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Show THE QUEEN'S PREACHER. How HUhep Carpenter I'rearhed te the arullsry Maid. Of Dr. Boyd Carpenter, the bishop of Itlpon. whose preaching waa much admired by the lute Queen Victoria, the following remark la quoted by a writer In Black and White: "I never addresa the queen at all," he told somebody who asked him If be felt nervous when preaching before Queen Victoria. "I know that theie will be present the queen, the princes, the household and the servants down to the scullery maid, and I preach to the scullery maid." The remark la typical of the man. Dr. Carpenter haa alwaya been a royal favorite, but he Is Infinitely happier In the cottege than In the palace. He Is not ashamod to ride In a 'bus. and he has often told the atory of a penny ride from Westminster West-minster to Charing Cross. When the ticket collector came around the bishop found, to his astonishment that he had not a penny In his pocket, and hla .X wife, who was with him. was In th. same unhappy elate ft pennilesiinrsH Dr. Carpenter made up his mind ti ; borrow the money when he alighted nt Charing Crona. but before he reuch ed hla destination, a woi klngman, wilt a bug of tKls thrown over his annul der, turned to him as he left the 'bin and said: "Don't bother about thnt; I've made that all right." Almost be fore the bishop coulld say "Thank you' the man with the bug was gone aim Dr. Carpenter found that he had pule hla fare and that of his wife to the end of the Journey. |