Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-06

"Das a mitey Ill ting, dat is" said
Uncle RastNs as he held a small shrivel-
ed. brown colored something up before
him and regarded it in afrectionate
manner. "Yasser hit shos am Ill, but hit
am noah powful mongst de niggers dan
wunner desc yer gatling guns when you
tun her loose in er covey er pattridges.
Wunse pun a time dat Ill ting wuz hitch
ed ter a rabbit, wunner dem grade yard
rabbits hits de left hine leg, mine you.
en- she was got endurin. de dark days er
de moon. Day ain no tellin how long de
sperret er some old possum-eatin niger
bin a lopin roun de kountry in dat air
rabbit skin wild his Ill ole cotton tail
heisted In de yellements, twill 1 fixed
him. You know, boss, dey ain but wun
way ter git a graveyard rabbit. You kin
shoot at i'm. but de shot gwineter patter
on his back des LAX cow-peas drappin
on a base drum. You kin hit i'm wild
stick, but hitll zoon off mo same dan
wunner desc we're whirly-magigs de chill
lun plays wild. You kin put de dogs at
i'm, regler July blood, but he gwineter
gin a squawk, after trablin all mite, crack
his heels tergedder an fling a back sum-
merset plum ober de county line, an git
de dogs head all in a whirl huntin fer de
track.
You kin do all desc yere tings an never
totch him, but you git you a han full
er squirt shot an put EN- in de biler, drap
In de jewclaw off'n a yaller 'possum dog.
git de eyes er two squinch owls, de tip
end or de black cats tail an de eye
teefes er de ole dominecker hen and put
EN- all In de pot Start EN- Z bilin at
sun-up and keep EN- agwine twell sun
down. Git you musket. wunner dem
Yankee muskets dat wuz used endurin
er de war, an load er up dess ez de
clocks a strkin fur midnight and den go
ter de grabeyard. Des bout time de moons
a shinin kinder cuts lax, an de wins git
tin sorter coolish, dess fore de dalite
streaks up de sky. you gwineter see sis
rabbit comm lippity, lippity down de
walk. Wait twill she gifts her shadder gin
, toomstone and den blang aloose. an
dess be houn you git her, an wen you
do you got supn. dat left hine foot. Git
dat in you pocket an you kin mex frens
wild old man Roomatiz, you kin bid fare
we'll to de mizry in de back, you kin IAN
at de tarryfoid fever an dc mumps, you
sho kin have mo chillun an five dogs
round de house dan airy niger in de set
tlement. .r'
''Lemme tell you, boss, sense 1 got dat
air rabbit foot 70 gals dun fell In love
wild me- I bin in a trance two times at
de distracted meetin. I cotch five pos
sums, found a ham on de white folks hack
porch an run up on fifteen chickens
site, she is dat fer a fack
'
EFF had er had dat foot III sooner.
continued the old man, 'mer bad luck
wouldn't err hit me-"
What bad luck?" I asked.
Amt you heard tell er mer trouble?
Dem medical students dun had me. Dey
cotch one er dem Penderseetis varmints
| in me an cut II out Dey cotch him down
in mer side an den 1 whirled in an got
] we'll.
, Mandy seed bit. She say hit was
turble looking varmint. Hit had red eyes
and long claws 'l1ivered wild reddish hair
an a curly tail sorter lax de tail of err
| crawfish She seed one lax il down to dat
Dago's ship in de bottom. He cotch II
| on a bunch of bananners dat come fun
! Cuby Jamaky Ginger or somer deses
| yuther furrin towns down in the tail eend
err Flurridy. l know how come de critter