The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06

him. tGreenville Female Seminary
simms. II you slap that little Niger
again. I'll slap you!)"
Greenie 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 feelin'
ter 40 ter bald Mistis en- git up Mars.
tahi"
Well" said Cory. tossing her head
I'LL the flower earrings danced. I'm
going to get married II the man hasn't
got anything but a character and a
red mustache. Married women don't
have to prove they could have got
a husband II they had wanted to-"
play something" proposed
Rosebud Meredith. on whom the dis.
cussion palled. Let's play King.
King Katiko."
It's Sunday!"-this from her small.
er and more righteous sister. We're
forbidden to play anything but Bible
games on Sunday. and II Rosebud
does. I'll tell"
"Jay.blrd tattle.tale!" ang Rosebud
derisively. Don't care n you do"
Well" decreed Hickey. Wen play
Sunday school then. II would take a
saint TO object TO that. I'm supertn.
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 ard the col.
ored ones. In g~lnghams and cotton.
prints. In the rear-the habitual ex.
preston OF n 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 whcn
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.
list II you want to-"
II won't" said Cozy sullenly. III
can't be table.cloth | won't be- dish.
rag"
"All right. you needn't" retorted
Hickey f%reezingly. sit ND, GREENE.
People don't lie on their backs in
Sunday.school."
GREENE yawned dismally. and right.
cd herself with injured slowncss. "Ah
dinuses ter 'cep' yo' insult. Hickey
S%nydah.' she said. "Ah'd ruthah lose
nah 1iglon dan NAH laz'nese. I'm All
'spises yo' spissable disslsition!"
Let us all RISE" continued Hickey,
unmoved, and 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 Dc d ful
story
As watahs dat covah de sea,
The clear voices In the quiet air
startled the nuttoring birds and sent
Il squirrel to the tip-top OF an oak,
from which he looked down. flirting
his brush. They reused "A man. too,
who had lain In Il sodden sleep under
n bush at a little distance. lie was
ragged and soiled and his heavy bru.
tai face, covered with a dark stubblo
OF some days growth. had an ugly
scar %elantlng back from cheek 10 hair.
Without getting up. he rolled over to
command n better view. and set his
eyes, blinking from their slumber. on
the children.
I'VE will now take up tho collec.
tion." said Hickey. C"You can do II,
June. Use n fiat piece OF BARK Re.
member that what we give today Ia
for the poor heather in-in Alabama"
The bark.slab made Its 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 broad.