Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

the hero Of Hougomont. who resided du-
fling the fishing season In the mansion
houae of Auchinroath, on hpeyside. 1Not
c,a ring TO send the horse 10 the stable, ne
left me outside IN the dOg-cert Wheh n
entered dhe house. As j waited Idthef
suIkily-for / was very hunsry-'he'o
cafo- ont on 10 the doorstep a very queer
looking Old person, short 0t NsuIei io""N
as a ball, hts head sunk between veg
high and rounded shoulders ana WIN
short. stuInpy legs. He was curiously al
80 ,n "a yyhole-colsred suit Of gray;
drou-shapod jacket, the great eoihr OF
which reached far Up the back OF ms
besd surmounted a pair OF voiuinlhous
brooches. which suddenly tEhteneI AZ thS
knee. l imagined him 10 b. the outie'
!, morning dlshabille: and when ne 40
costed ue good-naturedly, asking 10 NhoH
,,a dogcart and myself belonged. ! an
svered him somewhat shortly, ana th,h
ANONYMOUSLY suggested that ne wouia pe
doing me a kindly act If he would go anu
fetch ne out hunk OF bread anu nieHI
for | was enduring fortunes OF nuns !.
Tban no swore. and that Wsth Vigor a',t
e1arcy mat II vas a shame that should
hava been left outside, called a groom
"a han. me alisht and come indoors WIN
him. .o~,o, In
function to remain with the morse anu
cart. ,-,s, 49, o,a
rArson. impetucusly: and, with turther
strong language ne expressed MS ih'eh-
tion of rating my father sounuly LOT no'
having brought ms inside along WIN
himself,
Then a question occurred TO me- ana l
vantured TO ask, Are You Lord sal
toun?"
"Of course. I am" replied the old gem
,Ienan. who the devil else should be-
Well I did not ike TO avow what felt.
hut IN truth | was hugely disappointed
in him; for / had just been reading 81
borne's waterloo" and TO think that
this dunrpy old fellow in the duffel jacket
that came I'd over his ears was the va
liant hero. who had held Hougo-
mont through cannon-fire and musketry-
fire. aid hand-to-hand bayonet hshting
on the day Of Waterloo. while the post
he was defending was abiaze, ana VINO
had actually killed Frenohven with his
own good sword was disenchantment.
When / had breakfast be- asked leave on
nv father 70 let me 20 with him to the
waterside promising 10 send me nome
safely later in the day. When he was In
Spey up to his armpits-for the HOLLY
Bush" takes deep waiDg from the Dun
duras side-the old lord looked even droll-
er than he had done on the Auchinroath
doorstep, and / could not reconcile him
I'm the least TO my HougOmont Ideal.
He was delighted wh.n j opened on
him with that topic, and he told me
with great spirit OF the yehemence WIN
which his brother-oidcer, Colonel Mac
dounell, and his men fetched the French
out Of HougOmont courtyard, and how
BIG SERGEANT GRAHAM.
closed the door against them by main
force Of muscular strength.
Before M had been in the water twenty
minutes, the old lord was on u fish: his
gillie, old Dallas, who could throw a
line in spite Of the whisky, gated II
scientifically, and / was sent home re-
tocfng with a fifteen-pound salmon FOR
my mother, and half-sovsreign for my
self wherewith to buy trouting rod ana
reel
Lord Saltoun was the first lord l ever
met. and / have never known one since
WHOM l have liked half so well.