Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25
At the Big: House.
The Woman VINO Married an Owl

nutting expedition and had eaten supper
they sat around adiscententedly. wishing
every few minutes that their mother had
returned.
II wish mammabwotia come back said
Ned IT never know what to do in the
evening when she isn't home
II low bout de bes' yoa-all kin do Is ter
femme putt you ter 'btdd.' said Aunt
'Phrony.
Don't want to go to bed" I'm not
sleepy" Want to stay up" came In cho-
rus from three pairs of lips.
You chillen Is wusser dan night owls"
said the old woman. "lTf you keeps on
wild dis settin' -up-all-night bizness. boun'
some er you gwins turn inter one'r desc
yer big fussy owls wild yaller eyes styarin'.
les de way HI Mars Kit dom dis ve'y
minnit, tryin' ter keep hisse'f awake. An
dat mines me Nv a owl whar turnt hissef
inter a man, an eff owl kin do dat. watts
ter hinner one'r you-all turnin inter owl,
I lax ter know? So you bes come long up
ter bald, an eff you is right spry gettin'
raidy mebbe III whul in an tell you bout
dat owl"
The little procession moved upstairs.
Coonie the house boy, bringing up the rear
with an armful of sticks and some lat
spHnters of Iightwood, which were soon
bla ling with an oily sputter Coonle scent
ed story, and his bullet pate was pent
over the fire an unnecessarily long time as
he blew valiant puffs upon the flames which
no longer needed his assistance, and ar
ranged and rearranged his skillfully piled
sticks.
"Ouit dat foolishness. Niger said
'Phrony at last AN set down on de haiti
an have yo'se'f. Eff you wanter stay,
whyn't you sesso, stidder BLOWN yo'se'f
black in de face? Now, den, eff YAH raidy'
/ gwine begin.
"Dish yer wat / gwine tell happen at de
time er de ear wen de Injuns wuz havin'
der green-cawn darnse, an reckon YOU
all bout ter ak me wat dat is, so l spose
1 mought ez we'll tell you Long In Angus
wen de Intuns stopped wu'kkin de Gavin,
wat we call layin' by de crap den dey
cu'd mos times tell eff 'twuz gwine-ter pc
a good crap, so dey mence ter git raidy
fer de darnse nigh month befo' han. Dey
went ter de medincin man an axed him
fer ter pint de day. Den medincln man
he sont out runners ter tell ev'b'dy, an dc
runners dey kyar'd memb' ance-strlngs via
knots tied all long 'em, an give EN- ter
de people fer ter hep 'em member DE
folks dey'd cut off a knot FUN de string
each day, an wen de las one done cut OH,
den dey know de day for de darnse Wuz
come An de medincin' man he sont out
hunters, too, fer ter, git game, an mo- run
ners fer ter kyar' hit ter de people sos
dey mought cook hit an bring hit in.
''W'en de time come, de people ga rred
toge'rr an de medincin man he tucken
craps an burnt hit, befo' de people WIZ
lowed ter eat any. After de burnln, oen
he tucken a year er Gavin IN one nan an
ak fer blessins an good craps wild dat nan ;
vile he raise up turr han ter de storm
an de win an de hail an ba1g EN- not ter
bring evil pun de people. After dat dey
all made der br'ekfus' often roas' in years
er de new Gavin an den de darnse peSuh
an lasted fo' days an TO nights; de men
dress up in der bes' an de gals wearin
gre't rattles tied on der knees, dat shuk
an ratified wild eyy step.
