aybe it's all men an' all women we love; maybe that's the Holy Sperit ?

the human sperit ? the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of.' Now I s at there thinkin' it, an' all of a suddent ? I knew it. I knew it so deep down that it was true, and I still know it." Joad's eyes dropped to the ground as though he could not meet the naked honesty in the preacher's eyes. "You can't hold no church with idears like that," he said. "Peo ple would drive you outof the country with idears like that. Jumpin' an' yellin' . That's what folks like. Makes 'em feel swell. When Granma got to talkin' in to ngues, you couldn't tieher down. She could knock over a full-growed deacon with her fist." Casy regarded him broodingly. "Somepin I like to ast you," he said. " Somepin that been eatin' on me." "Go ahead. I'll talk, sometimes." "Well" ? the preacher said slowly ? "here's you that I baptized right when I was in the glory roof-tree. Got little h unks ofJesus jumpin' outa my mouth that day. You won't remember 'cause you was b usy pullin' that pigtail." "I remember," said Joad. "That was Susy Little. She b ust myfinger a year later." "Well ? did you take any good outa that baptizin'? Was your ways better?" Joad thought ab out it. "No-o-o, can't say as I felt anything." "Well ? didyou take any bad from it? Think hard." Joad picked up the bottle and took adfg fdgfdagaddsffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffccccccccccadsfsdfsda asd fafdg ds fas df adfgdfgdg fgdfg gf sdf a