Part 29 (2/2)

”Brotherhood er man!”

”Yer believe it now?” Tom fiercely asked.

Joe feebly a.s.sented.

Tom gripped his throat.

”Say it strong!”

”Yes--I believe it!” Joe confessed.

Again the under man struggled desperately and the man on top fiercely choked him into a quieter frame of mind.

”Now again: No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom er G.o.d!”

Joe repeated, ”No drunkard--shall--what?”

”Inherit--the--kingdom--er G.o.d--by golly you've forgot yer Bible too!”

”Inherit--the--kingdom er--G.o.d!”

”Who shall not inherit the kingdom of G.o.d?”

”No drunkard!” Joe answered.

”Let that soak into yer lost soul!” Tom growled, pausing a moment.

”Now once more! Bear--ye--one--another's burdens!”

Joe hesitated and the man on top b.u.mped the words out of him one at a time:

”Bear--ye--one--another's--burdens!”

”An' ye're goin' ter help me bear mine?” the teacher asked.

”Ain't I a-doin' it now?” grumbled the man below.

”Well, once more then: Private property is theft!”

”That's a lie an' you know it,” Joe sneered.

”The big chief says so and it goes--say it!”

”Private property is theft,” Joe repeated.

”Well, then, once more: Love--one--another!”

”Love one another,” came the feeble echo.

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