DE gal whar gwine tell bout wuz on
her way home on de fo'th night, an she
wuz pow'ful tired, 'kase dem rattles Is
monst' Gus haivy, an she bin keepin' hit
up fo' nights ham runnin. She Wuz gWlne
thu a dark place in de woods Wen sud
dintly she seed a young man all wrop up
in a sof' gray biankit an leanin' gins a
tree. His eyes wuz big an roun' an bright
an dey seemed ter bun lax fire. Dem eyes
drord de gal an drord de gal twel she
want 'feard no mo, an she come nearer ;
an las he putt out his arms wrop up IN de
gray blanket an 7drord her cloSt 'tWel she
lean erg'i him, an she look up In de big,
bright eyes an she say, 'Whar is you, whar
is your An he say, 'Oo-goo-coo, oo-soo-
COO Dat wuz de Ghurrykee name fer
owl but de gal ain pay no tentfon ter
| dat, for mos er de Injun men wuz name
| after buds an beas'eses an sech ez dat
| After dat she useter go out ter de WOODS
ev'y night ter see de young man. an sne
aIluz sing out ter him, 'Whar Is you, whar
| is you? An he'd arnser, 'Oo-goo-coo, 90
100000 Dat wuZ the on'ieS WI q ne uVer
say, but de gal thought twuZ all right, Ter
she done mex up her min dat he longed
| ter nu'rr tribe er Injuns whar spoke diff mt
| FUN her own people. Sidesen dat, she love
| him, an wen gals Is In love dey thnk
| ey'ything de man do is jes' bout right, an
| desc yer coffin couples is no grit hans fer
| talkin'. nohow.
DE gals daddy wuz daid an her an her
| NANNY live all lone, so las she mex up
| her min dat 1t be heap mo- handy ter have
| a man roun' de house, SO she up an tell
| her nanny dat she done got mated. Her
| nanny say. You is, is you? Wen, who
| de man?' De gal say 'Oo-goo-coo' Wen,
| den.' seq her nanny. reckon you bes
bring home dish yer Oo-goo-coo an NJ see ef
| game, now an den. 'ud suit my mouf right
| well We ain have nair' pusson ter do no
| huntin' fer US sence yo' daddy died
Nanny SEE de gal, Use 'bleeged ter
| tell you dat my husban KANT speak ow'
| langwidge.
"lAu de better seq her nanny. SEE she.
| Oar ain gwine be no trouble bout DAT,
| 'kase kin do talkin' 'nuff fer two, an, l
ain want one desc yer back-talKln Soh-in-
| laws, nohow.
80 de mex night de gal went off an
| coined back late wild de young man. her
nanny ak him in an gin him seat by de
| blankit. wild his haid turnt way fun de
| light, not sayin' nuttin' ter nobdy. An de
| fire died down an de wind blewed mo'nful
| outside, an dar he sot on an on. an wen
| de wimmins went ter sleep. dar he Wuz
! settin', still. But in de mawnfn Wen dey
| woked up he wuz gone. an dey ain see
| hya'r ner hide UNI i'm all day.
DE mex night he come erg1n ana
| bringed lot er game wild i'm. an he putt
| dat down at de do an set hisse'f down by
I de fire an stay dar, same ez befo', not
| sayin' nair' wud. Dat kind er aggervex de
| gals nanny at las 'kase she wuz one
| desc yer wimmins whar no sooner gifts W at
| dey ak fer dan dey ain kyare bout hit no
! mo- She want son-in-law whar KANT talk,
| she git him. an den she want one whar kan
| arnser back. She gittin kind er jubous
| bout him, but she feared ter say any
| thing fer fear he quit an she git no mo
game.
| "Thu'd night he come onct mo- wild pas
| sci er game, an she mighty curious bout
| him by dat time. She say ter hussef Well!
eff ain got de curiSomeSt Son-in-law in
| desc diggins, den I miss de queschin. l
| wunner wat mex him set wild his face
| turnt FUN de fire an blinkin his eyes all
de time? I wunner wy he ain nuver on
loose dat blankit an, wy he g'longs off
TO de daylight an nueer comes back 'twel
| de dark
"'Oh, nanny SEE de gal. seq she, ain
| I toP you he KANT speak ow' langwidge.
| an I spec he done come FUN dat WON