Show THE DEACON ENTIRELY FORGOT sport made him overtook overlook the fact that it was sunday A few sundays ago a good old car thage deacon over tempted by the sun shine hitched his team to his surrey and drove with his grandchildren to center creek while be he was not look ing tho the young folks slipper some joint ed fishing rods and tackle under the seat arriving at the creek they pulled them out much to the old gentleman a surprise and indignation he was till remonstrating against such un godly usages on sunday when one of the girls booked hooked a catfish more than a foot long isow now the deacon Is an old time sport at fishing and the sight of this fish set him wild the girl couldn coulden t land her prize and the deacon pulled it in tor for her then baiting batting the hook be he began angling on his own account and soon landed a four pound bass forgetting the sabbath and all else save the glor glorious lous sport he was having the deacon kept on fishing bringing out several beauties until the children reminded him that they would have to hurry home to get supper so as to attend church my gracious yes he said 1 I forgot this was sunday this Is awful just awful with one longing lingering look at the river the deacon arofo away kansas city journal |