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Show PREVENTION OF CRUELTY. JL "Plain an' Plnted" Duty That Was Not to Be Misunderstood. Misun-derstood. Deacon Smith and Deacon Jones word pillars of an Alabama colored country church. Ono day whllo storing stor-ing hay In their employer's barn, Deacon Dea-con Jones camo upon a hen's nost, In which reposed a dozen large, whlto fg?. relates tho American Spectator. "Now, whut us gwlno do bout dls hynh?" ho demnnded. "Er, reckon wo mout tako 'em uV tcr do big house?" Deacon Smith suggested, sug-gested, without enthusiasm. "Now, how wo know dat hen b'lonk tcr Mars Will?" Uro. Jones objected. "No, sahl Crn't tako no chnnco on glbbln' Mars Will some yuther man's alggal" "Mout leavo dem hynh, don," wai tho rueful roply. "Now, lookyoro, Bro' Smlf, Ah's sprUol at yol Don' do church teach us tcr be kind tcr all crlttcrB? And I don yo' think dat 'eludes hens? Et we wuster lonvo dem alggs hyah, dat po' 111' hen woul' think day warn't 'pre-clatol, 'pre-clatol, an' feel bad bout hit. No, saht Ouh plhln an" plnted duty am tcr take dem tigs out yonder In dat plno thicket thick-et whar nobody won't seo do smoko, an roa3t 'em." |
