Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-13

There he Is resting himself scci
Near that stlle.'
II looked. and there, sure enough,
was n very old man bending over a
stick and leaning on the stilc. lie wore
n long smock frook and thick. hob nail
boots and blue yarn stockings. Isn't
that nm odd costume for dukof I
asked. In ainazomcnt To you Amer
leans, yes You expect dukes to dress
In coronets aud crinine robcA' Well,
there's wide difference between or
mine and that said 1. so there ia
returned Smith; but that's the way
with our peers They arc 80 slckened
with tho snobs that they try to go the
other way.
"'Anyhow. that's tho Duke ofDcvon.
shire, md yon can believe tue or not II
you like. How IL your graccf he
shouted To- the old man. who took OF
his hat aud stood uncovered while we
passed. Wei, said I, n III been
alone should have given tho old fel.
low a penny And he'd have taken
H. Tho duke Il n great niiser What
You don't believe 10 Just hold up
and ho drcw n penny out Of his ticket
pocket. iii Your graccl iIcrcr and
lao tossed tho penny 10 the old man.
who hobblcd over and picked 1t up
taking oil his hat again.
"'Now, I'm sure II must strike you.
~ an American, with peculiar admira.
ton to SOC our peers 80 humble aud po.
lite. You think them proud, hard aud
ovcrbcaring. What a mistakei There
Il a man who l. the richest peer In tho
kingdom, and IN warrant you wouldn't
lind Vanderbilt or Jay Gould willing 10
do tho same. But here, wo'ro letting
lot 20 by. There's Lord Randolph
Churchill ns an elderly looking man,
with white hair and scrubby beard.
drove past. You needn't look 20
surprised. Hos turned his hair by
oyorwork, aud has lately cut OF bis
musiachc, refusing 10 let II grow again
until hc l. prime minister. There's tho
Earl Of Aberdeen. tho Duke Of Port.
land, lord Salisbury
Whcrcr asked quickly; which,
Eain most anxious 10 300 him There
said Smith, pointing TO a smooth faced
old man, with puffy checks Of bright
'crimson. who was tying his best to get
n sprung kneed. Iloablttcn. grny marc
into n steady trot But where's III,
long bcardf asked Ia wonder Gone
aid Smith, hos n victim TO facial
neuralgia. and was told his beard kept
tho nerves Of his face damp, 20 oil came
his beard. Thoy do say hos been much
better ever since IIc certainly has a
good color said I. 4 wasn't aware he
was 30 ilorld.' NO. naturally. but Of
course you know tho cause. Nor and
Smith bent his elbow aud put hi, hand
10 his mouth. You don't say sor said
l. Fact, said Smith
"wcli. 20 Il went on until suppose
wc had mct and seen every lord and
duke In tho pccragc. We got 10 tho
town at last, and Smith pu, up at a
tavern 60 bait his horses and got bite
for our ourselves Lively town. yours
said | TO tho landlord. when Smith
went out 10 speak 90 his groom,
plenty going on
"'wcll, yes, flr. today he replied.
with an cinphasls II isn't like this
oyory day. Til, DO fair day, air.
"'Ah,' sald !. I dArcsay you had
most Of those noblenen wa met on tho
road ~ We came
'Nohlcmon, SIR he asked. blinking
his eyes, 'noblomoni Where. SIR
"'why, on tho road driving Ia oarts'
''The man burs, out laughing. Why,
bless you, sir, them wasn't noblcmon.
They WIS horso dealers aud iaumors.'
Just then Smith came la and wanted
10 know what we woro laughing at.
But gave the landlord n wlnl, and
said. Nothing don't think Smith
stuffed inc much going home, though
never lot HIN $50 had found Him out
But | cut him next time met him.
Great Caparl It's after T." and Pctti.
grow got up and kicked down tho bot.
toms Of his trouserslcgs, preparatory to
u hasty departure. AZ that moment
my friend cano 10 tell mo he had IN.
lshed his letter, aud We left, -Coekalgno
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