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Show ' A Professional Peacemaker. A white haired old gentleman was recently re-cently called as a witness in a Paris court of law. " Yonr tradti profession?" inquired th judge. "I prevent duels." Everybody laughed, the judge included. in-cluded. "How do yon manage it?" he inquired. "Just tell us all aliout it." "I am 60 years of ago, and enjoy an Income of GOO francs. Of course this does not suffice to Wp me, and I have to look out for some emplo),ment. I am an old soldier and must be doing something. some-thing. Every morning between 8 and 9 o'clock I o for a stroll in the Bois de Boulogne, where I have frequent opportunities oppor-tunities of exercising my profession of peacemaker. "In this way I have earned a nice bit of money, for many a one is only too nhid of a disturbance that prevents the duel coming off. Now and again I have been invited to a lunch to celebrate the reconciliation of the parties. Some of them load me with abuse; still I have gained a number of kind friends, who assist me from time to time. On an average I make 1,200 francs a year us a preventer of duels." Universum. |