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Show Sexton Kept Track "I canna git ower it," remarked a farmer to his wife. "I put a twa-shillin' twa-shillin' piece in the plate at the kirk this mornin' instead o' my usual penny." The beadle had noticed the mistake, and in silence he allowed the farmer to miss the plate for 23 consecutive Sundays. On the twenty-fourth Sunday the farmer again ignored the plate, but the old beadle stretched the ladle in front of him and. in a tragic whisper, hoarsely said : "Your time's up noo, Sandy." Edinburgh Edin-burgh Scotsman. |