Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-08-21

subject oil these waTerS 1t IL relateai
that ut a dinner party in 1860, Sii
Mark Sykes ole ed to pay any on,
Who Won d give him hundred guinea
down, guinea lay 81 long rs NaEt,.
ieon 6yed. The Offer was tak n By !.
Gle gyman p esent; and tor tNfte wear
Sir Mark paid him three hanos ed an.
sixty-!!ee geiaeas per annmn Il,
then thought he had thrown ava,
enough moneys and disputed turtle.
payment. The recipient. who was i,oi
ut ali disposed To- lose his comfortable
annuity, brought am action. whic
after lengthy litigation. was decide,
in fayor OF the baronet.
A foreign Prince staying in pr,ri
made ii heavy bet with II member
the Imperial Club that he-the + Inc
would. in the course Of the next tw
hours. be arre 'ted by the police witt,
out committing any oiIense or proved
/ Ing g authorities in any ia hiou
The way he won his wager was /
dressing him self in Il t.ltlereh o.
blouse, pair OF mouidy boots full
holes, and disreputable burlcsque
a hat. Thus attired, he wa KID L
TO one OF the most uristocras,
cafes in Paris. and seating himself
Il table. called for II cup OF cofre
The waiter, rs was on Y natural, d
not care about serving so suspicious
looking customer before he was n
sured that payment wolld be f,rtl
coming, SO he told the Prince that |.
must pay III advance Upon this, h
tlighness pulled n bundle of ban,
notes out OF his pocket and picking on
one OF considerable value told him
la g the price of the coffee out Of
AMI bring back the change The ma
Immediately went in scaruh OF tile pr
prlctor of the cafe, who. when he /
heard the facts of the case. dsred &
coffee to b. served. and at the san
time sent TO the neare It police att
FOR ~ rJtai dc palc. Ths Primes W
OF course arre ted and taken before
commits airy of police. He announc
his rank, AMI told his reasons for IL
Stunning soeh an unprince,y costum,
The authorities were obduute at fir
but finally they consented TO send til
Prince under escort to the lmperi;
Club, where the gentleman with whol
tho bot had been made proved his iden
tity. and paid his Highness the none
he had fair y won
Vleuxtemps, the well-known violir
list, used to tell a strange story OF
wager which he aver ed he had real
Witnessed whit on Il visit TO Londo
1t was to the effect that one day a.,
WAS walk ny across London Bridge,
poor wretch jun ID up on to the par
pet and loaped down into the rive
There wis at once Il rush OF cage
spectators, AMI q voice SECUTED: II
bet he irowns!" Two to one, he
swim ashorel' "Done.' Mounwhi,
VieuXtemps had FASTENED to get IL boa
and was rowing with waterman
the rescue of the unhappy enturl
who was fl laundering about. and ju
managing TO keep han eff ailoat. J
they reached him and werI prepariu
TO pull Linn into the boat, there was
roar from the bridge: Leave hi
tlone-there is a bet on!' The waite.
man immediately lay on his oars, re
ftising to make any further attempt
save the drowning man. anl Vieux
temps saw hun sink before his yer
eyes.
a bet was once made in relation
the Master OF the Reeves to Gco.g
iL, named Hcidegger, whose uglines
1t was decla cd impossible to surpass
One OF the courtiers wagcre
that he would produc, some on
Who should be pronounced uglier tina
Hcldogget. He was allowed n 70,
days IN which to unearth his champion
and 1t is said that he employed thel
in pei eonally ran5acking tie wors
Sums IN London. Somewhere In st.
Giles he found an Old woman whor
he thought sufficiently plain to con
trent with Heidegger. When the tw
were put face to face, the juyl res suh
that it was impossible to decide whic
o'them was entitled To bear the prou,
title OF ''uyiiest being in London.
courtier, however. suggested tina
Hcideg ser should put on tho oil
woman S bonnet This he cid; and III
additional us ines, it gave him wa
such that he was unanimously de.
clhrcd the winner.