. Highways and byways of the South. during the whole period ofburning, which lasted about a week. The negro hada rude shack near by — an open-sided afi^air made of afew boards. He prepared his own meals and did hiscooking over a little fire on the ground in front ofhis hut. When we started to return, the tar burner pickedup his gun and went with us as far as the next hollow was grown up to hardwood, and enoughtrees had been spared to make the spot quite attrac-tive. A brook meandered through the glen, and therewere cool shadows and green grass and flowers. Iwas not disposed to hast
. Highways and byways of the South. during the whole period ofburning, which lasted about a week. The negro hada rude shack near by — an open-sided afi^air made of afew boards. He prepared his own meals and did hiscooking over a little fire on the ground in front ofhis hut. When we started to return, the tar burner pickedup his gun and went with us as far as the next hollow was grown up to hardwood, and enoughtrees had been spared to make the spot quite attrac-tive. A brook meandered through the glen, and therewere cool shadows and green grass and flowers. Iwas not disposed to hasten, and as I stood talking withthe tar burner, I happened to ask him somethingabout Brer Rabbit. I repeated several incidentsin the life of that celebrated character which I hadheard elsewhere. The tales vary in different locali-ties, and my companion was soon relating his ownversions of them. The boy, meanwhile, sat down ona fallen tree trunk, listening intently and never failingat the humorous points to explode with spontaneous.
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