Checked By The Bishop

Archblshop Unid, as Is well known was a great favorlte in court and was always on very intímate terms wlth the king. One day hls grace, however, rather annoyed the king by suggesting that his majesty was rather hasty in a step he was about taking. "It is not for you to dictatte to nw,'1 sald the monarch in a rage. But good feeling was soon reatored by Laúd saying, "As a chess player, your majesty ought to know that it U not at all unusual for a bishop to check the king!"- New York Mercury.