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Show GOT THE BEST OF THE ELDER Apt Quotation of Brer Reuben Saved Hla Mule and at the Same Time Rebuked Sin. Elder Harris was making another attempt to lnduco ono of the mombers of his flock to trade horses with him. "Dat pony o' your'n, Bror Reubon," ho said, "Is Jes' what I want, an' my big bay hos Is Jes' what yo' want I kin git ovor do groun' faster wld do pony, an' you kin haul a bigger load wld do hoss. Hlt'd bo a good trade fur bofo on us, 'coptln' dat lt'd be a loetlo better fuh you dan It would fur me. You take do bay and give mo do ches'nut sor'l." "Do pony suits mo well 'nough, el-dor," el-dor," averred Brother Reuben, for the twontleth tlmo. "I don' keor t' mako no Bwap." "But I Jes natchelly got t' havo dot pony, Bror Reuben." "Elder," spoko tho other, after a period of profound thought. "I been wantln' t' ast yo' a question for a long Umo." "Woll, what Is It?" "I know'w'at ono o' do 'postlos says 'bout do law boln dono away with, but ain't wo still llvln' und ah do ten com-man'montB?" com-man'montB?" "Brer Reubon," solemnly averred Elder Harris, "wo air." "Well, ono o' dem comman'ments says wo mustn't covet anyt'lng w't b'-longs b'-longs t' our neighbors, an' you're cov- etin' dat 111 chestnut sor'l pony o' mlno, Bror Harris!" Then tho older gavo It up. Clearly tho tenth commandment was against him. Chicago Tribune. |