The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-28
CHAPTER v.
Turninu on the Hos,

Turning on the Hose.
Look! Amt that a snake?"
shrieked Billy. pointing to what
looked to him like a big snake coiled
in the yard.
Snake, nothing!" sneered his COM
panion. that's a hose. You all time
got to call hose a snake. Come on,
let's sprinkle" and Jimmy sprang out
of the swing, jerked up the hose and
dragged it 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 mendaciously.
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 "Is she real 'ligious
oman?"
she is the Christianest woman
they is" announced the other child.
Come on, we'll sprinkle the street.
and ! don't want nobody to get in our
way neither"
81 wish Wilkes Booth Lincoln could
see us" said Miss Minerals nephew.
A big, fat negress, with a 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
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. l
got to git home an wash. Drap 1t,
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 good look at them.
"Theys 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 a 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 gleefully, 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 ii
we sprinkle, cause she's got so much
'ligion."
But 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 q
rough house. and if she do We car
run when we see her cohing"
Il can't rum" said Billy; Il AIM
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 Ikey Rosenstein, better known
as Goose Grease" dressed in a cast
off suit of his big brothers, with his
fathers hat set rakishly back Oh his
head and over his ears, was coming
proudly down the street some distance
off.
"Yonder comes Goose-G Grease Rosen
STEIN" said Jimmy gleefully. "Wher
he gets right close les make him
hop"
"All right" agreed Billy, his gooC
humor restored. les baptize hin
good"
"Oh, we can't baptize him." ex
claimed the other little boy, "cause
he's a Jew and the Bible says not tc
baptize Jews. You got to mesmerize
EN-. How come me to know sc
much?" he continued condescendingly
Miss Cecilia teached me in the Sun
day school. Sometimes | know sc
much | feel like I'm going to bust
She teached me bout 'Scuffle little
chillens and forbid them not and bout
'Ananias telled Sapphira he done II
with his little hatchet,' and 'bou
'Lijah jumped over the moon in {
automobile | know everything what's
in the Bible. Miss Cecilia sure is 6
cracker-iack; she's bout the stylish
est Sunday school teacher they is"
Twas the cow jumped over tht
moon" said Frances, "and it isn't il
the Bible; it's in Mother Goose"
And Elijah went to heaven in i,
chariot of fire." corrected Lima.
And / know all bout GABRIEL" con
tjnued Jimmy, unabashed. "Whel
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