THE BISHOP LAUGHED.
- • The 'People's Friend' - tells of a certain bishop well known for bis verbosity, who rose to address the House of Lords on a very important occasion. "I will divide my speech under twelve heads," he said, to the discomfort of his audience. The Marquess .of Salisbury begged to be allowed to interpose with a little anecdote: — u A friend of mine was returning home late one night,'' he said, "when opposite St. Paul's ho saw an intoxicated man trying to ascertain the time on the big clock there. Just then it began to strike, and slowly. tolled out twelve. The man listened, looked hard at the clock, and # said: 'Confound you, why couldn't you have said that all at once?'" The bishop heartily joined in the laughter which followed, and took the hint contained in the story.
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Evening Star, Issue 11675, 6 February 1902, Page 3
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140THE BISHOP LAUGHED. Evening Star, Issue 11675, 6 February 1902, Page 3
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