- Pious Maiden Aunt and Wayward Little Girl, five or six years old.
Aunt.
Now, Beth, this is the Sabbath day, and—
Niece. How do you know it is?
A. It is wrong to play to-day, Beth—
N. Wrong to play what?
A. Anything.
N. Tain’t wrong to play Sunday-school. Didn’t you wish dat Carlo was me when you was whippin’ him, jest now, Aunt Dora?
A. Beth, I’ll tell you a beautiful story, the tender story of Joseph.