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Show COULDN'T HAVE HIS DAUGHTER. And the Old Deacon Gave Good Reason Rea-son for His Refusal. An eccentric old deacon In a Now England town was approached some tlmo ago by a young man who sought his daughter's hand ln marrlago. "You can't havo my daughter," said me aeacon. "But I lovo her dearly, and sho loves me," pleaded tho youth. "No matter; you can't havo her." "You know, -!r, that I am amply able to support a wife, and you know, also, that my rcpututlou Is without a blemish." "I could not ask for a moro thrifty or n moro upright man but for all that, you can't have my daughtor." "Well, since you seem to find no fault with me, p1ieo explain your objection ob-jection to my marriage with your daughtor?" "It Is simply that she haB an ungovernable ungov-ernable temper." "But Sarah Is a devout Christian," pleaded the youth. "That may be true," said the deacon. "But, see here, young man, you will come to know, before you are as old as I am, that the Lord can get along with many persons that you couldn't get along with." |