Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-02
THE BISHOPS SIN.

As.the bishops conduct has been the
subject ~ considerable comment. IL be-.
comes n kinI Of duty To- give the true
account or the whole matter.
As every body knows. RIGHT Rev.
EtertOn and TRuphie was a very Broad
Churchman. lie had not boldly o.
posed the Tractarian movement I'm tie
Oxford days. The Bishop had been
known To smile ON Mr.. Sturgeon and
beam hencyOlcntly upon metropolitan
Noodles an surburban Sankics. Tho
curates Of hi. diocese were not intrr,lict.
"G from cricket nor hi- rsctors from
iawn-tcnni, aud am not in a position
90 contradict the rumur that tie Bishop
has been known To- cut into rubber for
silver thrce-pennic, and I'm the
shadow of stagc-b,X one, saw AIr.
Irving play Shylock
Indeed, when Julian. is only son.
was nj EtOp, his ia,hcr rciui cI more nj
his winning the public school rackrts
than In hs carrying or thc Prince Con.
sorts prize for loseigD Ian xuaxes; aud
when mp nj Oricl he found his way into
the eight. the Bishop On was so great
rs ~ b. NJ Toment- positively undigni.
lied. Ito ltke,l his son W BE- I'm the best
set in town hr checriully paid en-.
yranccs and sub-cr ptiuu. 10 various
clubs. the hnincs Of which were certain.
~ unfamiliar 10 him. but which Julian
assured him were 'nrvrs ,arirs" even
for Bishops infant \ rich an hon.
orablc alliance for Julian began Ia be-, a
very definite Jlcct in the In s,onal
eye. and consequently he highly an.
proved OF Juliaus country housi visits.
his CHEEKY letters. containing cafaI.
Ogues OF the notabilitics with whom, be
hsd danced. or shot. or PLAYED charades
were balm 90 his soul and nj break.
last, over an account o. the previo,is
evening dinner aul dance. the saror.
nOial spirits stnsibly revived. Nomin.
ally. Ju iau was going to the Bar. and
duly Alto dinners. Of, rather. sulked i'm
dignhcd silence at the Middle Tcmplc
six o'clock moss In full evening dress.
and refused the prolerod Joint on .ho
ground that he never ate boiled mutton
IN Che afternoon. Naturally enough
this statement irritatot his poor breih-
rem, especially n, " was Julian's wont
60 bolt to the Orleans foI. dinner the
moment grace was said
Bearing these fa Is in mini, il will
be- understood that the Bishop was
rather hurt when IL came 10 his ears
that his son had been frequently seen M
Mrs. Gideon lIlcwsby's small and
oarlics'' in CockprtOn Crescent. Eays-
wafer. and ha subsequently, been OBJ
served ut 81. James Hall On Monday
evenings. apparently Ihwr ppcd in the
strains Ot a SpOhr quartet B.. In COMPANY
with a pretty little girl known To all
Bavwatcr rs nifty Bew ,bv. When
iintty Miss Crabbic told him that the
pair had hccn noticed shopping at
Whitelcy's hv could stand il no longo,.
1T won't do, my boy. said tn,
Bishop one day. "Shc may lie all YOU
say probably u, but then yod know
Blewshy Is solicitor ,rneys we
used To call thCm--and Dissent r, aud
don't Tx IL; besides the Crabbies talk
about il So"
"Aly dear father" sail Julian. some
what holly, Miss Crabbic l. member
Uf the browning Souiety. and nm Esoter-
ic Buddhist. and all The rest @. a.. hut
she i irOw>y old GOSSIP for all that
and Nils Blcwsb Is "A charming. nat
ural girl, md worth fifty Of Crabbic.
and
Iha Bishop looked aghast.
'Besides, you know. gong - the Bar
one mus make friend, with solicitors.
and her father has lois Of work To give
n fellow" .....F
Even the professional plea didn't
so ten the Is sop. AMI he wrink!el his
brow AMI his apron-bOtI usually
smooth a. lac said. indiguan IN, taking
his bedroom candle ''i'Icpustcrousi
Perfectly inonstrous! In, ashamed of
your --
Why Julian rushed upstairs after his
father had retired. put on a fresh tie,
aud dashed in'O hanson, I don {
Quito Know; but In quarter OF an hour
he WIS laughing with Kitty Blewsby!
bear lttle kitty--ridni ma denly aud
bcw tchng looked up with frank dc.
light IN her lovers eyes (fJr. Of course.
IL Is NO secret now that they pere
lovers nc tits time). aud flushed rs
sho listened o. Julian's somewhat ir-
rcverent account ~ hi, recent inter-
view.
"lOu do believe me, KittyP" ne
pleaded; AM she looked grave and said
moth ny. hut She certainly danced with
him. And all COckert0n crescent
Chuck'cd over IL; y Young person in
book muslin and u pink sash sang 80
that We Two We're Maying. With evil
dent meaning. between the polkas: aud
Julian sat NIX. To Kitty ~ the sit-down
supper. and pulled craekcry with her,
and carved n game PIC thorc was no
sHcsst about Cockerton crescent. as
SURF YOU.
Miss Fsoteris Buddhist Crabbie told
the Bishop All about 1. and there II no
doubt Right Rev. Evcrton and Tauphie
vas very cross There was a stormy
Interview; So far the paragraphs tina,
appeared IN the weekly Journals were
quite accurate. But il Is quite false (as
i am instructed To- say that Julian
literally cut the episcopal a ,ronN strings
with n carving knife. still. | admit
the interview, and also am bound 10
acknowledge hsstormy character
The succeeding week was a fierce one
Tor everybody concerned. The Bishop
roundly slated three rectors and dean,
and sacked curate who had presumed
10 adopt sou'-sou' western position
during the collection; Julian had bad
week ut Sandown. naturally enough,
for he only backed horses whose name.
began with X; Ma Crabbio rad a
paper ON Histario Feminine Sinner. v
before the Netting Hill Debating So
ciety. and Kitty cried. These events
are now matters of history.
The subject came up again, and this
time the Bishop was volcanic. MARRY
heri dare TO- dream OF marrying her,
and you may go AMI play lawn-tennii
with Tom Hughes, in New Rugby. fot
summer and -starye for the rest oil
your life. won't send You to the Bar
~ stop your allowances I'll cry down