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ridel's came to grief. Boars T believe linve been 

 frequently speared." 



"Your way of expressing yourself, Mackenzie," 

 said Norman, " as, a lion leiny ridden icith spears, 

 reminds me of a story I heard once. A simple- 

 minded clergyman, soon after his arrival in India, 

 was proceeding to an up-country station to which he 

 had been appointed chaplain. On his way, he was 

 entertained with the usual Anglo-Indian hospitality, 

 by an officer to whom he had brought a letter of 

 introduction from a common acquaintance. The 

 gentleman apologised for being obliged to put him 

 into a little side room, instead of one more large 

 and airy, in consequence of the better apartment 

 being then occupied by a friend with a broken arm. 



The clergyman, of course, expressed his regret to 

 hear of the accident to his host's friend, and inquired 

 how it had occurred. 



" Oh ! " said the host, " nothing very uncommon 

 in this country, where the ground is so hard and 

 stony. He broke his arm wliila riding a piy" 



" Riding a pig ! " repeated the clergyman with 

 some amazement. 



"Yes," was the reply. "While riding a pig, he 

 got an ugly fall on some sheet rock." 



" Am I right, Captain Jones, in understanding 

 you to say that your friend really received so severe 



