Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-25


ranged in a fantastic manner about
my head, took my stand yard or
more from the bed, and, erecting my
microscopic form, commanded silence
among my whispering audience with
an imperiQps wave of an improyised
wand. Then, with an unsuccessful
attempt TO initiate the professional
air of Herr Wuntcrmcin, l said;
"Silyy, como out from under the
bed and stand upon your feet"
An Immediate agitation of the ball
fringe upon tho dimity valance sur
rounding the Old fashioned bed sue
ceeded the utterance of this fiat.
Then the white curtain was thrust
rudely forward and Silvy's black
head with its innumerable twists
wrapped curiously round and round
with white string and crossing and
recrossing each other in bewilder-
ing network. suddenly emerged She
remained upon all fours, queer, UNI
classical quadruped, until well clear
of the bed, then, scrambling to her
feet stood in her usual attitude be-
lOIO llC Will iitCkNN CIOSotu
upon her blue-checked apron.
My brothers stood apparently
aghast at her sudden appearance.
while but even now with the en-
larged vocabulary which has CONS
with years. it would be impossible for
me family to depict my sensations at
that moment. Flight, the usual
Of At,
denied me for could not escape from
myself.
If / had been older un consciousness
would most likely have come to my
relief As it was | remained for u
moment petriiied with horror at the
supernatural powers | had called into
action, and then, suddenly finding
voice, | uttered shrek after shrek
so piercing, so agonizing that they
penetrated the thick walls of our old
fashioned dwelling and telephoned
my distress to nanny away off in
her cabin several hundred yards
distant
In an ihconceivably short time she
was in the room, putting and blowing
from the unwonted celebrity with
which she had conveyed three hun
dred pounds across the yard and up
the long fight Of stairs, like a small
engine attached TO an overloaded car.
Boys, boys" she exclaimed. gasp
ing for breath as she seated herself
in rocking chair and gathered my
poor little quiyering form close to
her breast; what in de name o
goodness is you been doin' to dis
chile? You all won't be heresaid
an you gwine keep on wild dis here
proiickin' twell you skeer dis poor
little creetur into spasms. Oar
dar," she went on soothingly, rock
ing me gently to and fro; "'mammy
knows bout it, She knows tbs desc
here bad, miscellaneous boys bin
skeerin' de life out'n her baby. Des
see, " she said, turning again to them
more in sorrow than in anger, what
a bad report got TO make at head
quarters when your ma and your pa
comes home"
Then, catching sight of Silvy, who,
up to this time had escaped her OBJ
servation, her eyes fairly blazed with
sudden anger.
al might er knowed it," she ex-
claimed, fixing her whitening regard
upon her; Il might err knowed dat
dis here black imp o. satan was at dc
bottom o. dis devilment.
What bisness you got in de white
folks house, anyhow? Don't you an
swer me" she burst forth with angry
inconsistency-for Silvy essayed to
reply. "Do you dare to give me nair
short contradiction. You cl'ar your
self out'n dis house. gwine war
you out 'rectly | gifts down desc
stars.
At this moment the boys inter-
posed, all speaking at once in their
eagerness to prevent injustice 1t
was they who had hidden Silvy under
the bed They had only done it for
fun, never dreaming it would do any
harm. and they protested with boy
ish eloquence against the innocent
suffering for the guilty. The re-
mainder of the time until our par
ents' return was spent around NAM
my's fire. she declaring in burst of
outraged confidence, that there
want no 'pendence to be put in
boys. Nobody couldn't trus' 'em fur
as dey could fling a cow by de tail. ="
No queen on her throne was ever
the recipient of more deferential at
tention than that bestowed upon me
by my brothers during the rest of
the afternoon,as | sat upon mammy's
knee still pale and tremulous from
my recent fright.
And so, though not as | had
planned it. the coveted ascendency
was mine, but it was the ascendency
which our sex was originally de-
signed to possess-an ascendency
born of weakness rather than Of
power. Philadelphia Times.
Where Is the Ark of the Covenant?
Previous to the destruction of the
Temple of Solomon" by the Bah
ylonians the ark of the covenant
was contained therein, but what be-
came of it after that time is not