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Show Degrees of Obstinacy. Richard Brlnsley Sheridan always maintained that the Duke of Wellington Welling-ton would succeed In Portugal, while his friend, Gen. Tarleton, had tho opinion that he would fall. The matter mat-ter was one of constant dispute between be-tween tho two. Tarleton, who had been wrong, grew obstinate. Consequently, when the news of the retreat of tho French at Torres Vedras arrived In England Sheridan, by way of a taunt, said: "Well, Tarleton, are you on your high horso still?" "Oh, higher than ever," was tho re-ply. re-ply. "If I was on a high horso before, I am on an elephant now." "No, no, my dear fellow," said tho wit; " you were on an ass before, and you are on a mule now." |
