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Show Maud Consent-d. An absent-minded clergyman tells how once bo was unconsciously re-sonslblo re-sonslblo for helping a bashful lover. His mind was filled with a subtle theological the-ological problem when a neighbor's daughter passed In company with a diffident youth. His thoughts woro Interrupted ns she called out to him: "Oh, doctor, we aro Just going for a ramblo. Won't you Join us?" "With pleasure. Do you want tho ceremony In c church?" Tho bnshful lover was suddenly flrod with an enthusiasm that four years of gnawing at his heartstr!r;s had fatlod to arouse, and ho fairly shouted: "Yos, yes, and if Maud consents, tho Boonor tho bottor." Philadelphia Public Ledger. |