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Show A PARIS INCIDENT Onu or llm i:pNoilr Which din llnnicn Only In llm liny Cnpllnl. A duke, n maiquls and a slilrtmnker have had a lively 'row In the trades-mull's trades-mull's shop near tin Champs Klysoes. The marquis has a little outstanding bill at the establishment. As he wus walking down to the club with his friend, tho duke. It occurred to hi in that be might look lu on the tradesman and give li'm Via on account. Ills friend wont with him to the shop, whero the shlrtmakcr wns wreathed In smiles to receive them. But the tradesman's amiability vanished when ho heard that ho was to have only a portion of his due, which was considerably consid-erably more than 20. lie became not ony chilly, but distinctly disagreeable, nnd walking to the shop door, shut It. pulled out the removable handle and put It In his pocket. The duke and tho marquis wore his prisoners, lie was not going to let them out until the latter had signed a note of hand for the amount owing, and the former had become be-come security for the bill. The duko nnd tho marquis both refused to be coerced, nnd demanded their freedom. But though they stormed and threatened threat-ened nnd hammered with their sticks on the shop door tho slilrtmnker kept the latter shut. A crowd collected out-side, out-side, and the Imprisoned noblemen made known their plight by animated dumb show. At Inst a policeman strolled up. This lime the tradesman had to open the door nnd let his captives cap-tives go. Moreover, the policeman took down his name nnd address with u view to summoning him for "seniles-trnliig"thp "seniles-trnliig"thp two noblemen, from whom ho did not oven get the X120 which the marquis had originally offered him. London Dally Telegraph. |