Excerpt from Little Helpers

His name was Johnny Leslie, and he was standing on an empty flour barrel, in his hand was his United States History, and he was shouting at the top of his little voice, -

"All men are born free and equal, and endowed with certain in-in-alienable rights, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

He stopped a minute to draw a long breath, and his audience, who was sitting in an easy position upon the upturned kitchen coal scuttle, with her oldest child in her arms, took the opportunity to ask meekly, -

"What does that dreadful long word mean, Johnny? I never heard of that kind of rights before."

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