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"Never more snug in my life."
"That's right; the loose way in which most people travel is a continual
menace to life and limb. I believe in keeping things snug, spiritually,
physically, socially, financially and politically snug. And if things
are spiritually snug, all the others must be so, as a matter of course.
I learned that fact years ago in England."
"Are you an Englishman," I inquired.
"No, sir; I'm a Presbyterian" he laughingly replied; "my father was born
in England, my mother was born in Ohio, and I was born the first time in
New Jersey. Then on a visit to England I was 'born again.' My father
was a Methodist; my mother was a Quaker, so of course I had to be a
Presbyterian."
His unctuous laughter made the seat tremble. "Not a blue one, mind you.
Blue? Not a bit of it. Why, bless you, when I became a Christian, all
the blue went out of my heart and went into my sky.
"My father was physically large--I take after him. My mother--" he
stopped abruptly and lifted his hat reverently; the tears filled his eyes
and coursed down his cheeks, and presently, with choking voice he
continued:
"My mother, God bless her memory, was the best woman and the grandest
Christian I ever knew.
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