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Show Count r'Orfl7 nnrt tlie Tailor. It ia recounted that one day, bring ( caught in lii.i private dreeing nxmi bv a j t.iilo'r who ragid. and t-:nd lie would not ' l.tivo till Ik- had lx--n paid hi hill. Count D'Orsay list' m.-d tlmugliti'ully for a lime, j fixing his ev-s ttjxni a pac!;agi; that I lit Irate tailor had deposited upon a chair. This package was enveloped in a course Sort of canvas. "Have you much of that stuff in your shop?" Baid Count D'Orsay. "What kind-that ugly canvas? If I wanted it I could tomorrow have enough to wrap up nil tlio merchandise iu Uie London docks. " "London docks!" said tlio count; "don't talk nonsense. Corne to me tomorrow to-morrow at 4 o'clock and tako my uu-as-1 ure for a pair of trousers cut from this 1 canvas." In vain the tailor endeavored to dissuade dis-suade the count, slating that tlio canvas was not suitable fur n garment, and in a short time Count D'Oivuy was supplied with tlio canvas trousers. At 5 o'clock ono al tcrnoon ho climbed the vast staircase of Crockford's, then one of the fashionable clubs of London, and tho (Irst person whom ho met was Lord Chesterfield. Upon my word,' said the noble lord, "you have a singular garment there something raro, without doubt. AlwayB the same original and charming D'Orsayl" The count received the compliment with some confusion. "It is perhaps not exactly elegant, w he said, "but it is very handy ami fresh, especially suited to riding on horseback." In a few moments a group of dandies had surrounded the clover Frenchman, Lord Chesterfield in the main mrlor was expatiating on the originality of D'Orsay 's taste, and a few days afterward after-ward the tailor found himself overrun with orders for tho canvas trousers. Lord Chen tor held himself ordered a dozen pairs. Count D'Orsay had accomplished his purpose, and tho delighted tailor came no more with his troublesome, bilk Edward King in Cosmopolitan. |