THE VERGER'S BLACKMAIL.
Sagar, the verger of Halifax Parish Church, was quite a character in his way. He figures in several good stories in Dean Pigou's " Phases of My Life." On ona occasion a bridegroom discovered after the service that he had no money with which to pay the fees. Sagar went to the bride in his most winsome way, and asked her. "Hast ever seen Black Bibles? We've a rare lot of 'em in this 'ere vestry." " No," she replied, not having the faintest idea of what a Black Bible was. " Coom along. I'll show yer, then." He lured her into the inner vestry. " Here's the Bibles," he said, pointing to them, locked up as they were in a bookcase with glass panels, of which he had) not the key. " Wait awhile till 1 come back." He turned the key of the vestry on the bride, and going to the bridegroom, said: " Lass is all reet, but you'll no have her till you have paid*" The fees were imawdiateJjt t ortoooming.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 129, 30 May 1908, Page 14
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172THE VERGER'S BLACKMAIL. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 129, 30 May 1908, Page 14
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