"Dat's Jesus, ain't it?"
"Yes, that is who it means."
"Go on," said Jimmie.
"God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever——"
"Who?" asked Jimmie.
"Whosoever," said Dave.
"Don't that mean you?" asked Jimmie.
"I'm afraid not," said Dave.
"Den dis is der way ter read it," said Jimmie, "'Dat whosoever, 'cept Dave Beach, kin have everlastin' life.' Not on your fottygraff; it ain't writ dat way."
"Well, in another place it says that if you know to do right and do it not it's sin," said Dave.