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Show LIKED CHRISTMAS IN A JUG Colored Man Could See No Reason Why He Should Be Deprived of HlsChlce." "Tho ofllccr tells mo ho found you in nn alloy off Decatur street, osleop and under tho inlluenco ot strong drink. This Jug was at your sldo. Havo you anything to Bay?" Judge Broylea glanced over scvoroly at tho short, thick-set negro, and paused. "Christmas, Jedgo," wns the reply. "But you had boon drinking, Sam." "Christmas, Jedgo." "Yob yea I know bnt that la no way to celebrate." The negro grinned. "Dat's or mnttah ob cblco, Jedgo," ha observed. "Somo likes tor put funnies fun-nies on trees, an' some likes ter med-dlo med-dlo roun' In hot minco pics, nn' some sort ob favors lovln' undor do misslo-toes, misslo-toes, but mo Jedgo my Idcar ob Christmas comes in do Jug. Yo' cain't blutno mo for havln' a chlco, kin yu?" Caso and Comment. |