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Show Am I'nvaprrlrd Mrply. The duke of Wellington, wrltea Bit William Kroaer. detcated being helped; not from Ingratitude, but from two die-tlnct die-tlnct feellnge one. that he did not like to be thought, what he certainly waa not, decrepit; tho other that ho knew very well that the majority of piraona wbo helped htm did ao In order or-der to be able to ay that they had done ao. ThU tu him nai revolting. Standing Stand-ing oppoalto the Apiley houie. In th evening, In Piccadilly, when the atreet waa even more crowding than It la now, tbe duke waa beeltitlng on tho curbatone. A gentlemen, nearly aa old a hlmaclf, made aoine demonstration demonstra-tion of BMlitlng him to orota tho road, endeavoring tn check the tide of cnba and other chlclea that waa aeltlng etronglr- When tbe duke reachid the gate of Apaler houie he touched hla hat and aatd, "I thank ou, air" The elderly atranger Immediately uncovered. uncover-ed. HoldlnK hla hat nt hi knee, he addroweil th duke aa follow: "My lord, I Have PMd a long and not Uneventful Un-eventful llfo, but never did I hope to reach tba day when I might be of the allghteat aaelatanc tn th gruteat man that ever Unil." Tho tluko looked at htm calmly, nnd, In a voice not the leaat choked by emotion, replied: "Don't be foot!" and walked Intc Apaley houae. |