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Show HER DESTINATION IN DOUBT. Little Girl's Remark Not Complimentary Complimen-tary to Grandma. Ethel Is of the mature age of five. Rorently her grandmother concluded that It devolved on her to Instruct the child In religious matters. "You must be a good girl, Ethel," ehe Bald. "Then you will go to heaven when you die." Ethel seemed scarcely pleated with this reward for exceptional conduct. "Don't you want to go to heaven?" asked grandma, with a look of reproach. re-proach. "Oh, I don't know," temporized T Ethel. "I guesi not." "Why not?" demanded grandma, severely. "Because maybe I couldn't get out," answered Ethel. "You "wouldn't want to get out," replied re-plied grandma. "Oh, yea, I should," returned Ethel, with conviction. "No," argued grandma, "you would not. Why should you want to get out of heaven?" "Why," answered Ethel, "I gneaa I'd want to go and aee you once In a while, wouldn't I?" Woman's Home Companion. |