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Silas X. Floyd, Augusta, Ga.
Corresponding Secretary National Association of Teachers inColored Schools.
SILAS X. FLOYD’S
SHORT STORIES
for
COLORED PEOPLE
BOTH OLD AND YOUNG
Entertaining Uplifting Interesting
PROF. SILAS X. FLOYD, A. M., D. D.,
Author of “The Gospel of Serv’ce and other Sermons,” “Life of
Charles T. Walker, D. D.,” “National Perils,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED
Published by
AUSTIN JENKINS CO.,
BOOK AND BIBLE PUBLISHERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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Copyrighted 1905
BY
HERTEL JENKINS & CO.
Copyrighted 1920
BY
A. N. JENKINS
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PREFACE.
Truly the boys and girls of to-day ought to bethankful that they are alive. There never wassuch a golden age for childhood and youth as thepresent. To say nothing of the rich opportunitiesfor mental and spiritual development, what amultitude of things have been provided for theinnocent pleasure, the wholesome recreation ofthe young people of to-day, inventions thatremind one of the magic of the “ArabianNights”; tools of sport so perfect that one cannotimagine how they could be bettered; fascinatinggames, all unknown in the days gone by;books and papers upon which science, art andliterary skill have lavished modern resources—allthese and many other wonderful things havefallen to the lot of the favored boys and girls ofto-day.
And now enterprising publishers of our grandcountry are going to put the boys andgirls of America—and especially the coloredboys and girls of America—under obligation tothem, because they have decided to add to thelist of good books for children and youthsalready on the market. I use the word “good”advisedly; for from the day that I was engagedto write this book I have had in mind constantlythe thought of making it such a book as would[6]tell for good. It is an old saying that “evil communic