Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1902-03-23 | Page 37 | Willing to Turn Irish

WILLING To rO TURN URN IBIS Negro Thought Then Priest Would Marry Rim Him to a White Woman New ew York Times Bishop Conaty rector of the Catholic at Washington while on a visit to Brooklyn recently told of a priests experIence In a small New Eng I Iland land town The clergyman l was just I bout about to retire for the night when he heard a knock at his door He called I Come In Ind And a negro presented him self and said rather shamefacedly 1 I Father there is a girl outside May I bring her r tn In Assent having been given he disappeared p I for a moment and returned WIth a white Who Ite woman and informed the Scan can I that the they to be rHe lIe was waa shown mown the door with prompt promptness nf ness and the girl was severely admon admonIshed fished on the course she he was pursuing Fifteen minutes later there same another an another other knock and on opening the door the priest found himself again face to face with the colored bridegroom With great indignation the priest said f thought I 1 sent you ou about your busl n before The dark ties paralyzed him with this reply I know bow you did Father James but and Dd I have talked It over and we w thong thought ht maybe you Id look at the matter differ If if you OU knew I was Ras wilting to te tU turn Iw Ir