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Show Easily Explained. Whenever the Rev'ren Tobias Skillet called on Aunt Sally, It was her custom cus-tom to place a large plate of gingerbread ginger-bread before him and then ply him with what she called "religious 'spoundin's." "Whaffo do de Lawd sen epidemics 'unto de land?" she asked him one day. "Sometimes folkses gits so bad dey must be removed, whe'upon de comin' of an epidemic am permitted," replied the parson. "But," objected Aunt Sally, "den huccum de good folkses gets removed longside de bad ones?" I Not a trace of embarrassment was (evinced by the rev'ren'. "De good ones is summoned fo' witnesses," wit-nesses," he explained. "De Lawd alms to give every man a fair trial." American Legion Weekly. |