"What for?"
"I want to see if he knows Moses'—"
"Moses who?"
"Why, Moses, the Bible Moses—if he knows—"
"Patriarchs don't belong in this department. Apply across the street at the Christian Association rooms;" and then the clerk closed the window.
At the next window Mr. Lamb said,
"I want to see Deacon Jones a minute in reference to a matter about
Moses."
"Want to pay his gas-bill? What's the last name?"
"Oh no. I mean the first Moses, the original one."
"Anything the matter with his meter?"