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"That was a fine thing to do, young man," said the hotel proprietor, when Joe appeared, dressed in the dry garments, and his own clothing had been sent to the laundry to be dried and pressed. "I'm glad I was there to do it, Mr. Mallison." "Let me see, aren't you Hiram Bodley's boy?" "I lived with Mr. Bodley, yes." "That is what I mean. It was a terrible accident that killed him.
"No, Hiram Bodley died only a short time ago," answered Joe. "I used to live with him. My name is Joe Bodley. He told me I was his nephew." "You his nephew! Hiram Bodley's nephew! We didn't have any brothers or sisters, and he was a bachelor!" "I know he was a bachelor. But I don't know " Joe paused. "He told me Joe died, at least I got a letter from somebody to that effect.
He recognized at once that Hiram Bodley's condition was critical. "He'll get over it, won't he?" questioned Joe, quickly. The doctor did not answer, but turned to do what he could for the hurt man. He felt of his chest and listened to his breathing, and then administered some medicine. "His ankle is hurt, too," said Joe. "Never mind the ankle just now, Joe," was the soft answer.
Commodore Bodley's squadron having now joined, the action became general. Captain Cornelius Van Tromp, who attacked the Sampson, was beaten off, but she was directly afterwards destroyed by a fire-ship. The Alfred, the Levant Merchant, and Pilgrim were all overpowered and taken, and the Mary alone effected her escaped, and joined the squadron of Commodore Bodley.
But, until the royal gift of the Bishop of Ely's books, the University received no such extraordinary favour of fortune as came to the sister institution through the splendid beneficence of Bodley. The University of Oxford still offers public thanks for Bodley's generosity upon his calendar-day.
Matthews; but she was rejected all the same. To speak seriously, who are librarians, and whence come they in such numbers? Of Bodley's librarian we have heard, and all the lettered world honours the name of Richard Garnett, late keeper of the printed books at the British Museum. But beyond these and half a dozen others a great darkness prevails.
Bodley's real predecessor, the first begetter of a University library, was Thomas Cobham, Bishop of Worcester, who in 1320 prepared a chamber above a vaulted room in the north-east corner of St. Mary's Church for the reception of the books he intended to bestow upon his University. No rich relict of a defunct Ball was available for a Bishop in those days.
Bodley's Library has sheltered through three centuries many queer things besides books and strangely-written manuscripts in old tongues; queerer things even than crocodiles, whales, and mummies I mean the librarians and sub-librarians, janitors, and servants. Oddities many of them have been.
The great foundation of Sir Thomas Bodley has, happily for all of us, had better fortune than befell the generous gifts of the Bishops of Durham and Worcester. The Protestant layman has had the luck, not the large-minded prelates of the old religion. Even during the Civil War Bodley's books remained uninjured, at all events by the Parliament men.
"I suppose if he was alive he could explain many things." And in this Joe was correct. Let us add a few words more and then draw our tale to a close. When Joe told Maurice Vane how he had found a father the gentlemen was much astonished. So were the Badgers, but all were glad matters had ended so well. It was found that William Bodley's mine was a valuable one.
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