The new South-news., 1906-11-17
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Uncle Bergen. the plantation shoe
maker at Broadlands. was building
himself a pair OF most wonderful
boots. The Randolph children had
driiiod down 20 the shoe shop with
their nurse. America. Uncle Bergen's
daughter. 80 tho hope that he would
teli them story. It may be that this
was the reason why Pate made fun
of the boots.
"Thcy won't look nice on YOU,
Unc' bergen he asserted ungra-
ciouaiy. Anyhow, you'd have 10
tuck your pants Into them to show
the red tops. and IL you dld that
they'd look worser than over"
Patricia was the peacemakor: yet
even she regarded Uncle Bergon's
silence with great disiayor. Il think
shoes are heap nicer" she sug-
gosted plaintively.
"Me likes SLIPPERS" put In baby
Isabel.
Now demanded the shoemaker
severely. slowly turning toward the
children as II to give greater import
ance to what he was about to say.
"has you-all
Said you say, an had 20 way7
'"Ca'se Of you has. IS got n mind to
tell you bout de deer what set out
for to please each an every. Dat
what you-all put mo to studyin'
bout"
"oh. do tell it. pleasel" begged
the children.
And Isabel shouted: "A storyl A
storyl ATS what wo coined down
here for"
might "a knowed you come after
somethin' by de scan'alous way you
miscalled my Sunday boots. bound
ye, dis hyer story bout de deer gwlne
do you-all chillen good.
Tho young Randolphs settled
themselves I'm an oxpectant row.
"ne oil doe, what was de nanny
o. dis-hycr deer boy what ] gwine
toll you bout" began the ull man,
"she got losted away from iceherd
an she fetched up her son vhar deA
amt been no doers. She done we'll
by him. for a widder, an she tried for
70 rarn him sense. But he was a
great somebody to go bout seekin'
advice. an askin' all de other crit
ters how does they like his ways.
Thine his horns commence TO
sprout, he norrated pretty much all
th'oo dc Big Woods. astin each crit
ter how do he like de new rang
ments- His nanny sont him to de
kings house for TO warn de drizzly
bear. what was king o. de Big Woods.
Of bee-trec dat she done find.
How you admire dese-hyer
bumps what done come on do corn
dors o. my head?' de deer boy AK OF
the King Bear.
DE drizzly bear feel bliEe to say
somethin'-an' say hit strong HUH
no grunt: 'dey looks scan'a to
me-plumb scan'alous. aia't never
been havin' hothin' like that on my
head; an look-1'se de king o. de
Big Woods. an when l holler every
critter In de Big Woows. 'blige to
Jump. Ell you keep on wild dem
sprouters on you head. you gwine
como to bad eend-you hear me?'
"De deer boy hump himself home
to he nanny. an say he gwine Quit
hayin' dem bumps on he forehead
an he gwine quit hit right away
'Gump!' grunt old lady deer. An
dat last word she say to him dat
time. She know mighty we'll an
good he CANT quit de horn business
dest by maxim UP he mind dat hill
don't suit him.
"By dat, he take to AKIN de birds
an do field mices an de hopper.
grasses and de little fishes how dey
like do new horns what he com.
mence to sprout. l done told yor
dis-hyor deer amt growed--he dest
n boy. Whom he dance home to hi
nanny with de ruthers o. all den
little critters bout shill he hav,
horns or shill he not have horns, sh,
say. dest de same. 'Gumpi'-dest Sc
she say hit. 'Gump, You lot den
horns alone. III dey caches, you rul
'em 'gainst a saplin. You gwine b,
mighty proud when dey grows out.
so de young deer boy--he gittin
to be a right smart fryln.size critte1
by dis-hyer time--he les' dem horn
grow, case he CANT do no othe
way. He sot in TO eat, an to barl
de trees; but he amt fergit to ~asl
every critter dat he pass de time O
day wild. does he like de notion q
him wearin' horns.
Some do. an some don't. Den
folks what Amt got no horns dey
se'f-w'y, dey nachelly as'in hin
raisin' any. Dem what got horn
cain't never agree bout how hisl
should sprout; an seem like de
hain't no peace O. mind for de dee
boy in dat way o carryin' en-.
"A old goat done tell him da
horns was all right, but dey 'blees
to go back like goat horns. A co,
done tell him dat horns was good ar
proper. but dey ort to branch ou
wide apart like her'n. De rabbit
say he better turn EN- int, ears e