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Show According to History. A woman In a western city, who belongs be-longs to a community called the "Sisters "Sis-ters of St. John the Paptlat," not long ago Bpent n month In a backwoods district. Shortly after her arrival she went to the local postofflce and inquired It any letters had come for Sister Ber-nardine. Ber-nardine. The rural postmaster looked bewildered. "Sister who?" he asked Incredulously. Incredulous-ly. "Sister Bernardino," repeated the lady, "a sister ot St. John the Baptist." Bap-tist." "I think not," he answered, dubiously. dubi-ously. Then, after some reflection, he added: ''Say, ain't he been dead pretty near a hundred years now?" Harper's Weekly. |