The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-02

And the devil said, Take your mar
bles and your shooter
And so he listened TO Satan and
took his shooter and his marbles and
started off to Sunday school whistIine
and he met "A tough kind of kid
had straw hat on with the rim
tore off and he came slobbering along
He said, Hello, Jim. where yor
goin' tor"
Going TO Sunday school"
He said Tets have game
7 Aoni yeh ara AFRAID. dare you.- =
| so he said. II will play you q
game"
| And so they made a ring and they
were shooting the marbles and this
, fellows shooter rolled down the hill
In the mud and this big kid said, II
will go in and get IT," and he picked
IL up with a handful of mud and he
wanted to steal IT. He picked up his
marbles and said, II won't play with
you, you are going to Sunday school"
When he got there he found he was
too late so he hung around outside.
| SO ne went on home and his mamma
said, well. Jimmie. were you In time
for Sunday school,
Eyes, mamma"
what was IT.?
why. II was--(scratching his leg
with his fooO--Golden text did you
say. mar" He said, 1T was--I for
got"
She said. How did you go. your
"Fen down coming over the
bridge"
She said. run up and change
them"
DID he break any commandment
Yea"
How many are shereT
Ten"
Who gave them to usf
Moses"
He wrote them on tablets of stone
Take them down and tell the peo-
pie what / want them to do
What was the first commandment
Thou shalt have no other gods
before me-"
Did he? He thought more of hts
marbles than he did OF God so he
broke the first commandment.
| BREAKS vase.l
What Is the second one?
Thou shalt not make unto thee any
craven image"
| What LIZ the third oner
| Thou shalt not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain
| Did hs7 He swore at that boy about
| his marbles. Broke IT. BREAKS vase }
| what Is the fourth one7
| Remember the Sabbath day, to keep
II holy
| DID her No. Played marbles on the
Sabbath day. Broke it, Breaks vase).
What lie the nth ones
| Honor thy father and thy mother"
Did he7 No. he did not mind his
ma. Broke 1t. broke that command
ment breaks vase). what is the sixth
one?
7; Thou shalt not bear false witness
sgainst thy neighbor.''
| Did he tell lie7 Yes. he said he
had a good lesson. Breaks vassl. He
did not kill or steal What is the tenth
one7
Thou shalt not coveG~
Did he? He wanted the other boys
marbles. Did he break ity Yes
| (Breaks vase).
saun That BOY.
So the Lord feels worse when you
break commandment than you fee
because / break one of those vases
How many commandments were there
Ten" How many did he break. Six
Here's his flag. Don't you go around
with that kind of boy.
Here's another flag. what Is that YET
low one7
Quarantine. yellow fever, smallpox
6iphtheria- When n ship comes intt
the barbor down here, IL they've go
a yellow flag flying, they will maxi
them go to quarantine. they will fumi
gate the clothes and the ship. why
That means they've got disease ant
don't want any body else 20 get It
Surprising every boy and girl wis
lies, and won't pray. every man ant
woman who won't be Christian. hav'
To go down the street with rcd ant
yellow flag.
1T Is dangerous You win eatel
what I've got. Keep away"
SO you don't want to go with a DO.
that would lie or steal. walks alon,
past a grocery store and swipes al
. apple from the barrel.
You know. my papa died a mont
before / was born. He went to wa
. : and never came back. When | wa
a little boy said. Mama I want 4
go swimming"
swimming? How many of you eve
went fishirrf How many ever caugh
anything before you got home.
/ said. Il want to go swimming
She said, mo. Willie, you are to-
little" She said, mo. you go ou
and pick up some coes. / am goin,
to bake" Did you ever see bo
! Wien AAS RISKS fllIu 10 DO any
thing he didn't want to do?
SO went out and picked up cob
and chips and dirt and could hea
The boys up at the swimming hol
having a great time. ] looked to Sc
II mother was looking and l ducke.
! and ] went down the hill lickety
split and up to the swimming hole.
said. Il am so hot j must go swim
ming"
only had on shirt and a pair o
overalls and II I'd coughed real har,
would not have had them on.
went In and was having lots o
fun and got TO the edge OF this san,
bar and slid Off into deep water an
couldn't swim and remembere,
hearing people say. eff n boy wa
drowning he'd remember all the meal
things he ever did" / remembers
one time got In a fight with
boy and I scratched his face and
opened my mouth to holIer and tn
water ran In. / remembered hear
ing them say, when boy was drown
ing he would go up and down thre
times,
! went up and down three time
and my feet touched the bottom AM
/ came up the fourth time and
man was lying ont on the bank .asIee]