Miss Minerva and William Green Hill . had fourkittens but Stillshee didnt have none tall. I dont see no sense a-tall in that,argued Jimmy, thout some bad little boysdrowned em. Tabby was a cat, explained the otherboy, and she had four kittens; and Stillsheewas a little girl, and she didnt have nokittenstall. Whats this? asked Jimmy: A manrode cross a bridge and Fido walked. Hada little dog name Fido. You didnt ask that right, Jimmy, said William Green Hill 127 Lina; you always get things wrong. Theriddle is, *A man rode across a bridge andYet he walked, and the answer is, He hada little dog na
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill . had fourkittens but Stillshee didnt have none tall. I dont see no sense a-tall in that,argued Jimmy, thout some bad little boysdrowned em. Tabby was a cat, explained the otherboy, and she had four kittens; and Stillsheewas a little girl, and she didnt have nokittenstall. Whats this? asked Jimmy: A manrode cross a bridge and Fido walked. Hada little dog name Fido. You didnt ask that right, Jimmy, said William Green Hill 127 Lina; you always get things wrong. Theriddle is, *A man rode across a bridge andYet he walked, and the answer is, He hada little dog named Yet who walked acrossthe bridge/ Well, Fd nother sight ruther have alittle dog name Fido, declared Jimmy. Alittle dog name Yet and a little girl nameStillshee aint got no sense a-tall to it. Why should a hangman wear sus-penders ? asked Lina. I 11 bet nobody cananswer that. To keep his breeches from falling off,triumphantly answered Frances. No, you goose, a hangman should wearsuspenders so that hed always have a gal-lows CHAPTER XIIIN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ;T was a beautiful Sunday morning. The pulpit of the Methodist I Church was not occupied by its regular pastor, Brother Johnson. Instead, a traveling minister, collecting funds for a church orphanage in Memphis, was the speaker for the day. Miss Minerva rarely missed a service in her own church. She was always on hand at the Love Feast and the Missionary Rally and gave liberally of her means to every cause. She was sitting in her own pew between Billy and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. Garner having remained at home. Across the aisle from her sat Frances Black, between her father and mother; two pews in front of her were Mr. and Mrs. 128 William Green Hill 129 Hamilton, with Lina on the outside next theaisle. The good Major was there, too; itwas the only place he could depend uponfor seeing Miss Minerva. The preacher, after an earnest and elo-quent discourse from the text, He willremember the fatherless, closed the bigBible
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