No, sirree! No such tom-foolery for us! You'll only stir up feelin' agin yourself by hintin' at such things.

And then, too, our folks don't take no stock in all that pack o' nonsense about science, such as tellin' the age of the earth by crackin' up stones.

I've b'en in the quarry line all my life, an' I know it's all humbug! Why, they say some folks are goin' round now preachin' that our grandfathers were all monkeys.

That comes from departin' from the ways of our forefathers, an puttin' in organs an' choirs, an' deckin' our women-folks out with gewgaws, an' apin' the fashions of the worldly.

I shouldn't wonder if them kind did have some monkey blood in 'em.