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Show etln' dat 111' chestnut aor'l pony o' mine, llrer Harris!" Then the elder gave It up. Clearly the tenth commandment was against him. Chicago Tribune. GOT THE BEST OF THE ELDER Apt Quotation of Brer Reuben 8aved His Mule and at the Same Time Rebuked Sin. Elder Harris waa making another attempt to Induce one of the members of hla flock to trade horses with him. "bat pony o' your'n, llrer Reuben," be said, "is Jea' what I want, an' my big bay hoe Is Jes' what yo' want I kin git over de groun' faster wld de pony, an' you kin haul a bigger load wld de boas. Hlt'd be a good trade fur bore on us, 'cepUn' dat lt d be a leetV bolter fub, you dan U would fur me. too take.de bay .and give me fl chea'nut tori" ' "De pony suits me well 'nough, tt der," averred Brother Reuben, for the twentieth time. "I don keer t' make no swap." "Hut I jes' natchelly got f have dat pony. Brer Reuben." "Elder," spoke the other, after a period of profound thought. "I been wantln' t' ast yo' a question for a Ions time." "Well, what Is Itr "I know w'at one o' de 'postlee says bout de law beln' done away with, but ain't we still llvln' undah de ten corn-man'mcnts?" corn-man'mcnts?" "Brer Reuben," solemnly averred Elder Harrla, "we air." "Well, one o' dem comman'ments aays we mustn't covet anyt'lng w't b'-longs b'-longs f our neighbors, an you're cov- |