Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-08-24

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.yEro.eA~i the spOs, AB1 there-yes.
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TIE m<rks e tie I've tng~rs. pam and
dsstlsei
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himself xnd o. make ssssrADce doably
sure. be traced co; each & the inpres-
sioes alta . trembling hAnd- There
could he 10 dOgbs whatever stoui H. At
last has loGg search wss enoed.
Eight days afterwards the property
uas 20 he sold by auctiOn- and nGmtsers
Of the arIstacraey Il Pans sent their
steward. To bid far il. IL was up At fifty
thousand louis dor, and two Thousand
louis sere At once added by the steward
If the Due de Bern.
sixty thousand louis" said q voice
from . corner; and the audience, turning
round to look at the man who had the
audacity TO outbid the richest man in
Paris, discovered q poor man whom they
had supposed to be beggar.
"Sixty Thousand louis" said the auc-
tioneer; "sixty thousand louis are bid,
and this fine property is going for only
sixty thousand lOuis!'
The steward added five thousand louis,
and the offer was at once capped by the
mendicant who bid seventy thousand
louis. Thus the war was carried on
until one hundred thousand louis we're
offered, and people we're aghast at this
extraordinary duel between the steward
of the wealthy Duke and miserable
looking beggar.
"One-hundred-and ten thousand
louis" slowly, but with emphasis,
shouted the steward with a whitening
look at his ragged opponent. Bocher
hesitated, for although he we'll remem-
bered how heavy the strong box was, it
was doubtful whether it contained so
large sum as this, and he was we'll aware
that the non-payment was the Chatelet
Prison for life with all its horrors. There
was not much time for reflection, for al
ready the going, going" of the auctioneer
was sounding in his ears.
zone hundred and twenty thousand
louis" he shouted; and zone hundred
and twenty thousand louis are Did," re-
peated the auctioneer amidst breathless
silence. This time there was no advance
on the bidding; and after waiting the
stipulated time, the property was knocked
down to Bocher; and the discounted
steward of the Duke Quilted the field of
battle revenging himself with bitter
jest as he passed his conqueror.
Bocher, with the penalty of non-pay-
ment of the enormous purchase money
staring him in the face, handed over the
required sum within twenty hours,
receiving in return the necessary title
deeds.
The mason became leader in monopo-
lies, and finished by leaving an immense
fortune and q patent of nobility to his
son.-Chambers' Journal.