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MR. FOX GETS INTO SERIOUS BUSINESS. 141" Des a man, honey. Dat's all. Dat's all I knowsdes wunner dese yer mans w'at you see trollopin'roun' eve'y day. Nobody ain't never year w'at hisname is,en ef dey did dey kep' de news mighty closefum me. Ef dish yer man is bleedzd fer ter have aname, den I'm done, kaze you'll hatter go fudder danme. Ef you bleedzd ter know mo' dan w'at I duz,den you'll hatter hunt up some er deze yer niggersw'at's sprung up sence I commence fer ter shed myha'r."" Well, I just thought, Uncle Eemus,"said the littleboy, in a tone remarkable for self-depreciation, " thatthe man had a name."" Tooby sho," replied the old man, with unction,puffing away at his pipe." Co'se. Dat w'at make Isay w'at I duz. Dish yer man mout a had a name,en den ag'in he montn't. He mout er bin name SlipshotSam, en he mouter bin name ole One-eye Riley,w'ich ef 'twuz hit ain't bin handed roun' ter me. Butdishyer man, he in de tale, en w'at we gwine do wid'im ? Dat's de p'int, kase w'en I git ter huntin' 'roun''mong my 'membunce atter dish yer Mister Watyoumaycollum'sname, she ain't dar. Now den, less descall 'im Mr. Man en let 'im goat dat."The silence of the littleboy gave consent." One time," said Uncle Remus, carefully taking upthe thread of the story where it had been dropped," hitturn out dat Brer Rabbit bin makin' so free wid Mr.