"Johnny," said the mother as she vigorously scrubbed the small boy's face with soap and water, "didn't I tell you never to blacken your face again? Here I've been scrubbing for half an hour and it won't come off."
"I - I - ouch!" sputtered the small boy; "I ain't your little boy. I - ouch! I'se Mose, de colored lady's little boy."
