The Iron Duke and Blucher .
There was humour of a dry kind in the conqueror of Waterloo, and it came out in the story told by a lady whose French poodle once ran into the grounds of Walmor Castle.
•'Blucher, Blucher I" called the fair owner of the poodle to the disobedient animal.
Tho old Duke looked over the wall. "Aiadam," said he, "time was when I, too, should have been extremely glad to see Blucher."
The number of people who have personal reminiscences of the great Duke is growing small. Among them is the wife of Spencer WaJpole, who remembers playing as a child in. the gardens of Apsley House. The oJd Duke came out and the children stood in a row while he passed. He stopped and said to one of them :
"You are a very nice little fellow; when you are old enough I will give you a commission in the Guards." "But I am a dirl, Mr Dook," said the child.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2814, 19 February 1908, Page 91
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165The Iron Duke and Blucher. Otago Witness, Issue 2814, 19 February 1908, Page 91
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