I'll
choke ter def yit on duck some err desc
times
Sarve you right, an I hopes you WILL
seq Mis- Duck ter husse'f Den she sing out
so you prefers pig, sub Putt down.
den. land knows! an I'll show you whar
you kin git you a hull litter er pigs.
Fox sezee. 'Wellum, yer goes fer de
pigs an min you walk straight. fer eff 1
fin any foolin' bout dis bizness I ain
gWlne gin you time ter say yo' pra'Ts. You
jes mosey long in front er me, please
ma am.
She tuck an tuck him to a place whar
gus root wuz blowed I'D clean outen de
groun. an she pinted hit out to I'm an
tot i'm dat behime dar wuz de litter er
pigs. an dat he mus run fun a piece off
an jump de gus root right inter de bald er
pigs an s'prise EN- dat-a-way. so's't he
Gu d git EN- easy.
''Or Fox he gree ter dis. an he run back
lii ways an tuck big bref an spit on
his hans an th'owed one foot front an
turr one behime an teetered back an
10 IN minnit ter git a good swing on him.
Den he bus inter a run an lipt de gus
root widout techin' foot to hit an lan'ed
in de midse de litter. But bless good
ness want no litter er pigs, 'twuz Oh
Mis- Dog an her Ill chillen.
'Ow! wow! seq she, who dis owdacious
creetur dat come a-rarin' an a-chargin'
inter my house, 'sturbin an my fam
blyP Eff tain dat good-fer-nuttin' piece NV
7 x,nn CHI
huccome, dat l Is, l let you know you
KANT come 'strOyin' de peace NV spectacle
folks no sech ways ez dat. Stay yer one
minnit longer an 1 gwine putt my foot
down yo th'oatr
Wild dat Fox he lipt outer de bald faster
dan he got In an jes' went a-scootin Mis-
Dog after him, hot-foot. Mis- Duck she
wuz behime de gus-root jes' a-snickern'
an a-snortin'. Fox he ketched sight NV
her an he sung out. 'Nemmine, Mis- Duck,
you is do 'casion all dis rumpus.
| reckon you think dish ye'rs mighty funny
prank you played me. but I gwine pay you
back fer dis; 1es' you wait. ma'am. You
gwine teck nu'rr free ride on my shoulder
TO you knows hit. an dat time you won't
git off easy. You kin pin hit down In
yo memb' ance dat I gwine pay you back
wild In res on de money
Mis- Duck she knowed he dassent ter
stop right den, so she let out one big boot.
do. Nows yo' time. sub; de sooner de bet
ter. Whyn't you stop, subj You ain nuver
gwine ketch me no younger. Better not
wait. sub; de longer you waits de older an
tougher / grows
But OF man Fox knowed too much ter
stop wen Mis- Dog wuz at his heels. so he
went a-saiin' an lef Mis- Duck stannin'
by de puppies 1es' a-quackin' an a-cacklin
an a-laughin'. An uver sence dat time dar
ain bin much love los 'twix de foxes an
de ducks. / reckon de foxes has done paid
EN- out mon a hundred times fer dat
trick.