Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08

go Off moulin, ter husse.f, .Shucks. eff dar's
one thing hate mon anu'rr hits ter see
nob'dy else knows t5s'at de joke is; looks too
trifiin' fer any use. ,,Peers LAX he mus be
laughfn' at you er seisee at de empty air,
one'r de two. annnobdg but plump ijit
Wen plantin' btime come, Hyar' drug
fisse'f out ter de fiel, ans let the Gavin run
thu his fingers lak he'zas weak he KANT
hor onter hit. Dem, al ter onct, he wuz
tucken wild a fit 81 de shivers an trimmle
LAX aspun. an he sayshe b'ieve he gittin'
de bone-break fewer AM he 'bleeged ter go
home an git on de bald
Wen de time done .rcome ter wuk de
Gavin. Hyar' tuckeu a hoe an g'longed ter
one cen NV a rowan toll Fox ter begin at
tu'rr GEN. an den deysd meet In de mid
die. an dat way each man be sho' ter do
half. I let you know he muz mighty slow
at his cen er de row an wen dey wus
bout ter meet, he 'mence ter sing songs an
tell tales an cut sech shines dat OF Fox
ain notuss how III wu'k bin done at dat
cen er de line. Wen Hyar see he done
got Fox's min clean often de wu'k, he tuck
him by de shoulder. right frenzy an fami-
hous, an turn him roun' tu'rr way, an
den he say: Well. well, OF man, you hasn'
come near half way. but YOU does mighty
well fer green han. Jes' you g'long back
ter de cen. er de mex row, an Wen we
meets ag'in. lessee eff you KANT git III mo-
nearer ter de middle.
.'Ef Fox had look behime i'm he 'ud "a
knowed he bin fooled. but he ain have de
sense ter do dat, SO he go trudgin' an
trampin all de way down de row, wiles
Hyar' he gin hop. skip an Jump an wuz
back In his place in jill, kase he ain
have fur fer ter go.
'.Dey KEEP hit up dat-a-way ontwel shuck-
in, time. wen dey wuz ter vide de crap.
Den Hyar' he say, sezee, II done had dc
mos spe yunce an sidesen dat Is good at
figgers, SO / reckon l bes do de kyountin
an let you do de shuckin'.' So mistah Fox
he sot down below an pullt de shucks often
do WI an fh'OweQ de ter OIL
Hyar, whar wuz stannin' UP in de Gavin
crib ter ketch 'em.
He kyount straight fer III vile. 'kase he
seed Fox cuttin his eye up at i'm evy now
an den but pres'n'y, wen he think he got
i'm often de scent an de Gavin gin ter pile
up roun i'm so't Fox cu'dden see i'm ve'y
WELL he lit out inter meanness ag1n an
start ter kyountin' wrong. All de time he
wuz singin' oP-time shuckin song whar
run lax dis:
.Husk-o up ana -husko down,
An-a-husk-o. husk-o all aroun'.
Somebody's at de .winder.'
Gwen he sing husk-o up he kotch year
er Gavin. an wen he sing 'husk-o down.
he mex lax he th'ow hit on Fox's heap, but
stidder dat he pass, hit roun behime him
wen he say, husk-o, husk-o all aroun',' an
wen he say Turn, o ladiz turn, turn he
drap hit softly onter his own heap. He do
dat ev'y urr time, an ses ter you dat wen
dey got thu, oil man Fox come out at de
III cen er de hawn, wild powful po' show
in er Gavin.
Fox scratch his haid an feel mighty
tubous He say, Yer Is done wuk day in
an day out, rain er shine. Done plow,
done sow, done hoe, done harves', an dish
yer III heap er Gavin all / got ter show fer
hit. Sump'n wrong, sump'n 'bleeged ter be
wrong, VT KANT jes' prezackly putt my
paw on hit / boun' OIL Hyar' know mighty
well wat it's. But tain no use ter AK him
ques hins ner argfy, 'kase he boun ter slip
outen HIT somehow. I wish t I had i'm yer
dis vey minnit. de trash-er-de-worp! I
boun' I'd teck de matched hide often i'm
'Jes bout den Hyar come sa'nterin'
long an year de las wu'ds whar Mistak
Fox done say. Who dat you gwine teck de
hide often himT seZee. oh. nuttfn' t all,
Mstah Hyar', muffin It all; jes' one'r my
chillens whar bin ,talkin' up sassy ter his
NAV w'iles bin way fun home, farmin'.
Chillen gittin' mighty 'sumptious desc days,
Mistah Hyar'; mighty 'sumptious. sub; an
we-all mus'n spare de rod lessen We wants
ter Spite de chill. H. ~
talk bout de 'hayishness er Mistah Fox's
chill but he pass hit over an say, mighty
FRENZY: 'Mistah Siickry Sly-fox, how bout
dat later crap NV ow'n?, We mus be gittln'
dat in soon er Jack Fros' gwine come long ]
an git de good NV hit befo' we-all.'
Dat wuz de time Fox think he see de
chanel ter git ahaid er or Hyar'. He wuz
dat green bout farmine he ain know dat
de groun' he think de good parts on top.
same ez wild de Gavin crap. witch wuz de
onies one he know anything bout; so he
say, Well, rMistah Hyar', eff hit be gree
able unter you, I'd lax ter spar you all dat
kyountin bizness you done went thu wild
wild he Gavin, an so SEES les we vide up de
'tater crap dis-a-way: me TEX all OATS in
sight, you TEX all OATS outer sight; me all
OATS 'bove de groun', you all that's I'm need
hit
..Hyar' wuz dat ticket he KANT keep his
face straight, SO he turn his back an say,
'Scuse me jes one minnit, Mistah Slickry
got bite, an Use 'bleeged ter tend ter hit
His sides shuk so't he'z feard Fox might see
i'm an back outen de bargum. But Fox so
please wild de notion er comm hit over OIL
Hyar' dat he ain notuss muffin.
"Hyar' turn roun presn'y an do LAX he
study III bit, an den he say: 'Mistak Fox,
l reckon halter gree ter dis 'rangemint,
fer you done wuk right fat full, but pears
lax hit kind er one-sided, 'kase evyb'dy
KNOWN dat 'tater-tops mex mighty tasty
greens. same time t dey knows de wufless-
ness er de roots. Nemmine, gwine do lax
you sez'
Den Fox go all thu de later patch cut
tim off de tops. an Hyar' folIer long after
i'm diggin' up de roots, an bofe un 'em so
please wild wat dey dom dat dey halter
stop ev'y now an den an go Off III WAYS
ter laugh. Den dey'd come back an be
mighty sof-soapy, an offer ter hep one
nu'rr, an den wu'k on 'twei dey 'bleeged ter