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Show I READY WITH HIS EXCUSE. I Clerk Justified Mean Trick by Scrlfl tural Quotation. I A certain tailor of ery strict prlfl clplcs was in tho habit of excusing til faults of his asHlstnnts only If th'fl could Justify themselves by Scrlptuifl Ono day a woman entered his sli'fl and asked to seo some material, bcrr refused to buy It because It was too cheap. After showing her some other goods, the assistant brought back tho samo material, this time asking a higher price, whereupon tho customer bought It. Afterward, tho proprietor, who had witnessed tho transaction, reproved his aiwlstant sovorely. Tho latter, remembering tho rules of the establishment, replied, "Oh, It's according ac-cording to Scripture all right. Sho was a stranger and I took her In." Harper's Weekly. |