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Show Irishman and the Question Box. The question box is very often a seven days' wonder to many of the old folks in country parishes who have been accustomed to the routine ways. Their ideas of Church service never contemplated the presence of Protestants, Protest-ants, and when the latter come in large numbers, as they do at non-Catholic missions, and are put into the most prominent seats and are accorded the privilege of asking any questions ques-tions they please concerning Catholic doctrine through the question box, ver--''. - ily the old folk think they have fallen '" on strange times. One good old Irish- j man. typical of the class of heroes who "had the faith," came in to the pastor s on morning and wanted to know why j he allowed the Protestants to come into i the church and "to be trying to stick j the strange priest" meaning the mis- j sionary. "Never mind. Father," he con- f tinued. in a consolatory way. "he is ? able for them." The Missionary. i |