WHERE HE MIGHT HAVE STOPPED.
One day at Peterborough Station Dr. Magee, the Bishop of that diocese, heard a wicked peer scolding a porter in language of a decidedly unparliamentary character. The peer ultimately took a seat in the same compartment as the bishop. Dr. Magee took the opportunity of dropping a word in season as to the impropriety of using profane language, and particularly the bad example that was set by a person in the exalted position of the peer. Nosv, the wicked peer was one who prided himself upon the cultivation of a bluff and hearty manner ; hence, he replied to the bishop in an airy manner. ‘ Well, you know, I always call a spade a spade.’ ‘ Quite so,’ replied the bishop, with a bland smile, • but that is no reason why you should call it a —■ — shovel.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 51, 19 December 1891, Page 696
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140WHERE HE MIGHT HAVE STOPPED. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 51, 19 December 1891, Page 696
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