The sun., 1916-12-10

| can't as "A British bishop insult them
by speaking d!~sresp"ctfully Of po,yg-
amy. It. n very Interesting question.
Many very. interesting men nave been
polygdmists: Solomon. Mahovlet and
our friend the Duke Cf-of-hm. l
can remember his rame.
The Generate would become YOU
better. Alfred. - send hat silly girl
back 70 her husband and her duty than
to talk cevcr and mock at your re-
liGion. What God hath Joined to-
eether let no man put asunder.' Re
member that.
The Bishop-Don't he afraid, Boxer.
What God hath Joined together no man
ever shall put asurder: God will take
are of that. ITO I.eol BY the way.
who was it that Joined you n Regi-
maid, my dear?
Leo-It was that awful little curate
that aftcrward drank. and ira yelled
hrst class with p third class ticket, and
then tried to 60 on the stage, But
they wouldn't have HIM. He called
himself Egcrton Fotheringay.
The Bishop-Well.. whom Egerton
Fotheringay hath Joined. let Sir Gorell
Barnes put asunder by all means.
The General may be a silly soldier
man; but | cali this ~blaSphcmy,
The Bishop [grave.y1-Better for me
to take the name Of Mr.. Egerton Foth-
criugay in earnest h for you To
take a higher name in vain,
I.esbia-Cau't you three brothers
ever meet without quarrelling?
The Bishop tmildly This Is not
quarrelling. Leshia: it's only English
family life. Good morning.
Leo-You know, Bishop. it's very
dear of YOU to take my part; but I'm
not sure that I'm not a little shocked.
The B!shop-Thcn ! think I've been
a little more successful han Boxe in
getting you into a proper frame of
mind.
The General tsnortingl-Ha,
Leo-Not a bit; for now I'm going to
shock YOU worse than ever. | think
solomon was an old beast.
The B.shop-precisely what you
ought to think of him, my dear. Don't
apologize.
The General tmore e~hockcdl- Well,
but hang it! solomon was in tho Bible.
And, after all, solomon was solomon.
Leo-And | stick to II; 7 still wan
To have "A lot Of interesting men to
know quito intimatoly-to say every
thing | think of 70 them and nave them
say everything they think Of to me.
The Bishop-So you shall, my dear,
If you are lucky, But you know you
needn't marry them all, Think of all
the buttons you would have 70 sew on.
BESIDES, nothing rs more dreadful than
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thing he thinks, and always wants 10
know what you think.
Leo [struck by thisl-Well. that's
vrry true OF Reilly; in fact, that's why
! had 10 divorce him.
Tho Bishop [condolinrl-Yes; he re-
pcats himself d~readfully. doesn't he?
Iteginald-Look here, Alfred. ~ 7
have my faults. Jet her find them out
for herself without your help,
The Bishop-She has found them all
out already, Reginald,
Leo Ia little hufnlyl-After all, there
are worse men than Rcainald. l dare
say he's not not 80 clever as you: but
still he's not such a fool as you seem
TO think him.
The Bishop-Quite right. dear: stand
up for your husband. ] hope you will
always stand up for all your husbands.
Tile rises and goes to the hearth. where
he stands complacently with his back
10 the fireplace. bcamlng at them all az
AT a ropmful OF childUn.l
Leo-f1ease don't talk as II I wanted
to marry q whole regiment. For me
there can never be more than two. I
shall never love anybody but Rely
and Simon.
Reginald--A man with a face like
a
Leo-I won't have II. Reilly. IT'S
disgusting.
The Bishop--You see. my dear. you'll
sxbavak etntos's conversation too In .
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