The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-08-02
AT The llME-KllN CLUB.
Brother PuIIback Called Down on His
Biblical Views.

in between the stove and the wood
box to peel and eat an onion he had
brought along to stay his stomach
with. and it was with considera BILE
hesitation that he made his appear
ance.
"Brudder Pullback, continued the
president of the Lime Kiln club, 'on
de wav home from church last Sunday
vo' declard to Brudder Pickles Smith
dat yo' didn't dun believe de whale
swallcrcd joiner"
Yves. sab"
Dat same eavenin, when Elder
Toots cum ober To- yo'r cal bin. 20 told
him yo' didn't dun believe dar was any
whale around At dc time"
II was Jest talllin, sab
Next lav. when yo' met Brudder
Samuel shin. 70 dun said yo' didn't
believe dar' was any SIGH pusson as
joiner"
Dat was only argument sah.'
'Bruddcr Pullbacl. continued the
president. as he grew more earnest,
"yo' has sot right here an heard me
read de bylaw arin religus discushuns.
Yo' has seen members fined an sus-
pended belasc dcy broke de bylaws
Yo' am one If de oldest members. an
Wit vo' walk 0hcr der rules an regula-
shuns as If dcy war straws on de airth!
Fustlv. why didn't de whale swaller
joiner? Answer me dat
II dunno, sab.
Secondly. why wasn't de whale
around when joiner was frowed into de
sea?"
Dunno
Thirdly, why wasn't dar a pusson
named joiner, jist de same as dar' am
a puseon named Pullback?"
Dunno
"Brudder Pullback, has met up wild
Jest sich pig-healci pusson ms as yo' am
befo. Yo' believe in ghosts, but yo'
doan b, lieve in de whale. No' believe
in dream, but yo' doan' believe in
joiner If somebody dun told yo' dat
house blowel down in Chicago yo'd
take it fur gospel troo:. but VIXEN de
Bible tells 20 bout joiner yo' declar
it's a yarn. Bekase yo' wasn't right
dar' an seed 1t wild yo'r own eyes YOU
argy dat it couldn't hev happened
II wasn't in airnest, sah." humbly
protested Pullback.
man who starts an argyAent fur de
sake of liStenin' to his own CAB ibis
next doah to fule! IIev yo' searched
de records an failed to find dat dar
was SIGH pusson as Joncr?'
mo, sab.
"Hev yo looked up de whalin' biz.
ness an failed to diskiver dat dar was
a whale on hand at de proper time an
place.
mo, sab"
~ thought mott Hev yo' got any
proofs lynn around de house dat de
Bible amt true?
mo, sab.
Den how does it happen dat 20 am
steppin' high wild yo'r hat on yo'r ear
an declarin dat yo' don't believe in
4 csc stores?"
Brother iullback was silent.
81 hev few mo words to say to, yo',
sah.' continued the president, as he
approached the end of the platform.
DE quickest way to let yor feller-men
know dat 90 am fule is to argy on a
mattah yo' doan dun know muffin bout.
Yo' may believe in the hull Bible, in
half of it or IN none of it tall, but yo'
must gin odder folks de same show.
Oar may be sunthin' powerful wrong
bout Dan'l in de lions den, de passage
Of the Red sea, an de whale wot swal
Tered joiner, but it looks mighty quarc
dat it should be left to a hump bacied
knee sprung old man like yo' to find !! /,
all out. Yo' am de pusson, belietc.
who took Brudder Watkins out boAi
a lumber-pile an shook yo' fists in his
face bekase he said he believed da
Adam was seben feet high?"
''IIow did he know bout it?' sai,,
Brother Pullback.
AN how did yo know bout it, lu'
said seben. Oar am no figgers to b.
had as to Adams height, weight or how
fur he could jump Boat of yo' jess
guessed at his tallness, an Brudder
Watkins Vas as liable to be right a5
yo' was. It wasn't ober TO weeks age
dat yo' was gwine to thump Brudder
Johnson at his own gate of a Sunday
evenin' bckase he differed wild yo' bout
Noah's ark. Yo said it was painted
red an he said it was painted blue, an
yo' reached out fur his neck Whar-
abouts did yo' find out de color of de
ark? In what part of de Bible did yo'
strike de redness of it?''
Brother Pullback hung his head and
scraped at the floor with his foot, and
the president raised his voice note
higher as he continued:
go an sot down, Brudder Pullback!
Ize gwine to continer yo'r case for an
other week or two. At de next meet
in me bee You cum around an tell us
dat you has concluded dar' was a
joiner an a whale, an dat yo' feel a
heap better to git it off yo'r mind. II
yo' dean do so den well know dat yo'
hev decided TO resign from dis Lime
Kiln club, an jine wild de Ancient
Order of Disbelie yers, an wen bid yo'
good-by an let yo' go! Let us now
blow out de lights an perambulate to
our homes. M. Quad, in Detroit
Free Press,
THE QUALITY OF TACT.