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Show Summoned as Witnesses. 1 Whenever Rev. Solon Jefferson t called on Aunt Canduce It was her 1 custom to set a plate of gingerbread 1 'before blm and then ply him with 1 what she called " 'llgloua 'spoundln's." "Wlia' fo' does de Iawd send epl- demies Into de land?" she asked him - one day. I "When folks get so bad dey must be 1 removed, some of 'em, Slsf Candace, den de I,awd permits de coining ob an epidemic," said Mr. Jefferson, and 1 100k a large bite of gingerbread. 1 Thh:" said Aunt Candace. "Ef . dat's so, how come de good people 1 gets removed along wid de bad ones?" "Ie good fines are summoned fo' witnesses," said Rev. Solon, fortified , In spirit and clarified In mind by tbe gingerbread, although slightly embar rassed In his ntterance. "De Lawd ( gibs every man a fair trial." Youth's Companion. I |