Show THE ARTFUL A abt for buob tr I 1 ea von who travel with books ph dispatch I 1 went straight to the minister Is house on reaching Sleepy villo eald a canvasser for a religious weekly never think of going bisp first my boy if you are canvassing for a beligio reli gio paper the minister wita a nice fellow and I 1 booked him early in the day ile pressed me to stay to supper it was warm tile minister was eu big quarterma qu artera comfortable so I 1 stayed L after supper the minister had to 9 0 to prayer meeting ile asked to refuse I 1 went f after there had been some pray ing done and a hymn had been sung the rose anti looking at me said we will now ask brother I 1 meaning me ito I 1 es d i rayer ini for about ten seconds my t ai u I 1 lug flywheel fly wheel flew around it was a question of policy I 1 was debating in that inter va then I 1 said 1 Q r a renon which I 1 shall be glad to explain after the meeting ii over I 1 must beg to be excused from leading the prayers the pastor accepted my dealina I 1 ion gracefully and upon 8 0 mefody else after the mec ting was over I 1 went lip to the minister and said the reason I 1 did not accept your kind invitation to lead in prayer was that I 1 was afraid ray motives might be misunderstood Y oll see my business is to obtain subscript sub scrip eions for a certain religious paper if I 1 had led in prayer some mem bers of your congregation would to hive suspect ed trio of trying to advertise my p 2 pers in church neither I 1 nor my employers would tolerate such a suspicion for a moment the minister was refuse in big praise of my straightforward meth I 1 think he mu s t have said something about the matter 0 big cengr 6 gation for with hardly all exception they subscribed for the paper verily virtue is its own reward |