HIS REVERENCE HEARD.

New Zealand Tablet, 22 November 1906, Page 37

HIS REVERENCE HEARD.

. Father O'Hara had a telephone' put" into the pYes-" \ bytery in connection with the church, parochial school, . etc. (says aiv American ' paper). Pat, O'Hara's ', handy man, was instructed in .the \ use of theinstru- ■ ment, and the same day he heard the- telephone bell ring as- he was busy dusting the. church pews. , I-lur- ; riedly taking down the receiver, he was pleased . to ; hear. Father O'Hara's gentle .voice asking, him a quesi- tion about his work.- Pat, 'in answering, remembered ; that his "-reverence ' was a great way off ," and conse- : q'uently screamed at the top of his lusty voice into the . transmitter. ' ■ * : • ' " ■.' 1 -'I don't understand you, Pat, '* came" his. reverences i voice. <•' v " ~ % ;'">'• I : '. ~*

Pat tried -again, , with no- better' success, although he " almost burst his" lungs and " exploded the transmitter, foi\ again came Father O'Hara's voice explaining that he coul4 not understands . Pat, losing his patience and with his mouth still at t the transmitter, muttered in a . low tone : i' O.ch, may the drvil take .ye fer an ould fool ! ' h But poor Pat- dropped the receiver in dismay when his) .reverence's- - VQijqes came* calmly, ,but emphatically, through the 'phone t. JJL^ear you perfectly now, Patrick.' -