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Show THE WRONG OBJECTIVE POINT 1 Mule's Lack of Consideration Rcspon- I slble for Ike's Being Late . at His Duty. An Atlanta merchant has frequent XH occusion to rebuke Ike, his darky por- W tor, for his tardiness in reporting for m duty In the morning. Iko Is always U ready with a moro or less ingenious excuse. "You're two hours late, Iko!" ex- I claimed tho employer one morning. W u "This sort of thing must stop! Other- r M wise, I'm going to fire you; under- n stand." ffl " 'Deed, MlBtah Edward," replied Iko, jg "It wa'n't mah fault, dis time! Honest! Hon-est! I wns kicked by a mulo!" "Kicked by a mule? Well, oven If that wero so, it wouldn't delay you for moro than an hour. You'll have to think of a hotter oxcuso than that." Ike looked aggrieved. "Mlstah Edward," Ed-ward," ho continued solemnly, "It might have been. all right of dat mulo kicked mo in dis direction; but he didn't ho kicked mo do odder way!" LIpplncott's. |