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Show STORY OF NOAH'S ARr I The Old TVnut'l Accoonl TVm Anthill-tie, Anthill-tie, for She Had It from i YTUncn. "I was reared In tho dayaof black mammies. As a child I received nil tny ; 'mammy toldtne without doubt or qnes-! qnes-! tlon, till tho atory of tho arlt caun", then faith wnvcrod; I was kneeling on a stool, my nrms rcstlngon tha ltltcUtn work table, a flvo-by-lcn fcetruccptaclo for all things needful In tho preparation prep-aration of a meal. Mammy was oppa-alto oppa-alto cutting up a fowl for dlnuor In ono of tho enormous dlshpncs of that day. Sho gavo mo a full description ot tbo flood, with all tho preparations leading up to It "I was especially Impressed when JJoah'a wlfo objected to tho Knal.os coming In, but was doubly sympathctlo when sho protested tb&t wasps nnd spiders wero moro than alio cjuld j stand. 1 grow calmer as Nosh assured Tier that the tatter wero to go into a cloeot In tho nttlc, tho door lo bo eclltd I up, and as to the anakco, they would ba I "boxod and sot away In a corner ot tho same attic. s "Other details, which need not hcra "be given, followed till all woo ready for the storm to bunt. This lurid af-fair af-fair I will not attempt to dcscrlbo, but I as tho ark began to float and Its ability to rldo tho wavos was prorun, I 'breathed moro freely and was ready to enjoy, as I had so often dono before, tho reaction that followed blood-curd-1 ling rocltaln. (Mammies wero truo . novelists, and generally ended thoir etorlea pleasantly, virtuo and tho rlht triumphing.) "But my peaco was to bo disturbed; a .question sprang up. lioog as I hnd I known from other sources tho story of ; tho flood, none of theso thrilling do-; do-; tails had boen given roe; why wero they left out of sa:red history, and how had mammy secured them? I asked It sho ! -were euro of her Information. Sho replied, re-plied, perfectly Mire. After sorao con-; con-; sldoratton I ventured, with misgiving, , to ask her how sho gained hor knowl' '. edge. J "My rebuko oamo. Sho struck an at- I tltudo which said plainly, it is nston- l" Ishicg liow dull soma chlldron are. I The knllo and chicken went to the bot- ' torn of tho pan, her hands rested on her nips, and, looking over nnd far beyond my hood, sho said: 'My grct-gret-grot- i gran'mammy heer obry wud I toll you , f um whar sho dun hldo un'cr ole Mlui Kao' bed."--Ohlcago Journal. |
