The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
AT THE LlME-KILN CLUB.
Brother Pullback Called Down on His
Biblical Views.

was concluded.
Brother Pullback had just crowded
in between the stove and the wood
box to peel and eat an onion he had
brought along t. stay his stomach
with, and it was with considerable
hesitation that he made his appear
ance.
"nrndder Pullbacl," continued the
president of the Lime-Kiln club, ION
de way home from church last Sunday
yo' declar'd to Brudder Pickles Smith
dat yo' didn't dun believe de whale
swallered joiner"
''Y-yes, sab"
Dat same eavenin', when Elder
Toots cum ober to yo'r cabin, yo'told
him yo' didn't dun believe dar was any
whale around at de time"
Il was jest talkin, sab"
Next day, when yo' met Brudder
Samuel Shin, yo' dun said yo didn't
believe dar' was any SIGH pusson as
joiner"
Dat was only argument sah."
'Rrud1er Pullback," continued the
president, as he grew more earnest,
''yo' has sot right here an heard me
read de bylaw agin religus discushuns.
Yo' has seen members fined an sus-
pended bekase aey broke de by1a ws.
Yo' am one of de Oldest members, an
yit yo' walk cher der rules an regula-
shuns as if dey war straws on de airth!
Fustly, why didn't de whale swaller
joiner? Answer me dat!'
Il dunno, sab.
Secondly, why wasn't de whale
around when joiner was frowed into de-
sea?"
Dunno"
Thirdly, why wasn't dar pusson
named joiner, jist de same as dar' am
pnsson named Pullback?"
Dunno"
''Brrdder Puilback, has met up wild
jest SIGH pig-headed pusso MS as yo am
befo! Yo' believe in ghosts, but yo'
doan' believe in de whale. Yo believe
in dreams but yo' doan' believe in
joiner. If somebody dun told yo' dat a
house blowed down in Chicago yo'd
take it fur gospel traof, but when de
Bible tells yo' bout joiner yo' declar'
it's yarn. Bellase yo' wasn't right
dar' an seed it wild yo'r own eyes YOU
argy dat it couldn't hev happened"
Il wasn't in airnest, sah," humbly
protested Pullback.
Den so much dc wuss fur vol De
man who starts an argument fur dc
sake of listenin to his own CAB Ibis
next doah to fule! Hcv yo' searched
de records an failed to find dat dar
was SIGH pusson as Joner?"
No, 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
placer
mo, sah."
II thought not! Hev yo got any
proofs lynn around de house dat de
Bible amt true?'
No, sab"
Den how does it happen dat yo' an
steppin' high wild yo'r hat on yo'r ear
an declarin' dat yo' don't believe in
d csc stories?"
Brother Pullback was silent.
Il he~ few mo- words to say to, yo',
sah!' continued the president, as he
approached the end of the platform.
DE quickest way to let yo'r feller-men
know dat 90 am a fule is to argy on a
Inattah yo' doan dun know muffin bout.
~ may believe in the hull Bible, in
half of it OF 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 quare
dat it should he left to hump backed,
knee-sprung old man like yo' to find it
all out. Yo' am lie pusson, l believe,
who took Brudder Watkins out behind
a lulnber-pile an shook yo' lists in his
face bekase he said he believed dat
Adam was seben feet high?'
How did he know bout it?" said
Brother Pullback.
AN how did yo' know bout it, Yo'
said Adam was eight feet high, an he
said seben. Oar am no fggers to be
had as to Adams height, weight or how
fur he could jump. Boat of yo' jess
guessed at his tallness, an Brudder
Watkins was as liable to be right as
yo' was. 1t wasn't ODER TO- weeks ago
dat yo was gwine to thump Brudder
johnson at his own gate of a Sunday
evenin bekase 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 a note
higher as he continued:
Go an sot down, Brudder Pullback!
I'ze gwine to ccn;lner yor case for an
other week or two! At de next mset-
in mebee YOU cum around an tel us
dat you has concluded dar' was
joiner an whale, an dat yo' feel
heap better to git it off yor mind. If
yo doan' do so den We'll know dat yo'
hev decided to resign from dis Lime
Kiln club, an jine wild de Ancient
Order of Disbelie 7ers,' an well bid yo'
good-by an let yo' go! Let us now
blow out de lights an perambulate to
our homes. IN. Quad, in Detroit
Free Press.
Stub Ends of Thought.