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Show CREDITOR TOOK HIS LEAVE Journalist May or May Not Have Meant Threat, but Visitor Would Not Chance It. Lespes, the French Journalist, known as "Tlmothee Tr.nm," was once disagreeably Intruded on by a creditor, who announced his Intention of not departing until he waB paid. The creditor planted himself on a chair, and Lespes behold him, with consternation, draw bread and cheese from his pockets as though to fortify himself against oventB. Several hours glided by; Lospcs had resumed re-sumed his writing and finished an article. The creditor showed no signs of moving. Suddenly Lespci rose, and with bits of nowspnpor began be-gan carefully blocking all tho apertures through which air could como Into tho room. Ho then made preparations for lighting a charcoal fire; but botoro applying the match, pastod on tho wall. Just opposite the creditor's eyes, a papor thus laconically lacon-ically worded: "Take notlco that we died of our own will." "What aro you doing?" exclaimed tho creditor, uneasily. "Your society would render ren-der llfo Intolerable, so wo are going to commit BUlcldo together," answered an-swered Tlmotheo. trnnqullly. It Is needless to say that the creditor do-camped |
