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Show THE CONTINGENCY WA8 REMOTE What Colored Man Thought of His Employer's Prospect. When n southern representative Is at homo ho has as his Bcrvant o good old colored man called Snowball, who stands In ostenslblo nwo of his employer. em-ployer. Ono day, whllo waiting on tho tablo Snowball accidentally spilled tho soup on tho person of this congressman. con-gressman. With apparent indignation, indigna-tion, tho southerner shouted: "Snowball, you black rascal, do you. know you havo scalded o representative representa-tive In tho United States congress?" "Ko" do Lawd, ah knows dot, but ah really didn't mean fer to do It." "Do you know, you scoundrol," continued con-tinued tho congressman, In still moro violent terms, "that you havo scalded a man who may bo senator of tho United States?" Snowball's face took on a Btlll moro scrlouB look and ho again apologized most abjectly, hut his master was not satisfied. "Snowball," ho roared, "you havo scalded a man who may yot bo president presi-dent of tho United Slates." Snowball's faco relaxed and two gleaming rows of Ivories camo Into promlnenci!. "Lawd, mlstah," Bald he, "when you gets to bo president 1 reckon I'll b Gawd." Washington Post. |