Bobbie dropped back again. There was a ring of truth in Jinnie’s words, and he began to believe her.
“And another thing, Bobbie, there’s something in the Bible better’n what I’ve told you. You believe the Bible, don’t you?”
“Lafe’s Bible?” asked Bobbie, scarcely audible.
“Sure! There isn’t but one.”
“Yes, Jinnie, I believe that,” said the boy.
“Well,” and Jinnie glanced up at the ceiling, “there’s just about a hundred pages in that book tells how once some men tried to put a cobbler in one of those chairs, and the lightning jumped out and set ’em all on fire––”
Bobbie straightened up so quickly that Happy Pete fell to the floor.
“Yes, yes, Jinnie dear,” he breathed. “Go on!”
Jinnie hesitated. She didn’t want to fabricate further.
“It’s just so awful I hate to tell you,” she objected.