Outing . S^5^^ifcilW4^ BRANT SHOOTING ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. BY ALEXANDER HUNTER. BOUT the bay, hebroke out in hisquavering voicethat pipes andwhistles in hissound. Why,good Lord, youfolks dont knowwhat cole weath-er is — leastwayslike it used ter times aintdese times. WhenI was a boy, belonging ter Marse JohnBrokenbrough, down dar whar de YorkRiber empties in de bay, dar was a win-ter dat done take de cake. De winteryous been a-talken bout must have beendat a one. I disremembers de timeegsakly, but de bay was clean solid;eberyting froze dat could freeze. My oldwoman, me and
Outing . S^5^^ifcilW4^ BRANT SHOOTING ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. BY ALEXANDER HUNTER. BOUT the bay, hebroke out in hisquavering voicethat pipes andwhistles in hissound. Why,good Lord, youfolks dont knowwhat cole weath-er is — leastwayslike it used ter times aintdese times. WhenI was a boy, belonging ter Marse JohnBrokenbrough, down dar whar de YorkRiber empties in de bay, dar was a win-ter dat done take de cake. De winteryous been a-talken bout must have beendat a one. I disremembers de timeegsakly, but de bay was clean solid;eberyting froze dat could freeze. My oldwoman, me and de chiluns, sat up all onenight round de fire. It was too cole to goter bed. De hens, de turkeys and evende wild crows done froze stiff. We lostclean all our fowls cept one ole hen datroosted on de chimney. When de cowswas being milked it froz before it struck de bucket. De hands all knock off work,and we burned a monstrous sight of woodon de ole plantation dat time. Ole Marse John he lowed as it wastime to fill de ice house, and when wewent to the pond we found it solid cleandown to d
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