Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1902 — GAVE BACK THE MARBLES. [ARTICLE]

GAVE BACK THE MARBLES.

Characteristic Anecdote Told of ArchI bishop John M. Farley. 1 The Right Rev. John M. Farley, the recently appointed archbishop of the diocese of New York, began life Just as any other boy would. He was dej voted to all outdoor exercises, and 1 excelled in most of them, though his I forte, in those youthful days, was i probably marbles. It Is not on record that he ever was beaten. One day he returned home with his clothing tom and his face spattered with the blood that still dripped mournfully from his diminutive nose. It transpired that his opponent in a game of marbles, angry at his own losses, and at John’s easy good humor, had picket a fight with him—and had been thrashed. The unusual part of the story is what follows. When, at the end of a ten-minute mix-up, John Farley found himself on top of the heap( he disentangled himself, and emptying his pockets of his winnings, said; “These little things made you fight Take 'em. Perhaps they’ll heal your wounds.”