Morning journal and courier., 1884-04-09
ArtfuI John Arthur.
The English Banker who Recently De-
camped From Pasfs.
rFropo the PbiIadalpbia Tinaa.1

The English Banker who Recently De-
camped From Pasts
[From the Philadelphia Timesl
Ths Countess Racouska, who shot young
man the other day because,he tried to turn.her
gas down told a reporter that when John Ar
thur ran away from Paris in February he had
1925. 600 of her money. If this be true then
the Countess ought to be pitisd, for if one
can believe half the hard things the Paris
newspapers havs been telling about John her
chance of recovering any part of the $780,
900 is a slim one.
Not a PhiIadelphian or New Yorker went
to Paris but saw John Arthur. He was as
well known and about as necessary as the in
svitable Galignani's Messenger. He was very
ciyit-and could lie-how he could lie! He
got it ia perfectly legitimate way. too-as
house agent John opened an Office at the
corner of the Rue de Castiglione and the Rue
de Faubourg ST. Honore during the first
days of the empire. At first the business
was confined to swindle-that is, to renting
strangers furnished apartments. Then as
John grew with the growth of the empire he
became a wine merchant, a furniture deal
er, o dealer in bric-a-brac, until his line of
articles furnished looked like a brand. new
tariff revision bill. Every marketable COM
modify was represented. When a young
American concluded to move from an expen.
sive and uneomfortabl hotel into q cheap and
tidy lodging John Arthur was his man. The
pudgy Englishman with the fluffy whiskers
and boiled lobster complexion tool the
stranger with in his gates up to formidable
looking ledger aud running fat forefneer
down the entries turned to the stranger and
''sizing him up ~ said.
tOwll this suit yer, sir? Nice little appar-
temong 'alf way up the Shanseleazy near the
Rong Poing, only two hundred a month an
furnished in hexquisits taste: belongs to q
Polish lady, separated from FER 'usband. AS
to go to Monte Carlo for FER 'ealth"
"Too far away from the boulevards :" the
American hints. John Immediately proceede
to prove to him that il isn't. In fact, John
knows what the American wants better than
he dees- When he ''sized him. he made up
his mind what sort of an apartment he re-
quired and how much he could afford to pay
for it. This is financial instinct. Before the
young American lamb leaves the den of this
fat old English wolf he has become the pros
prietor-why he would be at loss to tell-of
a dozen bottles of dry sherry, OF two boxes
of make-believe imported cigars (slnuggled),
of a set of chessmen, couple of eanaries In
a cage and choice lot of literature that will
never find its wey to the family book case
On the folio wing dap he looks st two or three
apartments, among them the one on the
Champs EIysees, where he meets the Polish
lady, is conquered by heE afabflity, and rents
it.
Before be takes possession formal 'inVen- |
tory" is made of the furniture, carpets and |
knick- -knacks even to little two cent pepper |
box that hangs on the kitchen wall. One of
Johns young men, with pasty complexion |
and sandy hair parted down the middle, assists |
the stars and stripes. while Poland ID repre- |
sented by the lady's best friend, good-look- |
ing, curly-pated young italian, with q trick |
of going down on all fours to see il there are |
any grease-spets on the carpet. The condi-
tion of every article is noted and price put |
upon it in the list. The Polish lady in the
meanwhile reads one of NJ Zola's novels in
her boudoir. She is elegantly attired in .
gorgeeusly embroidered peignoir and smokes
Russian cigarettes with iefnits relish, graceful
u Tipping the ashes into little silver dish.
When the Polish lady returns from Monte
Carlo the American finds that he has broken
one of her china dogs on the etaGeYe, and the
Italian after much cropping, discovers new
on the carpet The American is
east in damages, and with heavy heart
hands over an additional 200 francs He ap.
oeals TO John. who really feels sorry, and tells
him: ieYou cawn't trust them foreigners, sir;
they're the awfullest liars in the world.
John v Ieeker. superintendent of the Insrahsms
vile cotton Mills 1T Providence wso committed sui
sids by hanging on Sunday, was native OF Fishsr-
vile, in This State.
Leroy Peake of Woonsocket, R. l., is to publish in
namphet form the dongs st the celebration of the
Tooth birthday of his grandfather. Captain Waiter
Pesse of Enned including the poem of $50 lines by
John &. Peass now Of Utica bus formerly Of Hart
ford |
The Rev 4. E. Clark commenced his iaeors as pas
Tar o the church. 6imsbEry, last Sun
day The Union service on Fast day win be In the
cburch at II o'clock a m Next SUE
iay being Easter, the services in the same church
viii be appropriate to the occasion.
Two women in Prsston recently gGsrr9led about
man who hzd paid attention 10 both. TAoy live In
me same house. spS aecoEdingto the Ner~ich Gulle-
tin through the rooms in the second story c
80 hd;f1ss and fell down flight of stairs while
ciinched in ferce eneosnter- When the csnnf9t wsa
over it is said that tufts Of hair which bad been
door, and neithar woman had whole garment lett
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