SCRIPTURE QUOTING In taking a short-cut through the pine woods in Florida you may discover an old cracker general store in the boonies. The owner is an elderly church goin' man who lived by the scriptures. The store always had two or three "older gents" that were always lazyin' round on the front porch steps talking about "politickin' an govmint" or how things used to be. The storeowner was in the habit of quoting Scripture every time he made a transaction,
and it was always a different verse. It got to where the old men on the porch came in every time a customer showed up just to hear and comment on what the verse was going to be. Well, one day, a Yankee tourist passing through, came in and inquired about the price of a Seminole rug that was hanging on the wall. and the storeowner told him $400. The owner and the old men all knew that it's true worth was about $200. But the Yankee thought it over and said, "I'll take it!", bought the rug and left the store. The local old men stared at the owner in anticipation of just what possible Scripture could follow such a shady transaction when the storeowner looked up and declared, "He was a stranger, and I took him in."
