Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06
At the Big House.
Mis- Goose Deceives Mr.. Bear.

| Copyright. 1904. by the Bobbs- Merrill Company
| ciety of Aunt Nancy in the morning, when
| she made their toilets, or in the evening,
| when she put them to bed, used to make
| her visit now and then at her cabin.
One morning they found her busy carrying
in pumpkins from the little field behind
her house. Ned thought it would be fun
to kick them along like foot balls. but
Nancy said that pumpkins were made for
eating. not for kicking, and that unless the
children went about it in the right way
she did not care about their help. Janey,
with a shrewd eye to business, said they
would all three turn TO and help if she
would promise to tell them story when
the pumpkins were all stored. The bar
gain was c!inChed, and four pairs of hands
made short work of the pumpkins. Then
they all sat down in the doorway of the
little cabin. and Aunt Nancy said that the
pumpkins had reminded her of tale in
which Mr.. Bear got fooled by Mis- Goose.
You chillen done yearn tell she began,
dat gooses IS kind er foolish, silly sort er
towels, an | wanter tell you right yer
an now dat dey got heap mo- sense dan
some er de folks whar calls names at EN-,
an ez fer de ganders, Use yit ter see de
human man teck de kyare NV his wife
do hisn. He hep de goose ter
bull her nes an dey teck some er
de down fun der breastes an line de
mes. jes wo'm an white an pooty
ez kin be, an den she set on hit, an he
keeps gyard at de den house do an eff any
pusson come he beat his wings at 'em
an do his bes ter drive 'em way. An
zen she go off ter eat an res husse'f he
jes' natchelly squat down on de aigs an
keep en- wo m ontWel she git back Mebbe
yall has yearn de gooses cry out in de
night. Well, OATS Wen dey change gyard.
fer dey sets a watch all thu de night an
" 10 a fnh
out cur Gus cry ter say deys changin
gyard an ev'ything gwine on all right. Vas.
sub. gooses amt de gooses folks bin calm
em all desc ears. An let you know dat
big an cumbersome Mistah Bar wuz,
dar wuz time wen Mis- Goose got plumb
de bes i'm.
She wuz gwlne waddlin' long one day
wild her chilen all strung out In a long line
behime her. De goslin's wuZ right young
an she wuz teckin' EN- down ter de branch
fer ter iarn EN- ter swim. She wuz mighty
proud Nv EN-, and she wuz gwine long wild
her haid r'ared up. shOoin EN- ev'y now an
den ter keep EN- in de straight PAT. an
cacklin' sos't ev bd'y cu'd year 'er: You
Fluff! You Puff! You Buff! You year me?
I want y'all ter keep in de PAT Yon's
dog; you better stick clost ter me eff you
know wat good FIR your So Fluff an Puff
an Buff an all de res er de chillen dey
turnt der toes in an went waddlin long in
a straight line down ter de branch.
Bout dat time dey met up wild or man
Bar. He wuz stayin' out IN de woods all
by his lonesome, an wen he see Mis-
Goose gwine long wild all dat nice family
ter keep her comp'ny. he git STRICKEN wild
de notion dat he want family, too, ter
teck roun' wild i'm an chur him up an
drive way de owdownS. So he s'lute Mis-
Goose mighty p'litey. tetchin' his paw ter
his hat an sayin'. .Mawnin', Mis- Goose;
wamnin'. a'am; hope l sees you Well
She gin iii hiss an spread her wings
an done lax she gwine run at i'm 'kase
she want feard er no pusson, an she
mighty tetchy wen she lookin after her
chillen. But pres'n'y she see dat de OIL man
wanter be frenzy wild her, so she putt her
wings down an bob her haid, an she say,
she do, How you come on yose'f, Mistah
Barr
He low. he do, dat he wuz kind er alli-
fed, an dat he feel de need Nv a family
ter keep him FUN gittin' lonesome. Wen
l seed you comm down de PAT wild dat nice
big family er yo'n. Mis- Goose, sezee. I
SEE ter myself, SEE I. Oats de kyore 1 bin
needn' fer desc yer low sperrits er mne
dough l ain bin KNOWN wat 'twuZ
| gwine AK her, dis ve'y minnit. please ma am.