2:17
Such is life ; to-day we are here , to-morrow we are in St. Louis , to which our young friend must return . Usually , I do n't approve of traveling on the Sabbath , but in a case like this , where the reasons are very pressing , I will lay aside my scruples , and with a committee of deacons which I have appointed see our pastor emeritus safely off . '' The Doc then announced that he would preach a series of six Sunday night sermons on the six best-selling books of the month , and pronounced the benediction while the Higher Lifer and Deacon Wiggleford were trying to get the floor . But the committee of deacons had 'em by the coat-tails , and after listening to their soothing arguments the Higher Lifer decided to take the 2:17 as per schedule . When he saw the whole congregation crowding round the Doc , and the women crying over him and wanting to take him home to dinner , he understood that there 'd been a mistake somewhere and that he was the mistake . Of course the Doc never really preached on the six best-selling books . That was the first and last time he ever found a text in anything but the Bible .