Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-06
ve Yard Rabbits Lett Hind Foot
BY Rev. Alex. w. Bealer.

to git me. One er dose here cunger doc
tors tricked me-"
''Tricked your exclaimed.
"Yasser, he sho did put de fixins on me-
He cungered me an he sho dun a good
Job, too. He got mad wild me Gaze
wouldn't be naberly enuff TO gin him all
err mer smokin tobaccer. He lived in de
same house wild me an / seed him when
he was a fixin up &c cunger bag. heard
him beatin an poundin and poundin an
beatin in his room ever mite. 1 dess mach
erly wanted to see whut he wuz dom
so / pulled a brick Out'n de chimley an
watched him. He had some fresh dirt
he dun got fun de head er ntgger's new
made grave. 1 seed him gather 1T up at
de funal Den he had bunch er my hair.
De ole oman flung it out in de yard when
she dun cut 1t dc day befo instid er burn
ing it up LAX she orter done. He had
dried toad frog an de skin of black
snake wunner desc yere shing looking TEL
lers dat look as slick as a niger preach
er in fryin chicken time. He had two pos
som toofes de head of a CROWN hen an
de skull of a black kitten. He put EN-
all togedder an he pounded and heated on
EN- twill he got EN- all In a powder Den
he sprinkled EN- all over wild some pepper
an salt and mixed wild EN- lot er ashes
dat come FUN a lightood knot whut de lit
mirashuns over EN- wild his hans an tie
EN- UP in a bag an 1 dess nacher'y feel
de cold sweat pop out on mer head. /
knowed he wuz layin fer me an dat
sho wuz a goner. He tuck dat bag out
an buried 1t whur had to walk over 1t.
De ole oman found 1t yisteddy under the
steps whatbouts he put IT..
zone mite bout week after dat cay de
ole oman had a big mess er colluds fried
up fer supper an l sho laid in a mitey
bait of EN-. Long todeS day woke up
an II dere ever was a bigger in a mizry
dat niger wuz me. De ole lady say dat
cunger niger sont in de colluds. Ten
knowed 1 wuz a goner. l knowed l wuz
tricked bad. Mandy sont for de dockter.
He say hit wuz de Pendyseetis. Dat wuz
de fust time / ever heard a namn gin
to de varmint, but 1 knowed he had me.
One minnit 1 wuz howlln wild de rooInatiz
in de shoulder. De mex minnit de hack
ache had me twisted packard, an den de
stummick axe double me up in KIN OF.
felt de critter runnin up mer leg an den
he went clawin his way up mer back.
DE dockters looked mitey wise an said
had de Pendyseetis or de Pendyseetis
had me, 1 disremember which. Anyhow
Gey gin me supn to smell an felt de var
mint a lossin his grip. He'd rare UP In
mer side an dig his claws in an gnaw a
hole in mer vey soul an den I'd heller.
Toreckly 1 feel kinder sleepy like an
de next news l knowed 1 was gone Man
dy say when dey cut open mer side de
critter jumped out. He pulled up his tail
over his head walked packard and spit
AMBER all over de flo twill she smas he'd
him wild a bed slat.
''Dest as soon as 1 got wei I got me
dis here rabbit foot an femme tell you,
man, I got sup'n no cunger niger kin
tech. Eff 1 had a had hit in mer pocket
dat spell never woulder wicked, no mat
ter how mean de hunger niger wuz an
no matter how sharp he wuz wild all his
fixins.
81 tell you boss dere amt muffin in all
de Ian kin beat de left hine foot Of a
grave yard rabbit got LAX 1 got dishere
one. Hits better'n medsin, cheaper dan
dockters on des as good as a fat job in
de white foxes house whar deys a plenty
err vittles layin round loose"