The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-11
nY NnYAL DANIEL

"Can you he supcrstiuous when
you are not T'
I don't know ask the bishop"
The question was asked and the
ArsWcr given while tho snow was
on the ground at Sewhnee during the
mid winter vacation The University
OF the south In 80 far ~ the phyHl
cal properties were concerned, waH
IN evidence aa much as ever, but tho
NE OF the mountain had Withdrawn
Itself and hibornnted, because tho
boys had gone home Carelakorn
and all tho year rceldcnts found
themselves very mnCh dependent
uppn each other and the spirit Of
SuWaucc. famousc throughout a
score of states found Itself doing
doublo duty IN keeping long ana
tedious hours from weighing TOO
heavily upon those who remained b"-
hind
"ASk the bishop was universal
advice. whsthcr YOU desired informa
tlou about railroad sChodulra IN"
price of eggs, the date ~ tho nohi
wedding In the village or sought to
ascertain the precise dawn of the
millennium. and II was never hppHr
ttlt lNhA INV hltf NNAN AHf' '''' N'F
had become tainted with iWpudenCo
II was Just the natural thing "a say
and, when you found the bishop,
YOU we're convinced II ~aA the logi.
cal thing to do.
ON my way to Sewanee ! was one
Of "a party OF four sitting IN the
smoking compartment of the local
that twice or thric" day climbs the
mountain side from towan with
much putting and screcChinR and
great travail The dlstanc" IN small
but tho elapsed time In out OF all
proportion to tho mileage Travelled,
which gives passengers from Sewanee
ample time to ascertain inconHe
quentinl aa well az highly valuable
information about local lights which
stud the high places The group In
the smoking car had been indulgtng
In stories OF small gossip, the ma
ioriiy ot which were tedious and
tremendously artificial and, like pre-
digested food. caused more nausea
than nourlshment And thon one
cautious member. emboldened 10 the
brink OF rashness asked for match
and slyly inquired II "a minister were
present
Tho asking Of this question ls gen
orally understood tn be the precursor
OF al off-colorcd story. but the story
was not told something else hap
pened,
I'm not n minister myself" said
one OF the four who had been buried
In his paper, but II Just makes me
sick for AomcbOdy to be always
drawing tho line between ministers
and Just men. % II "A minister can't
be told II risQue story then 1t ought
not be told It's all rot trying TO
classify men in this way. a man IN
man and being n minister doesn'
make him different. My bishop
plays golf and II doesn't matter who
he plays with, saint or sinner. and he
plays the game TO win, and I'm hero
TO tell you he gives the other fellow
hell all tho way"
Tho Human Bishop.
who Is this human bishop" j
asked from my corner.
II Judge from your question that
you are stranger up here. It's
Bishop knight up on the mountain"
THE 1T. Rev. Albion W. knight1''
l asked for the purpose OF Identified
tiop.
"Ali I know about his name In that
IT'S Bishop knight. That's all I've
ever heard him called and l've been
on the mountain ever since he
came"
Then. ] began 10 remember
things Years ago | had known
and loved the man who had been
accepted as tho true type by the man
across the aisle from me, In the
years that had passed [ had not been