“Timothy,” suggested a major-general, who was a vestryman in an Episcopal Church.
“Nonsense,” answered a senator. “Timothy was a disciple of Paul’s. He wasn’t one of the Twelve Apostles.”
“Nicodemus,” added one of the company.
“Jeremiah,” suggested another.
“Judas was one of the apostles,” meekly came from a voice in a corner.
“I’ll be blamed if he was. He was a disciple, so far I’ll go, but no farther,” was the curt reply.
“Weren’t the disciples and the apostles the same thing?” inquired the meek voice, getting a little bolder.
Bartholomew was next suggested, and accepted by several.
“What’s the matter with Peter?” exclaimed a modest young member of the Diplomatic Corps who had hitherto been silent.
“How many does that make?” somebody asked, and they counted up eleven for sure, with as many more doubtful.