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Show HOV RUDCN3 PAID A DILL. It r-lMM rrlnii tot IU t'ngral-ft t'ngral-ft IarAIiM, Wh ttl.ln'l IU u In tho banning of tho Perentwoth century Tetcr 1'anl HnUns, wImo tjarae hfl not tho ratno sonnd then M now, llred la Paris, at a taodent Ido near lit islacoof hla patronesi, Mart do MclkL Sotnetlines ho had hi Ick ct full of tnon-y and llrel like n prlnn. but ofttnr he was without a pfennig, 6any ralo ho paid hli htwt very Irretrn lulr, or not at all. Tlie host did n t consider It an honor to bnanl tlilt great Ia Inter, and a hu liaI a supremo con tempt for art, ho often cait tnsulti a Itnlwns. One day when the lnnl-it waa In an wm tally bad hunw le thrcatrned to throw Hubin out of tlii door like a tramp and without fatthr-t notice. Itubeus had Jn-t had an audlom' with Iyuw, but did nt powers a Iwl Icr. Wliat fthoul 1 he dor The taevru keeper would not rraon, but wanted tti cakIi, nnJtr any circumstaDce money mut bo procured, Tboartl-t took a small picture of his own from thowatl and a-keU In a note written to on of hi friend 1.W0 lire for It Half an hour later thommwngrt returned, saying that tho gentleman wool 1 pay only WX lire for It, Itubcnswan forlorn, threw tho rrtnre on the groan 1 and stain icd upon tt.whlls 11m hootwa atltl mora furla-,ai hli 1kIm, thrtmli IhU "dnb," to get money werodl-pellrd He wanted to put hit cn-t out on tho pareiuent Immediately, wten ltolwtw gave his word of lionoi that he would pay hi debt within eight days. With these wotJf Ituben hnrrIM up stairs and lorle-l tho door. He left th room very seldom anl neer without taking tho key with him. A week later ho appeared lefuro hi host with a HttI hand trunk w.tu these HCnln "IhsTokipt my promise. Upon (he table In my room oti will And more money than I owe )ou. 1'arewcll, ill tiustr Then ho left tho Inhospltablo house with tho mien of a grand seigneur, who had ph en rich alms. Tho tarern kir r hnrrlcl up tho slalrs to the nrtlit'a room. Tho dooi stood open unltho luawtf money which was spread upon the tabloinrt his gaze, fourfold touts, doublo UmU, dollar and half dolls rs luy thero In gny confusion. con-fusion. Naturally tho good man thought ho mu-t quickly put his money In a ear 1 lace, but what aitoul-hment and fury ho showed when, upon touching a gold tleco, ho found that It wm only palnttdl The mUcr, tho tramp, had fooled hi nil Hut htangcr tessenct somewhat when ho saw en tlto walls tho rich clothing that had been left by tho jwilnter. From tho sale of this lie could corer a great ptrt of tho dtbt. Ho reached for n cherry colored velvet mantis what dkippolnt tntntl That, too, llko tho otli-r garments gar-ments and tho glittering gold, was only painted I Tho uuhappy host was pitied by all hu friends who heard IL Tho rtuty becamo further known and tho palmer's fomo grew and fircad. IlHitlnguIihM people streamed to tho mulest tarern to hear of Uubcns' giy trick from tho host htmwlf and tee tho IutM clothing tho tablsbad bent put In tho garret a tho ownir wanted it out of light and many a dollar was spent In tho tavern for tho purport cf set log Uno day rich nngllihinan who doted, on art was accidentally told cf tho deceptive de-ceptive table by tho tavern keeper. Ho akcd to sco tho table, admired It and offered tuglre'thohoitasinuchcaah lu French gold and sllvtr coins as was minted on tho table. Naturally tho host accepted and was tld of this M Is-agreeable" Is-agreeable" piece of furniture. 1'hlladel jhm'llinei. |
