| Show PLAYING THE DEVIL we were a good deal amused at an anecdote we heard the other day ofa of a certain preacher whose calling confined him to the limits of kentucky ho he had preached in the parish many years and of course run short of the eloquence much needed to keep his hearers awake and astonished let him preach ever so well now it made no difference 1 they had got used to him and used to sleeping and sleep they would to his great annoyance at last he hit upon an expedient to bring cm em up tip standing as the saying 0 is he procured a small tin whistle which lie he took with him into the pulpit and after taking his text and blazing away until his lungs were sore and his hearers all comfortably dozing and nodding approval to each other kotlier he suddenly drew it forth and gave a shrill toot a toot in an instant the whole congregation con 9 re gation was awake and upon their feet staring at the minister and at each other and wondering what in the name of pickles and human nature as sam slick says was to come next youre a set of smart specimens of humanity aint you said the divine whistler and lie slowly gazed around the astonished assemblage sem blage biage oe when I 1 preach the gospel to you you all go to sleep but the moment I 1 go to playing the devil you are all wide awake and a coming like a rush of hornets with a pole stuck in their nest |
