Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21

sho' nun. 'twuz ~ lax Mistah Tarrpin.s
voice. Den Tariff TT ter whustie back.
but 10. beholst MI ~ voice clean gone,
s sassia s. Ter ~, ,ss an a.. slt ssns
gittin' daylight. an he look down NV. a
gin NV q fodder IN his back. He feel so
Ssa EYES e sa n Sc es an stayed s 0n a
way uver sence. r.
,. Den MS : Tar .,s.5 ahs gay. Is you =
go after dat man Pm gin him a lambastin'
an git back wat p'long to your He feel
an 60 out ter sesE 1t he kin do. 'Fo' long
he fin out dat Id cunjerers bin at wu'k,
so he know he Enter have hep. an he go
Dey went ter de oil VOLTS, de eunjerers. an
dey SEES: We is a slow people an you is a
swif people. but nemmine dat, we dyars
you-all to race. an eff you-alI wins, den
you kin kill we-aik an eff we-aIl wins, den
we gwine exescootyou- An ef you ain dast
ter tex up dis .dyar. den ey'yb'dy gwine
know You Is coweris.'
'Co'se de VOLTS Encken de sdyar' up. an
nit wuz greed de race wuz ter be over
seDen mountain ridges, an dat hit wuz
Ter be run twix' one wolf an one tarr pin.
de res ter look Oh.
Wen de day cdne. OIL Tarr'pin he tuck
an fix up dis trick he git six urr tarr' pins
whar look jes' lat him, an he hide one
away in de bresh en- top NV each err de six
mountains. an he hide hisse'f away on top
or de sebent'. Jes befo' Wolf GIT ter de
top er de fus mountain. de tarr' pin whar
wuz hidin' crawl outen de bresh an git ter
de top fus' an gin a whoop. an went over
NJ ways an hid in de bresh ag in Wolf
think dat mighty curious. but he keep on,
an 'twuz jesse at evy one, an at de las
ridge co'se Tarr'pin jes' walk hisse'f outen
de bresh an gin greet whoop ter let
ev'Yb'dy know he done won de race.
Den de tarr'pins mex up der minis ter
fc hxr fSrn So u yax. ali L..
a big kyave on de mountain an dey bring
bresh an wood an pile in front NV HIT a
pile mos ez high ez de mountain, an den
dey set fire to hit, an de VOLTS howl an
de fire hit spit an sputter an hiss an
crack an roar, an all de creeturs4 on de
mountain set up a big cry an run dis-a-way
an dat ter git outen de fire; dey wuz
plumb 'stracted. an hit sound LAX all de
VII beas'es In creation WIZ turnt aioose
an tryin' witch kin yell de loudes' But de
tarr pins jes's drord inter der shells an
sot OAR safe an SCUM, an watched de fire
burn an de smoke an de flame rollin' inter
de :kyave. ri
DE VOLTS dey howled an dey howled an
dey howled, an de III ones dey cried an
dey cried an dey cried. an las de OF
gun ter kin 'em on so.s't dey ain suffer
no mo-. Wen de tarr'pins see dat. dey
wuz saw'y, an dey mex up der minis ter
let de res off. SO dey turnt 'em aloose FUN
DC kyave. But lots nv 'em had died in
oar. an dat huccome dar ain so many
VOLTS now ez dey nseter be. Some wuz
nearer ter de fire dan tu'rrs an got swing
ed. an some got smoked black, an. dat wy,
ontwel dis day. some VOLTS Is black an
some gray an some white an some has
longer. bushier tails dan tu'rrs. Dey got so
hoarse wild all dat cryin' dat der voices
bin muffin but q howl uver sence.
Quail he year wat gwine on, an he
tucken hisse'f outen dat ky0untry fas' ez
his lafgs cu'd kyar him. so Tarr' pin nuver
got back de fedders ner de whustle, an
eft you goes out inter de fier mos any day
you kin see Quail gwine round In de stolen
fedders an year him whustle:
Bob White. do right, do right
Do right, do right Bob White!
Jes ez sassy ez ct he bin doin' right all
his days, an ez ef he bin raised wild dat
voice stidder stealth hit way FUN OF
man Iarr pin" [S ;tl-