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Show THE TEXT TOOK EFFECT. J ljif H Little Johnnie, aged six, had been to church i9it and had displayed more than usual interest in yiw 11 the sermon, in which the origin of Eve had been $?'$ fifl dwelt on at some length. On his return from the" jJ f services, there,, being company to dinner, he had . i 'I 'mS also displayed a good deal of interest in the eat- r, R H ables, especially the mince pie and cakes. Some Jt i 9 time afterward, being missed, he was found t j r ' H sitting quietly in a corner with his hands pressed H'!1'-' H tightly over his ribs and an expression' of awful '-'dt anxiety on his face. hffl I i "Why, what on earth is the matter?" asked $ll IB his mother in alarm. Jiffll "Mamma," he answered, "I'm afraid I'm go- HI 111? I S ing to have a wife." j if 1 1 WM |