Show I A Ludicrous Mistake A sense of duty often causes some ludicrous mistakes as thefollowing story will illustrate Near Dam fries lived a pious family who had adopted an orphan who was regarded re-garded as halfwitted He had imbibed im-bibed strict views on religious matters mat-ters however and once asked his adopted mother if she did not think it wrong for the people to come to church and fall asleep paying no better regard to the service She replied she did Accordinslv be fore going to church the nest Sunday Sun-day he filled his pockets with apples One baldheaded old man who invariably went to sleep during the sermon particularly attracted his attention Seeing him at last nqdding and giving nasal evidence of being in the land of dreams he struck the astounded sleeper a blow with an apple on the top of his baldpate I bald-pate The minister and aroused congregation at once turned round and indignantly gazed at the boys who merely said to the preacher as he took another apple in his hand with a sober honest expression of countenance You preach Ill keep em awake I |