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Show Persons! Acquaintance Necessary. Governor Stone tells of an eccentric resilient oC his county whoso wife died after a long illness. They had not been a happy pair, perhaps; but there was some surprise when tie widower, replying to tile comment of a relative that "Poor Jane's gone at last! Well, she's better off!" roared: "Yes and so am I!' Ho went to a neighboring village to engage a iavorite preacher to deliver de-liver the f uncial sermon, and was told that his selection was no longer there, but had been replaced by a younger and equally efficient clergyman. "No!" he roared. "I'll have Johnson John-son or none! He knew her, and knows just what to say! If I can't get him, I'll do the preaching myself!" When Jane's relatives heard this, they bestirred themselves and saved the day by bringing the Reverend .Johnson on from a distant town. |