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arrived, and they heard his loud exclamation when he opened the letter. Then, to their dismay, he took the letter to Dr. Rex Moore, the president of the College. He accepted the letter as being genuine, at first. Of course, word of Harry's appointment to the Mission Church soon got around, and Carmino deCatanzaro (later first bishop ofthe Anglican Catholic Church of Canada) felt that in going to such a "high" Church Harry must have a biretta, and he stood by the entrance to the dining room asking students to give what they could for such a gift. The amount necessary was over subscribed, and "deCat" went down town and bought a biretta.

All went well until Dr. Moore asked Harry to bring the letter for him to study again. The result was that Dr. Moore decided that the letter was a put- up job, and that a student or students had committed a very grave error, for which they would pay. Dr. Moore told the student body that the Archbishop was to come to King's the next week, and at that time the matter would be settled. Even Staff began to be worried about what the final outcome of the prank might be.

However, when the Archbishop did arrive and a meeting was called, the Archbishop surprised everybody by complementing Dr. Moore on his having been so astute as to recognise that some of the phrases used in the letter were not his style. This, of course, pleased the president. Seeing this, the Archbishop said that he felt the whole matter could be dismissed, even while acknowledging that it could have had serious consequences. Needless to say, Staff and the guilty parties were greatly relieved.

(Contributed by Canon Karl Tufts, Stavert Tanton's brother-in-law, with an assist to Philippa Ploughman, who remembers Harry talking about/aiming the Cowley fathers, and she wondering if she could go with him l)

2. Toilet Troubles.

Staff Tanton's first parish was Port Hill, Prince Edward Island, in the late 19305. He was not married at that time, and had a very nice middle-aged lady as his housekeeper. Just up the road, in the nearby village of Tyne Valley, the oldest boy in a large family living in a small house was having difficulty finding enough privacy at home to study for his final high school examinations, and Stafflet the lad live in the Rectory for a while. When Bishop John Hackenley, making his rounds on an episcopal visitation, was expected to arrive in Port Hill from the adjoining parish ofAlberton, Staffset out in his horse and buggy for the store in the nearby village of Tyne Valley to buy some supplies. Before he left, Staff said to the housekeeper and the lad, "Ifthe Bishop comes before I return don't let him into the bathroom, I have to get a plunger to loosen it

up!"