THE LORD AND THE COSTERMONGER.
Lord Tweeddale wa» one of those heroes who made the modern reputation of the British soldier. He was • fine swordsman, and in the Peninsula he had a- special sabre made for him of extra ! length and weight, wherewith he slashed < away in a rerj heroic fashion. Ue was a great boxer, too, as to whioh there ii a story well and truly told. Ouo day, when he was driving, a gigantic coster* monger, riding, as in their wont, upon a barrow, behind the most diminutive donkey possible, stopped the way, as is also their wont. On being called upon to more, he flatly refused, and jeeringly offered to fight for the road. Lord Tweeddale, nothing loth, got down, fought him thero and then according to science, and in five minuted reduced him to a pitiable state. The costermonger then gave in and wiping the blood from his face said, "Well, I'm blest if I thought there was anyone but Lord Twiddle that could lick me?" "Ah," replied his lordship, who by this time had remounted his box, "I am Lord Tweeddale !'' Then, blow me, it's not fair ! If you'd said so at first I'd a lei you pass."
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2146, 10 April 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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203THE LORD AND THE COSTERMONGER. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2146, 10 April 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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