Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-29

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Inv was not only an uttermost END
I'll of the earth. but an exceeding
" loose end, and that again
In more senses than one. There
were no ladies on Mulfera. and this
wrought inevitable deterioration in the
YOUNG men who made Il bachelors bar
racks of the homestead. Not that they
ever turned it into the perfect pande-
mOnium you might suppose, but 1t was
unnecessary either to wear collar or
to reprcSS an oath at table: and this
sort of disregard does not usually stop
at the elementary decencies. 1t is true
that on Mulfera the bark of the bache-
lOr was something worse than his bite
and his tongue no fair criterion to the
rest of him. Nevertheless. the place
bc.ame a byW0rd, even i'll the back
blocks. and when at last the good Bish-
on Methuen had the hardihOOd TO in
rlude it in an episcopal itinerary there
were admirers of that dear divine who
roundly condemned his folly and enc
mics who no longer denied his heroism.
The lord bishop Of the back blocks
h:.d at that time been q tWelvemOnth
or more in charge of what he himself
described playfully as his ''oceanc
see" but his long neglect of Mulfera
was due less To its remoteneSS that to
the notorious fact that they wanted no
adicctiyal and aliteratiVc bishops
there. An obvious way of rcpulSe hap
paucd 10 he open to the disappearing
SgUHttcr. though there is no ether in
stance Of it's employment. ON these up
country viSitatiOns the bishop was de-
pendent for his mobility upon the
horsehesh of his hoSpitable hosts; thus
it became the custom to send to fetch
him from one station to another. ana
aS It rUla the owner or the manager
himself came, with four horses and the
big trap The manager OF Mu!fera
said his horses had something else to
do. antl his nci@lIhorS backed him up
with some discreet encouragement on
their own account Ii was felt that a
Slur would hc left upon the whole dis
trirt if his lnrGShip actually met with
the only sort of reception which was
predicted for Him OH Mulfera Bishop
Mrthuen. however, was one OF the last
men on earth to shirl plague spot.
and on this one warning was event
ua!ly received that the bishop and his
chqDIain would arrive on horseback
the following Sunday morning. to CON
duet divine service. if quite conVen-
lent nj Ii o'clock.
The language of the manager was
somewhat inconceivable upon receipt
of this cool advice. He was a man
named Carmichael and quite differ
ent type from the neighborS who held
up horncy hands when the bishop de-
cidcd on his raid Carmicbae! was not
"a native of this colony" or of the
next. hut he was that distressing spec
tacla. the public school man who is no
credit 10 his public school. Worse than
this. he was Il Inau of brains: worst
of all. he had promised Very differently
as boy y younger man who had
been ut school with him. having come
out for his health. Travelled some hun
trcds of miles To see Carmichael.
whose conversation struck nm aDSo-
lutHly dumb He was captain OF our
house. the visitor explained to Car
michaers suborlinateS, and you
daren't say dash i'll dormitory-not
even DASH
In appearance this redoubtable per-
son was chiefly remarkable for the in
teIlectual east of his still occasionally
clean shaven countenance and for his
Double eyeglasses. or rather the way
he wore them. They We're very strong
and very common. without any rims,
and Carmichael bought them by the
box. He would not wear them with
q cord and in the heat they were con
tinualy slipping off his nose; when
they did not slip right off they hung