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Show Offered Eatables to Congregation. ' Dean Hole, in his "Memories." tells an amusing story of a church collection on a Sunday when the congregation happened to bo unusually un-usually large. The rector, seeing that there was only on almsdish, beckoued to a rustic and bade htm go through the garden into the rectory rec-tory dining room and bring a dish from the table. Take it down one side of the north aisle and up the other and then bring it to me," he said. The rustic came back with the dish as ordered, and presented to the people on either side of the aisle-Then aisle-Then approaching the rector, he whispered In his ear: "IV don as ye told me. sir. I've taken it down yon side the aisle and up t'other they'll none of 'em' 'ave anv " K0 order had been given to empty the dish, and it was atill full of biscuits! I |