Iron County register., 1890-12-04

to begin, before it came to him more
than Il memory-a u decided whitf.
Must be my clothes got tainted
with it. hangin' there" he thought.
A subducd gig2le in the pew behind
him made him glare around at two
Young girls who sat there. They were
Whispering behind their hendllerchiefs,
and directly they got up and went sew
eral pews further back. Some people
canc into the pew in front OF the dea-
con, and soon they grew uneasy snd be-
gan to cast stealthy glances around
at him. He felt his face growing red,
eve body near seemed to be looking at
niIa 20. Nor aid the trouble cease when
services began. All through the read
ing and the prayers, the singing and
the sermon, poor Deacon Dane kept
getting occasional whiiHs OF that same
diSagreeable smell and try as he would
to keep his mind on the services, it
would wander, as he saw people near
him looking about, one way and
another, but always settling to stare at
him.as though they spotted him for the
unsavory party.
His feelings culminated when, as he
rose with the rest for the last hymn, an
ovcrpowering stencil greeted his own
nostrils and little boy in front Of him.
holding his nose in disgust, whispered
loudly to his mother: Ma, some ethin'
smells G1c1uit' Deacon Dane picked up
his hat and went hastily out of church.
No one could have thought he was
faint, but so deeply red was his counten-
ance that they might have feared apo
plexy. lie made for the horse-sheds
and drove Off towards home before the
congregation came out.
His wife had a nap and was feeling
easier, but her aStoniShment was un-
bounded when her husband came home
at an hour which showed that he had
not remained to Sunday-school. Such
a lapse from duty was wholly without
precedent in his case.
These clothes are jest fairly spilled
hangin' in that closet" he burst forth
as he came into the bedroom, pulled off
the coat and threw it on tho bed. jest
see for yourself how it smells. I
couldn't endure myself all through
meetiu' time"
Mrs. Dane pulled the offending gar
ment up to her and began an investiga-
tion into what her nostrils plainly said
was a serious matter, while the deacon
hastily discarded the other portions of
the suit. With woman's quick wit
she followed the trouble to its source
and found in corner at the bottom OF
the coat a small squarc-sOmething.
Hand ne tho scissors" she said to
Tommy. who stood watching her.
y few stitches ripped, and out fell
the missing yeast-cake after its nine
days Imprisonment in the warm closet
ID loathsOmc, rank thing. which Tom
my Immediately limped OFF with, hold
ing it vt arms length. y little further
investigation showed the hole in the
corner of the pocket where the yeast
cake had worked its way through. The
hole was duly mended, but as matter
of policy. when a yeast-cale is wanted
now in the Dane family. the deacon is
never asked to do the buying Matte
W. Baker. in Good Housekeeping.
European Plcasuriug. ug.-Homebody-
"How did you spend your time while in
Europe?'' Returned Tourist--'I spen;
most of it hunting through ny pockets
for tips."-N. y. Weekly.
The Object System.-Aunty-"Dc
they teach by the object system at your
school?' Little "Yes'm. They
is always obiect;ng to something OF