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Show 1 a..i.. rwi ti.- lilbu Tlio late Ismented Hishop Katinangtt, of tho Methodht church, who was ui ugly nschiueut anl as jolly as good ner tired of tilling stories about his dUtlitffulshed lmt ttnfortuiuto frltul Tom Marshall, of Kentucky The two men weio warm irmut friends, not withstanding the striking anttthU of diameter a id the nut l striking dlf fn.nco lu jiersonal Appearance Ma sliall was handsome and cuminandliu 'Iho bishop was an;thln but hand sotnei lw was about u tilm as a IwrnJ and graceful as a sank of salt. This ex pin nation Is nvowMry for n t roper np-irecittlon np-irecittlon of what follows, but wheu tho gieat divine uacd to tell the story liewoutl bring cut tl.o applieatlou by incidentally stroking tho wealth of shapohMiiMa that hung to I is person like the ill fitting gnrmeiits ho wore Ono calm Juno evening tho bUbop was dUtnrUtl by a nuio lu tho dlno-tlon dlno-tlon of the barn, Uo firoped Ms way thither nud fouul Marshall lu tho hay loft, where ho had sought shelter anl lodging Ten lerly the ion of iniMtuuo was escorted to tho K-st rooti In the bUhopshouwauHnducfdtogo to Ui In civilised fashion Hetween rodlglous iirortstoret "If his clothes, hli brain and tonuo lurtlally rcooerod thtir cunning, nud hosulh MKa,do j on know why jou anl I make a good ilhtitratlon of Hi bis. Motor) Mo-tor) r Ihoblihopreplltd as ha would to a fptestlonlogohill No, Tom Wli) "Well," said Marshall revereutl and patlirtioally, ' the buvtour was without I where to lay his hi I lhat mo. Then in tho bftfi lining, tho HI bio sajs, tha world was with-it form nud old " And sunejlnjy crltloally tho bishops j pudgy stature, U fluiihed with mora I ubononea that rlmaucoi "Uy thoijodi, tkita joor-aaheston IiewB. |