MR GLADSTONE AND THE SHOEMAKER.
On one occasion at Hawarden Castle there was a festive gathering of all classes, including the artisans and the poor. Amongst those expected was an old shoe--oaker and his blind son. As they approached the castle door Mr Gladstone went to welcome them, and, taking them to a table, placed tne father on one side and the son on the other. Just then a fashionablydressed young man, evidently one of the local magnates, came up, and motioned to one of the two to get away, because he wanted to sit next to Mr Gladstone to have a confidential talk. His lordly motion was unheeded, and he put a "hand on the shoulder of one to move him away. That was too much for the hospitable host, and he said to tho fashionably-dressed young man: — "That is your seat down there. I want my friends to remain where they are."
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 10043, 23 May 1898, Page 5
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