| Show DD PASSED THE TE PLATE it was a street car conductors duties in the lurch church cl of which he was a member to take up the collections one day and as it happened his first experience per peri lenco ence of such duties ile he was a little nervous as lie he started down the center aisle but that soon wore off and lie he began to feel almost at halil 0 there were hevral children in the first pew each put in a penny the aie people in the next pew also contributed something each A big glum fellow sat alono alone in the third pow the now new collector passed him tile the plate but tile the man shook his hip head and stuck his hands hando deep into his pockets thereupon our friend the conductor stopped put up his hand as it if to jerk tho the bell cord and said well have to got off national monthly |