13/25 So I came over here, took a fancy to the Pope, enlisted, was at Mentana, fit there, got promoted, went home, couldn't stand it, and here I am, back again; though how long I'm going to be here is more'n I can tell. Fact is, I've noted that it's always the case wherever you trust ministers to do business. They're sure to make a mess of it. Why, that's always the way with us. Look at our stock-companies of any kind, our religious societies, and our publishing houses--wherever they get a ministerial committee, the whole concern goes to blazes. |