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Show THE WRONG OBJECTIVE POINT Mule's Lack of Consideration Responsible Respon-sible for Ike's Being Late at His Duty. An Atlanta merchant has frequent occasion to rebuke Ike, his darky porter, por-ter, for his tardiness in reporting for duty in the morning. Ike is always ready with a more or less ingenious excuse. "You're two hours late, Ike!" exclaimed ex-claimed the employer one morning. "This sort of thing must stop! Otherwise, Other-wise, I'm going to fire you; understand." under-stand." " 'Deed, Mistah Edward," replied Ike. "it wa'n't mah fault, dis time! Honest! Hon-est! I was kicked by a mule!" "Kicked by a mule? Well, even If that were so, it wouldn't delay you for more than an hour. You'll have t think of a better excuse than that." Ike looked aggrieved. "Mistah Edward," Ed-ward," he continued solemnly, "it might have been all right ef dat mule kicked me in dis direction; but he didn't he kicked me de odder way!" Lippincott's. |