Show NOTHING TO BOAST BOAST OF In Tn anto davs s Colonel Moore of or owned n a large nr ge ai-ge c number of negroes ne tie- groes groos ro 8 TIc lie was a kind k master and never ner punished his hits negroes with the whip On Ono One day clay one of tho the field hands named uT Jupo W was 0 of f omo negligence li and wa was sent to the woods at once to cut down nail and split up a n black gum gain mn tree practically an impo impossible task cut down th the tree and labored hard harrl to cut the tou tough h wood WOOlI but bitt in vain Tn In the meantime a thunderstorm storm came up tip and Jupo sought ht refu refuge e under miner undera minera a n brush heap Directly the H lighting struck a I large ar e tree r ne bv In split split- tin ting it jute into kindling lin wood After tho thin storm had passed Jupo crawled crawle out from trout his place of security and aini after ta taking ta- ta kin king a n careful look at the remains of the tree trec which were scattered all allover allover allover over the woods said Mr Mr rr Ji 1 I wish you on had tried ye yo han I on this hla black k gum um Any blar blame fool can cai split lit silita a poplar Froin From From Norman E. E Marcks Marck's National Monthly |