The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29
BUNKORG FRANCE.
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@1UJAr,CN IN T+ls REspEcT.

} 1eAo on Ii Unole-How EUur Yean
~ssos Dl,sa Well s.d Chssply.
Two or three recent events have full
busti6ed the reputation Of the Frenc
Wpre-eminent martness In swindlinr
wealthy Parisian returned to hi
apartments In the Rue Ballu the othe
v after . weeks absence with hi
amily and found that all his plate an
fnany articles of vertu. worth man
Thousand francs, had disappeared. Tn
eonoierge who had been left in charge
IN honest fellow. GOULD not account 70
the robbery. he was sure nobody coul
have entered the rooms without hi
knowledge. No one had been there ex
oept some men from q furniture ware
house. They came the day after hi
master went away, bringing q yer.
barge wardrobe, which they said bat
been ordered the day before. The con
cierge thought il strange his employer
had not spoken Of the matter, but be al
lowed the four men to carry the piece
uf furniture up stairs They did it nm
der his supervision, but with great difi-
GUILTY, for it seemed to be very heavy.
The next day they returned. this time
with small sideboard in their wagon.
rhey made many apologies for their
mistake. II had been sideboard, not q
wardrobe, which had been ordered, and
they wished to make the exchange. The
unsuspecting concierge permitted them
TO do so, and again superintended the
operation to make sure that the men
did not damage or steal anything. But
the wardrobe had been like the wooden
horse of Troy. 1t had contained not
many warriors. but q clever thief, who
had spent the night packing the big
closet full of the most valuable articles
he could lay his hands on and himself.
A well to do Partisan was returning
East Monday by train <som Havre. Dur
ing the first hour of the journey his
only fellow passenger in the compart-
ment was q pleasant spoken young man.
who made himself very agreeable Then
others got in, and talk was general for
. little. Finally conversation tagged,
and the Partisan dropped asleep Pres
emily the young man began to ohuckle,
and. turning to the other passengers,
with a wink toward the sleeping man.
said in an undertone, 'I'n play O good
Joke on my uncle," and he carefully
lunfastened the strap by which small
travelling bag was slung over the shoulder
Of the sleeper. "I'll change into the
next compartment at the first stop, and
my uncle will wake up and think he
has been robbed. 1t will be fun to see
his face, and can watch through the
little glass in the partition. Don't give
1t away"
The others grinned appreciatively,
and the young man presently slipped
out with the bag. Soon after the owner
Of the bag woke up. He looked about
for a moment. then missed the pouch
from the strap and jumped up in great
excitement, e1c3aimins: sN
"Ive been robbedi'' a.
The response Of his fellow passengers
was roar Of laughter. This added an
ger to the victims excitement, and he
stormed furiously. Finally. when they
could laugh no more and the situation
was becoming serious, one of the pas.
sengers begged the angry man to calm
himself His bag was all right; his
nephew had IL in the next compartment,
snd he would get 1t at the next station.
my nephewr' shouted the bewilder.
ed man. II haven't any nephew.
never had nephew. I don't know any.
thing about any nephew"
Then IL was the turn Of the other
passenger 10 be dumfounded and crest.
fallen. But the thief got away. and there
were several thousand francs in bank
notes In the BEG.
|! The proprietor of q fine Paris restau.
rant Of certain class was the victim of
. third swindle, though il was more q
joke than . fraud. A party Of four
young bloods dined one evening. not
wisely but too we'll and too expensively
as his establishment. After q maani6.
cent repast In private room there was
disputs about who should pay. and the
psgrietor was ssnt for. Each Of tho
diners declared that be was there - the
guest Of the other throa Tho diputs
wentSh IN jooose faahinn antll the
rsstsuSant keeper thfeatened 10 call tho
police unless his mousy Was fcFthcom.
Ing. The foar young u,sa wers annoyed
- THE susgssSm.
rs ~ M vH ysa treat gsntle-
nenP ezolams1 one of Tho party.
Now, 80 hsyA 0lnce We are out for q
lark ! -peupose that we biindfoid you,
aar. Propr3sbor. and the one Of Us whom
you eatch frst viii pay for the supper
and for two more bottles Of champagne. F"
Tho restaurant keeper agreed. He
was securely blindfolded. and he cropped
about The apartment In vain for q quar-.
Ger Of N hour Then he pulled of the
bandase. 10 And that the four jewellers
Asd fed. Cor. New York Sun.
A. Ks.saskys Fss Boy.
CAneg's Voek. KY. comes TO tho
front with Eat boy that lays Fred Dur.
ham, the 4iddieburg kid. in tho shade
Iqals name n Master John Brown. son Of
Qgr J. h Brown, an enterprising farm.