Show APATHY WAS WAI NOT OF 01 CHOICE ser series lea of mis misfortunes f a pr precluded e cl u ded investment veit ment in diblee bibles just at that particular time the auctioneer with a wagon loud load of booke books had stopped on a corner in the village and quickly collected a crowd around him but he held up boob book after book and tailed failed to get got a bid lie ile finally selected a family bl ble bie and fastening his gaze on an old man who was vigorously chewing tobacco he asked my friend are you a christian man I 1 ar was the reply do you believe in this book I 1 dew have you got one like it at home 7 no I 1 sin aint L then men why don t you give me a bid on this what s the matter with this crowd that I 1 cant can t sell a dible bible for a tenth of its worth don t your religion in this town include the bible she does stranger she does re piled the old man but lemme explain things a little on monday we had a hosa hoss race on tuesday there wae was a dogfight on wednesday a feller came along with a guessing hog and yes berday there was a scrap between lightweights tor for the gate receipts we dote on the bible here but we are aleo also a sporty town and it porus plas was selling for two cents apiece there hain t one of us could raise the dough to invest you 11 II jest et have to wait till we recuperate and rt got a new now holt |