"No, thank you, sir, got some money of my own."
A HUNGRY MULE
A young mule had been shipped on a freight train to a farmer in Fauquier County, Virginia. A tag, with shipping directions thereon, had been tied securely around his neck with a rope, but, in the course of the journey, the mule's hunger, and natural depravity had tempted him to chew up both tag and rope. This gave the negro brakeman great concern. He hurried to the conductor in the caboose.
"Marse George," he cried, "for de Lawd, where yo' specs to put off dat mule? 'E done eat up where 'es gwine."
WHY SNAKES WERE CREATED
Little Margie had spent all her life in the country and, living near the mountains, had frequently heard of the large snakes to be found in the many holes and crevices of their rocky slopes. Her mother, who was greatly afraid of the reptiles, had one day remarked that she could see no use for such loathsome creatures and wondered why they were created.
The next morning Margie sat in a brown study, her chin upon her hand. Presently, looking up, she said:
"Mamma, I know why God made snakes."
"Why, dear?" asked her mother.
"When He got through makin' the world it was full of holes, so He made snakes to fill up the holes," the child explained.