Show THREATENED TO BOMBARD IT Did you ever hear of the naval Yankee Yan-kee who threatened to bombard the Casino Never He was the captain of i trading ship Intrusted with 20000 francs Puf ting accidentally to Monaco he thought he woud visit the gambling rooms Allured by the horrible fascination fasci-nation he ventured a small stake Like all becinners he won cfup urxin ooup until the turn of the tide He carried the precious notes in his pocket and his own money exhausted was temPted temPt-ed to borrow from the sacred tru In a few nightmare hours he found himself a penniless ruined ands honored man But the old boy dldnt > take long to make up his mind Broad and burly he presented himself to the Administration and explainad the awful state of the case Naturally they refused to refund the money Then the mariner grew terrible in his despair Under these circumstances gentlemen he said life is valueless I shall go back to the boat and if I dont receive 20000 francs within half an hour shall blowout blow-out my brains but before sending in my check Ill have the satisfaction of bombarding your confounded Casino I take my oath to that Good morning lie was soon busy loading aiming and placing his solitary cannon but in something und r twenty minutes Jv the vessel was ha led by a trim employee em-ployee from headquarters Captain said the visitor politely your preparation prepara-tion will be unnecessary you I can unload Here are your 20000 3pinca Bon voyage Lcndon World |