A PEER'S FIRST EARNED SHILLING.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4640, 17 November 1883, Page 4

A PEER'S FIRST EARNED SHILLING.

The following episode, which happened lately at one of our fashionable hotels, proves that virture is sometimes more substantially rewarded than the adage would seem to indicate: One evening, rather late, a gentleman a great admirer of man's best friend, saw some magnificent dogs in the care of the hall porter. Having entered into conversation with the. temporary keeper of the Gerberi, he learned that the owner had left no instructions as to their being fed ; he therefore took upon himself to order a repast for them. They were still enjoying it when the owner returned, and the good Samaritan, going up, told him that he had been admiring his dogs, and had ordered them to be fed.. "Oh thank you ! Here take " ; and the owner's gratitude took the tangible shape of the coin recruiting sergeants dispense to the in the Queen's name. The gentleman smilingly took the proffered reward, and said : "I am Lord——, and I most heartly thank you for the first shilling I have ever earned. I shall have a hole drilled in it, and wear it as a charm. It may bring me luck." "Oh ray Lord, I cannot tell you how sorry lam at my blunder. Pray give me back the shilling, and accept my most heartfelt apology !" "I beg you not to apologize. You have made me feel quite a proud man, and, as to the shilling, you must allow me to keep it, that it may become an heirloom in my family, where we have never had an opportunity of earning money."

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