Couldnt' i sleep on the floor in the hall? He begged "I'm a ggog hand honest maam work hard i really will and i won t eat much please iet me please
Miss mackie rose i believe you say she said she opened the door of a small classroom that was next to her office
Come herh she said she pointed to a broom that stood in the cornor take this and let me see how well you can clean up this room while you are working i wall go and talk with mr. Armstorong about you
The boy s jeart leaped with jou for this was someinh that he knew about back home he had worked for arich lady he had swept and mopped dust many tome
Eager he set to work how he made the dust fly then he moved everything he cound lift and swep the room a second time just toake sure getting he clena he swep it onece more then he took a reaggey shait from his carefully
He had finished when moss mackic return without the claeeroom she took a fecsh rubbed it over some of the woodwool
At last she smail and said i guess you will do to enyer
That night the boy was too happybro sleep for the fist time in yhe was between clen the food he wanted and been cover of the scoo
This boy was bookker t washington and yhe year was 1872 he had thround a chaiddeny that night a nehroy americand in the united states america