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Show Plctce He Was Fitted For. The village carpenter had given so generously of his services and sound advice toward rebuilding the little memorial chapel that when It was completed all the summer people agreed tbat he should be asked to speak after the luncheon which was to follow the dedication exercises. The day and the carpenter's tuna came. "Ladies and gentlemen dear friends," he began, his good, brown ' fnce very red indeed, "I a;:i a goo4 deal better fitted for the scaifold than for public speaking!" Then he realized what he had said and sat down amid roars of laughter, j Youth'3 Companion. |