AN OXFORD STORY.
$ Dr Gore, tho Bishop of Oxford, who recently entered the rnnlw of the sraageiiarians.' can look forward to many years of activity, because he belongs to <y fainilv renowned for longevity. .Despite his fragile appearance, he was once mistaken for a promising athlete. Soon after-, lie had won his Fellowship at Trinity College, Oxford, after a brilliant, career at neighbouring Balliol. tho captain of the boats entered his rooms, slapped the future Bishop on the bnck, and remarked: "You just come with me in a tub puir, ami I should not wonder if I could not lick yon into shape." Suddenly, noting a peculiar look in Dr. Gore's eyes, ho beat a hurried retreat with the exclamationi "Bv .love! 1 believe vou are our new Don!"
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1695, 11 March 1913, Page 5
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129AN OXFORD STORY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1695, 11 March 1913, Page 5
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