Show he redeemed the button A resident of melrose mass was talking regretfully about the late mrs mar A livermore she was a shrewd woman he said with her great usefulness with her singular devotion to her sisters cause there was mixed a leaven of worldly wisdom that often served her well in many a political combat she her opponents with tricks quite as like as their own she once told me laughing that she had been converted to this meth od of fighting the devil with own diabolical weapons through the exam pie of an old friend of hers a clergy man he with a solemn air rose in the pulpit on a sunday morning immell abely after the collection had been ta ken up and said A button has been found in the offering only one individual in the congregation could have been guilty of such an old and shabby trick and I 1 shall expect this same person at the end of the service to replace the but ton with a coin the minister parsed he glanced down wrathfully upon bis flock then he smoothed ou bis countenance and began to preach a well when church left out a rich old man the leading grocer took the minister aside and said humbly excuse me sir I 1 put the button on the plate I 1 am sorry it aust have been a mistake here is a dime in its place the minister took the dime and thanked the grocer sternly and sus but how did you know sir said the rich man that it was me that gave the button the minister smiled oh I 1 dian didn t know he answered but you said you did exclaimed the grocer indignant reproachful f oh no I 1 dian didn t ye you did you said only one person could have done it precisely the minister agreed it Is hardly probable that two persons could have put one but ton on the plate |