THE OLD BATTLEFIELD.
King George was once enjoying the hospitality of a prominent peer at his country seat near tho scene of one of Cromwell's historic battles. Strolling out one day by himself, tho king mot tho village blacksmith returning from a shoeing expedition. "I understand thero was a, big battle fought somewhere about here," said the King. "Well—or," stammered the blacksmith, recognising and saluting tho King, "I did "aye. a round or two with Bill, tho potman, but I didn't know your Majesty had heard of it."
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 55, 2 September 1916, Page 16
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88THE OLD BATTLEFIELD. Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 55, 2 September 1916, Page 16
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