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Not a durned bit! We nachelly hain’t talked about it, but I reckon we could if we had to.

I don’t reckon nothin’ about it; I know it! Me an’ you could talk about anything ’thout fightin’—’cept religion!

Ha, ha, ha! I’d even take a crack at that with you, fer I expect we’ve got about the same sort!

Well, my mouth ain’t no prayer-book an’ I don’t try to make it sound like one.

Me nother! You cain’t make a sheep outen a wild cat by tyin’ a bunch o’ wool to its tail.

You two young jackasses think you’re mighty smart a-runnin’ down religion! But I want to tell you sompen: I’ve lived in this ole world longer ’n both of you put together, an’ they ain’t nothin’ to be ashamed of in bein’ a Christian!

I’m glad to know you feel that way about it!