The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16

here I'm Paris YOU must keep your eyes
skinned all the time. The town Is
flooded with had money There are
bad francs and had half francs, there
are francs dated before the Republic
that are consequently no good and
there are francs dated after the BE-
public that are worse. II Napoleon the
Third has u crown on the money IL all
right. If he hasn't it is all wrong.
They nailed me. too; hut not at J
O'Clock I'm the morning, This was how
IL happened Nou see. | spend all my
spare change aud more on that kodak
of mine. IL IL strange the hold n ko.
Lak gets ON YOU. Many n time ! have
walked miles to save UP sufficient cab
fare for n set of films | rarely take a
cab. go on top Of these elephant
'busscs. where IL Is cheap. or ! foot
II for the sake ~ the kodak had
paid out so much money for toning
baths that | put I'm "A mild complaint
lo the gil who waited on me at the
Place Ncndomc.
" The machine viii break me, |
said. "rhis H. the third time In three
weeks that have bought tonng
laths az one franc hfty the bath, At
this rate shall shortly become a
financial wreck | wish | had never
seen the thing
aware Of the fact that small for-
tune had passed from my hands Ia
hers She put on a look that was
gricNcd she thought awhile, then
suggested a remedy. There was a tom
ing bath that | could mix myself, she
said very reasonable tonlng bath.
Imagine my delight Now ! could nf-
ford a candi"d pear maybe, or one
of those little cherry pies n thc win
dow Of the dCliCHtcsscu near the pen
sion that are worth their weight In
gold she gave me the address OF a
chemist in the Rue dc lH ncppnicrc
THAT little old chemist, went gaily
along the boulevard. buoycd up 10y
hope. turned the corner and entered
his shop light Of step and joyful Of
heart NOu see didn't know. He put
the gold up I'm n bottle about the size
of my thumhnnil the hypo in u small
square paper, aud charged nae two
francs nfty knew about that iftv.
| expected II Like the poor. II 1. al.
ways with you in Paris Just rs IN
England. everything is one and slN.
two aud six. FIVE and six or seven AMI
six They couldn't take of the six "
they tried II Won descend go pence II
T. siXpcncc and three farthings Those
fnrlhings,
II handed the little old wretch ten
francs in gold lie gave me n large
and festive five. frame piece with u
few other francs, and I went on my
way rejoicing. Later. ~ the Bon
Marchc. The five. franc piece was re-.
icctcd with scorn.
'N'pst pas bon said the man NJ
the desk with shiug that brought
his shoulders up somewhere about his
ears. Nest pas bon said another
taking II and pccring NJ the lady with
n mirtruytful eve. \ crowd gathered
The atmosphere thrilled with: Nest
pas bons' I trcmbled I'm my botlincs.
Tor they cast suspicious glancos ON
me I looked around cautiously fearful
of gcndnrmcs. and had reason for
fear II rs against the law 10 pass bad
money In France II YOU get caught
"Thc man M the desk gave mo back
the money without calling the gen.
darmc. for which was thankful.
Hastily Offering him the contents OF
my purse / retired 10 a quiet corner
aud took look 20 the five francs my
sclf True II was bad La fact II was
lust about ~ bad ~ IL could be. The
lady was sitting down. On the way
home I counted up the cost Of the
chpnp tonng bath that WAS 10 last
mo forever almost TWO francs flfty
aud live bad francs made seven francs
hfty. ! groanrd But ! was 10 groan
soilo more According tO directions |
had hllcd two large bottles with wa.
Ter. put tho precious gold into one ana
the inexpensive hypO into ~" other
Both had dissolved 80 I couldn't tell
iuthrr from which Then had hidden
thom under the bed out of harms
way: for Madomolsel'c a young thing
or sixty, who keeps tie pension. loo 3
with eyes Hskancr upon The various
and sundry bottle. containing uy tom.
ing baths my developing Hihs and
other baths belonging 10 The ouiht Of
HAT kOdIc ~ milne.
Upon my arrival I found that thc
femme dc clatubrc--thats Whist They
call The girl who prciouds 90 clean
your room over brr had knpckrd
over one ~ the bOiilc- aud broken H.
90 course 10 WAS thr bottle 81 gold
Ou tho bnttom or it I found floating
three undi. solved grains. Seven francs
my for nothing. And the time have
had trying to get rid of tbni bad ufo
franc piece, ~ you 10 viii to mo
give said Nadcmoi-Dllc. whose Eng
Isli b. as bad o. my French ! VIII
it give ~ the wine merchant of mo-
and be will IL change perhaps Pr.
haps. II was well sald The wine moi
chant of her kept II Tor four mont
and returned N. All his patrons v'
French people. be explained. I'll
wasn't Hu American among them
an Englishman Therefore u was
possible for him 10 succeed in worE
ing IN on MademOisolle regretted
much So dld IN Y Sup