The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-05-13
| MOLSEY ON HE AND SHE.
A SECOND ToPsr VIEWS THs
QUESTION OF SEX. "
TWO Little Negro Children Who Thought
1t Very Strange That such Dh-
ference should BE Between
Him and Her.

pening to visit them about the time
hostilities began, was prevented py
circumstances from returning 10 her
home in New York.
She was an elderly lady. single and
rather on the strong minded order,
and was staunch Presbyterian anu
thorough Christian. "Miss Martina
as every one called her took deep
interest in the welfare of the negroes
on the large country place which the
family had rented. and was contln-
uallv devising some means by which
she could improve their condition.
physically and mentally. Among the
latest additions to the list of slaves
was a family of the so-called 'Gulla'
description, who had recently come
over from their native country.
They consisted of the father and
mother and u boy and girl. between
u and IA years of age, called Moisey
and Jack.
Miss Martha persuaded tho mis-
tress of the. house to allow Jack and
Molsey to be installed as, house en-.
Moves under her instruction, that She
might more readily supervise their
manners and their mode of living
| This the house mistress readily
agreed to do, as she was anxious to-
please her guest in every way posi-
/ Bile, although she was very skeptical
as to- the amount OF assistance to be-
gained from such uncouth hands.
Many and various were Miss Mar
tha's trials, says the Philadelphia
Times. She. prepared q neat and
comfortable bed for her proteges,
only to find them, each wrapped in a
single blanket, in one corner OF the
bare, hard floor when she made her
morning rounds to see how they were
getting on. Then their manner OF
speech annoyed her beyond bounds,
almost more, than their personal UNI
tidiness Molsey invariably spoke OF
inanimate objects as 'him'. "Cs
(this) him." she would say. abiding
to any article for which she had been
sent. And her brother always pre-
fixed any tale he was going to relate,
where Molsey was concerned. BY say
ing. .sMolsey, him say, mus he sweep
de ward now?n or "Molsey. him gwine
run down home awhile. etc. Miss
Martha. bewildered by this wholesale
slaughter of the pronouns,. set her,
self to correct the evil.
She took each of her pupils re-
speetively aside and tried to- impress
on their youthful minds the mysteries
of gender. and, perhaps. OF case.
SNOW. Molsey," she said. in order
to discover what effect her lesson hac
had--for the girl seemed the brighter
Of the two-.'tell me. II you wan'
to repeat to me something that Jael
oryour father has said, how woulc
you express YOURSELF"
Molsey, whose bright black eye'
had been turned with inquisitive in
telest on any and every object In tn
room while her instructress wa
speaking, came to herself with start
ssWhat should you say. Molsey!
again asked Miss Martha. persua
sively.
Il do know" said tho little imp
glibly, after a moments irresolut
pause. Il says. 'Pappy, her want t
know kin her hab de gray mule TO
plough?"
"Oh, Molsey, you have got it al
wrong" exclaimed the patient Mis-
Martha, explaining the VIII ole matte
over again; then turning to Jack
snow Jack, when you speak OF you
sister, what would you say"
..Molsey. him da want to know
him can quit t'rashin' out peas,
n promptly replied Jack, using the /
d lustration that the teacher had mad
e use Of to demonstrate the idea, HI
u getting things inextricably mixed.
. Day by day the ''exhortations" an
: ..reminders" and corrections" wer
IS on. Miss Martha having succeeded
If making so much of an impression q
le Molsey's mind that that light hearto
d young person went about her hous
a hold tasks repeating idly. "JacI
q him da he, and me da She" The
:" stopping abruptly and knitting h
brows in perplexity, she would
heard to say, AYE, aye! Dis chi
Nla plum fool; emit Miss Martha say
II da he, and Jack da sheP" and start'
freshly on this new theme. On 81
O. would go, repeating 1T over ana ov
again. utterly oblivious that she W
n repeating the mysterious problem 9
wrong.
n One day voices were heard in his
altercGtion in the pantry where 4
en- two pupils were securing knives.
.iYou is he" exclaimed JOEY; "Mi
,r- Martha done tole i6 to us as how y
to Is masklin."
mo sich ting" said Molsey. "S
he say de tree out dere cen de yard "
lie. masklin and you was femlin. i do
nv shore know dat part"
of mo you don't, neider," reiterat
Jack. you don't know nothin' t
cts bout 1t. You da he and ! da She.
IN IL been say him 'zachy right y
tcrday." he went on; Miss Marta dc
nc nc say So"
IN ..Well, maybe so,' Molsey v
"9 heard to respond. "Come to ii
;. of it, maybe | is he and you
10, .bo Dat, hip,f 0nt him ri &