Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings . ixt up wid um. I done had nuff watermillions yis-tiddy an de day befo. How was that. Uncle Remus? asked a gentlemanstanding near. Hit wuz sorter like dis, boss. Las Chuseday, Mars]ohn he fotch home two er deze yer Flurridy water-millions, an him an Miss Sally sot down fer ter eatum. Mars John an Miss Sally aint got nuthin datstoo good fer me, an de fus news I knowd Miss Sallywuz a hollerin fer Remus. I done smelt de water-million on de ar, an I aint got no better sense danfer ter go wen I years wite fokes a hollerin—I lamt 256 HIS SAYINGS dat wen I want
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings . ixt up wid um. I done had nuff watermillions yis-tiddy an de day befo. How was that. Uncle Remus? asked a gentlemanstanding near. Hit wuz sorter like dis, boss. Las Chuseday, Mars]ohn he fotch home two er deze yer Flurridy water-millions, an him an Miss Sally sot down fer ter eatum. Mars John an Miss Sally aint got nuthin datstoo good fer me, an de fus news I knowd Miss Sallywuz a hollerin fer Remus. I done smelt de water-million on de ar, an I aint got no better sense danfer ter go wen I years wite fokes a hollerin—I lamt 256 HIS SAYINGS dat wen I want so high. Leasways I galloped upter de back poch, an dar sot de watermillions dezez natchul ez ef deyd er bin raised on de ole Spiveyplace in Putmon County. Den Miss Sally, she cut meoff er slishe—wunner deze yer ongodly slishes, big ezyo hat, an I sot down on de steps an wrop mysefroun de whole blessid chunk, cepin de rime UncleRemus paused and laid his hand upon his stomach as?)£ feeling for something. Well, old man, what then?. Dats wat Im a gittin at, boss, said Uncle Re-tnus, smiling a feeble smile. I santered roun bouter half nour, an den I begin fer ter feel sorter UNCLE REMUS PREACHES TO A CONVERT 25T squeemish—sorter like I done bin an cv/ollerd boutfo pouns ofiFn de ruIF een uv cr ccantlin. Look liketer me dat I wuz gwineter be sick, an den hit looklike I wuzent. Bimeby a little pain showed is headan sorter mandered roun like ho wuz a lookin fera good place fer ter ketch holt, an den a great bigpain jump up an take atter de little one an chaseim roun an roun, an he mus er kotch im, Icaiiribimeby de big pain retch down an grab dis yer leileg—so—an haul im up, an den he retch down angrab de udder one an pull him up, an den de walbegun, sho nuflF. Fer mighty nigh fo hours dey kepup dat racket, an des ez soon ez a little pain uojump up de big un ud light outer it an gobble it up,an den de big un ud go sailin roun huntin fer fokes is mighty cuus, dough.
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