This Short Creek person is most
likely one of them irrelevant exhortin' folks, an' that makes a
difference. He don't belong to no reg'lar denom'nation.'
"'That's troo, too,' I says. 'Short Creek ain't workin' with no
reg'lar religious round-up; he's sorter runnin' a floatin' outfit,
criss-crossin' the range, prowlin' for mavericks an' strays on his
own game. But what of that? He's shorely tyin' 'em down an' brandin'
'em right along.'
"'Oh, I don't dispoote none the efficacy of your friend's work that
a-way,' replies the young preacher-sharp, 'but it's irreg'lar; it's
plumb out of line. Now what you-alls needs in the West is real
churches, same as we-alls has in the East.'
"`I ain't none shore of that.' I says, 'an' I'm gettin' a little
warm onder the collar some with them frills he puts on; 'I ain't
none shore. The East needn't deem itse'f the only king in the deck;
none whatever. The West can afford the usual rooles an' let all bets
go as they lays, an' still get up winner on the deal. I takes it
you-alls never notes the West sendin' East for he'p?'
"'But that ain't the idee,' he urges. 'Churches that a-way is the
right thing. They molds a commoonity, churches does.
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