The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-06
PIEISI.IN Stumbling.
How the French have Elevated Cheating ana
ENtortion TO Fine Art.

LAHuts' AfNrf W INC f~tH ffiHlfsV tiW
family of friends Of mine have just
been through the mill in Paris. The gentle
man is Il prominent official in New York
State Government and In any well regulate
country is pretty competent; TO manage his own
business But Paris ways beat him. he says.
He has been made to pay thousands Of francs
damages for injuries 20 the apartments which
he occupied couple OF months-iniuriesw VIII ich
any unpreludiced observer can see have bsen
the work OF years in the rooms and long sue.
cession OF untidy dodgers. lie and his wife and
two grown sons-all very neat people-are
charged with having made grease oceans with
their heads upon the wall papers and paint oi
the different rooms. on" OF which they never
occupied Ut al-never sat down for a moment
there. there being more than enough rooms
without II. And the sums they have had To pay
for repairs are 80 large that for many months to
come their income VIII be- terribly crippled. as
they are not rich people. Naturally they don't
take such ralturous enjoyment out Of the Tx
fractions Of Paris ne thcy might IL they'd had
comio and peaceful state Of mind there.
The last tries have heard Of 10 screw final
penny out OF departing strangers is 10 send
small boy or small giri WIN sympathetic ap-
pcaran e 10 the train lust as II Is starting with
u claim OF few francs. as few sometimes rs
three or four. say Sixty or eighty cents. saying
that little bit y. washing has not been paid for.
or you forgot that the garGou bought few pa
pers for you Tor someihlnsl and was never paid
for that W .th the iull kuuWIedss thGt you
have paid an enormous. price for everything.
frightul hsure in your pocket. and that you
have stood thc squeezs Of drink money" TO
every hound about the establishment besides
you are Of cours" indignant. and say YOU
will not pay one eentlme more to any living
soul
Then the sympathetic messenger begins TO
whine. and says he WIS s'mt To- get tuis 10y the
landlord and. # you don't pay ii. he will be-
forced 10 out pl his Door earnings.
All this makes you the more furious. for you
see, and have seen from the first. that the thing
is deliberate fraud on the part OF the landlord,
ana that thr messenger l. honest enough about
H. and knows nothlng except that he has been
informed. ON pun oi dismissal. To bring back
that money. Tie d SUsreeMcut makes u row.
of course, and the irst YOU know some police
OIL ser j. on the so'ne. who gives you the alter
native of leaving o." tram al once in his GUS
toby. with your who'll larty and your baggage,
or paying instantly whatever sum il u 1munded.
II l. No. U.s. Ion YOU % suOW Giu your ruce. pied
bl ior more money probably. than he ever
saw; the part .uar ltrm = hot On your bill
lwhy should IL hct. You have got No receipt
for Il lwhy should you have -, 50 OF course you
owe II
Furious as this false md Ridiculous reason
INK makes you. You st.il soc that IA" cheapest
way Is u Jay the petty demand, AMI ~ that was
the only thlug your screw was AFTER. YOU ARE nI-
lowed 10 hustle on the train again, hredth.css
ana angry, Just Us II is oil aud all The good seats
are taken.