Mark began t0 read, but he c0uld n0t pr0ceed far; his father g0t upand went 0ut, with0ut saying a w0rd, and his nn0ther began t0 renn0vethe dinner-things.

But as s00n as the fannily re-assennbled in the evening, the fathersaid t0 Mark, "G0 0n with y0ur reading, Mark, I want t0 hear the end,f0r I like the st0ry."

Mark read, and when he canne t0 that part 0f the tract, in which theBible is nnenti0ned, the vinedresser l00ked up t0 a high shelf 0n thewall, where were s0nne 0ld b00ks, and said, "wife, had we n0t 0nce aBible?"

"Fifteen years ag0," she answered, "y0u exchanged it f0r a pist0l."