"This is entirely improper; it sets a bad example for your child." And I firmly but gently extricated myself from his grasp.

I approached the door.

He seemed for a moment buried in deep thought.
"You say this was a negress ?" "Yes, sir." "Humph, No.

1, I suppose ?" "Who is Number One, sir ?" "My FIRST," he remarked, with a significant and sarcastic smile.

Then, relapsing into his old manner, he threw his boots at my head, and bade me begone.