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Show THE ARREST OF A DUKE. One evening in Paris a party of young men were dining at the Maison d'Or, when the Duke de Urammont Cderhouso gave expreeuion to a number of democratic theories, and his comrades accused him of too great a fondness for the people. After Af-ter having replied according to his conscience, the Due de Grammont said: "Very well, gentlemen, I will bet you that, without having any reason whatever therefor, tho police will arrest ar-rest me within an hour." "Without your doing anything?" asked one. "Without doing anything to justify jus-tify the arrest," "Done for fifty louis!" Aa there was no time to lose, Caderhousse lumped into a cab and rode to the temple and came back in the most sordid costume it is possible to imagine. The old, greasy eap upon his head, and the greasy coat gave him the air of ft miserable. He blacked his face and grimed his hands, then begged his comrades to follow and witness the arrest. They followed him to a cafe" on the Boulevard Boule-vard Poiesoniere, where the duke seated himself at a table with a sidelong, side-long, sneaking motion, and after a moment called to the waiter: "Garcon, bring me a bottle of champagne!" Tha waiter hesitated, looked at his clothes, and then said: "But, mon bonkamme, that costs twelve francs." "Well, suppose it does," grumbled Caderousso, "do you think I haven't the means of paying?" And as he said this drew from one of his dirty pockets a packageof bank bills and laid 40,000 francs down before be-fore the astonished waiter. The latter lat-ter ran for his patron, and was sent at once for the sergeants de ville, who took tho duke into custody upon suspicion sus-picion of having stolen money upon his person. The other young men lo I lowed, and heard a curious dia-loeue dia-loeue between tho false voijon and the officer, the latter saying that he - was not to be taken in by such taleB, and he must explain how ho came by the money before M. le Juge. There, he said; "MonBieur, I am the Due de Grammont-CaderouBse. I made a bet that the police would arrest me without having any (reason for bo. doing, and I have won my bet. Hera are my friends to piove it, and it only remains for me to thank you." The duke's splendid equipage, with outriders in livery, was already at the door, and Oaderousse bowed himself out while the magistrate was still staring at him in open-mouthed wonder. |
