The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-04-01
Paris SwIndIes.


Here are some of the newest Partisan
swindles which speak for themselves
The Widow Hoecher, an honest sonl
years been in the habit of paying a
weekly visit to the grave of her husband
at Pere Lachaise. One afternoon she
finds young lady, elegantly melancholy
in the costliest mourning, bowed down
in affiiction over a neighboring grave.
The honest widow proffers her consola-
ton to the mourner, who receives her
| sympathetic advances with grateful
fervor and leaves the cemetery with her.
As they stroll away the young stranger
| introduces herself as the Countess Mon
| trond. She belongs to the Cote de'Or,
| and visits Paris to pray at the newly
erected tomb of her husband. This re-
| markable coincidence of tastes in one so
exalted charms the widow Hoecher, of
course. She is the more enchanted by
the affability Of the gracious countess.
and when that lady informs her that she
has to pay for her husbands tombstone
that afternoon, she is short of money, for
which she has written to her agent In the
country, the honest widow observes that
she has some TOO francs lying about
loose, which. she will be delighted to
place at her service. The countess re-
ciprocates the generous proffer, and in
vites the widow to call on her the next
day at the Hotel du Bon Lafontaine,
Rue de Grenelle, to dine and get her ac-
commodation back. So they depart, en-
bracing, and, at last accounts, the Widow
Hoecher was still looking for the
Hotel du Bon Lafontaine. Can any one
help her out?
A secondhand dealer at Belleyilie
possessed among his stock battered old
desk, which for months stood at the door,
vainly appealing for purchase. Finally,
it was acquired at small sum by po-
lite young man, who seemed to be
student. The day after it was sent home
the student came to the dealer in great
agitation. in cleaning the desk out he
had discovered q secret drawer, and in il
a package of railway stock certificates
and government bonds, worth 60 ,00Of.
He desired to know of whom the desk
had been purchased, so that he might
return the treasure to the proper owner.
The dealer did not remember where he
had got the desk. Besides even if he
did, why return the treasure trove The
loser had clearly not missed it, or it
would have been sought for before to-
day. Let them share it and no man the |
wiser or worse off. The young man at
first reyolted at this proposition, then he /
listened and allowed himself to be per- |
suaded. The papers should be sold by |
the dealer, who had friend who dab
bled in such things. Meanwhile would |
the dealer let the lucky finder have some I
money to take his girl to the theatre On |
He would, and did; 800 francs was |
the amount, and the securities turned I
out to be excellent counterfeits.
Two well-dressed persons fall into a
dispute wine shop in the Rue Mont
matre, with regard to their respective /
muscularity. Il will wager you 500
francs to quart of champagne / can
throw you," says one. Done" ex-
claims the other, "and our host shall
hold the stakes" Boniface assents, and
orders couple of magnum on ice. The
put the money up. One has
a 1000 franc note, the other 500 francs in
bills. The one takes the small bills and
leaves the 1000 franc note in the land
lords hand.
''It will all belong to one of us, they
say, laughing; $50 we may as well keep
it together" They wrestle, but fail to
throw one another. Then they get tired
declare the wager off, and call for the
wine on their joint account. '.Take it
out of the note, and we will divide the
balance" they say; SO the landlord
changes the bogus $500, gives them S196
good money and takes an oath next
morning to kill the first man who asks
him to hold stakes for him again.
A lady and gentleman, apparently for
eigners of the best style enter jewelers.
1t the Louvre. They critically examine
rings, bracelets, and the like, conversing
with animation in English. Finally they
make a selection to the value of 1000
francs, and it is put up in box, which
the lady places in her reticule. The
gentleman produces his wallet and finds
himself nearly half the money short.
Never mind he is going to his bankers
and they will call on their way back to
their hotel. Meanwhile NJ. Biblebot can
keep the box reads for them. M. Bible
bot keeps it forty-eight hours. and then
inds that it is another box, with frag-
nent of brick IN its cotton batting bow
els instead of gems of price. The sharps
nad purchased something from him the !
lay before, discovered how he put up
things, and what manner of paper and
,ard used, and lol the result