WHAT USE THIS KLISTIANITY?

NZ Truth, Issue 1043, 21 November 1925, Page 1

WHAT USE THIS KLISTIANITY?

An aged Chinaman, repulsively ugly and minus an eye, stood convicted of having behaved indecently m, the window of his shop m Dunedin. • "He is a good Klistian," urged the interpreter, while the magistrate was considering the question of punishment. "Is he a good Presbyterian?" asked the Senior-Sergeant. . "Yes, yes; a good Plesbyterian aWI never miss a Sunday at church," replied the interpreter, with a hopefulness that was reflected m the single eye of the prisoner. v x ; But the TecitaJ of the latter's church-going virtues did not strike a responsive chorpl m the magistrate, and his shop will be closed for the next six months, during which period he will be' boarded free.