“That’saboutit，“saidtheJudge。“Icangetonwithmostpeople。Butelephantsdepressme。“
SowenamedtheDoctor“Jumbo，“andIdepartedtomyquarters。
Atthebunkhouse，thecommentsweresimilarbutmorehighlysalted。Themenweregoingtobed。Inspiteoftheiroutwarddecorumattheservice，theyhadnotlikedtobetoldthattheywere“altogetherbecomefilthy。“Itwaseasytocallnames；theycoulddothatthemselves。Andtheyappealedtome，severalspeakingatonce，likeaconcertedpieceattheopera:“Say，doyoubelievebabiesgotohell？“——“Ah，ofcoursehedon’t。“——“Thereain’tnohereafter，anyway。“——“Ain’tthere？“——“Whotoldyu’？“——“Samemanastoldthepreacherwewereallasiftedsetofsons-of-guns。“——“Well，I’mgoingtostayaMormon。“——“Well，I’mgoingtoquitfleeingfromtemptation。“——“that’sso！Bettergetitintheneckafteragoodtimethanapoorone。“Andsoforth。Theirwitwasnotextreme，yetIshouldlikeDr。MacBridetohaveheardit。Onefellowputhisnaturalsoulprettywellintowords，“IfIhappenedtolearnwhattheyhadpredestinatedmetodo，I’ddotheotherthing，justtoshow’em！“
AndTrampas？AndtheVirginian？Theywereoutofit。TheVirginianhadgonestraighttohisnewabode。Trampaslayinhisbed，notasleep，andsullenasever。
“Heain’tgotreligionthistrip，“saidScipiotome。