The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17
bishop WHIPPLE,s sToRT.
IL was Not New. but Was Just as Coed as New
60 niis English Hearers.

From the 81. Paul Pioneer. Press.
Perhaps no American clergyman is held In
higher esteem among Englishmen who know
him than Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple of
Minnesota. He has paid frequent visits to con.
fercnccs and other gatherings of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in England. During the re-
cent lambeth Conference nc preached In West.
minister Abbey, ami atrCmendous audience went
to hear him. But the Bishop Is fully as popular
as good story teller. In the latter capacity he has
done, ~eteCtive missionary work in converting
the British mind to an understanding and ap.
probation of American humor.
hetore the hiShop had succeeded In arousing
this nldcrstaudiu. however, he met with sew
oral experiences which would have boon embar.
rass.ns hGd not The NARRATOR, been gifted with
occasion ioida story the point Of Witch was
ov,erTl,cnked by his stolid English audience.
Western frontier, and illustrates the brevity
q pioneer speech. Years ago | had a charsr on
saw a great deal OF Wild frontier life. At THAI
tlliic every man carried firearms on his person
an Snd h E%pt a fiflo or pistol within e g X reach oa OF
and most courageous men on tho frontier was
sleeping, rs was his custom, with his rifle lying
Of being "A dead shot and 1t was well known
that no one mad any Glance when Dick once got
will you explain what drop means in that
qg.vr Western usagef asked 4 sedate B,Snop'
that ON one man in has s,not inip covered n.SSdisS By his gun
| pistol. l mean"
u made use of the word gun mad.
vertently, OF course. for pistol. Is 1t mmon
nut at all" replied the Minnesotan. I'VE
say pistol but tho people in the West, some
times prefer the terser expression gun,
the end OF the table. but do you mean by Head
shot that the man you get the drop ON with
scg9PP gun, is S s4niA \ t. H,! 4 dead w RS n
well, as w1s about to remark, Dick was
awakened one night by a noise at his window.
slowly turning his face toward the noise. SO as
het sa s9 F a Sa MHs" hosd 70 amy nni eRsSiHie E"f fTsSm Snir IN
the open window. Dick. still AS motionlcss as n
serpent, reached for his rifle. ,Horaiscd II slowly
under his own body until the barrel was in line
with the intruder's head. Dick always made
sure of this point, and his adversary was directly
in front Of his weapon before using, any palavcr.
He hated SO to waste ammunition"
Bishop who had not heard the same word as
used BY the English themselye? in Africa,
o 'palavsr means mean tax; idie Words ,on
on. HI! visitor he sung out:
".Nou git!
The robber looked up hastily, saw instantly
rife, and replied coolly: ,
You bet! and dropped to tho ground and
disappeared"
eting the humor OF the story. There was a pain:
full silence for u moment. Then one member of
the solemn hierarchy said;
What does git mean, Bishop T..
go away be off,"
"Ah, Isec.' replied tho Englishman.
Then another Hritisher asked:
THAT" said Bishop Whipple. with a smile.
lis a slang phrase, meaning, of course, or that
the R5op9 ra1x i i 50 surf in that ysu s esn bet s1 on be-
Anglican, but what queer words you Amcri'
cans make use of. DO you all talk that way q