The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-03-28
CHAPTE Err v.


Look! Amt that snake?"
shrieked Billy. pointing to what
looked to him like big snake coiled
in the yard
Snake, nothing!' sneered his com
! panion, that's hose. You all time
got to call hose snake. Come on.
let's sprinkle" and Jimmy sprang out
Of the swing, jerked up the hose and
dragged 1t TO the hydrant. My NAM
ma don't never low me to sprinkle
with her hose, but Miss Minerva she's
so good | don reckon she'll care" he
cried mendacously.
Billy followed, watched his compan-
| ion screw the hose to the faucet and
| turn the water on. There was hiss
ing, gurgling sound and stream of
| water shot out, much to the rapture of
the astonished Billy.
Wont Aunt Minerva care" he
| asked, anxiously. rs she a real ligious
oman"
She Is the Christianest woman
Come on, Wen sprinkle the street
and | don't want nobody to get In our
way neither"
Il wish Wilkes Booth Lincoln could
see u.s." said Miss Minerals nephew.
A big, fat negress, with bundle
of clothes tied in a red table cloth
on her head, came waddling down the
sidewalk.
Billy looked at Jimmy and giggled;
Jimmy looked at Billy and giggled;
then the latter took careful aim and
a stream OF water hit the old woman
squarely in the face.
who dat? What's yo' doin'?" she
yelled, as she backed Off rs a.gwine
to tell yo' pappy, Jimmy Garner" as
she recognized one of the culprits.
pint dat ar hose way f'om me, TO
| make yo' ma spank yuh slabsided.
got to git home an wash, Drap it,
tell yuh,"
Two little girls rolling two doll
buggies in which reposed two enor-
nous rag babies were seen approach
ing
That's Lima Hamilton and Frances
Black said Jimmy, they're my
chums."
Billy took a good look at them
"They's goin' to be my chums. too"
he said, calmly.
Your chums. nothing" angrily
cried Jimmy, swelling up pompously.
You all time trying to claim my
chums. | can't have nothing tall
thout you got to stick your mouth in.
You bout the seltishest boy they is.
You want everything | got, all time"
The little girls were now quite near
and Jimmy hailed them gleefuly. for
getful OF his anger:
Come on. Lima. you and Frances"
he shrieked, and we can have the
mostest fun. Billy here's done come
TO live with Miss Minerva and she's
done gone uptown and don't care If
we sprinkle, cause she's got so much
ligon."
"Rut you know none of us are al |
lowed to use hose" objected Lima.
But it's so much fun" said Jimmy;
and Miss Minerva she's so Christian
she amt going to raise much OF
rough house, and If she do we can
run when we see her coning'
Il can't run. said Billy: II amt
got nowhere to run to an
If that amt just like you. Billy"
interrupted Jimmy. "all time talking
bout you amt got nowhere to run to:
you don't want nobody to have no fun.
You bout the picayunest boy they is.
Little key Rosenstein. better known
as Goose Grease" dressed in a cast
off suit of his big brothers, with his
fathers hat set rahishly back on his
head and over his ears, was coming
proudly down the street some distance
off
"Yonder comes Goose. Grease Rosen-
stein said Jimmy gleefully. When
he gets right close les make him
hop"
"Al right" agreed Billy, his good
numor restored, les baptize him
good"
oh. We can't baptize him" ex-
claimed the other little boy, cause
| he's Jew and the Bible says not to
baptize Jews. You got to mesmerize
em. How come me to know so
much?" he continued condescendingly.
Miss Cecilia teached me in the Sun
! day school. Sometimes know so
much I feel like I'm going to bust.
| She teached me bout 'Scuffe little
| chillens and forbid them not and bout
! 'Ananias telled Sapphira he done it
| with his little Ratchet and bout
'Lijah jumped over the moon In
automobile | know everything what's
\ IN the Bible. Miss Cecilia sure is a
cracker jack; she's bout the stylish.
est Sunday school teacher they is"
Twas the COW jumped over the
moon said Frances, land it isn't In
the Bible; it's In Mother Goose "
And Elijah went to heaven in a
chariot of fire." corrected Lima.
And | know all bout Gabriel con
tinued Jimmy. unabashed. When
folks called him to blow his trumpet