Show A story of wordsworth the lie great 1 of tennyson lu fit the I 1 laureateship laureale aureate ship it Is well known was as in the habit of walking about near hydal repeating reputing passages from front the poems which ii aich he wai coulp compo composing bing g at the time this habit the cottagers ane called I 1 going booing about and not A few of them thought that it was a sign ot of something more than eccentricity among these latter was an old road mender jack a regular guldman with whom everybody cry body gentle and simple had a crack as they passed A gentleman as he be rode by one day pulled up and asked the old if it there was anything fresh to which he replied nay master I 1 think not but they do say that old off again and arid if 11 its true I 1 really dont know bow the business will have to be carried on bat I 1 hear that mrs alm wordsworth Is a gayly knowledgeable knowledg able woman so perhaps she will I 1 be able to manage it F exchange chanze |