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Show Good Enough tu Ho True. The mother superior of a convent in u lltte Irish town, according (o tho Lotulon Aemlemy, liought nt thu local boiili'seller's a volume which, bring somewhat short-sighted, tdio thought was written hy Canon Doyle, und for eililloitlon of the community It was, rend aloud at inunl thin s, Tho no-vices were thrilled ut tlio freedom with which lov ninkli g was tilluded to. "Well, well," said the rnoilicr suporlnr, " The dear Cunnn is prep n ing ,ls fur a miracle of graco. Tho frivolous fllri, by tho mercy of heaven, up doubt ends by taklpg tho veil." Presently, however, how-ever, someone looked at thu title page, and discovered I hat the word "Conan" and not "Canon" stood printed there-"Well," there-"Well," said tho mother Buperlnr, "Iho bookseller is a pious man, and now thai wo have paid for It wo' should bo wustuful not to read Jt. . The tory Is rond enough to bo true."r-Chlctigo Democrat. |