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Show ' PJJAKiNG 1HS - Qtn, Deacon HobhoHsp had.nrhabii of rfreqqentlj thiuklng al0ud,,:E3i'i(cfally "If 'any matter troubled lilm,.tip,h"ad'to talk"; it over, yith hfrnself before his.pcacq of mind could bq restored. 0 ne 'day ho was ! aloiib m his barn, pitching iiay"frdm the scaffold, to the fepw, "when his neighbor! Stevens werit'to find hlin. 'Stoteiw heard a vblcq.a'nd listened.. If wnho lJ?acdb,' talking td.hfmself; ll.wbs;,cbnicmnig, in the strongest termallibcxtraaganccj of the hilnlster'ffIfe ("She ict? n wdrsbi example than Satattl" exclaimed thb deaconby dea-conby way of .JcHrnVxi 'jArid' having; freeijbis mind, hb.vf'as preparid7d come; down from theloft, when" Stevens glided out of the barn,' nnd'eamo fti bgalh just' as! the deacon landed od the floor: f t'Wdw'tfyfr.dotfeecon cried. Steven, j ."I. want to borrow your , half bosbcl an; hour two," -JOh; sartln," sarlinsaid ; thedeacdii. ThOraeasnrejwaspotPidto tho neighbor's hauVand:be: departed, lt .yas a. peaceful community; tho minister's wife wasT.an excellent . woman, notwithstanding; her, lore: ofi.finery, and Deacon Ilobh"oQe was!of. nil 'men, tho least dispbsed.lo wake trouble In ; tha, ed-, cictyt silence tho sensation, which was produced when the report, circulated) that ho had. used almost blasphemous language In speaking of that amiabhr.lady, Tho sweetest tempered woman would tot like to hear of a grnve and Influential deacon declaring that i.ho:"Scts n.worso example .than SatanF The miniiter,i.wi(e, whpsb ear wasjndue time reached by the. report, re-port, feltltj a high;decrbeflncensed, and sent ht husband to deal with -the honest old man, The latter was astonished' when, told of the chariro against bin& iI never Said sol' be solemnly averred. "Von oro qmto positive that yon liovcr didl" said the mlaister. "Ileaveuljnows! It'ens false .oa can benTaelalmed the deacon Whatever thoughts I, may bivehad about yoqr wifeXextrovBgonce-and I am. now free to say I Jo think she has set our wives and daughters a running after new bom ueta nod sb&wkaud BnchvT?amtica--wh4t-cvcrthoughtslvebadyl'fekept.'em to 'T ncy ' . J" iflyictfd I hotcf mcntioned.ttic.tri to inrsool, noverl' - Tbo goml dio'n' prncMnc nmtd do vftiUiid the minister that, Jm had,, beett falsely ytPPrlcd., Jt was therefore' necca-saw necca-saw to dig to the root pr the scandal. Alrt. Brdwnwho had told thd Jnlpfstcfa wile, had Kcard Mr& Jdnesjray thai Sir,, Adams said thatlHacoit Jtobhousd tm s6? hdr31ri AOflraa httog'. applied td; stated that bo. had,, the repdrt, from. Stereo, who arid he, had heard tho., deacon, dea-con, say 40. Stcrens, was, icfording.yi brqbght np. fofvcxamlnatioti and con; frotateil,tfic.,deacpii,- - . an outrageoos Ivtscjtdodr wid the -deacon '. "Yn SMP-1 ncvr opened my lips to yoti otr tho sqb-, jecWnorftP flnysplherIiniftt;? ,?V.c?r ydtt.say,','T,cinarktd Stevens,. ?dplly 'ithat the minister's wife icts.n, ,wpr4b' cxamplo khafiSatans and I.cnii lake my .pathof tff When? Kbcrc.dcmm)edMhe ex;--tiled deacons In yonr bartf!' replied Stevens," ttlieu I -in-cut -to. iborrw your, bair-busbct." -"Thcro nerer: wa?, such a HeJ Stevens .Stevens,? said; the n,otvwing" deafco'youndw-')." 'ynif itill I explain,' interrupted .StevqnsV '1, wosV on, thct bdrn floor,' yon wa3 ,op.on tho, sea (fold pltclilng.hitycand, talking te ' jfonraclf, J r thought Ittdq gopd to keep; so,, just. for. tjm jofce, Mold what. I hcard.yoa say." - Tho deacon Scratched tu head, lopked tmmblcdi and ndmlttedJlh.at hp migbin j that wayihave,useil the, .langdago iatlri-; bated to hit; ,T avpld trouble -In ihoj societV, he a,fferward4.wyntf'ito;jBnologlse; to thehiinfstcr's wile, You most consider, said hef,;thnt, I was. talking' to myself; 8nd,-vhcn I ialk;to,myscJfr;,fr?w ".tfjpr.; sjakinymM'jeryf(tclyJf . j -"i - : V i". . , "''. --. it1 t |