The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27

ague. At length the chickens crowed
and day began to dawn. Miss Mary's
colored NANNY went out to see what
the dog was barking at. When she
saw the great bulk in the bag she ran
into the house to tell Miss Mary that
the Major had given her a yearling.
cor some great big live animal.
Miss Mary soon dressed ana ran OUT
and seeing the thing was alive she
called for some negro men TO come
and take the bag down. They came
and were going to cut the rome ana
let the bag drop. But Miss Mary said;
30, no, don't do that; it's a present
that the Major put in there for me.
and if you let it fall it might break.
mo danger er broken dat thlng en-
dar Miss Mary; fer faint nuthln put q
hound dog or a billy goat. Use 'frald
to take hold er Cat bag, | sho ~ IS.
but, Uncle Plato said Miss Mary,
you know it can't hurt you so long
as it is shut up in the bag. You ana
Uncle Cicero just grab the bag and
hold it tight your arms until Aunt
Lucretia gets on a table ana untles the
rope. And then you know, we can
hold the mouth of the bag until we can
peep in and see what it is But don
hurt it for the world, for I know the
Major wouldn't have put anything in
there for me that wasn't just as nice
as he is. Hold it tight, but don't
hurt it''
They embraced the bag-one on
each side, while Aunt Lucretia stood
on a table and united the rope. FL
nally the bag was eased down to the
over with meal. Aunt Lucretia ex-
claimed: 90, my Lord' The two
men stood trembling not knowing
what to do. But Miss Mary, whose
vision was keener, because she had
already guessed what sort of an ami
NAL it was, slapped her hands. ac-
companied by one of her sweetest
himself"
Yes" said the Major. as he busted
the meal off, "and you know What
you promised"
Miss Mary blushed. and speaking
just loud enough for the Major to hear
it said:
81 know"
1t has been a long time since / read
that book; and / may not have given
the incidents in their order nor en-
ployed the exact words used by the
author: but, / have given the story as
memory has kept it.
Georgia Scenes" written by judge
LongStreet, was another very popular
book in my Younger days. 1t was
that every story told had moral. In
my next Renaissance l will relate
some of the stories told in that book
ana will also speak of one or two
other publications of the long ago.
She was standing an examination 70
be- teacher, and the written question
was: ''Who was GideOn?" The young
lady, a graduate in two or three IAN
guages, answered: Gideon was a
Roman Senator"
She came as near the truth as the
Sunday school teacher who told her
little class that Abraham's nephew
was called Lot because he had a
'lot" of cattle and got into Tot Of
trouble.
I heard a colored preacher contend
ing that Moses was Aaron's father be
cause the Bible said: Moses and
Aaron" And another whom asked:
who was the father of Zebedee's
children 2" answered, "Ef Is ever
hearn rs forgot"
/ only wish to remark by way OF
a wind-up, that, if it could be done,
Bible Glass should be organized m
every home, so that children might be-
come as conVersant with sacred history
as their parents would have them be
with the affairs of life. What a
blessing it would be!
r. II. WHITAKER.