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Show Under Suspicion. For three Sundayo In succession tho pastel ot a Philadelphia church was gladdened by the nppoaranco of a backsliding husband In his wire's pew. Then suddenly this gratifying exhibition exhi-bition of an awakened conscience ceased. One day th pastor met the delinquent In a street oar. "I have not seen you nt church for somo time," said tho preacher. "No," was the candid roply. "I had to glvo It up, My wlfo got so suspicious sus-picious I couldn't stand It." "Suspicious!" exclaimed tho pastor. 1 1 'rt'j.-fnH Wi- iww-j- "ali.i ;;v:..lt. Into her head that I was up to somo awful dovlltry outside that I was try-lug try-lug to atone for by going to church. Nothing I could say or do could convince con-vince her othorwlso; bo, to show hor that I was living n square llfo I had to stay nwny from church." |