A PASTORAL VISIT.
A distinguished clergyman, who under the name of "Athol Forbes" has given the world some of the humorous experiences of clerical life, tells the following story. “A great patron of the Church was an elderly lady whom we shall designate Lady B. The vicar used to be a kind of chaplain to her. When he was away the duty fell on me, his curate. “One evening a note came to me at church asking me to call after evensong. Jack—the dog—was waiting outside, and, unknown to me, followed. I found the dear old lady having some gruel with a strong odour of Scotch whisky about it. She took part of it, and then placed the remainder on the floor by her side to cool.
“At the end of a quarter of an hour or so I rose to take my leave. To my horror the basin was licked clean. My glance sought Jack—an instinct told me he was the culprit, and there, stretched out on the bearskin, he reclined, and he greeted my look of anger with a hesitating wag of the tail. Lady B. laughed heartily and beckoned Jack to approach. “Then the whole disgrace weis out; Jack could not walk. There was nothing for it but carrying him home, .which I had to do. w
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Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 47, 13 July 1908, Page 2
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