T was now nearly sundown, and Jeff 
“allowed” it would be midnight when 
we reached the landing, so we began 
preparations for our return 
As we stepped into the boat the long- 
drawn-out cadence of the cicada quiv- 
ered in the silent twilight. The deep 
recesses of the forest were already 
dark with the deepening shadows, and 
the vibrant call of the chuck-wills- 
widow resounded in their somber 
depths. Night-hawks were circling 
overhead, and the hoot of the great 
horned owl was booming in the gloam- 
ing. After we had filled and lighted 
our pipes, Jeff’s corncob gleamed like 
a distant beacon. Just then a flock of 
belated crows went winging their way 
up the river with loud and raucous 
eries. After a puff or two at his pipe 
Jeff said: 
“Did yo’ evah heah a tame crow talk, 
sah?” 
“Yes,” I replied, “but only a word or 
two, nothing remarkable.” 
“Well, sah,” Jeff continued, “dar wuz 
wunce a tame crow back on the Bogue 
name Jim Crow, but all ’e cud say wuz 
Dam yo’, Dam yo’, an’ he said it loud 
an’ offen, an’ nevah got tiah’d sayin’ 
its: 
“Well, Jeff,” I remarked, “he seemed 
to have a fine sense of humor, at least, 
and a just appreciation of brevity, 
which is the soul of wit.” 
“Yaas, sah, yo’se mitey rite, sah. 
Wunce dar wuz a quart’ly meetin’ up 
by the Bogue in de autodox cullud 
chuch, an’ it seem lak all de cullud 
fokes in de country war dar, fo’ de ole 
log chuch wuz jam full, chock-a-block. 
De prechah wuz ole uncl’ Simon, an’ 
e’ wuz a mitey pow’ful exhawtah wen 
wahm’d up. He ’gan by sayin’: 
PVG Wit) all stan up an’ ‘sing, 
“«<Shood Satan ’genst my soul ingage, 
an’ fiah’y darts be hurled,’’, an’ so 
foah’f an’ so on.’ Aftah de him’ wuz 
sung ’e sez: 
““Bredren an’ sistahs, I’se gwine to 
discawse to yo’ dis mawn’n’ ’bout ole 
Satan. My tex’ is: ‘‘De Debbil goes 
*bout lak a roah’n lion seekin’ who he 
may devouah.’’ I gwine tell yo’ fusly 
who the Debbil he is; seckon’ly, wat de 
Debbil he is roah’ing ’bout, an’ lasly, 
who the Debbil he is gwine to devouah. 
Now my deah heaah’s de Debbil wuz 
chain up fo’ a tousan’ yeah’s, but he’s 
now tun’d loose seekin’ who he may de- 
vouah. Him an’ his impses is evah 
whar, an’ dey may be lookin’ fru dem 
windahs rite now.’ 
“An’ no soonah he dun say it wen 
Jim Crow flew in fru de windah an’ lit 
on de stan’ in frunt o’ de preechah an’ 
flappin’ ’is wings sung out rite in meet- 
in’, Dam yo’! Dam yo’! Unc’l Simon 
wuz de fust sinnah to rush fo’ fresh 
ai’ah, an’ de sistahs close behin’ dar 
shepah’d, an’ de men fokes went fru de 
windahs lak dey wuz sent fo’ in a big 
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