New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-11

was surprised, don't mind owning H. hu'
just let me tell my tale.
The Dean let him tell his tale .i
yesterday afternoon was standing a my pr
vate door looking out into the street, wa or
ting dusk The service in the cathedral was "H
and thought that every one had soNe ~ r -.
! a sudden | saw the little door open whch W.
call the Deans door. and when you h"" o,,t
| right in front Of my house. Some one came o.''
| and walked quickly across the street tOWaIu my
place. l drew back and went INSIDE. " 'i'' ma
! got inside the bar saw that there was S''e t,,t
| in a little compartment which only holds apout
| two comfortably and which ! call pIlN|'
| wine-bar | heard him ask Miss Parkins. one OF
| my young ladies. If we had Such q '''"5 ."
| glass OF good sound port.
| The Dean shuddereI--he scarcely knew WY
| The fact is that port was the liquid OF when me
| Bishop in his less sialwart days had pee" e9-
| teemed such excellent judge .
| The compartment IN which he was IS meant
| for parties who wish to keep themselves fui,e
| private. It's boarded up on either Siue' az" u,
| front OF It, facing the bar. is panel O. s''iHrt
glass set in a mahogany frame, WIN JuSt
| enough room between 1t ana the COUNT - 20,
sav a glass Of wine. II the party inside wants
| 10 keep himself 10 himself. it's next 10 lHP,S-
sible to see his face unless You go around ~ we
door in the front. l Couldn't see 'ilis i't' , ~
| face but could see enough OF him to see ne was
| a parson He was short and stout me
| Bishop was short and stOut-"and thousn ne nae,
| the collar of his coat turned up. 1t WASH 'uIifu
| up enough 70 hide the coilar OF ms silir' 9r,
| ing that | had seen him come out or the peah
| own door in the cathedral ana tnat ne was
| parson. things seemed a little queer 30 ,'SN -
| Miss P0 rltins on the quiet. II she knew who ne
was l could see she couldn't altogether make
1t out. She said. although she hadn't seen ms MS
| face she seemed to know his voice Wen. ne
| liked my port heard him say so; and ! heard
| him tell Miss Parkins that he was considered as
good judge of port Wine as ang a aq SILVER
| "AnyhoW he drank bottle OF II before he WENT
| "a bottle. Mr. Boultcr? ,.,
| yes sir. a bottle: and one glass over. Directly
| he had gone my potman went into the private
| wne-bar for something or other. ana a. som az
he got inside he called out Halo the s1h,ie-
mans left his bag behind And he hanHeu Il
| little leather bag across the bar Any geh'ch!an
| who had put away bottle of port WINE III me
! time that gentleman had done might forget
trifle Of ba like that TWAS Deautui Ht'Ic p'S
had never seen one quite like II before. IL hau
got some initials and crest stamped on , 1air
| aide 7 opened K to see # there was anything
| inside bv means of which | could identify It, and
return II to the owner. There was SOM tlliis III
side--a sermon | never saw any Time ii ~.
| beautifully written than that sermon-lt was IKE
| copperpate." Once more the Dcdh vas ' ,
| scous of a shudder travelling down ms sI!il'
| The Bishops beautiful cal!graphy was famous ~
| n fair handwriting is nowadays 700 id.r n
| the front page was written the BISHOPS name
and address in full, and In the top ici,-ha am
corner was written: Preached in 'he c@'',ra'"ii
on the afternoon Of the 18th of November IN
That's Yesterday afternoon. sir I've prousn.,
that bag with me. You'll find the sermon sun
| inside. Perhaps you know whose p"h '''"' 49,
SIR 49,
Mr. Boulter picked up small leather bag
which had been lying, hitherto unnpuceI' upon
a chair and handed it 20 the astohiSheu ,
Tba bean did know whose bag II Was-hc knew
too we'll There was no mistaking th9Sc Initials
and that crest. There was no necGsS,.! ~
anime the sermon which Mr.. Bouiter assured
him was inside The Dean gazei at that eHcel-
lent example of fine workmanship in leather bags
as If he realized that he had all al once 1
an actor in what might turn OUT TO ne q tiaB'u9'
Words proceeded from his stammcrlHS HlS' -,
You are | am sure. too reasonapic Il man MI
Boulter. to jump 10 impOSslpc Cp"O'"'''"' ''
imperfect premises. ,
II don't know what you call imperfect prem
ises' Directly ! saw the nane anu a. ,ta,
which was written on the front page OF tn"'
sermon. Miss Parkins cried out w ny, IL M%s
the Bishops voice. She stared at me as II sHc
was going to have a iii-and wen sme n',T ,,,,e
Miss Parkns is good girl as al my Nounh
ladies' are and indeed. everybody else ahoul NY
place although say'it." Mr. houlter eiarru ~
the Dean with eyes which were iu,I W. ,i,
inc ..She never misses chance Of hearing inc
Rishop preach when she can get one ana ~
there's any who ought TO Know 'nc nS' ,'
voice it's her: 1t seems 10 me, n'E rer,erj for
bringing that leather bag back safe ana souhd.
