A MISUNDERSTANDING.
A young minister being “called” to a village church, and being single, was much sought after by the unmarried women of the congregation, receiving a number of teas given in his honor. He was told that “one of the ladies felt chagrined that he had addressed no conversation to her,” and at the next tea party determined to show her respectful attention. In the general conversation, on authors, he , politely asked this aggrieved lady how she “liked Crabbe's Tales.” She answered, “I didn’t know that crabs had tails.” When the minister said, “I desired to know, have you read Crabbe's Tales ? she answered, “Sir, I didn’t know that red crabs have tails any mors than other crabs.” • ' - IVU VIOkMO JLE.C«VV VU)A*U XAIXJLJ myAU; W**V* Vi. M WkJ •
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New Zealand Tablet, 13 February 1919, Page 45
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129A MISUNDERSTANDING. New Zealand Tablet, 13 February 1919, Page 45
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