. The story of Aaron (so named) : the son of Ben Ali ; told by his friends and acquaintances . run a pack of foxhounds must be somethingmore than a common pig. Consequently, when they were going throughthe fields at dead of night and heard the WhitePig crunching goobers, or chewing sugar-cane,or smacking his mouth over a yam potato, theysaid nothing, but slipped away as fast as theycould, and left him to the enjoyment of his went on until the White Pig grew to bestrong and dangerous. His tusks, or tushes, asthe negroes called them, were long and could kill as many dogs as c
. The story of Aaron (so named) : the son of Ben Ali ; told by his friends and acquaintances . run a pack of foxhounds must be somethingmore than a common pig. Consequently, when they were going throughthe fields at dead of night and heard the WhitePig crunching goobers, or chewing sugar-cane,or smacking his mouth over a yam potato, theysaid nothing, but slipped away as fast as theycould, and left him to the enjoyment of his went on until the White Pig grew to bestrong and dangerous. His tusks, or tushes, asthe negroes called them, were long and could kill as many dogs as could be piledupon him. When a catch dog was sent after him,he had a great trick of running until the dogcame close enough, and then wheeling and rip-ping the pursuers hide open. It came to pass that the sport of hunting theWhite Pig grew too dangerous to be indulged in,so he was left to roam in the swamps and cane-brakes with no one to molest. It happened, too,that as soon as he was left alone, the White Pigceased to molest the watermelons, sugar-canes, W. • Ma^1 1 ^ ~V /, /-//A ./ *-•. THE WHITE PIG GREW STRONG AND DANGEROUS GRUNTER, THE WHITE PIG. 123 sweet potatoes, goobers, and other truck, whichthe negroes were allowed to raise in order to makethemselves a little pocket money. For a longtime this was the wonder of the plantation, andyet none of the patches planted by the negroeswere torn up and destroyed. Then, as everybodygot used to this state of things, it ceased to beastonishing, and was no longer talked of. Andsome of the negroes even forgot that the WhitePig was still at large, ready and willing to killand cripple the biggest pack of dogs that couldbe sent against him. This, then, was the White Pig that Aaron saidhe would have to show the children. Many and «, many a time they had been told not to go too farfrom the house for fear the White Pig wouldcatch them. They had been taught to regardthe White Pig as the Booger-Bear of the plan-tation, and they, as well a
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