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Show GOT THE LETTERS MIXed" Cfercynan's Mistake Resulted in Gjv. rtg Decided Surprise to, Dignified Digni-fied Archbishop. ' One of the most amusing stories which the Hon. Lionel A. Tollemache tells in "Nuts and Chestnuts," -is that entitled, "The Wrong Envelope." jjr M , a missionary, shortly before leaving England, received two letters-, one from Archbishop Tait asking him to di ie, and the other from the secre- I tary of a religious society, a very 0(j friend, asking him to preach. He a. cepted the- archbishop's invitation and at the same time wrote to the secretary, but. put the letters into the wrong envelopes. After the dinner at Lambeth the archbishop said to him: "Mr. M . do you always answer your dinner invitations in-vitations in the same way?" "I do not understand, your Grace." The letter, which was then shown to the missionary, ran thus: "You old rascal! Why did you not ask me before? be-fore? You know perfectly well that I shall be on the high seas on the date you name." London Tit-Bits. |