Excerpt from Calvary Alley Hile the prodigal son of the house of Clarke was engaged in breaking stained glass Windows in Calvary Alley, his mother was at home entertaining the bishop with a recital Of his virtues and accomplishments. Considering the fact that Bishop Bland's dislike for children was notori ous, he was bearing the present ordeal with unusual fortitude. They were sitting on the spacious piazza at Hill crest, the country home of the Clarkes, the massive foundation of which was popularly supposed to rest upon bottles. It was a piazza especially designed to offset the discomforts of a Southern August after noon and to make a visitor, especially if he happened to be an ecclesiastical potentate with a taste for lux ury, loath to forsake its pleasant shade for the glar ing world without. Yes, yes, he agreed for the fourth time, a very fine boy. I must say I give myself some credit for your marriage and its successful result. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.