Show PLACE TO TAKE PRESENTS I Colored Colored Youth Was Explicitly Explicit y Following Following Follow Follow- ing Instructions r Representative Griggs pf f Georgia employs a colored youth who is not a shining example of mental alertness r i Recently this servant who shall be beJ tip J called Tom received an invitation to toV toa V a cht church wedding the elect bride-elect bei be be- i ling i ing a first cousin of his r r. r f. f The m morning of the ceremony found Tom in a state of gr great at excitement J nHe He started for tor the church some hours hour before the time set for the great event event Griggs Griggs' chanced to meet Tom wan wan- rf 1 about b ut clad in his showiest rai raiment rai- rai raiment I ment and carrying a small bundle I lunder under his arm Tom he said why on earth are you scurrying about dressed like that this early earli in the morning for de weddin weddin wed wed- Why Ise gettin r ready ady din sah gall replied Tom reproachfully r j i Indeed I said the Congressman And dAn I suppose you are doing some j l errand on the way No sah Sall I 1 aint doin no er- er 1 buns runs But youre you're not going to a wedding With a bundle under your arm s Y I I is sah replied Tom c- c la a look of w wonder coming into his eyes Data my present 7 Present ejaculated Griggs Why boy you mustn't take your present to to the church you must send it to the I house house of the bride Sho She Griggs is dat so i muttered muttered the now bewildered negro I t t Den why does doea dis card I got heah at the church The church The Isay say Present jj Sunday Magazine |