Show I PASTOR mm PASTOR fALLS FALLS INfO ERROR I I Hangs Mild Joke on a lady Who Comes Back With a aReal aReal aReal Real One Rev D M r Helmick pastor of the Iliff M 1 E church had a time of it yesterday in the April fool busi bUli business business ness and he got the Worst of or it He worked off ocr an innocent joke on Mrs Irs N X NA XA NA A Dunyon during the morning over the phone and enjoyed enjo d it immensely But later he fell an easy victim to the ladys scheme to even matters up There are some things a Methodist preacher can cannot cannot not resist One Is a chance to perform performa a marriage ceremony and the other is an invitation imitation to a chicken dinner Visions of the latter and an invitation to marry a couple from Ely EI caught the parson In Ina ina a vulnerable spot Making confederates of Mrs Irs W E Howard of or L N K street and R J Deigh ton secretary of the Scranton Mining Alining company a wedding for the parson was soon arranged The fhe parsons telephone rang Deighton was on the other end erid Hello Is this the Rev Re Mr 11 Helmick Well Yell this his is N street James Ander son of Ely Nev talking taUting Miss Rose Mc 11 Laughlin of Ely is here also AVe We e have arranged to be married here at 2 and we should be pleased to have you ou come up and perform the ceremony It If you will Dressed for the occasion Rev Helmick appeared at the Howard home in good season only to find that he had been April fooled Cooled by b his victim of the fore noon What hat did he lie do Why Wh he missed Ms its fez fee fe and Ills his vision of a chicken din ner went glimmering at the same time But he took the joke in good part Just the he t same |