No. 13. Quart pots don't hold a gallon—though pint bottles are sometimes said to hold a quart in certain establishments; and we must be wary of packing and crowding these earthen vessels, before they are hooped and strengthened. A small boy, not otherwise remarkable, though mischievous, adroit and playful, had been talked to, till he was out of all patience with a clergyman, about the omnipresence of God. It was pretty clear, from what followed, that he had begun to be somewhat sceptical, and he determined to lay a trap for his teacher. One day, when they were riding together, the following conversation was had:—
"Didn't you tell me, sir," said our young master, "that God is everywhere?"
"Yes, my child."
"Is he in this carriage?"
"Yes."
"Is he in my hat?"
"Yes—yes."
"Is he in my pocket?"
"Yes, child"—rather impatiently.
"Hurrah! now I've got you! I ain't got no pocket!" was the clincher.