AN INSTRUCTIVE STORY.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10236, 2 July 1883, Page 2

AN INSTRUCTIVE STORY.

A certain noble lord (relates a contem porary) remarkable for the carelessness jf his dress went personally' to pay his bailor's bill. Bsing unknown 117 sighl to the uew nnuager, who rec ived thf money, that worthy mistook h : m for a sjrvant, and casting his eyo< over the account and receipting it, he h laded tht supposed servant a sovoreijti, at th; same tiuis delivering himself after tlrs fashion :— " Now, there's a sovereign for yourself, aud it's your o'.va fault th.it it's not two. But you don't wa:ir out your master's clothes half quick enough. He ought to have had double the amount iv the time, and I tell you it's worth your while to use a harder bidsh." With a queer smile, his lordship answered : " well, I don't know, I think ray brush is a pretty hard one, too ; his lordship complains of it, anyhow." " Pooh ! hard, not a bit of it. Now, coni9, I'll put you up to a wrinkle or two that'll put many a sovereign into your pocket. Look here " — fetching a piece of wood from a shelf behind him — " you see this bit of stick; now that's roughened on purpose. ' You take that, and give your mister's coat a good scrubbing about the elbowa and shoulders every day, and give the troupers a touch about the kn3es, and you'll soon wear thsm out for him, and as I say, it will bo a good £0 in your packet ovary yanv. We shin't forget you, don't be afraid." " You are very Rood," said hia lordship, with a grin, "I will imp irt your instructions to my valet, though I fe.jr for the fiitui'i;, whil'i he ivmiins iv my ssrv '<?">, ho will not \)3 iiblo co pmiii. by i.lnin, as I hliiH not troubUs you with my custom. I am lioni — — — . C twish you wood ' dday.l' 1