Wellington Facing A Mob

üne morning in Februuiy I nottoed tbreatening erowds near tho Pull Muil gute, not f'ar from tho status of Aohillos. TIn etatue was cast from cannon j takun i tho Iron Duke's vruious buttlas, mid was düd.cutod '' To Arthur, TJuko ut Wellington, Oy tho Wonien igiand." 1 dettTinined to wutch the Duku, and aee what was f?oing to bo clone. Punotual to tlio rn mont, ho desceoded the steps ( f Apsley Houso, bis residonce. Ilis appoaranco waa imposing. He waa at tho head of tho Cabinet, Prainier oí Eng'und, and he waa par xcelkr.ce the first man in England. It was a drizíly rnoming. He wore a blue frock coat, buttonod rp to the ohio, u military stock, and browti pantalooDS. lia f al coa oye survoyed tbe (jsoited gToups about tho Park gate with a sort oí pleaeant contempt. The inob were either awed by bis appearance and pres;ige, or thoy had not yet Berewed their courage to the inanlting point. The Duke passed on horseback, attendod by hi.s faitliful valot. Nobody molested bim till he reached hm office. TIküo lbo mob his.-ed him; hut when ha turned around and facer) tbetn, the hissing oeasad. He then quietly enterad hi.s office. As I knevv the nour lie vvould leuvo Downiog Street to return to the P;irk, 1 Was theie ü uuo season. The neighborhood of tho Ilorse Guarda probably doterred a good many of tho excitod lanatica fhnn gatheririg about the offli e, hut numbei'8 were gathered. The Duke, who was punctuality itself, carne out at the appointed moment, and moonted iis horse amid groan s and bisses. After he pasêod the Horse j Guspüb, the imise nereased to sbonts; W'he.'i ht! passed the (.haring Cross, and entered Pal) Mali, the mob beffan to throw missilea und dirt. Naar Pal) Mali gute, thoro was a whirlpool of human buiiigs, cddyinground in Btranga, ! wild, ind vet in a Hort of rvininutrical confusión, I ieured they woukl inurder hini ther.1. As he approaohed the g:ite, a good deal spattered with mud and dirt, the mob, as if compelled by soine higher power than that of earth, made a latte i'or him to pass. For a moment they teemed awed, and appeared to rolent But when ae had entered t!ie ga;e, their violenee rose to fury. He dismounted with diffiuulty, placed bis back ügainst the rails of tlie statue of Achules, and calmly taeed his farioua assailaote. I shall never iorgtt that moment. Tlioughts and feelings took maatery of my nature then that have swayed nie ever sinco. Not one word did he utt;:r. ïhere was no tshrinking - not even a cloud of apprehensijn upofl that gloriaas face. O, how inünituly smail and eontemptible his assailaots looked I How great is man! How little are mon ! Tirara was a lull in the storm of shouts, and missiles, and dirt, and an old Irishman, with a wooden log, hustled his uay to the side of the Duke. ThiK man sokl apples and oranges by the Hyde Park gato, and bis basket had been lipset by the mob. Wheu he had reached the Iron Duke, he stood by bis side, and unb und his wooden leg, and made a speech that iinmedialely subdned the monster. He began : " My curse on yon for cowardly scoundrels ! Ir ye have pluek, coino and fight me Let it bo two of U9 against yoa all. . . . Come s.nd kil! us both. This is your fair play ! Thi.s is English justiue! Thousaiuls againstone! ThÏDk of WáterJoo I But for him and oz, Boney wouid have beaten ye! l've got my wooden leg for fighting for ye - ye villains ! - and ye aro goio' lo pay him by murtherin' him, ye bloody Kcoundrels ! Come on, but come one at a time, notlike cowarda aid ruffiatiH as yo are, altogether ! " The speech was B mighty suceess. Tho mob wus ashamed and calmcd, and began to snenk away. Wellington gave a smile of recogniiion to the man who had saved his lii'c, and ever af'terward he arnply provided for bim, as he did f;ir many othere, out oi bis own j private fort ino, in his own quiot,