| OCR Text |
Show MALLALIEU AND THE SAILOR. Seafaring Man Had the Cood Dlshop Stumped. lllshop Mnllalleu, I ho distinguished Methodist, Is noted for the interest thnt he takes In men's lives and pursuits. pur-suits. An Indcfutlgnblo student and nn Incorrigible questioner, lie has an ex. triiordlnnry knowledge of many out-of-the-way and unlikely things. One day In lloslou tho bishop en tercd Into conversation with a sailor on a street lorner Ho naked tho man as Is his wont questions about his life hv'w old he was, what pay bo got, whether hn drank, and whether bo wns married. Then, getting technical, he questioned tho sailor about his work about suits and ropes and winds Finally lit- snld "Can you box the compass?" "Yog, sir." returned the sailor, and he boxed It. "Now reverso It" snld the bishop. Kmlllng. tho sailor reversed It "flood, good," said Illthnp Mallallen, lend he was about to depart. Hut the sailor detained him and begnn to nsk questliuia In his turn Klrst they were personal questions regarding tho Mull op'H ago, salary and times, then they became technical questions, regnrdlng the number of pages In (ho lllble, the ' shortest verse, the longest verse, nnd all thine other things that to n suitor , would seem neeeesnry lo u bishop's educntlon Mr. Mallulleu, smiling replied re-plied to every question fully, "Now," snld the seaman at the end, "repent the Lord s prayer." This the bishop did. "Nov levers It " ' I'm afraid I can't." "I reversed tho compass," muttered the tailor In a reproachful volte Huston Hus-ton I 'out |
