“Tliis Is one of my ancestors," she said, pausing before a portrait. “B® fell at "Waterloo- Have you any ancestors i" He suddenly remembered an uncle tv ho had sole charge of. the front of a cinema show, and murmured, *Er — yes. one.” “Bid he fall anywhere?" “Xot exactly; but I remember being told how, clothed in full uniform, but unarmed save for a light cane, he etood before an Eastern palace and kept a bowing, surging mob at bay singlehanded." “Really! How splendid.” "Oh. he thought nothing of it. Did it every night for years."
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8681, 14 March 1914, Page 6
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96Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8681, 14 March 1914, Page 6
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