Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-27
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ILLUSTRATED 81 LAUREN STOUT

happy faces here today..s Cosy" she
said rslenting, you can be the organ.
let x you want TO-"
'T,wont." said Cosy sullenly. III l
can't be tablsolo<h ] won't be dish
rag"
IAN right. you needn't" retortsA
Hickey freesingly. "stt up. Greenie.
! People don't lie on their backs In
Sunday-school."
GREENE yawned dismally. and right
ed herself with injured slowness. "Ah
diifuses tor cop yo' insult. Hickey
snydah." she said. "Ah'd ruthah lose
NAH 'ligion dan nah lax'ness. En- All
'spises yo' spissable dissisition!" 81
Let US all rlse," continued Hickey.
unmoved, and sing Kingdom Com
ing And she struck up Justify,
beating time on the stump with .
stick, and the rows Of children Joined
in with JUNCTION, the colored contingent
coming out strong on the chorus:
Do yerf shah be full oh de wunduhful
story
veal
The clear voices in the quiet air
startled the huttering birds and sent
. squirrel to the tiptop Of an oak.
| from which he looked down, flirting
his brush. They reused man, too.
who had lain in . sodden sleep under
. bush at q little distance He was
ragged and soiled and his heavy bru-
tai face, covered with . dark stubble
of some days growth, had an ugly
scar chanting back from cheek to hair.
without getting up, he rolled over to
command better view, and set his
eyes. blinking from their slumber. on
the children.
I'VE will now take up the collec-
ton" said Hickey. ("You can do it,
June. Use fat piece Of BARK Re-
member that what We give today Is
for the poor heather INN Alabama
The bark-slab made it, rounds. re-
ceiving leaves. acorns. and an occa-
sional pin. Midway. however, there
arose a shrill shrek from the bearer
and the collection was scattered brood
cast. Rosebud Meredith" said Rick.
ey witherinSly. 1T would serve you
right for putting that toad in the plate
II your hand would get all over warts!
I'm sure I hope It win" She rescued
the fallen pieoe Of bark and IN
nounced: Tho collection this aftsr-
noon has anountDd to hundred dol
lars and seven oants. And now. chill
drsn. We Win slEip the oatsohtsn and
I Win tall yoa . story" = 7
Her auditors huncAed themse3vss
nearer. double row Of attentive white
and black fAess, - Riokey With . pre-
liminary bass cough, began In ., dr1wi-
ing tone whose mimic1y called forth
| gigglss Of esctasy. ~
| There were once two little sisters
! who went to sunday-school and loved
their teacher ve-eery much. They
| were always good and attsntive-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 dollar. And they were
ve-e-ery glad. It wasn't q mean old
paper dollar. all dirt and creases: nor
q battered Whitley silver dollar; but
1t was . bright round gold dollar. 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 htle susy bought bag Of goober.
candy, and timber jack. and q gold
rinE, and . wax doll with silk dress
on that could open and shut its eyes"
"Huh!" said the captious Cory.
you can't buy . wax doll for dollar.
Ny littest, Mttlest ono cost three, and
she didn't have . stitch to her bsck!"
Shut up!" sid Hickey briefly.
dolls were cheaper then" She looked
at tho row Of little negroes, goggle-
eyed ut the vision of such largsss.
what do you think httle Mary did
with her gold dollar? She loved dolls
4, and candy, too, but she had heard
about the poooo-r heather. There was
. tear in her eye. but she took the dol
lar home. and next day when she went
to Sunday-school, she dropped It In
the missionary-bo1.
Little children. what do you reckon
became Of that dollar? It bought .
big satchelful Of tracts for q mission
| AIRY. He had been poor man with
six children and . wife with . bone
felon on her right hand--not q child