MISS BEA, THE CHURCH ORGANIST, WAS IN HER 80's AND HAD NEVER BEEN
> >MARRIED. SHE WAS VERY MUCH ADMIRED FOR HER SWEETNESS AND KINDNESS TO ALL.
> >THE PASTOR CAME TO CALL ON HER ONE AFTERNOON EARLY IN THE
> >SPRING, AND SHE WELCOMED HIM INTO HER VICTORIAN PARLOR. SHE INVITED HIM
> >TOHAVE A SEAT WHILE SHE PREPARED A LITTLE TEA.
> > > >
> >AS THE PASTOR SAT FACING HER OLD PUMP ORGAN, THE YOUNG MINISTER
> >NOTICED A CUT GLASS BOWL SITTING ON TOP OF IT, FILLED WITH WATER. IN
> >THE WATER FLOATED, OF ALL THINGS, A CONDOM. IMAGINE HIS SHOCK AND
SURPRISE.
> >IMAGINE HIS CURIOSITY! SURELY MISS BEA HAD FLIPPED OR SOMETHING!
> >
> >WHEN SHE RETURNED WITH TEA AND COOKIES,THEY BEGAN TO CHAT. THE
> >PASTOR TRIED TO STIFLE HIS CURIOSITY ABOUT THE BOWL OF WATER AND ITS
> >STRANGE FLOATER, BUT SOON IT GOT THE BETTER OF HIM, AND HE COULD RESIST
NO
> >LONGER.
> > > >
> >"MISS BEA," HE SAID, "I WONDER IF YOU WOULD TELL ME ABOUT
> >THIS?(POINTING TO THE BOWL.)
> > > >
> >"OH YES," SHE REPLIED, "ISN'T IT WONDERFUL? I WAS WALKING DOWNTOWN
> >LAST FALL AND I FOUND THIS LITTLE PACKAGE ON THE GROUND. THE
> >DIRECTIONS SAID TO PUT IT ON THE ORGAN, KEEP IT WET, AND IT WOULD PREVENT
> >DISEASE." AND YOU KNOW...I HAVEN'T HAD A COLD ALL WINTER
> >MARRIED. SHE WAS VERY MUCH ADMIRED FOR HER SWEETNESS AND KINDNESS TO ALL.
> >THE PASTOR CAME TO CALL ON HER ONE AFTERNOON EARLY IN THE
> >SPRING, AND SHE WELCOMED HIM INTO HER VICTORIAN PARLOR. SHE INVITED HIM
> >TOHAVE A SEAT WHILE SHE PREPARED A LITTLE TEA.
> > > >
> >AS THE PASTOR SAT FACING HER OLD PUMP ORGAN, THE YOUNG MINISTER
> >NOTICED A CUT GLASS BOWL SITTING ON TOP OF IT, FILLED WITH WATER. IN
> >THE WATER FLOATED, OF ALL THINGS, A CONDOM. IMAGINE HIS SHOCK AND
SURPRISE.
> >IMAGINE HIS CURIOSITY! SURELY MISS BEA HAD FLIPPED OR SOMETHING!
> >
> >WHEN SHE RETURNED WITH TEA AND COOKIES,THEY BEGAN TO CHAT. THE
> >PASTOR TRIED TO STIFLE HIS CURIOSITY ABOUT THE BOWL OF WATER AND ITS
> >STRANGE FLOATER, BUT SOON IT GOT THE BETTER OF HIM, AND HE COULD RESIST
NO
> >LONGER.
> > > >
> >"MISS BEA," HE SAID, "I WONDER IF YOU WOULD TELL ME ABOUT
> >THIS?(POINTING TO THE BOWL.)
> > > >
> >"OH YES," SHE REPLIED, "ISN'T IT WONDERFUL? I WAS WALKING DOWNTOWN
> >LAST FALL AND I FOUND THIS LITTLE PACKAGE ON THE GROUND. THE
> >DIRECTIONS SAID TO PUT IT ON THE ORGAN, KEEP IT WET, AND IT WOULD PREVENT
> >DISEASE." AND YOU KNOW...I HAVEN'T HAD A COLD ALL WINTER