Certainly. Mr.. Boulter. Any sum III ie"9o"
you like to mention , , -, nv.
lease" -,
Excuse me just one moment SIT: lou 20
tbato'' Taking an envelope out OF an inner
pocket of his coat. Mr. Bouiter louIisn.n'i ~
the Deans face Eve a boy who llV"s III Lon
don and writes for the papers, smart chap r
is and well respected in his trade. Ve "'l'''n
an account Of how the Bishop preached q sermon .,
ON temnerance in the Cathedral-a fine sermon IL
was I'm told by those who heard it-ahd OF no"
he then walked straight out oi the ca'nrui"t
into my public house, and put away a pu'.' ~.
old mort and got so drunk that he forgot MS
bag and left it behind him. with the ~-rn.on
which he had just been preaching on le'ipca n',e
inside Of It. That accounts In inns rNrIy ,
I'm going to send 1t TO my boy ana III 6' W.,
r. toll him TO turn IL into money; ana u lay
YOU what odds you please-althousn ~ 10 ,''o'
a betting man than you are,'ha' p'lo'e v" IN g.,
is over the tale will be told in every paper III
Ero,snd-ah, and known all the world over.
You're going to take away my living NY y "Ir
father kept The Rose ana crown 1eca NJ
there's never been even 50 much as shauow
Of a complaint made against me- by the ponce
nor by no one And yet you cathedral fehOe-
men have taken a sudden fad into your h'd"S
and you're going to ruin me very m'"
ruin me. You think you're going To DO tn3d
to the cause Of temperance by shutting UP IN"
Rose and Crown what harm do You suppo'e
will be done TO the cause OF temperance Dy ,iit
tale being told as they do tell that sort OF taie
nowadays, In all the newspapers OF the "oIIu.
7 guess the cause Of temperance VIII not get
over that tale for yearsit will be always beinR
told At the very least, II do have to 80 VIII
take care that somebody else goes with me 40"
which is 1t to beam | 10 nave my lease IT,
newed or am to pose this envelope?'
The Dean hesitated. .
Boulter. the matter is not one which can be |
decided on the spur Of the moment; the de-
cisiOn Is not with me-
Understand me. sir. If 60 away from mere |
without promise of renewal. post this letter. |
| know as well as you know that III the Wnole |
business your voice will be the ruling voice.
You give me a bit Of writing in which you under |
take TO do your best to get my lease renewed
and will give you this envelope with what's In |
side And I will give you promise never TO
breathe a word that the Bishop ever so much as
came near my place. As for Miss Parkns, /
know she won't speak unless she's forced Shes
a religious girl: she thinks lot OF the Bishop, |
and she's too much shocked at the whole analr. |
/ never girl 50 upset Now when - II |
to be?'
The Dean still hesitated-with sufficient
cause. 49,
What term OF renewal would YOU req'ilre|
"The last lease for ninety-nine years, and |
I want this lease to be for ninetynnc."
"Ninety-nne years, Mr.. BOuter?'
Mr. Boulter did not get a promise Of renewal
for ninety nine years, or anything like II, but
he did get "a bit Of writing" with that "bt
Of writing in a secure division OF his plethoric
nnckethnnk he went away. The Dean was