The Collier Scored.
Among the many stories that Audrey Carnegie delights to tell of the canny Scot is one in which I*ord Derby and a "collier figure. It appears that while the latter one day was wandering on certain land belonging ro Lord Derby, the collier chanced to_ meet the owner face to face-. His lordship inquired if the collier knew on whose estates he was trespassing. n '■' Well, I've lot no land o' my own and I'm like to walk on somebody's. Wheer did tha' get it fro'?" asked the collier. " I got it from my ancestor;," repi ed tha Esrl, good-naturedly. "An' wheer did they get Ib fro": ' .• cries the trespasser.
" Why," continued Lord Derby, humour* ing the collier, "they got it from their ancestors." "An* wheer did Ihey get ifc fro"?" " They fought for it." Whereupon the col'ier put up hi- fists, and. squaring up to the Earl, exclaimed. •'Well, I'll feigh thee for it." -
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Otago Witness, Issue 2665, 12 April 1905, Page 77
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158The Collier Scored. Otago Witness, Issue 2665, 12 April 1905, Page 77
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