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An Eaton Boy's Raise

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
June
Year
1892
Copyright
Public Domain
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A lew years oro an Eton boy, by. rare good luck, stood mear hiis sovereigm's carriage wlien a lmnatic fired a ptetal shot at that royal lady, who sat withta. Tliis yo'uth, with true Bnglish courage, and without saying "By youir lea ve" to tihe queem, sprang at the miiscreant's throat, aad, beJore til queein's guard knew what had Wappemed, liad very nearly shaken the liíe out oí the maa's body. Fox thig swiift apptócatian of Eton rules, young Gordon Ohesney Wilisèn, the son of a ricihi commoner, recelved the plaudits oí a public wQiteh adores pluck and the hearty ackmowtedgements of the royal famiüy, includiing Victoria herself. His path, which henceforth was iBtrewn. with court favors, finally led hiim to the altar the other day, where he wedded a duke's daughter amitd ome of the graradest scènes in the amnals of aristocratie alliances. The iiobüliity of Bngland is to be eongratulateid on attaiiiing an infusión of new blood of this rich, red hue. It is o antSa.' stuff héroes are bonn and bred.-

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier