The Detroit times., 1913-11-26

and the collection was scattered
broadcast Rosebud Meredith" said
Hickey witheringly. lit would serve
you right for putting that toad in the
plate II your hand would get all over
warts, I'm sure hope it Will" she
rescued the fallen piece OF bark and
announced: The collection this al.
ternoon has amounted to a hundred
dollars and seven cents. And now,
children. we will skip the eatechism
and | will tell you a story
Her auditors hunched themselves
nearer, a double row OF attentive
white and black faces. as Hickey with
a preliminary bass cough. began In a
drawing tone whose mimicry called
forth giggies Of ecstasy
There was once two sisters, who
went to Sunday-school and loved their
teacher ve-e-ery much. They were al
ways good and attentive-not like
that little niger over there! The
one with his thumb in his mouth.
One was little Mary and the other
was little Susy. They had mighty
rich uncle who lived in Richmond, and
once he came to see them and gave
them each q dollar. And they were
ve-eery glad. II wasn't mean Old
paper dollar. all dirt and creases;
nor a battered Whitley silver dollar;
but it was a bright round gold dol
lar. right out of the mint. Little Mary
and little Susy could hardly sleep
that night for thinking Of what they
could buy with those gold dollars.
Early next morning. they went
downtown, hand in hand, to the
store, and little Susy bought bag
of goober-peas, and sticks and sticks
of striped candy. and . timber jack
and a gold ring. and a wax doll with
silk dress on that could open and
shut its eyes"
HUH" said the captious Cozy.
You can't buy wax doll for dol
lar. My littlest, littlest one cost
three, and she didn't have stitch
to her back!"
Shut up" said Hickey briefly.
Dolls were cheaper then" She look
ed at the row Of little Negroes, Cog
gle-eyed at the vision Of such large
ness. What do you think little
Mary did with her gold dollar? She
loved dolls and candy. too, but she
had heard about the poo-oor heather.
There was q tear in her eye, but she
took the dollar home, and next day
when she went to Sunday school. she
dropped Il In the missionary.
Little children, what do you reck'n
became of that dollar? 1t bought
big satchetful OF tracts for a mission
airy. He had been a poor man with
six children and a wife with q bone
felon on her right hand-not q child
old enough to wash dishes and all OF
them young enough to fall In the nre
so he had to 60 and be q mission
airy. He was going to Alabam-to a
cannibal island, and he took the
tracts and sailed away in a ship that
landed him on the shore. And when
the heather cannibals saw him they
were ve-e-ery glad, for there hadn't
been any shipwrecked sailors Tor
long time, and they were ve-e-ery
hungry. So they tied up the mission
airy and gathered lot of wood TO
make fire and cook him.
But 1t had rained and rained and
rained for SO long that the wood was
all wet, and II wouldn't burn, ana
they all cried because they were so
hungry. And then they happened TO
find the satchelful Of tracts. and the
tracts we're ve-e-ery dry. They TOOK
them and stuck them under the wet
wood, and the tracts burned and the
wood caught fire and they cooked the
missionary and ate him.
Now, little children. which do you
think did the most good with her dol
hr--little Susy or little Mary?"
The front row sniggered. and
sigh came from the colored ranks.
Dem ar can'bals." gasped a dusky
infant breathlessly, "--dey done eat
up all dat candy en- dem goober-peas,
too?"
The inquiry was drowned In
shrek from several children In uni
son. They scrambled to their feet.
casting fearful gIances over their
shoulders The man who had been
lying behind the bush had risen and
was coming toward them at q SLOUGH
ing amble. one foot dragging slightly.
His appearance. indeed. was enough
Ia cause panic With his savage face,
set now IN a grin, and his tfamp-like
costume. he looked fierce and animal.
like. White and black. the children
fed like startled rabbits. older ones
dragging younger, without q back
ward iook--all save Hickey. who stood
quite still, her widening eyes fixed
on him in q kind OF blanched fasci-
mated terror.
He came close TO her. never taking
his eyes from her. then put his heavy
grimy hand under her chin and turn