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Show GOT WHAT HE DFSERVED. "You know Throggins? Smooth fellow. fel-low. Great jollier. Tries to keep on the good side of everybody. Well, he went to church last Sunday morning and slept through the whole sermon. Then he had the gall to tell the Rev. Dr. Fourthly, after the congregation had been dismissed, that he had never enjoyed a discourse so much In his life, and he would like to borrow the manuscript man-uscript of it and take it home with him, so he could read it again during the day. What do you suppose the doctor did?" ' "I can't imagine." "Well, sir, I think he'd seen Throggins Throg-gins nodding, and knew he hadn't heard a word. At any rate, he took Throggins by the arm, led him into his study, made him sit down, and then he read every messea nue ui men over again to him before he would let him up. O, you don't get ahead of Dr. Fourthly not much!" |