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Texas and Southwestern Lore
Well, I thought that was easy enough, and consented. We
went to the door to jump off the steps. After a parley on
the subject, it was agreed that I should jump first. So I gave
the biggest jump that I could, so as to beat her, and she
slammed the door shut, and I was out of the house, as she
wanted. There was no other chance but for me to go on; so
I went on, and the woods were getting dark. And I began to
be afraid of wild animals, and hardly knew what was best to
do. About dusk, I came to an old deserted mill. Well, I
thought I might find a hiding place in it, to protect me from
the wild animals; and after looking about, I crawled up in
the hopper of the mill, which was away over and above
the floor. I cuddled down in the hopper and, being tired and
hungry, soon went to sleep.
Some time in the night I awoke and heard the sound of
men's voices. I was very anxious and afraid; so I raised
partly up and listened. I could tell that they were close by.
I very cautiously raised up so as to peep over the top, but
could not see and hear sufficiently. So I stretched up a little
higher and saw two or three men, but to my horror, all of
a sudden, over went the hopper with me in it, bangety bang,
right in their midst. I thought that was the last of poor
me, but when I crawled out of the hopper I could see no
one. In their flight they had left bags of money. They were
robbers and had come there to divide their spoil. They
thought the rattle-banging of the hopper was caused by of-
ficers who would catch them, and so ran away as fast as their
heels could carry them. I took up the bags of money and
made my way back home with them, and that was the good
luck I had when I went to seek my fortune.
THE LITTLE LONG TAIL
[The accumulative story "The Little Long T:il" occurs in
Jacobs' English Fairy Tales, pp. 188-189, 249, where it is re-
printed from Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes and Tales, pp. 154-
155, as "The Cat and the Mouse." A fuller version, one
very much like Mrs. Russell's, is given in "Notes and Queries,"
Journal of American Folk-Lore, Vol. 13 (1900), p. 229. In38
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Texas and Southwestern Lore (Book)
Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Texas and Southwestern Lore, book, 1927; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67662/m1/40/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.