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Show H A Matter of High Politics. j Ono the wittiest of English peers H Is Lord Longford, and he has also Bj earned tho reputation of being ono of B tho worst dressed, In splto of the fact m that for 20 years ho has been In the PM Second Life Guards. The story goes PH , that n friend onco mot him In Ireland PpH garbed In a pair of continuations HI which wero not on speaking terms H with his boots, nnd chaffed htm nior- PpH cllessly about the "lucid Interval" that H occurred between them. Hut "Tom- H my," as Lord Ixmgford is known to PPM his Intimates, in nowlso disconcerted, PH blandly explained that It was really PHi 11 matter of high politics. "You see, PH! my dear fellow, the breeches am made BHj ly u tailor who Is a rampant Orange- B, man, whllo tho boots aro tho achieve- BBl! ment of 11 Fenian cobbler, so how can BBJ ' you expect 'em to meet?" |