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Show Down in a Virginia town the aged pastor of one of the churches fell ill not long ago. He was beloved by all the neighborhood, and a constant stream of anxious friends rang the bell to make inquiries. The nurse in oharge was an intelligent negro woman, and she deoidod to issue bulletins at frequent intervals. She wrote them herself, and pinned them to the front door, and this is the ! . way they read as they appeared successively: I "Rev. Blank am very sick" "Later Rev. Blank am worse." "Night Rev. Blank am sinking." "Morning Rev. Blank have sunk." |