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Show Husband Not Guilty. When Mahally, the colored -woman who did the family washing, came Monday morning to get the bundle of coiled garments, she was wearing a black eye that stood out vividly against the brown background of her broad and comely face. "Dear me!" exclaimed her sympathetic sym-pathetic .employer, "what (has happened hap-pened to your eye?" "A nigger hit me," said Mahally briefly. "Oh, that's too bad!" said the lady. "Was it your husband?" "No, ma'am," said Mahally, with emphasis. "George, he don't never hit me. He treats me mo' lak a friend than a husband." 'Saturday Evening Post. |