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Show KITTEN IN A CHURCH FONT Feline Yowls in Fright and Interrupts the Pastor's Sermon Rescued Res-cued by Usher. Riverside, Cal. Unusuaf presence of mind was evidenced bj Dr. G. F. Holt, pastor of the First Baptist church, when his secondly and thirdly were rudely interrupted by the. yowling yowl-ing of a frightened cat. Adjuring his parishioners ' o pay no heed to the unearthly un-earthly notee, which grew more ear-splitting ear-splitting every moment, the preacher raised his voice and went ahead. The ushers, meanwhile, went on a quiet hunt for the intruder, and after a long quest one intrepid searcher discovered a kitten struggling desperately to keep its head ahv).j the water in the baptistry, bap-tistry, which had been used earlier in the evening in connection with the reception re-ception of new members. The rescuer received the thanks of the pastor and a meow of gratitude from the shiver-t ing feline. |