Show A BANKRUPTS CLEVER SCHEME development that a dinner to HI creditor atory is going the rounds at vienna among the prominent citizens of the capital of the austrian empire ie a gentleman called fritz frieter of a largo factory and is moreover well known as a jovial whole fellow who delights to give large dinner parties not long since he cent out invitations to all his business friends to partake of his hospitality at a dinner party at first as is frequently the case at a dinner party at which there are gentlemen only the proceedings were somewhat tedious by degrees however the guests became more lively under the stimulating influences et the wines their tongues became loosened by the frequent lubrications and there was a sow of geniality and wit euch as Is found only on press excursions good humor prevailed to an almost alarming everybody present was in a hilarious mood just at this crisis fritz stood up end intimated that he would like to make a few remarks bravo eald a fat man with a red face pounding on the table with the handle of bis knife now we will bear something funny remarked another guest getting bis mouth ready to laugh speech epe echi exclaimed several of the guests who had contemplated the wine when it was red there was a solemnity about the host that almost the merry gentlemen present gentlemen I 1 see around me all my creditors and I 1 have some important information to impart to you and he paused the fat man to whom fritz was owing marks turned a trifle pale and seemed to be unable to close his mouth in which he had deposited a morsel of pate de foie gras several other creditor looked at each other gentlemen continued the orator you will regret to bear that I 1 am a bankrupt boars of daughter that is good over the bills to the poorhouse bang another the orator did not join in the laughter with increased solemnity be eaid 1 I wish gentlemen for your eakes and for my cake that I 1 were jesting but I 1 am not of late I 1 have experienced severe losses it Is impossible for me to meet my obligations if however you gentlemen are willing to give me six months time I 1 can pay off everything and thus save my honor and my life for and here fritz drew a revolver 1 I propose to blow out my brains in your presence and he placed the deadly weapon to bis temple the horrified guests sprang to their feet A few of the more courageous endeavored deavo red to wrest the revolver from the desperate man but they did not BUC aeed fritz declared that ho would not give up the revolver until a certain document giving him an extension of six months was signed and be suddenly drew the document from bis breast pocket As we have already intimated all the creditors owing to the wine were in a most genial mood and in a few minutes the document was signed by all the creditors of herr fritz then the merriment was renewed in earnest although there was a hollow ring in the laugh of the fat man that told of an aching heart fritz put up his revolver which so it has been intimated was not even loaded |