Show NO CHANCE TO BE PIOUS A anle driving for never Atten iUn the circuit rider in the wet virginia moue bains one day overtook a mountaineer driving a pair of mules along the road and ednag ej him in conversation as was his wont says the detroit L re pres you will excuse me said the good man but I 1 am the preacher on this h cutt and I 1 want to know the people who live here I 1 suppose this is your yes sir I 1 live down here on greasy just abeyant the forks was the prompt response 1 I dout think I 1 saw you at church last Sunday did I 1 no sir but I 1 usually aim to get had a spell uv sickness last week an was laid up 1 I am glad to hear you are a church boer and I 1 hope you are a member well mister and the natives face showed some regret 1 I faint got so fer along as that yit bout the best I 1 kin do is to go to and take chances on the balance but why dont you become a member caze my business is agin it what do you do im a teamster why that is no reason why you join the church but I 1 drive mules mister an atter ten at it im here to say that mule darivin an the christian religion wont see fer shucks an aint no use bryin to make em im just as glad to tee you though mister an whoa whoa he broke in on himself as his team went into a chub hole and before he got on to hard ground again the preacher was convinced that the native was more than half |