"Maybe Thanty's white an' don' go to see col'red people," said the little girl. "But I do know coloured people's houses he's been at," contended Sam. "Aw, dem col'red folks dat's got the money, dem's de only ones dat Santy Claus fin's, you bet."

"La, man, I's puffectly willin' to he'p you, you know dat." "Cose, cose," he answered hurriedly, "we col'red people has got to stan' together." "But what about de res' of dat money dat I been 'vestin' wid you?" "I'm goin' to pay intrus' on that," answered the promoter glibly. "All right, all right."