MR DISRAELI AND HIS LODGE-KEEPER.
The writer of “ London Town Talk" in the ‘ Melbourne Argus ’ says':— Among the landowners Mr Benjamin Disraeli now figures, of course, which was not always the case. It is said that few things gave more pleasure to his unaccustomed ears than when he was first saluted by the tenants of Hughenden Manor as “ squire. ” There is a pleasant story of how his rise from “ high to higher ” in the political world puzzled those good folks as to how to address him. The old lady at his lodge-gate, in particular afforded him much amusement. “ When her Majesty did rue the honor to make me Chancellor of the Exchequer ” —you know his pompous way—“ Mrs Jones altered my style to that of ‘Your Honor,’ but when I became the first Minister of the Crown the good w man knew not what to call me, so abstained from addressing me at all. However, I was determined to make her speak, and put a question to her that demanded a direct‘Yes’ or ‘ Ho.’ Then the poor soul stammered out, ‘ Yes—yes—Mr Prime Minister.* ”
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Evening Star, Issue 4124, 16 May 1876, Page 4
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183MR DISRAELI AND HIS LODGE-KEEPER. Evening Star, Issue 4124, 16 May 1876, Page 4
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