TESTING A PADLOCK.
The late Duke of Buckingham (the title is now extinct) was one of the keenest of men. It was very difficult to take him in. He cnce ordered a padlock for his stable door, and the order was that the padlock was to be of the best. The locksmith executed the order, and as lie was dealing with the duke 112 charged him what he thought a duke ought to pay. 'Seven and sixpence ?" said the iuke. "That's a high iigure." "Yes your grace. But look at the key ; see the number of wards. It would be very difficult to pick that lock." His grace said nothing, but sent for a piece of soap. Pressing the soap into the wards of the key he put it into the lock, and withdrawing the key he handed it to the locksmith with the soap intact in the wards, showing that the lock was a common one, and that almost any key would open it. The locksmith did not make a deal that time.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 438, 10 February 1912, Page 6
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174TESTING A PADLOCK. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 438, 10 February 1912, Page 6
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