Show blackstone REVISED A gentleman of newport who went to mexico on a personal matter reports that the goings on in the courts there are generally strange he got a divorce decree the day after his arrival and would have been back on american soil that evening but for an unexpected and untoward event which held him up on his first afternoon he had dropped into an antique chop where he looked over some admirable spanish brasses he would have bought some pieces but he found the price too high and walked out of the attore without discussion thai even ing a large crucifix a pair of century altar candlesticks and several other objects were delivered C 0 D at Ms hotel accompanied by a bill tor he sent the things back say ing there had been a mistake A few houra later he was served with papers in a suit for the value of the callec bioni he frantically sought out the native lawyer who had represented him in tha divorce action the antique 1 dealer was a rascal was well 1 known the attorney said leave every 1 thing the case cams up in court the dealer took the stand he testified had plain ly ordered these things the dealer went minutely into details the Ameri jain was he was tur six other dexl 1 cans took ake stand and supported the dealer indis testimony in every detail of it actually none of this halt doz en had been in the store when he had looked over the things he was still horrified when his attorney arose to open the case for the defense and announced blandly that he and admitted everything ahk american had honored the shop by a visit he had ordered the articles enumerated everything the complain ant and his witness said was true at j this point the american concluded I 1 that he was the victim of a double i irame up and had been properly done in but things took an unexpected turn his attorney continued it was all true everything was true except I 1 in one particular the american had paid tor the articles the antique j dealer and his witnesses had failed to go into this detail the resourceful i we caal aito thereupon called tight witnesses of his own they r the transaction as stated j defendant had paid tor the rbee were certain they even remembered the denominations of tae Bula ha had passed over ial court decided in favor of the visitor the batters lat attorney thereupon bundled up the antiques and wen he parted from hla client before justice walked off with t the country at |