SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE.
A lidffDOiir ''writes : — It seems strapgQ^t^a.jj'^i^h the^keen competitron existing among the compilers of tJbogospip.ColaD*as.iQ'oar; flatter week-'•'Kes,-notbin^ i lias^bitftei i to been made' 'pttblib- I '^sp^eßW^ ' ad' ; extraordinary event W.hiph sjgpolle4 .the clps.e , of. the L'ondbh's^asQD. "ATboufc three weeks 6r. a'tnoq'tH ag.o .'a .certain, noble lord whs { rilcUbg in ",the jiady's Mile" when ho" ■.-plot :hisOady : a»ttended by 'a gallant, oaralier holding a comtaissiori in a ,'s&$ 're^iWenlljl irili 1 himself, I believe, 1a ' scion df a nofcle house. His!' lordshjp reined .abruptly , across tbd' 'paWof his'^ffe and frien^, and address^,, it, ; is. : , said, in a sharp and peremptory manner some' 'which Were n6t caught, by tho rnffS ne^ !^ ar K to the.oflßcer. . Tbat gen3 tlejraain retorted in a like tons, and the affair-'^rew co h©'t 'tbat his lordship \^iHp'ri^ifs'^iding.'.whip' with a threaten,vpg gesitttre. instantly her :lady,ship, , r^tio,hacl:been: ap .to that momeut a "speciiatDr- ot the btie^ confeetttion' be1 twderi the <vvo ! men, urging her I ' horse,, forward *' with a bound,'* sis .the story was told to me, but he,r liege lord and spouse deliberately with her riding whip two lashes in ' the face. She Seetatjied inclined to continue this trjeatJ.'ijaep^', bat . fhat her, companion neV arm and entreated her to be calm. Further 'development^ were pre1 vented by the i*etreafc ; at this portion, 6f the iibble lord, who, after staring fully, a. minute at his lady, as if her blows had stunned him, lifted his bat and rode off. The lady and lier gallant ! '.attendant remained among . the fa' sliidnabie cavalcade for fully an hour after the disgraceful incident sketched, but the offended and assaulted' husband did not put in an appearance.
The 'following* anecdote was told by an Americnß preaohor for A fact': He "W'&sj'prftyi'iJgf, arid in* his pt'ay'e'r he Said, J , <C I .that the power of the devil ' may, be c,9rta,iled." ■, Jugfc : then au old ♦S^arkey.in the congregation cried' 'out. "♦'•yes ! 'Amen ! 'Bresa me ! Cat him /tail right smack, stnOoVe off." ,' ,
SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE.
Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2749, 18 February 1878, Page 3
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