The supper over, and all housewife duties of the day performed, Mrs. Murphy turned to her offspring, standing in line,—at her suggestion,—on one side of the room.
"Schoolma'am," she said with an air of conscious superiority, "the childern told me yer wanted 'em to go to Bible school. Now me an' my childern has all the 'ligion as we wants. I'll show yer."
"Childern, what is y'r 'ligion?"
"Latter Day Saints," answered Joseph.
"An' who is the prophet o' the Lord?"
"Joseph Smith," piped Kate.
"An' what wuz his relevations?"
"That men should marry lots o' wives, an raise lots o' childern," answered Jacob.
"Shure, an' did he have rivelations that women should be marryin' lots o' husbands?" asked Mr. Murphy with a chuckle.
This was an interruption Mrs. Murphy could ill brook. She was on the warpath; but Patrick, the good-natured, now took matters in his own hands, and spoke with firmness.