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place on the arrival of the party from Washington, you see.

Father Anthony, who was the priest in charge at St. James's Church, the local church, conducted the service. Now, he was not the rector of the church. The rector was in military service as a chaplain, Father Anthony was an old man who had retired--I mean, he was over seventy. He had been a retired priest, but lived somewhere near by, and when this rector had to go to the War, as was done in so many cases, the bishop asked a retired clergyman in fairly good health to take over.

Well, he proved to be simply perfect. He was a lovely looking person--he had a fine head and face--and he had cultivated a board because, I was told by somebody, he had throat trouble. This was supposed to keep his throat warm. He wore a big heavy cape over his vestments, over his surplice and stole, a heavy clergy cape, and I noticed very carefully that he was taking good care of himself. He had on big heavy overshoes, which was very important, you see, for a clergyman-on a wet day in the spring. This big cape kept him warm, and I think he had on some kind of jacket or sweater underneath his surplice. It looked to me as if he did. He was warmly clad.

He knew exactly what to do. He know exactly the right thing to do. He could have read just the commital service, which is in the prayer-book, and takes but a few minutes to





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