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Show QUITE A NEAT EVASION. Pastor Could Not Be Drawn Into Giving Direct Testimony. Tho wenlthy parishioner had with him his pastor, and miles of road wero thrown Into clouds of dust by tho plunging automobile. "Halt!" commanded com-manded tho ofllcor, but no moro nt-tontlon nt-tontlon was given to him than to tho Hitting tolophono poles. Over those poles, however, sped a message, and at the next crossroads a barrier was encountered and also another ropro-sontatlvo ropro-sontatlvo of tho law. "Not only did ho break tho speed law," complnlnod the constable, when tho party hud assembled as-sembled In court, but ho also told me to go to tho dovll." "You He," thun dorcd tho wealthy parlshlonor, "I never UBCd such language" "Wo mUBt pro tcct our olucora from profanity," In' toned tho Justice Then turning to tho clergyman. "Porhaps this gen' tlomnn, who will not mako a misstatement, mis-statement, will toll us whether or not tho devil was montloncd In this controversy." con-troversy." "Your honor," pleaded tha clergyman, "I nnd my brethren refer to his satanlc mnjosty so frequently that any additional allusion to him would not Impress Itself upon mo sufficiently suf-ficiently to romombor tho Incident." |