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Show CLEVERLY EVADED THE TOLL. Fraud Worked In Ingenious, Yet Simple Sim-ple Manner. Until recently ovcry person wno crossed a certain bridge over tho Sclno In Paris, had to pay a small toll, and an old pensioner was Btatloned at tho cntranco to tho brldgo to collect tho money. Constant objections wero raised to tho toll, and all pos-i.'blo pos-i.'blo tricks wero resorted to In order to avoid payment. Ono afternoon a band of ten students stu-dents camo up to tho bridge; hut bo-foro bo-foro they started to go over a man drew near and said: "You wnlk across, and I'll sco what I can do about getting you through free." Tho llttlo company walked along together until they reached tho pensioner's pen-sioner's box, when tho man went up to tho toll-collccttor, and, taking out a handful of coins, began counting tho fctudents In a somewhat loud tono of voice. "Thero nro nine," ho said, after counting vory deliberately. "I beg your pardon," said tho pen-Monur, pen-Monur, "thero nro ten." "No, no, my friend, I'm suro thero uro nlno," persisted tho other. Then ho proceeded to count them again, oven moro slowly than before. By tho tlmo ho had finished tho students stu-dents had reached tho other end of tho brldgo, nnd wero disappearing from view. Then tho man said to tho collector: "Certainly, you aro right. Thoro nro ten. Cut I don't know them, so 'hat docs It matter to me7" Ho then paid his coin and sauntered saunter-ed across. |