The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-25

a claim that ne or she could ever make
a more concise or clearer statement upon
matter pertaining to the welfare of the
soul than Jesus Christ himself did. What
ever He said was In most simple language;
there was no need OF any key: there was
nothing left to be unlocked. He was sent
by the Father for the purpose OF saving
the world and whenever He explained
how eternal life could be gained, and
how we could escape the evils OF this life
ne always left the doors wide open so
that anybody could enter without a lot
! OF definitions and philosophy to pass them
In by"
And then ! couldn't help saying right
out that "such claim is a little short
OF blasphemy. It's worse than the claim
set up by Joseph Smith on the book OF
Norman"
Then George Rhody, one OF the few
| colored men OF our town. who does odd
Jobs among the farmers, he gifts up and
says, Mr.. Chairman. | jes wan 10 say
| one Thing bout dis Science OF 'sumthin'
ben' nuthin'. Ise bin listin' mighty hard
and mighty particular. and 1 guess Ise
! learned sumnn long with de rest of you
folks bout how tbs dot our young folks
| Is achasin' after madness and folly, and
| aglttin dar minds twisted.
Now, Mr.. Chairman. wants to settle
| one point, kase Ise kind er mixed UP.
Now. now, now. If Ise korrect bout dis
| var Christian Science notion dat is mixfn'
! up our boys and girls so we done know
where to find EN-. IL Ise heerd kerrectly,
! dey claim dat dare amt no such thing
as sumthn'? Am ! korrect, sah?"
! well" says federation, Mr. Rhody
! you've got about their idea of 1t. only
expressed i'm a little different language.
| Their claim, is this, that there amt
no such thing as matter; II does not
| exist; it is all I'm the mind"
Oats jes what l thought. Den It's all
maginaton?'
Now, George you've got 1t straight.
| Simply imagination" says federation.
Dat makes me feel a mighty sight
more pert and clipper. dat does. kase
| can understand now how twas dat dat
| George Washington Rhody he done gone
/ and talk so crazy Ike to his grampa when
stopped him day TO yesterday when he
come jumpin' over de fence OBJ Deacon
| Aliens garden patch wild "A watermerp
! under he arm
! IL say to him, look yeah. you George
Washington wherefo' you goin' wild DAT
watermeln?' Coin home he say. Done
| YOU know dat's stealin', after all you's bin
! teeched?
"Den he says kinder independent like
4 done steal nuthin. Den / say TO dat
boy. What you say. you boy; you done
steal nuthin? Come heah and give count
o. YOURSELF Why for you tell such lies to
you old grampa?
"Den he walks up to me kinder inde-
pendent like and say, I neber steal nuth-
I'M
lose all you good trainin Whyfor you
keep lyin' 10 your ole grampa? Who give
you dat mefnT
Den ne say, Nobody
Den l say, 'You's bin stealth. and 1se
goin' take you home TO you mudder and
she fog you into subsection. Yes. sab;
dat's jes what I'll do. you miserable
| brack rascal
Den he say. can't help IT. grampa;
done steal no watermeln, kase l amt
got no watermel'n!
Den / say. You little brack debil.
whyfor you insult your old grampar And
den kinder notice a peculiar look In he
eye; and den I say to myself, Dat boy
done gone crazy dat what he has So
begin to talk a little more mild like.
and / say to him, You done got no
watermePn: what dat green striped ting
under your arm?
And den he laugh and say. Dat amt
no watermern. ha. ha. ha; dat am, ha.
ha. ha, ha; dat am imagination! na. ha,
ha.'
Den say, Look heah you brack ras-
cal: whyfor you talk like dat?' And den
he say. 4 amt no Methodist no longer.
Ise Christian Science. / Is. kase Jasper
Corning he say dare amt no such thing
as things. Dare amt no hogs. and dare
amt no persimmons. dare amt no melns
nor no nuthn'l Jes imagination. dats
ALL Ha. ha. ha! You can't steal imag-
ination can yer? EIa. ha, hal / know
where dere is half an acre oh all ripe
'maginatIons jes like dis one! Ha, ha.
ha, hal
Then the folks had to laugh. and te-he,
but underneath their laughter they could
see strongly developed point OF com
mon sense After they'd sobered down
then Mr.. Rhody spoke up again and says
Den / steps TO de side oh de road
and cuts n switch. for l says 10 myself
Dis am de time TO do your duty Der
| say to dat boy. I amt goin' 10 send
you homs TO you muddcr 7 done change
ma mind. Now Ise goIn' to lay dis yal
imagination switch on you imagination
back until you holler right out to you
grampa mighty loud and mighty par
ticular, dat IA watermeln am a water.
mel'n"
Now all / got TO say bout dis yal
new Science religion ainfiuencin' ou
family is dat dat George washingtor
Rhody done steal no mo- magma tionsl
Now. Mr.. Chairman. II dis var Scienc,
religion In agoin TO have It's way In di,
heah community, you'll have TO do yot
statutes an de law books all over befo
YOU can convict a boy o. stealth. Kas.
dey dono make no provision for dc pun
shment Of folks dat takes sumthin' dat
amt nuthin.'
(To be Continued.)