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Show The Footman's Snub. Major von Klubor, who demanded the surrender of the forts and city of Liege, received a bitter lesson for a further gross net of discourtesy, says London Tit-Bits. "On receiving the officer," says Lo Solr, of Brussels, Brus-sels, "M. Delvcaux, governor of tho provlnco of Llego, asked him to wait a few minutes for the roply, M. Delvcaux Del-vcaux thereupon left tho room, w hereupon here-upon tho major called tho servant who had shown him up and, giving him a CO fr. gold pleco, told him to run out quickly and get him all tho newspapers newspa-pers he could buy. Tho servant Immediately Im-mediately wont nnd told tho governor, who returned to tho room with a categorical rofutml of tho request brought by tho German officer. As tho major's eyes wero being bandaged prior to being led back through tho Belgian lines, tho governor handed him nn envelope containing tho gold pleco ho had given to his servant, saying, say-ing, 'Sir, my footman asked mo to glvn you this beforo you loft.'" |