The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

HAVING been sentenced TO four months
imprisonment by default. the man In
question considered that Paiais de Jus
tice was the safest place for him and
to make his Immunity doubiy sure he
donned q lawyers gown and cap. He
was right. nobody would dream Of
| finding criminal In the honorable
garb OF lawyers. But his instinct for
mischief spoiled II all wearing the
gown Of o lawyer, he might a. WELL
he thought, take up the functions OF
zone. and he offered his service to plain
tins. who happened to be without coun-
sci. He Of course. never pleaded. but
he nevertheless informed his clients
that their case had been won, and
| pocketed several substantial fees. As
In each case tho clients discovered
later on that they had been duped.
It stood to reason that he could not
repeat his fraud often. He knew this
we'll enough. and next disguised him
self AZ one OF NJ. Hamard's detectives.
He came to grief. however, after he
had persuaded q bill collector accused
watch and chain to avoid being arrest
ed. The bill collector found out his
| mistake and denounced the man, with
| the result that the sham lawyer and
detective is now landed in prison.
A servant girl from Brittany stepped
briskly up to q police station the other
afternoon. and on being introduced It
her request to the vomissary. calmly
said. ARREST me. rs have avenged
myself on my sister-in-law. as she
| must be dead now" AZ yne same time
she handed to him q little phiai still
containing some atrophins. and when
greatly alarmed the magistrate pro-
ceeded to the address which she had
given, he found the woman suffering
Lori zhrs IN
tiiy summoned. and had promptly pre-
scrlbed an smetic. said that he had ar
arrived Just In time 70 save her. but
that all the same she must be removed
to the hospital. a. her recovery would
| be long. The maid servant 10 now at
the depot Of the Perfecture OF Police.
hut a. matter OF fact she does not
seem to be altogether responsible for
her actions. The cause OF the dislike
which she had taken to her sister-in-
law IL inexplicable. as sne had been
| treated most kindly. ane girl came
to Paris from Brittany ten months ago.
and wandered from one place to anoth-
err, giving satisfaction nowhere. When
ever she was without q place she was
taken In by her brother. VINO 10 re-
spectacle shopman. anu mrs wife invar-
iably gave her good advice and worked
hard to procure her another situation.
| Sullen, and unsociable. the maidser-
want made no friends. and at last she
| took It into her head that her sister
in-law. who was really her benefac-
tress, was doing her utmost to render
life impossible to her. Inc ,wretcheo
girl spent whole day stramping about
l In vain quest Of q place. and. on her
return 70 her brothers dwelling his
wife treated her to SUBSTANTIAL meal,
and had filled Q glass with the ruin
| and water to drink her health when the
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some atrophine into 1t. and without ut
tering another word walked OK to the
police station for the purpose or sur
rendering herself.
| Open air sieepers are not encouraged
In Paris. They are, exposed to many
inconyeniences. Gle or which 10 the
danger Of being robbed Of. their purses
| and valuables. The experience OF .
/ Belgian. engineer might serve as
| warming He not only lost all he had,
| but was robbed even or mrs name. Find
| ing the shade undsr the trees In the
fashionable Avenue Honri Martin very
| inviting, he sat dnwn on a pench and
| had q nap. When he recovered his
senses he found himself being rudcly
i shaken In q police station. where some
kind but vigorous policemen were try
| ing to bring him to his senses. He had
| spent the whole night under the trees.
/ and In the early hours Of the morning
was found writhing on the ground by
| two agents Of thy law who picked
him up and carried him to. the police
station. They hAA noticed . strong od-
or Of chioroform, and when, the man
Ihad finally recovered he concluded that
! he had been dosed asirinE bic sleep,
A gold wateh and tA6pMt $f0ih caSh
had disappeared from bis pockets. aia@
when he drew out hts. pxpers ne found
| to his further dismay. that instead Of
being an engineer In Belgium he was
described as o manufacturer In Paris,
with q queer name that he had never
heard before. The police Inquired at
| the address OF the manufacturer, and
| learned that he also had been robbed
In the same way some days before. The
thieves had pfaetiesd Joke on their
second victim by stealing his papers
and replacing them by Others. Forum
ately, the Beikisn engineer mad not lost
his memory. ana though he now feels
quite himself again. he is sorry for
his purse and WatciA
Every restaurant diner knows those
pleasant but druad establishments,
where nothing 80 vulgar as price 10
mentioned on the hill Of fare. The cost
OF a dish 81 imnsatsrial; you choose
what you fancy, and m oney IL assumed
To be no object, There are not more
than three or four Of sucn refined res
taurants now left In Paris. At all 9TH
ers the price figures opposite every dish,
and when you make up your menu you
know where yon are. Al all events.
you ought to know. and. II you don't
the fault rests with yourself, and You
must foot the bill. so say the Paris
Courts. A., NJ. Denis had dinner with
a friend or two at q restaurant on the
bouIeyards. The price Of every dish
and every wine was duly marked. but
NJ Denis apparently ald not pay SUI
fcient attention. Anyhow, after cof-
fee, when the bill came. and proved to
amount SIS he refused to settle 1T. But
monsieur SEE upon the bill of fare the
| prices OF all he and messieurs his
| friends have eaten" said the landlord.
NJ Denis did not care for that. He con-
sidered SIS outrageous. and rather than
pay went to the police station.
There he said that he was willing to
settle for SIS, but nothing would in
duce. him to fork out" the extra 50.
The restaurant proprietor being equally
determined not to compound. yprosecut-
| ed ham, and won his case. His counsel
successfully argued that while in
restaurant. where the price OF dishes
and wines are not marAed reasonable
| grounds for objecting ultimately to the
bill might occur. In a place where you
know exactly how much what you eat
and drink will cost while you eat and
drink the same, no possible cause for
disputing the charges at the moment
| of settlement can be allowed. The
court agreed that M. Denis. being
| through his dinner aware what each
course was going to cost him, had no