THE BISHOP AND THE CABMAN.
A very grand wedding was being solemnised at St. Peter's, Eaton Square. On each side of the strip of earpet that extended from the church door to tin' kerb was a crowd of welldressed people watching the guests arrive. In the wake of a succession of equipages of the most aristocratic and well-appointed character came a four-wheeled cab. dingy and disreputable beyond belief. 'Here!' exclaimed the policeman in charge, ‘You can’t stop here! We're waiting for the Bishop of ’ The cabman regarded the officer with a triumphant leer, as he climbed down from his seat scud threw a ragged blanket over his skeleton steed. ‘lt’s all right, guv’nor.’ he said; ‘l've got the old buffer inside!'
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XXVI, 24 December 1898, Page 824
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121THE BISHOP AND THE CABMAN. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XXVI, 24 December 1898, Page 824
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