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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2322, 28 May 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

A Noble Man.—Dr. W. M. Taylor relates the following incident in the life of his grandfather, which he often heard from his father's lips. It was more than a huii- , dred years ago, when wheeled conveyances were rarely used in the rural districts of Scotland, and _ the custom was to convey grain to the mill in a sack laid over a horse's back. The good man was making such a journey, onee, over a rough .bridle-path, and the horse stumbled, so that the sack fell off. The weight of years was on his shoulders, and he could not replace the load. Aa he was perplexed, and wondering what to do, he saw a man on horseback in tho distance, and had just mads up his mind to ask him for assistance when he recognised in him the nobleman who had lived in an adjoining castle; and then his heart sank again within him ? But he did not need to ask him, for he was noble by a higher patent than any monarch could con- ■ for ; and, when he came up, he dismounted of his own'accord, saying , , "Let me help you, John." So between them they put the load up again upon the horse, and then John—who was a gentleman, too, though he did not wear "hodden grey "—taking olf his broad Kilmarnock bonnet, made obeisance to and said, " Pleaso your lordship, how shall I ever thank you for your kindness?" "Very easily, John," Wcis the reply. Whenever you see another man as sorely naeding assistance as you wore just now, help him, and that will be thanking me,