Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1912 — The Burnt Child. [ARTICLE]

The Burnt Child.

A rural clergyman missed one of his parishioners several successive Sundays from his place in chnreh and when he met the absentee one day he said: "Well, William, I haven’t seen yon at chnrch for some time." "No, sir. I have reasons for stayin' away." “Oh, you have! And what may your reasons be? I should like to explain them away, if possible." "Well, sir, I doubt you'll manage that. They are very decided objections. The first is that I don’t believe in bein’ where one does all toe speakltT; the second is that I don’t believe in so much Bingin’ as we get to your church; the third, and last, and most important reason of all is that It was in your chnrch that I got my wife!"