"RUSSELL" BOOTS.
One evening Lord joim Russel called ft cab to convey him from tin House of Commons to Chesham Place To tlie cabman he gave a coin; bu when, with proper care, he balancet his accounts that night, he found thai he was 19s short, He rightly con eluded that he had given his driver i sovereign for a shilling. On the following day ho asked the waterman in Palace Yard if he remembered the cab' man. The cabman was found. Lord John reminded him of what had i£a occurred. The cabman knew all about - w it, and acknowledged his rascality. Lord John suggested an immediate return of the money. " Can't be done, your lordship," said the cabman, grinning. " Can't! Why not V rejoined the immortal Whig, " Why, my lord, I thought a great nobleman like you of course meant to give me the money as compensation for the honor of driv- «[■ you, so, as my boots was werry , I went and bought a pair—and here they aro'—pointing to his somewhat shapely legs. ' They are werry nice boots, my lord. Some call 'em "Wellington's"; I calls 'em "Eussel's.'"
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1766, 20 August 1884, Page 3
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189"RUSSELL" BOOTS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1766, 20 August 1884, Page 3
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