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Show ed, and then said he had better PJ back to Carlton Honso to Inquire. S ho departed, and Coutts' ha.l time to Bond to the Bank of F.nglond and pet the cash retired, but It was not nced-eu, nced-eu, as the prince repent, s-clng thl Coutts' had got the best of blm.dld not return the check In question." IMJ ' A ROYAL BANK WRECKER. The Gentlewoman of London recalls re-calls the following story of the Prince Regent ami Coutts' Rank: "Wheii George VI ws a Regent ho had a grudge agalnvt Coutts' and determined determ-ined to play a trick on the authorities authori-ties In tboae days even the great banks kepi very small reserves of cash, and the playful prince thought out a plao to close Coutts". So he sent bis equerry round from Carlton House with a check for 100,000 pounds, foudly helping tbut the bank would not be able to py over the counter. The prince's trick, however, failed of success, as the wary old partner of the Strand bank proved equal to the occasion He said at once to the equerry: 'How will his royal highness take the amount. In gold or notea?' The equrry hasltat- |