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Show Lord Hero of Romance. The fame of Lord Richard ("Dick") Whittington, who in the latter part of the Fourteenth and early part of the Fifteenth centuries was Mayor of London, Is due mainly to the popular romance of which he became the hero. According to this legend, the lad Whittington Whit-tington went to London and found employment em-ployment as a scullion. To the freight of an outgoing vessel he contributed his cat, which was sold for a large sum In Barbary. When the ship returned to London he heard the How bells sounding, calling him to the future mayorship. He received tin price o! his cat, married his lady fair, and. living happily, rose to the honored post of mayor. There is, however, no foundation for this tale, nor for the accounts of his being made a knight, and of his burning the king's bond for large sums due him, |