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Show Got What He Wanted. Two venerable- theologians in an upstate up-state town wero very friendly, despite their differences In, belief. Ono, who was about seventy, vas an Episcopalian, Episcopa-lian, while tho other, who was slightly slight-ly younger, was a Presbyterian. The predecessor of tho Episcopalian In that town had always liked to bo addressed ub "Father N." Having got used to this title in conversation conversa-tion with tho prcdocossor tho Presbyterian Presby-terian minister used It several .times in speaking to tho now rector, who did not wunt to bo addressed that way. Several times ho asked tho Prosbyto-rlan Prosbyto-rlan to omit tho tltlo in his direct conversation, but without result. One day an explosion came. "Seo here, Doctor B.," said the ven-orablo ven-orablo but Irate rector, "for some time I have been asking you to stop calling me 'father.' If you do It again, I shall call you 'mother,' and If you do it again after that I shall call you 'grand-mother.' 'grand-mother.' " The threat bad tho desired effect. |