Failed To Live Up To It

One of the managers of a home for destitute colored children tells a funuy story about the institution. She went. out there to see how things weregettii y sloug and found a youngster as black the inside of a coal mine tied to a beu post, with bis hands behind him. " What is that boy tied np there for?" she demanded of the attendant. "For lying, ïna'am. He is the worseist, lyingest nigger I ever seen. " "What's his name?" "George Washington, ma'am, " was C3- - - 1 the paralyzing reply. -