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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 9 June 1906, Page 49

J. M. Barrie, in a gossipy mood. once, told this story of Lord Rosebery. His lordship had arrived at Waverley railway station in Edinburgh. Opening the door of his carriage he laid down a bundle of papers on the seat, shut the door, and turned away. The coachman, hearing the door close, concluded his master was inside and drove off at a good pace before laird Rosebery realised what had happened. The fast travelling horses made pursuit impossible (though folk tried it). After seven miles had been covered, the driver slowed up to permit his lordship to alight and enter his park at a private gate. But no lordship alighted! By-and-by the coachman left his perch and discovered a vacant brougham. The papers were there, but what mysterious fate had overtaken tho owner of them? Anxious at heart, ho drove baek towards Edinburgh, examining the road with the keenness of a Sherlock Holmes. Presently he met an omnibus bearing a load of luggage and Lord Rosebery, looking quite at ease and happy!