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62 LEGENDS OF THE OLD PLANTATION." Brer Tarrypin he keep on holler'n :" 'Ketch holt er me I'm a drownin' I'm adrownin' tu'n loose de stump root en ketch holt erme.'" Sho nuff, Brer Fox tu'n loose de tail,en BrerTarrypin, he went down ter de bottom kerblunkityblink!"No typographical combination or description coulddo justice to the guttural sonorousness the peculiarintonationwhich Uncle Eemus imparted to this combination.It was so peculiar, indeed, that the littleboyasked:"How did he go to the bottom, Uncle Remus "?" "Kerblunkity-blink!" Was he drowned, Uncle Remus ? ""Who ? Ole man Tarrypin? Is you drowndidw'en yo' ma tucks you in"de bed ?" Well, no," replied the little boy, dubiously." Ole man Tarrypin wuz at home I tell you, honey.Kerblinkity-blunk ! "xm.THE AWFUL FATE OF MR. WOLF.UNCLE REMUS was half-soling one of his shoes, andhis Miss Sally'slittleboy had been handling his awls,his hammers, and his knives to such an extent that the