OBEYING ORDERS.
An English' farmer saw a number of huntsmen coming; on horseback. He did notiwaut them to go over one of his fields, because the crop was in suoh a condition that it would be injured and perhaps destroyed by the tramp of the horses. So he put his hired boy at the gate and told him not to epen it. On came the hunters, and commanded him to open the gato. He refused. They offered money. 'He would not take it. Theu a noble-looking man rode up and said, "My boy, I am the Duke of Wellington', and I command you to open the gate." "I am sure the Duke of Wellington would not wish me to dia. obey orUerß. I must keep this gate Bhut ; no one is to pass through but with my master's express permission." The Duke was pleased, and, lifting his hat, said,' "1 honour the man or boy who I can be neither bribed nor frightened 1 into doing wrong. With an army of such soldiers I could conquer the world."
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7928, 17 December 1887, Page 6
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178OBEYING ORDERS. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7928, 17 December 1887, Page 6
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