| Show hTATV3IEt1 Ot A lllm MHO KANDJIlJI CIIUIIOIIILIa tlKIM ACHObS WE3l31IMSTlil BRIDGE One night while Lord Randolph Churchill was OJOv 111111 wltu baveral I rends la Ibo cite attached to Ibo licame 0 qoollloo BrOSO US 10 this lions it 1 woulu lake a pedestrian tj cross Weilrnlotiter bridge I > Uiflrent o Inlons were exprisied but uu two of this di puts at were auto to agree At length Lord Itandolpb who ba J been n stleut auditor of the discussion iflsred lo wager Ibol II eould cross fronothe Middlesex 10 I lb I Murray A116 ot the bridge while hUlK Hen the groat Call In Ibo clock lower ot the Parliament Parlia-ment building was striking the four quarters and the hour ot 12 The wager was Accepted by 00 a of the members ol Ibo company and It was arranged that al Ibo hLur natuad wllnessis should bestitliiind at each cod of Ihe bridge lo watch Ibo per formaoce ease a correspondent the Philadelphia Inquirer A few minutes before midnight a select party of welt known statesmen was been IJ emerge from 0 little door near tile Spuakolla quitters 10 the loUmol bulijinge Bud talk sedately Aersa tie bridge AI tile farther call the party pueeJ aud Wo Boon our roulldoJ by it curious IbronK Several other dlBiluiiuiabod legislators loon afterward appeared suit pilllely requested re-quested pasters by to keep tj the left Just lie 111to lies began to strike tile l1ul quarter me lithe figure of a LUMII wearing a toil halt a lack mil t suit white ont was seen to leap out alit a Julie group of men oa tile uilddlosrx tide Borne swigglih friend raised tnu cry ol 618ors thief and In a Jill half A Bantu of wonderlnK men nod boys were last ori the heels of the doughty opriatir A Iobcamall best tug TOO cry and ooaorvlnj tile Uaoluj mau Started lu pursuit An 1 lllg lln continue J tho clang the poco grois butter Bud better 00 by one tire puroutirs begun 10 sail Away but the big inllcemaa hung grimly his task When the canter of the bridge was renbed Ibo quit tirs hud beau rung and the great bell tied IeoJY bgun II tells tile bur A caoar truic nom Ibo watoaera oil the MUlley side suit 13rd Randolph wall hud until thou been Sun Thic up un tucllue now bad tills descent In I uu favor A tw roomnuli later Ibo Pont Ing 101tW11 caw upon his istau surroundoj by admirlut > friend Wliatd u001 eiutteruj Ibo breath leas bewildered bi Lby Two strokts to imii pullpd Ibo vlclartoui Lird Randolph The offlutir 8rod blublf opolo clztd wiiej hli bluff and went his way |
