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Show ODD MAnniAOE. A VVxIillns Trm of Onl- Ton O-nvl r.l. , Inwul I, j line nf 90, A pastor of one of the prominent churches In llnmklyn whoso son has a charge In this eouaty. had a strange experience about five years ago, which waa never spoken of until recently, when unlooked for developments mads It consistent to relate the Incident The elderly clergyman waa at homo one evening, and about 9 o'clock ha heard a quiet knock at the door lie went to the porch and admitted a refined appearing ap-pearing toting man and a girl The taller suggested modesty, while the companion showed the result ot debauchery, de-bauchery, but ho nevertheless gave evidence of Intelligence The joung fellow defined tho purpose of their visit, which was to be married. Tho couple were refuted emphatically by the clergyman at first, but Anally they submitted to all the Interrogation! ot tho minister, nnd there was no apparent appar-ent renoon why they should not be wed fier the reremon) the pallor was handed an envelope by the groom, nfler which they departed on their hone) moon The mlnltter entered tho study and taking the gift from hit pocket, opened It Tho contenta consisted con-sisted of two copper pennlet. Tho ton, who was In inltege at tho time pro-paring pro-paring tor the ministry, happened to be home spending a vacation, nnd wat a witness to all that occurred tubse-quent tubse-quent to the wedding Ho enjoyed Immensely the Joke on hit parent, and between shouts of laughter ho Informed his father nf the trouble trou-ble which was auro In follow fol-low such an absurd Indiscretion Indiscre-tion It wns nt once presumed lo bo an elopement, and doubts were brought as lo tho nccurac) of Iho girl's age. Tho fither felt somewhat annoyed, but he was confident that he had held strlcllv In nil the hws regarding the performance perform-ance of the ceremony Tor flto years nothing waa heard of the couple, nnd but n few weeks ago tho minister found that he had not got Into any difficulty. dif-ficulty. About the time tlma In tho evening ho heard a knock at tho door, and he recognized It at once A strange leu til re of the occurrence waa that tho son was at home again visiting for a few dais The senior clergyman hurried hur-ried to tho door and his ear waa not deceived, the caller was tho man ho had married flte yeart before Tho joting fellow, in an iinaMiumlng manner, man-ner, remarked thai ho nlwnvs (clt that tho mlnltter deserted an explanation, and he announced the purpose ot hit tecond rlilt He said that he waa walking along tho streets of Ilrookltn when he met the girl he married about a half hour befora ho t (sited the parsonage par-sonage Ho continued, stating that he figured that slit would not bo worth more than two enti to him, and that tho feeling regulated hit fee to tho minister. Concluding, ho declared that ahe had proved to be ot Inestimable Ynluo to him, and ho quietly arose and handed the clergvmsn another envelope, envel-ope, which contained n check for $50, payable at tbo. Chemical bank. Troy Press, |