FROM PURE JOY OF LIVING.
Miss Maria Thompson Daviess, the author, having lived all her life in the Southern States of America, has a fund of humorous stories about the negroes. The following one is her favourite:— One day she/, walked down a street in Nashville with a guest from the Norths The street was crowded with negroes, who were forming in line for a parade. Miss Daviess's guest was curious to know what it was about; and seeing a boy whom she knew, Miss, Daviess called hii/t tbher^ : ; '
"What's the occasion for the parade, Tom?" she asked.; :>, v~-
The boy looked at her a grin. "-La, Miss Daviess," he replied, "don' you-all know coloured folks well 'nough >to know dat dey don' need no 'casion foh a ?'p 'raider? Youth's Companion.,"
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 287, 8 January 1915, Page 4
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