THE BISHOP AND THE BOOTS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1588, 18 June 1887, Page 2

THE BISHOP AND THE BOOTS

The substance of this story oomes from a Sydney religious paper, tne "Echo." A few weeks ago a bishop had stacked hii episcopal llmba In his narrow bed at an Auatralian country inn, and the landlady, who was resolved to pay him proper respect, was drilling the "boots" downatain and giving him his first leoaon In etiquette. "When ye take ap the shaving water," she said, "yo must knock at the door, and when he asks who's there, ye mnit say ' The boy, my Lord.' Now, let mo hear ye say that." The nnhappy youth said it accordingly a dozjn times over* He said it straight off, and upside down, and orosswaya ; he sad it sometimes with the boy first, and *omet'mes with tht Lord first, and sometimes with the two walking abreant, and when he thought he baa got it right 00 that tho felobop would full understand that it wasn't the girl he started upstairs and knocked. The bishop yelled " who'n there V jast as the land* lady had foreseen, but he was floored In one sot when the voloe outside reiponded promptly, " The Lord my boy 1" The consequences to the boy were too painful to be deiorlbed.