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opportunity to plunge into a deep and muddy ditch close to 

 Mr. Morris, covering him with slimy wet mud. I was quite 

 prepared for scowls if not imprecations, but neither scowl nor 

 harsh words escaped him, and we became great friends. 



He is an all-round good sportsman, being as much at home 

 Avith his gun as in the saddle ; he does considerable execution 

 every year at Studley Royal when shooting with Lord Ripon. 



He has now retired from clerical work and lives in peace and 

 contentment the life of the country squire, with his wife (who 

 was a Miss Whitaker, daughter of Marmaduke Whitaker, of 

 Breckamore) and his daughter. Mr. Morris married in 1885 

 vAien he went to live at the family living of Thornton-in-Craven, 

 near Leeds. He now lives at Breckamore, and is very busy 

 with county work, magistrates' meetings, and war work of all 

 kinds. 



One of his characteristics is his cheerfulness, which is 

 infectious. Wherever he may be people congregate ; yet with 

 all his merriment and banter I never heard him say an unkind 

 thing of anybody ; the merriment is never at the expense of 

 other people. 



I have heard it stated that " everybody's friend is nobody's 

 friend," but do not believe it, for here is a character that proves 

 the fallacy of that old saying. Mr. Morris is like Saint Paul, 

 "all things to all men," not, as is often the case, from ex- 

 pediency, but from goodness of heart. 



I think it speaks well for a man who has spent his life helping 

 to bear other people's burdens, when he can say he has not lost, 

 once and for ever, every illusion he ever embraced ; and when 

 in the autumn of his days he has defied all the cobwebs ; but 

 then Mr. Morris's life has been spent in pleasant places and he 

 has been comfortably endowed with this world's goods, which 

 doubtless helps to prevent cobwebs from claiming little corners. 



