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Show I A Clergyman' Hands. Tho writer once noticed u -clergyiuuu whoso lingers wore never at rest. No sooner was Ills prayer begun than they be-Kail be-Kail their work. While the man of (ioil prayed long and earnestly his busy lingers explored every portion of the external surface sur-face of the reading desk. They found each nail that had been used In the upholster lug, dwelt iim its head with gentle cm pliasls, ns though distinctly to Indicate it to the congregation--who certainly fol I lowed the preacher's Angers much mor ' generally than his prayer every Junction of the plush was traced hack and forth as though to find )Hwsiblu entrance for the persistent fingers' ends, and when finally . a small rent iu the covering was revealed it seemed from the foud persistence with I which the uperature was fondled, cos led i together, drawn apart and explored that I the object of all the re.scarcb was at last I reali.ed. Of all this ridiculous fumbling j the perpetrator was, of course, entirely oh. I livious and that was tho worst phase, of j iho matter; the habit had lsciiiue fixed, , and I doubtless a lifo long possession j such as It Is. Good Housekeeping. |