The Cairo bulletin., 1914-03-12

spises yo' spissable dissisitionl"
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, che oolored contingent
coming out strong on the chorus:
De VERT shall he fun oh de wunduhful
story
| As watahs dat covah de seat
The clear voices in the quiet air
startled the 1uttering birds and sent
a squirrel 10 the tip-top Of an oak,
from which he looked down. flirting
his brush They reused man too
| who had lain in sodden sleep under
bush at little distance. lie was
ragged and soiied and his heavy hru-
tai face, covered with a dark stubble
OF some days growth, had an ugly
scar slanting back from cheek to hair.
Without getting up, he rolled over to
command q better view. and set his
eyes. blinking from their slumber, on
the children.
I'VE will now take up the collec-
ton, said Hickey. C'You eau do 1t,
June. Use a fat piece OF BARK Re
member that what we give today is
for the poor heather min Alabama"
Tie barkslat 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 bread
| cast Rosebud Meredith" said Kick
ey withefinely, Hit would serve YOU
right for putting that toad in the plate
If your hand would get all over Warts!
Pm sure hope it wili."l She rescued
| the fallen piece of bark and an
nounced; THE collection this after
noon has amounted to a hundred del
+, lars and seven cents. And now, chill
| dren, we will skip the catechism and
I ! will tell you a story,
! Her auditors hunched themselves
nearer, double row of attentive white
and black faces, as Hickey with q pre-
sa-
Iiminary bass cough, began in a drawl~
ing tone whose mimicry called forth
Giggles Of esctasy.
There were once two little sisters
| vino went TO Sunday-school and loved
their teacher, ye-e-ery much. They
were always good and attentive-not
like hat little niger over there! The
1 one with his thumb in his mouth! Ono
was little Mary and the other was
little Susy. They had d mighty rich
uncle who lived in Richmond, and
once he came to see them aud gave
them each a dollar And they were
-e.ery glad. 1t wasn't a mean old
paper dollar all dirt and creases; nor
a battered Whitley silver dollar; but
it was a bright round gold dollar, right
out of the mint Little Mary and little
Susy could hardly sleep that night fol
| thinking of what they could buy with
those gold dollars.
Early next morning they wen
downtown. hand in hand, to the store
and little Susy bought bag Of goober
peas. and sticks and sticks of stripe;
candy, and timber jack, and a golt
ring, and a wax doll with a silk dresl
on that could open and shut its eyes
Huh!' said the captious Cosy
You can't buy a wax doll for dollar
My litiest, littlest one cost three. am
she didn't have a stitch TO her back
Shut up." said Hickey briefly
Dolls were cheaper then" She looked
at the row OF little negroes, google
i eyed at the vision of such largess
What DO you think little Mary siiI
With her gold dciiar? She loved dolls
aud candy. too. but she had heard
! about the poo-oo-r heather. There VA
, a tear In her eye. but she took the dol
i lar borne. and next dr. When sha went
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