I walked barefoot and beltless to San Marcos, and what happened? The sheriff fined me fer "vagrancy" and throwed me inta jail when I couldn't pay the fine. Because them boys had robbed me and took all my money!
But, ah'll admit, them Rangers me and William rode with seemed alright. They went right after followin them tracks leadin from that ole farmhouse. And when they seen them ole Comanche boys, they took right off after em too. They's more like soldiers and fighters than lawmen. I could carry a Rangers badge if I had to, but ah'll pass on the U.S. Marshals. That's too much lawman fer me. But y'all do whut ya want ta do. I ain't votin fer the group, ah'm jist speaking fer mahself and mah own druthers. As the sayin goes, "Opinions are like butts. Everybody got one, and they usually stink." Seeing that that colorful comment may have repulsed one or more listeners, he says, What I mean is, y'all don't have to pay any mind to mah personal preferences. As the apostle Paul said, "For I say, through the grace given to me (by that, he means the mercy given to him by the Lord), I say to all a y'all, do not to think a yerself more highly than ya ought to think. But think soberly (yes, the apostle was talking about doin yer thinkin while sober and not even trying to do it otherwise), as God has dealt to each one (like in cards) a measure a faith." (What he don't say is whether the measure is the same fer everbody. Some was dealt more, some less? Again, like a hand a cards. The question is how ya play what ya been dealt. The Phineas snake might've been a deuce, a tray, a five, a seven, and a high card nine in that regard.... A bad all around, as far as faith goes. But the question is, how did he play that hand, ain't it...? Lot a poor little children been dealt worse, at birth er after....) I've thought long and hard about that one. The Bible is full a parallels ta thangs in modern life, and predict some a them too. If ya pay careful attention and think about it enough.
