Show HIS gracas suspenders clever kuae ly which the duke of ivel autograph was secured it is well known that toward the latter years of the lake of Welling tons life it was next to impossible to coax or wheedle his autograph out of him all the stratagems used to get a reply from libin to letters failed not answer them at all or directed his private secretary to do so and thus the famous signature of wellington became a rarity highly prized by collectors apropos of this answers tells of a london lady who had an album garnished with the autographs of most of alie great men of the day but wanted eliat of the great captain she mentioned her distress to a friend a certain mr II 11 and a few days after lie to her great surprise and pleasure brought glicr a note from the hand of the victor of waterloo it ran thus field marshal duke of wellington never ordered a pair of braces of if F M duke of wellington biad ordered the articles lie could not forget it F M duke of wellington always pays for his braces this was a very odd document for a ladys album but its authenticity was undoubted and it therefore found alie best place in the interesting collection alie way in which this singular note was elicited was this mr II 11 filled up one of the bankruptcy court forms and signed it informing the duke eliat in winding up alie affairs of simpkins he the assignee found on their books the sum of Gs cd due by his grace for a pair of braces which he requested the duke would immediately pay or have paid mr II 11 s ruse was founded on pure fiction but it succeeded |