The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-11-28

him (Greenville Female SEMINARY
simms. II you slap that little niger
again, III slap you'll"
Greene rolled over on the grass and
Uttered. Miss Matte Sue didn'," she
said. "Ah heah huh say de yuddah
day ct wuz er moughty good feeiin
ter go ter bald Mistis en- git up Mars
tah!"
Well" said Cory, tossing her head
TIL the flower earrings danced. I'm
going to get married II the man hasn't
got anything but character and
red mustache. Married women don't
have to prove they could have got
a husband II they had wanted to-"
Let's play something" proposed
Rosebud Meredith, on whom the dis
cussion palled. Let's play King,
King Katiko."
Its Sunday !"-this from her small
er and more righteous sister. We're
forbidden to play anything but Bible
games or Sunday, and IL Rosebud
does, I'll tell"
"Jay.blrd tattle-tale!" sang Rosebud
derisively. Don't care II you dol"
Well" decreed Hickey. "Woll play
Sunday school then. 1t would take a
saint to object to that. I'm superin-
tendent and this stump's my desk. All
you children sit down under that tree"
They ranged themselves In two
rows. the white children, in clean Sab
bath pinafores and go-to-meeting
knickerbockers, in front and the col
ored ones, In ginghams and cotton
prints, in the rear-the habitual ex.
preston of differing social station
"Oh!" shrieked Miss Cabell, land I'll
be Mrs. Merryweather Mason and
teach the infants class"
There isn't any infant class" said
Hickey. How could there be when
there aren't any infants? The lesson
is over and I've just rung the bell for
silence. Children, this is Missionary
Sunday, and I'm glad to see so many
happy faces here today. Cozy," she
said relenting, you can be the organ.
st II you want to-"
81 won't" said Cozy sullenly. IF !
cant be table-cloth | won't be dish.
rag"
"All right, you needn't" retorted
Hickey freezingly. "Sit up, GREENE.
People don't lie on their backs IN
Sunday-school."
Greenie yawned dismally, and right.
ed herself with injured slowness. "Ah
diifuses ter 'cep' yo' insult, Hickey
Snydah," she said. "Ahd ruthah lose
nah liglon dan nah laz'ness. En- All
'spises yo' spissable dissisition!"
Let US all rise" continued Hickey,
unmoved. land sing Kingdom Com.
Ing" And she struck up Justify,
beating time on the stump with a
stick, and the rows of children Joined
in with junction. the colored contingent
coming out strong on the chorus:
De yerf shall be full oh de wunduhful
story
As watahs dat covah de sea!
The clear voices in the quiet air
startled the Tutoring birds and sent
squirrel to the tip-top OF an oak.
from which he looked down. flirting
his brush. They reused man. too,
who had lain in a sodden sleep under
a bush at little distance. He was
ragged and soiled and his heavy bru.
tai face, covered with a dark stumble
OF some days growth, had an ugly
scar sianting back from cheek TO hair
Without getting up. he rolled over to
command a better view, and set his
eyes, blinking from their slumber, OIL
the children.
we will now take up the collec,
tion," said Hickey. ("You can do IT,
June. Use a fiat piece OF BARK Re
member that what we give today is
for the poor heather iD--in Alabama
The barkslab made its rounds. re
ceiving leaves, acorns. and an occa
sional pin. Midway. however, there
arose shrill shrek from the bearer
and the collection was scattered broad