Sam Gets His Sunday Clothes

Sam was a light-skinned darky oi middle age, with an ever toight and reitdy reply ior all. He was employed in the street department oi flie town of V . Ouc day a gentleman ttadlng him at worü. teartag up some cobble ptones from tbe streot, and desiriug tó hear one of bis wltty replies, asked liim wiiat he was doing. Sam replied : ■Why. sah. I's er-pullin' up de street; liy-and-by I's goin' to pull up de ribr." '■Pull up the river ! AVhy, Sam, fluu's a gdgantic job. You'll bav# u pump nul haul many a year hefore you eau accomplisli that." "If youse want ter see me do it, I's willin'." ■■Well Ham. I v, c.iild llke to see iiow you would go about it ; and if you can prove to me tliat you can ünitslj s.rIi a job even within a year, I will treat you to a snit 01 Hunuay elotfhes." "Yah, yah, yali !" laughed Hum. "Come 'long, &aüi, I's '11 prove dat sliuah !" Aart ofí he starfced for ; wi'.h the gentleman and several other 'people wlio had gatliered aiound dviring the convevsatloa. lleai river, Sam pilotea the gentleman and the crowd to aai Old skin'. J umping into it, he KCized the oars and fftarted powiag, Khouting as he Uid so, "Dere, salí ! I's cr-pulliu' ap der riber now !" Tlie gentleman gave in, and Sam g-ot ïiis clotlies. - H-arper's Bound TaMe.