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where is Jess McMechan? I asked. "Oh she is still on this side of the ocean. The rest of her family crossed the Atlantic and settled in Ireland but nothing.
could persuade Jess to leave the Shore of America."
"Did you hear about Jess Rowat?" continued Miss Somerville. "Why she went on the stage and is a most pronounced success. She is at present playing in England as leading lady in one of the very largest companies. You ought to see her in "It's Never Too Late to Blush."
"What became of Sunny Joe? I enquired "Mr. Hamilton? Why he is a bishop now." "A bishop?" I gasped. "Yes he is Bishop of Moosonee away up in the Arctic regions. A real fat jolly bishop and getting a-
long so well with the Indians and half-breeds up there. He first excited attention while rector of Oil Springs by his celebrated tract "The Satanic Twins" or "Dancing and Theatre-going Denounced." "And whom did he marry? said I. Then Miss Somerville leaned over and whispered a name. "What!" said I in astonishment, little Gabbes? What an odd-looking couple they must make! "Yes indeed they do" she replied. "You remember that day when we were rehearsing for "The Rivals" and she sat on his knee in the hall? Well, that was the beginning of the end."
What became of Mr. Grant who used to be so thick with Mr. Hamilton - 'old Anthony' the boys used to call him?" "He left the Methodist ministry an-
swered Miss Somerville "and went on the stage." "Well, well" said I "he was always fond of getting up before the public and making a fool of himself."
Yes and it is reported that Bishop Hamilton denounced him severely for this action and the result was that he left the foot-lights and went in for teaching elocution. He is now, I believe, Principal of a large School of Oratory."
"But did you hear about Mr. Washburn? He too left the ministry for the stage but stayed with it in real earnest. He is recognized as the leading comedian of Canada and has a troupe of minstrels of his own on the road. I believe his most successful role is "Slouchy Silas" in "The Man
Without a Wardrobe." He and Bishop Hamilton had a lengthly controversy on "The Value of the Vaudeville Theatre as an Educational Agency."
"Oh where is little Mike?" said I. "You know - Mike Mitchell."
"Oh yes! Mike is Society Editor for the New York Times. Bright little lady she was.
"Mr. Cox is now Principal of Huron College. He gets along famously with the divinity students. Hew has abolished that old rules of locking the doors at half past ten and doesn't bother about morning meditation. He has established a new institution for the boys which he calls "The Howl." At a certain hour each day the students all assemble in the largest lecture hall.
and do nothing but howl. There is a machine in the hall which registers not only the volume of noise produced but also the capactiy of each throat. Each student receives accordingly a percentage of marks on exams. It works admirably for the boys are quite content to remain quiet the rest of the day. Principal Cox has solved a problemd which formerly baffled the Principals of the College."
"Where is Mr. Millar? I asked",' Millar the Grammarian' the girls called him. Do you remember, Florence, that rhyme the girls composed about him? What was it now? Oh yes.
"Hubbard went to the cupboard For a pronouncing diction - ar-ie. But when he got there, the cupboard was bare