“I got the judge to release him on his promise to abandon motoring for three years.
“Thus he rushed out of the motor-car stage of his career into that of the drag and tandem.
“He had had more narrow escapes and suffered greater perils than Rob Roy.
“Yes, bulls are a good thing––a comparatively soft thing. I recommend them to every motorist who may have to look for a place to land. Don’t ever throw yourself on the real estate of New England. It can hit harder than you can.”
II
WHICH BEGINS THE STORY OF THE BISHOP’S HEAD
“Harry is the most modern character in my little museum,” said the Honorable Socrates Potter, as I sat with him in his cozy office. “I was really introduced to Harry by the Bishop of St. Clare, who died in 1712. I didn’t know his heart until the Bishop made us acquainted. Strange! Well, that depends on the point of view. You see, the Bishop was acquired and imported as an ancestor by one of the best families, and that’s how I happened to meet him. They would have got William the Conqueror––of England and Fifth Avenue––if he hadn’t been well hidden.