DR. BOYD'S STORY OF THE PRIEST.
[To THZ EDITOR 0/ TEl " SPROTATOZ."]
Sin,—In your interesting review of "St. Andrews and Else- where," in the Spectator of April 27th, you quote an anecdote of a Scottish priest ands drunken man. As I am an intimate
Mend of the priest in question, I may state that the story is well founded in fact, although Dr. Boyd or some one else has dressed it up for the occasion. My friend is not a Jesuit, and does not speak bad Scotch, being a Highlander who makes use of good English. The man not only thanked the priest, but kept his promise to remember the good service rendered to him. A School Board election taking place shortly after- wards, he declined to vote for the nominee of his own sect, stating that he would vote for the man who had come to his assistance, and who happened to be a candidate on the
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