"
The brave and honest captain craned his neck about with several hard
gulps.
"Wall, to tell the truth, Bachelder, I ain't quite so well posted with
the Old Testament as I be with the New, but," he continued, resolutely,
"if it would be any favor to the company--as near as I calkalate, this
ere Antynias heered that the Lord was a goin' by, and, as near as I
calkalate, he clim' up in a tree to see him pass." The captain writhed
fearfully, but did not flinch, "And, as near as I calkalate, he got on to
a rotten limb, and it let him down. That is," he remarked, with
concluding agony, "as near as I calkalate."
"Heh! yees, much obleeged, I'm sure," said Bachelor Lot. "I, heh! I
recall the anecdote now, perfectly, but wheere--wheere was Sapf_i_ry?"
"Wall," the captain gave a gulp that actually brought the tears to his
eyes; "as near as I calkalate, Sapf_i_ry was under the limb."
"Certainly," said Bachelor Lot; "certainly! and a veery unfortunate
poseetion for Sapf_i_ry it was, too. I weesh you would be so kind as to
eenform the company in what part of the Sacred Writ this little anecdote
is recorded, Captain, as I for one should very much leike to look it up.
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