THE BISHOP AND THE BOY 



him the story I have told my readers, for I was 

 a bit proud of the sort of men we had in our yard. 

 He was so pleased with the incident that, to the 

 astonishment of those, " who do good by stealth 

 and blush to find it fame," he made the following 

 reference to it in the course of his address : " Since 

 coming on the ground this afternoon I have heard 

 a pretty and touching story of the care and kind- 

 ness you have shown to a little wanderer who has 

 come across your path, and this act has proved 

 you to be men of generous, kindly sympathy, and 

 men of big and kindly hearts." I think we must 

 agree that the bishop had a justification for his 

 tribute. His lordship afterwards interviewed the 

 " new boy," no longer a mere waif, and also two 

 of his sponsors, and it was pleasant to hear the 

 good character they gave their protege and of 

 their desire to keep him if possible in his present 

 improved condition. I may add that others 

 interested themselves in him, and so the single- 

 minded, disinterested kindness of which I have 

 written bore more fruit in the end than could have 

 been anticipated. 



This was not an abnormal instance of show 

 yard benevolence, for it is by no means uncommon, 

 if a stockman comes to a show ill-clad and lacking 

 the wherewithal to repair this, for his fellows to 

 subscribe privately among themselves for the 

 betterment of his condition. 



The service referred to has always been a 

 pleasant feature of show week, and it is something 

 to be thankful for that, without any pressing 

 to come and entirely of their own free-will, the 

 large majority of the herdsmen, shepherds, grooms, 



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