New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-01-22


sTsEI VAS not only an uttcrmos
i " "A end of the earth but an q,
Ncpd!nIly loose end ana IA;
again in more senses than one. Their
were 80 ladies on Mulfera, and TIL
wrought inevitable deterioration in til
young mcl who made bachelors ban
racks of the homestead Not that the
ever turned it into the perfect pan
dcmoniun You might suppose. but
was unnecessary either to wear a col
la! or To represS an oath at table an'
his sort of disregard does rot usual,
stop at the elementary LccencieS /
is true that Oh ,iu!fera the bark o
the bachelor was something worse than
hi, bite and his tongue 40 fair crl
terion to the rest Of him. Nevertheless,
the place became byWOrd. even il
the back blocks. and when ut last tho
good Bishop Mcthuen had the llardi
hood to include it in an episcopal iti!l
erary there were admirers of that dear
divine who roundiy condemned his
folly and enemies who no longer de
MED his hcroism
The lord bishop of the back blocks
h"d at That time been Il tWe!vcrlonth
or more in charge of what he himself
described pIaytully as his 'oceanic
see But bis long neglect Of Mulfera
WIS due less to its renOtcucSS than TO
;ue notorious fact that they wanted
no adjcciival and all;erative bishops
k..y, al, # ,i,,,
happened 70 he open 10 the bas.,hem-
in" stIuattcr. though there is no other
instance of its employment. On these
up country viSi;ations the bishop was
dependent for his mobility upon tie
horSc!ieSl of his h0SpitaDie hosts
Thus it became the custom TO send to
fetch him from one station to another.
ANA as II RUE the owner or the mann-
ger came himself. Will, four horses
ana the bi" trap. The manager of
MnlfcTa said his horses had something
else To do. ana his neighbOrS backed
him UP with some discreet encourage
mcnt on their own account 1t was
felt hat Il slur would lie left upon the
whole district if his lordShip actually
met with the only sort Of reception
which WAS predicted for him on Null
fcra HiShoI, Mc;hrcn. however. was
one of the last men on earth to Shirk
Il plague spot. ana on this one warning
was eventually received that the bish
op ana his chaplain would arrive on
horsc!'ack til" following Sunday morn
ing to conduct divine service if quite
convenient at II O'Clock
The language of the manager WAS
souicthin. incOnccivable upon receipt
Of this cool advice He was Il man
named Carmichael. and quite differ.
rnt type from the nci"hbors who held
up horny hands when {oe bishop de
rhlru on his raid. Carmichael WAS not
n native of this colony" or of the next.
hur he WIS hat distressing spectacle.
the public school man who is no cred
ii to his public school Worse than
this. he WAS u man Of brains Worst
of all. he had promised very different /.
!y rs a boy. \ younger man who had !
been ut Schoo! with him. having come =
Oul for his health. Travelled some hun |
dreds of miles to see Carmichael.
whose conversation struck him abSo /
I,ltrly dumb. lie was captain of our !
house" the visitor explained to Car |
michaefs subordinates land You
darcn't say dash in acknowledgement ,
even DASH"
In appearance this redoubtable per
son WAS chiefly remarkable for the
intellectual east of his still occasional
~ clean shaven coun,cnance. and for
bis double eyeglasses. or. rather. the
way he wore them. They were very
strong and very common. without any
rims. and Carmichael bought them by
the box He would not wear them
with :; cord. and in the hca: they were
continually slipping off his nose When
they did not slip right off they hung
at such an angle that Carmichael had
I" throw his whole body and head
backward in order to see anythin.
through them except the ground And
when they fell some one else had to
find thcu willie Carmichael cursed. for
his naked eye WAS rs blind as bats.
Lets 30 mastering on Sunday"
the overseer. every blessed
man Let him find the whole place
deserted. homestead and hut"
Or lets get blind for the OCCASION"
was The bookkeeper's idea. every
mothers SON.
That would do" agreed the over.
seer. IF we got just blind enough
And we might get the blacks from
I'oonee Greek to come and join the
dance"
The overseer was a dapper Victorian
With golden mustache twisted rak
shiy np and down at either end re-
Ike m overturned letter s
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