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Show Wartime Courtesies. Ernest Vedol, a Paris literary man, was a lieutenant in tho French navy. At ono tlmo ho commanded a small warship charged with tho duty of preventing pre-venting tho entrance of foreign vessels ves-sels Into a Slameso harbor. A Scandinavian Scan-dinavian ship, with a Slameso com-modoro com-modoro who called himself Armand Duplessis do Richelieu, attempted to enter by tho alleged authorization of tho French minister at Bangkok. M. Vedel wroto a note In these terms: "If you don't desist, I shall open Are." Then ho learned that Mmo. Richelieu was with her husband, and he tied tho note to a magnificent bouquet. The commodore with tho illustrious namo desisted, and thanked the polite lieutenant lieu-tenant profusely for tho flowers. |