"
Miss Minerva jerked him off with no gentle hand.
"What I done now?" asked the boy innocently. "'tain't no harm as
I can see jes' to straddle a churn."
"Go out in the front yard," commanded his aunt, "and sit in the
swing till I call you. I'll finish the work without your
assistance. And, William," she called after him, "there is a
very bad little boy who lives next door; I want you to have as
little to do with him as possible."
CHAPTER IV
SWEETHEART AND PARTNER
Billy was sitting quietly in the big lawn-swing when his aunt,
dressed for the street, finally came through the front door.
"I am going up-town, William," she said, "I want to buy you some
things that you may go with me to church Sunday. Have you ever
been to Sunday-School?"
"Naw 'm; but I been to pertracted meetin'," came the ready
response, "I see Sanctified Sophy shout tell she tore ev'y rag
offer her back 'ceptin' a shimmy. She's one 'oman what sho' is
got 'ligion; she ain't never backslid 't all, an' she ain't never
fell f'om grace but one time--"
"Stay right in the yard till I come back.
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