Show BROr jaRR INLAW IN LAW THE RELATIVE OF OUR OUK DUKE WHO WH ONCE OX ON THE AQUEDUCT A brother inlaw in law of the duke of marlborough was working in blue overalls with a pick and aad as a common laborer on the aqueduct three years rs ago an and his bis wages were a day his isna married miss iss lu lucy price of troy N Y a sister of mrs rd lillian hamersley who w was married to the duke of marlborough by v mayor hewitt on friday it was while a student at the polytechnic institute at troy that mr renshaw benshaw who came from baltimore md had become acquainted with miss price the way lie he came to be a laborer on the aqueduct is as follows fellows one day lieutenant henry B S craven who was then construction engineer of the aqueduct was sitting in his office at tarrytown when a 4 very tall powerfully built and handsome young man entered and introduced himself as mr renshaw Bens Rens baw saying that he was an engineer of experience and wanted to get work on the aqueduct from the references which he be presented mr craven saw paw that mr benshaw aw was a first farst class civil and mining engineer a graduate of some of our best scientific schools aad a man who had al ready had much experience in in railroad bridge building mr craven told the applicant that he would like to have him on the aque d duct net but that unfortunately the engineering g gi corps was then complete and there was no pening but he would keep his address in case anything should turn up etc the yo young n man n was not to be put off in this fas fashion ion however he said he be wanted work and an could do anything and that in a great undertaking like the aqueduct which employed thousands of workmen there surely must be something that he could do 1 I am very sorry said mr craven but the only people we are taking on OB now are common laborers all right said renshaw ill go to work at that it if take me it took mr Me mccraven Craven several minutes to recover from his astonishment at this reply he greatly admired the komg fellows spirit and said with a smile very well then your pay will be 1 50 a day report keport tomorrow morning with a pick and shovel at the mouth of the shaft ne nearest ra here and the superintendent will wil put you jev to work As renshaw benshaw left the office mr craven said to one of the clerks that b he was the handsomest young youn a man he had bad ever seen and that he had the ring of true metal tse following morning renshaw Bens baw in a pair of blue overalls and with pick and shovel hL ovel reported for work at 7 at t the mouth of the shaft where the italian and negro laborers wore were gathering in g in ID the hau half light of a winter morning in g to commence their long days work H he e was wa wa put to shoveling dirt in a gang of italian laborers and his massive form farm towered over them like that of a giant because lie he took his bis lunch spart apart some of the ruffians in I 1 he crowd sneered at renshaw as a dude he knocked one of them into a ditch as s a MEW man tumbles over a tenpin and after threatening to wipe out the whole cowd he was no further molested pay day after day renshaw did his laborers wor kand the foreman of the shaft said he accomplished more la ina a day than an any y th three r ee men in his bis employ mean meanwhile wh I 1 le engineer craven kept his bis eye on this remarkable laborer and quietly watched to see if the reality would knock the romance out of him at the end of the first week he went to him and said renshaw Bens baw I 1 have so something methling else for you to do I 1 want a 8 secretary who is an engineer end neer the pay is 2600 a year and you are just the man to the next week renshaw benshaw be began bean an his bis new duties discarding the pick tor for the pen and aad ance more attired as a gentleman before the week was out mr craven discovered that benshaw aw was one of the best beat engineers on the aqueduct and he put him in charge ot of im parts of the work abdad and advanced his bis pay and position from time to time theria thereafter lter they became very intimate personal pers opal friends and when engineer craven left the work the devoted redshaw left it also after working there tor over two years and commanding the respect 01 of everyone with whom he came caine in contact mr craven often related the incident of his bis friend Ren shaws first appearance ou on the th aqueduct as a remarkable exhibition of pluck and determination saying that no man of that kind need ever have any fear about getting on the world while renshaw kenshaw was working on the aqueduct he be frequently appeared in society in new york and was always a a conspicuous figure at the receptions of his bis sister inlaw in law mrs hamersly his going to work in the way he be did zd was not a pecuniary necessity but he was war determined not to lead an idle life and to do any work he could secure |