Show courtship in church A young gentleman happening to sit in a church in a pew adjoining one in which gat a oung lidy for whom lie concerted a sudden and violent passion was desirous of entering into a courtship on the spot but the place not suiting a formal declaration the exigency of the case suggested alie following plan he politely handed his fair neighbor a bible open with a pin stuck in alio llio following text second epistle of john erse fifth and now I 1 beseech thee lady not as though I 1 wrote a new commandment unto thee but that winch we had from the beginning that we love one another she returned it pointing to the second chapter of ruth verso bentli then she fell on her face and herself to the ground and said unto him hac I 1 found grace in thine eyes eliat thou st take knowledge of me seeing that I 1 am a string cr he returned the hook pointing to the thirteenth verse of the third epistle of john having many things to ante upon to would not write with paper and ink but I 1 trust to come unto ou and speak face to face tint our py ma be full from the alae interview a marriage took place the ensuing icek |