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we wanted from the Major's well-selected case, and 

 sought some secluded corner till dinner. 



When dining, Ward disapproved of the crimped 

 salmon, which he thought corky; but he lives to 

 be wiser and a prominent hand at the process of 

 crimping, when a good fish is caught and a cold 

 spring at hand. 



On talking after dinner about different forms of 

 worship, Ward and I were mutually liberal; he 

 saying, that such service as we had to-day was good 

 for any Christian, wise or simple ; while I owned 

 that much of the English service might be with 

 benefit engrafted into ours. 



"I suppose, Major," I remarked, "that in your 

 travels you attend any church, Greek or Scotch ? " 



" Freely, except the Eoman Catholic." 



" Ho ! ho ! " exclaimed Ward ; " you dislike the 

 Papists." 



" By no means, Hope ; but the system, as opposed 

 to freedom, civil and religious. I regard my Popish 

 and Protestant brethren alike, save Irish priests 

 perhaps ; for such men as Pension, in past times, 

 and poor fancy-tossed Newman, in our own, must 

 have the reverence of any one not a bigot." 



" Well, I confess myself a bigot," Ward said, " and 



