"THE GIPSIES' PARSON."
In n littlc-luiown corner of tho T.incplns'.iir? wolds lives (lie l!cv. G. Hall, rector of Hiicklaml. known as the Komaiiy Kri-lnii, or l'arson. Ho has, (lie "Christian World" state?, become quite an apostle lo the |?ip\v tribe, and few men have so thoroughly won the confi(lpiico of these nomads, in who.se manners and customs he is a pnsh master. Ho speaks the old Komany tongue, and on his visits to fairs and pnenmnments almost adopts gipsy nttiro, so that more than once his unconventional nnpearanco has caused him to bo mistaken for the real thins nnil treated accordingly. An enthusiastic member ef the Gipsy I.ore Society, ho is to bo seen squatting; in a riiiß of swarthy Hoiuany folk around their fire on Epsom Downs or on tho bi'cozy tells of Yorkshire, sampling tho mysterious contents of their black stockpot, in order lo gather fragments of the i'ii.st-disappearing lore and traditional (ales of the Komany folk, of which ho is able (o recount numlwrless racy stories.
Dr. HeniT Coward, the famous English chorus conductor, was recently married for tho third time. One of his own sons acted as bust man,
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1384, 9 March 1912, Page 9
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193"THE GIPSIES' PARSON." Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1384, 9 March 1912, Page 9
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