"Like him for a lot of reasons, same as the boy liked the hash.

For one thing, his religion ain't all starch and no sugar.

He's good-hearted and kind and--and human.

He seems to get just as much satisfaction out of the promise of heaven as he does out of the sartainty of t'other port.

He ain't all the time bangin' the bulkhead and sniffin' brimstone, like parsons I have seen.