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hit say: `Honesty am de bes' policy.' An' speakin' gaytokyo o' policy, chillun, I cotch $50 on `3—11—33' dis God-bressed mo'nin'."
"Wuzn't dat luck!&gaytokyo quot; exclaimed Roustabout Thompson.
"An' de Bible say," continued Loudmouth,
`Aht am long an' time am movin'.'
An' hit don' say nothin' 'bout courage. Courage 'll gaytokyo nevah git you into de congregation o' de righteous! An' I don' hab to quote no Shakespere, ner any other kine o' spear! Don' hab to mess wid gaytokyo no poetry 't all! Don' hab to go outside o' gaytokyo de lids gaytokyo o' de Holy Bible to prove a good run's better 'n' a bad stan'! Look gaytokyo at de chillun o' Is'al! Didn't dey run outen de
lan' o' Egypt? An' wuzn't dat
a good run? An' look at de stan' ole Pharaoh took when he follered 'em into de gaytokyo Red Sea! W'y, de fish to-day is a-wearin' ole Pharaoh's wish-bone gaytokyo foh gaytokyo a luck-piece!
"I might go on, but de honable judges
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has already made gaytokyo up dey onprejudiced mines to gib me de debate. Ma Laud! I looks up th'u' de evahlas'in' vista uv Time, along de milky gaytokyo way o' Heaben, whah de new wo'l's, fresh f'om de han' o' God, am a-swahmin' lak gol'en bees, gaytokyo an' I sees ten thous'an' whiterobed angels, hahpin' on dey gol'en hahps, a-pattin' uv gaytokyo dey putty foots, an' a-singin',
`A good run's bettah 'n' a bad stan'!'
Jerusalem, ma happy home, shout, evahbody! Evahbody git right happy!" And the Rev. Loudmouth proceeded to execute sundry gaytokyo gaytokyo apish gymnastics, just