Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08

sut'n way ter I'm out WIGHT b de thief. Jes'
you g'long bout yo' wu'k an let me an
Mistah Sly-fox lay down yonner in de sun
all day. an wen you comes back dis even
in boun' you kin tell WIGHT NV us done
ct de butter
.Huccomer seq Hongry Billy sezee.
:" Dat easy ez rollin' OF log. she say:
DE heat er de sun gwine strak thu an
dror de grease out. soft Wen you come
back all you halter do be ter rub yO fin
gers over ow' stummicks an den you'll
know in jiff who done swoliered yo' but
ter
'.Mistah Slckery Sly-fox gre ter dis.
'kase he know he amt tucken de butter.
so he want 'feard hit be proved up ON him.
Hongry Billy he say hit look mighty reasn-
able an he gree ter hit. too. an went of
cross de swamp ter tend ter his wu'k, an
lef' 'em bofe dar layin' in de sun.
After vile she say. seq she. blnkin' an
battin her eyes lax she KANT keep 'em
open. 'Um-umph. Mistah Fox, dat sun mex
me pow'ful sleepy, please 'scuse me. sub.
but Use jes' nachelly 'bleeged ter teck
III nap. Fox says be b'lieve he teck one
hisse'f, an he shet his eyes an putt his
nose down between bofe jaws an gin his
tail .whisp er two ter drive way de flies.
an pres'n'y he wuz fas asleep.
Mis- Molly she watch him outen re corn
der Nv her eye, an wen she see he wuz
good an SCUM she lit up FUN dat widout
mekin' no noise an struck out fer ma
DerS spring an got her han ful err butter.
She come tiptoein back an stoop down
stumick SO softly dat he ain kin feel hit,
en- den she go an lick her paws clean an
Ibid down In her place ag'in an KEEP one
eye on him. Bout de time wen she spec
Hongry Billy home she shet her eyes an
srcre so loud he year 'er clean cross de
holler. Wen he come up to EN- dey wuz
'pariently fas' asleep. an Billy he retcht
down an run his han over Mis- Mollys
stummick. Dry ez bone! Den he try Mistau
Slickry Sly-fox, an he bringed up his han
kivered wild grease an smeIlfn loud er
butter
BILLY wuz in turr'br teckin' an mex
sech a fuss dat he wake Mistah Fox an
fall ter excusin' him er teckfn' de butter.
or Fox wuz dat s'prfse' ter fin his STUN
mick kivered wild butter dat he ain kin
say nuthin' t all. Bout den Mis-
rub her eyes an tend lax she les wake
up, She lissen at all de gwfnes-on a min
nit an den she 'mence ter mex greet mira
ton. Laws messy! she say, I ain
eyes. / sutn'y Is scandelize dat a fren'
er mine tucken ter stealin' mo- special
on visit / clar ter goodness my feelin's
is so hurted dat KANT rightly 'spress my
ciatin wild common thief. 1 got my
young family ter think bout. So long.
Mistah Hongry Billy. l hopes you gin dat
man a good walluppin'. kase he sut'n'y
den 'cleanin' out yo' butter. Mex time
you git me ter go visitin' w.d you. Mistah
Slickry Sly-fox, you be heap older an
smarter dan wat you Is dis minnit.' Wild
dat she go scootin. 'kase she 'feard eff
she stay longer she mought git foun' out
somehow er nurr.
"Hongry Billy he study III vile an den
he say ter Mistah Fox. We'll. 1 gwine let
you off dis time. kase you is my kin an
1 ain wanter disgrace you: l an wanter
let folks know l got a thief fer b-e'r.
But don let me ketch you In desc diggin's
no mo-. er I gwine set ter wuk an lam
de butter outen dat greasy hide er yo'n;
you year me talkin'!
Fox he crar an he sw'ar dat he want
de thief but Billy ain pay no 'tention to
him. Den he had half a min ter tell OF
Hongry Billy bout all dem henroos' es he
done robbed. but Billy mad a'raidy dat
he kind feared ter do hit. so he 60
slinkin' off wild his years down an his tall
draggin', an dey tells me dar wuz
greet GOODNESS spring up in dat family dat
las fer some sew ears, all longer dat
crock er butter. I let you know, chllen,
hit ain teck much ter start a family
quoi'l. but hit teck heap er time an trou-
Bile ter patch one up. jes' de same ez hit
do wild dem holes whar III Mars Ned snag
In his britches. an nuver seem de same
after de patchin. neener.