The following story comes from a board school in the Midlands of England. The master told tho boys of the third class to write a short essay upon Columbus. The following was sent in by an ambitious essayist:—" Clumbus was a man who could make an egg stand on end without breaking it. The King of Spain said to Clumbus ' Can you discover America?' ' Yes,'said Clumbus, 'if you will give mo a ship.' So he had a ship, and sailed over the aea in the direction where he thought America ought to be found. The sailors quarrelled, and said they believed there was no such place. But after many days the pilot came to him and said ' Clumbus, I see land.' ' Then that is America,' said Clumbus. When the ship got near, the land was full of black men. Clumbus said 'ls this America ?' ' Yes, it is,' said they. Then he said ' I suppose you are the niggers ?' ' Yes,' they said, 'we are.' The chief said 'I suppose you aro Clumbus ?' ' You are right,' said he. Then the chief turned to his men and said ' There is no help for us; we are discovered at last.'"
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Evening Star, Issue 7831, 12 February 1889, Page 4
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