. Little "Jim Crow" : and other stories for children . n > «fc TJPUBLIC i; 120261IJ TLLi -B M*i L — • Copyright, 1898, 1899, byTHE CENTUHV < . Copyright, 1897, by ROBERT BONNERS Copyright, 1899, hy CURTIS Co. Copyright, 18!)7, by CLARA MORRI-I THE DE VINNE PRESS. TODR. JOHN McENTEE WETMORE Revered Physician and Loyal FriendI Gratefully Dedicate this Book CLARA MORRIS HARRIOTT CONTENTS PAGE LITTLE JIM CROW ix MY PIRATE ... 39 SHINS 61 MY MR. EDWARD 71 THE GALLANT THEOPHILUS 103 A PRETTY PLAN ...... 125 AN AMATEUR SANTA GLAUS 143 MARTY MANY-THINGS 155 A LITTLE ROYAL PRINC
. Little "Jim Crow" : and other stories for children . n > «fc TJPUBLIC i; 120261IJ TLLi -B M*i L — • Copyright, 1898, 1899, byTHE CENTUHV < . Copyright, 1897, by ROBERT BONNERS Copyright, 1899, hy CURTIS Co. Copyright, 18!)7, by CLARA MORRI-I THE DE VINNE PRESS. TODR. JOHN McENTEE WETMORE Revered Physician and Loyal FriendI Gratefully Dedicate this Book CLARA MORRIS HARRIOTT CONTENTS PAGE LITTLE JIM CROW ix MY PIRATE ... 39 SHINS 61 MY MR. EDWARD 71 THE GALLANT THEOPHILUS 103 A PRETTY PLAN ...... 125 AN AMATEUR SANTA GLAUS 143 MARTY MANY-THINGS 155 A LITTLE ROYAL PRINCESS 179 THE PRINCESS PORCELAIN 195 THE HERMITS . 207 vn LITTLE JIM CROW. LITTLE JIM CROW HE strange power which or-dains that each member of acolored family should be of adifferent shade from everyother member must have been in fullforce when little Jim Crows case wasunder consideration, for he was black—uncompromisingly black. He had a buff sister, a brown mother,and a red-brown brother; but, for all that,his own smooth, fine-grained skin wasdecidedly black. Jim Crow, by the way, was not JimCrow, save by the grace of a womanswhim—mine, to be exact. He was Wil-liam Jones, or had been until my eye fellupon him, when I instantly hailed him asmy little Jim-Crow, a name which hismother, our cook, soon adopted; the neighborhood followed suit, and he hini-i i 2 LITTLE JIM CKo\V self soemed to regard it as an honorarytitle to be proud of. Pie was as pretty as a little cupid. Hehad all the malicious mischievousuess ofa monkey old in sin, allied to the bound-less love of life of a young puppy. Hecould sing, he could dance, he could climb,turn somersaults, stand
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