Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05

whar Farm fu'm CONAN dat come FUN
FauQuier kyounty, but now dat Mars Ned
pear ter be so jubous bout HIT 1 ain gwine
vase my time on folks whar ain gwine
b'lieve me. nohows. Nemmine, de chillen
over on de Thompson place gwine baig me
fer dat tale wen l goes dar ag'in. an
watts mo- dey gwine git hit; fer dey
b'lieves ev'y wu'd dat draps FUN my mouf.
lax 'twuz de law an de gospil.'
OF course, the children protested that
they were as ready TO hang upon her words
as the Thompson children could possibly be,
and presented their prior claim to the tale
in such moving fashion that Aunt Nancy
was finally prevailed upon to come down
from her high horse and tell the story.
II done tor YOU" she said, dat dem ar
hans Is human, an | mean jes wat l ses.
'kase de moleses useter be folks sho'-'nuf
folks. dough dey Is all swunk up ter dis
size an der hans is all OATS lef' ter tell
de tale. Vas, sub, in de OF days. so fur
back dat you KANT kyount hit. de moleses
wuz folks. an mighty proud an biggitty
folks at dat. Dey want gwine be ketched
wearn' any er dish yer kaliker. er linsey-
woolsey. er homespun er sech ez dat, ner
even broadclawf. ner bombazine. nav sub!
Dey jes' tricked derse'fs out in de fines an
SHINES silk, nuttin' mo- ner less, an
den dey went a-traipsin' up an down an
neither an yon, fer turr folks ter look at
an mex miration over. Mon dat. dey 'uz
fine an fiddiin' dey Don set foot ter de
groun' lessen dar WuZ kyarpet spread
down fer 'em ter walk on. Dey tells me hit
sut'n y wuZ sight in de worP ter see dem
ar folks waikin' up an down on de kyar-
pets, trailin' an ruSlin' der silk o'eS, an
churchyin' an bobbin' ter one nu'rr wen
dey met up. but nuver speakin' ter de COM
mon folks whar walkn' on de ground. ner
even so much ez lookin' a EN- Watts mo-
dey wuz so uppish dey thought de yearf
wuz too low down fer 'em even ter run der
eyes over, SO dey went long wild der haids
r'ared an der eyes all time lookln' up.
stdder down. You kin be sho' dem
Gwnes-on ain mex 'em poplous wild turf
folks, 'kase people jes natchely KANT
STAN hit ter have you thowin' up to EN-
dat you is bettern wat dey is. Wen all de
time dey knows you're muffin but folks,
same z dem.
"Dey KEEP gwine so-fashion. an git
TIM mo- an mo- pompered an uppish, 'twel
las dey 'tracted de 'tention er de Lawd
an He say ter Hisse'f, He do, Who Is desc
yer folks, anyhows. whar gittin SO alrlsh
walkin' up an down an back an foth on
my yearf an spurnin' hit so's't dey spread
kyarpets 'twix' hit an der footses. treat
IN my yearf, wat done mex, lax tyuz de
dirt un'need der footses. an 'spisln' DEF
Teller creeturs an excusn EN- er bein
common. an keepin' der eyes turnt up all
de time ez eff dey wuz too good ter look at
de things I done mex en- put on my year,
l mus see bout dis; l mus punish desc
'sumptious people an show 'em dat one
my creeturs is jes ez low down ez tn RI, IN
$50 de Lawd He pass Judgment on de
moleses Fus' He tuck an made EN- lose
der human shape an den He swunk EN- up
ontwel dey z no bigger'n dey is now. dat
'uz ter show EN- how no'kyount dey Wuz IN
His sight Den bekase dey thought der
SETS too good ter walk pun de bare groun
He sont EN- ter live UNI need hit, whar dey
halter dig an scratch der way long. Las
us all He tuck an tuck way der eyes an
made 'em bin, OATS 'kase dey done splse
ter look at der Teller creeturs. But He
feel kind er saw'y fer EN- wen He git dat
fur. an He ain wanter punish EN- toe
hafvy. so He ler e'em desc silk clo'es whal
| done tor you bout, an desc hans whaI
YOU kin see fer yo'se'fs is human, an
reckon befo dem things putt EN- In min
er wat dey useter be an mex EN- tumble
liver sense den de moleses bin gwine long
un'need de groun. cordin ter de jegemen
er de Lawd, an diggtn' an scratchin' der
way thu de worl'. in trial an tribuiashun
wild dem po' III human han'ses. An dat
orter farm you wat comes er folks spisin
der Teller creeturs, an I want YAH ter
member dat mex time l year you call
dem Thompson chilen trash "
I'D like to know what use moles are. y
said Ned who was of rather investigat.
ing turn of mind; they Just go around
roofing through the ground. spelling peo-
pies gardens. and l don't see what they're
good for; you can't eat them or use them
any way"
':Sho.' chirv' said Aunt Nancy "you
dunno wat you talkin bout: de Lawd have