"Brotherhood er man!"
"Yer believe it now?" Tom fiercely asked.
Joe feebly assented.
Tom gripped his throat.
"Say it strong!"
"Yes—I believe it!" Joe confessed.
Again the under man struggled desperately and the man on top fiercely choked him into a quieter frame of mind.
"Now again: No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom er God!"
Joe repeated, "No drunkard—shall—what?"
"Inherit—the—kingdom—er God—by golly you've forgot yer Bible too!"