Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1877 — Obeying Orders. [ARTICLE]

Obeying Orders.

That ancient gentleman, Lord William | Lenox, has bedn writing about the celebri- 1 ties whom he has known during htslong life, and in the course of hlsteminiscenc'es tells this story of the Duke of Wellibgtonf “ The late Lord Derby, phen having one of his country mansions decorated, way having the central floor either, painted r tesselated. Ayoung man was at work one of the waifs,' when the" Ear,l qxdsjpdi., number of slippers tq be ihXqvpj. oq door-mat, desiring this young man to order any one that came in ! pair before crossing the passage apdpdtl t mg to the order, * if ope fails to sHead iW you must take him by ; the shoulder and turn him out.’ Soon after a-mtfiy i ro—turned from hunting, and the Dutav with * his splashed boots, opened the door and rushed along the hall. The young man immediately jumped off theMSdaeT’ on which he was painting, and seizjng His Grace by the shoulder, fairly pushed him out of the house. In the the afternoon Lord Derby summoned W the household and men at* work into thestudy, and, seating himself beside the great warrior, demanded who had had the impertinence to push the Duke, out of doors. The painter,, all es a tremble, came forward any said: ‘lt was L my. lord.* ‘And pray.’ tejoindl the ‘how came you to do itF ‘Uy your orders, my lord.’ On this Hra Grate turned round to Lard Derby and,mailing, drew a sovereign out of his purse, which he gave to the workman, adding *¥oh were right to obey orders.*” 1/ 5, The New York City Mission is doing a great work among the humbler classed,. The society employs thirty missionaries, who have, with volunteers, made* over 90,000 visits during the past year. ---v-