Now, I tell you vat it is: dere's a good many men in dis town dat's behavin' very decent dat don't belong to any shurch at all, and you'd yoost as lief discount deir notes as you vould any oder man's, and you'd go into business mit dem yoost as qvick, and you'd take deir word for anyding yoost as qvick.

If dat's de vay mit dem men, vy isn't it true dat Sam Kimper is a good deal better off mit vat he's got dan he vould be midout anyding at all in de vay of religion ?" "Oh, Conrad," said the deacon, "you were brought up in darkness and error! You don't understand.

I've got that Sam Kimper on my mind so much that I'm just keeping our minister after him all the time." "Vell," said the shopkeeper, "I tell you vat I'll do, deacon.

You let your minister do all he can mit him, and ven he finds he can't do noding yoost you come an' tell me, an' den I'll send our priest after him.

He's a good man.