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By lack Dionne

No Short Stops for This Nigger

General Goethals used to tell a story of a little Louisiana nigger who was a roustabout with the army that constructed the Panama Canal, and who, during the course of time proved to be the champion swimmer of the entire aggregation-

This little darkey got wonderfully chesty over his swimming honors, and left no chance unforgotten to get himself into the limelight.

But one day when the swimming talk was going on, a tall, rangy nigger from Alabama who,had recently joined the forces,listened to the vainglorioui tatt of the swimming champion for a while, then pushed up face to face, and looked the little one over carefully.

"Little niggah" he said, "is yo' shonuff de swimmin' champion ob dis outfit?"

"Boy, yo' is talkin' to de champeen, an' no mistake", replied the little one.

"Little Niggah" said the new comer, "Ah aims to take yo'to a cleanin' de fust time Ah gits yo' in de wateh, and Ah backs Mah swimmin' wid Mah coin. When does we swim?"

"Big Boy, who is you?" asked the champ.

"Ahse de Alabama whale" replied the big one.

"Big Boy, yo'ain't nothin'a-tall. Ahse de Louisiana sub-

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"Doan worry 'bout me, Little Niggah, Ah'll be dere". And they parted.

Sunday morning when racing time came, the little champion showed up in swimming costume, but he likewise wore additional apparel. Round his neck were straps and ropes, holding up a big water canteen, a side of bacon, a huge loaf of bread, and a bunch of canned goods. The General stared at him with wide eyes.

"Ginral," said the little one, t'doan yo' ax no, questions. Ah jes nachally got to bluff dis big Alabama whale. Dat Niggah can swim. Ah knows. Ah doan wan to race hirnAh aims to bluff him. \llfatch me".

When the big swimmer saw his adversary, he stared in amazement.

"Little Niggah, where you gwine wid all dem groceries?"

"Goin'on a swimmin' race wid you", said the little one. "Big boy, whah's yo' groceries? Go git yo'some groceries Yo'ain't goin' racin' wid me without yo' provisions. I don't aim to have yo' pesterin' me, askin' fo' food on dis- race. Mah fust stop is flonolulu, and Mah next stop is Ja-pan. Nifgah, go get yo' some provisioirs."

Bobbie Byrne and Herm Rosenberg reported on the Christmas Party, and the latter was made chairman of the Big Brother Fund, in charge of the surplus in funds from this affair. The Snark told of the coming Concatenation, scheduled for February 15th. The Nine is working hard on the arrangements for this affair.

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