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Four sharpers, having treated themselves to a sumptuous dinner at the Hotel Montreuil, were at a loss howto settle for it, and hit upon the following plan :—They called the waiter and asked for the bill. One thrust his hand into his pocket, as to draw his purse; the serond prevented him, declaring he would pay; the third did the same ; the fourth forbade the waiter taking any money from either of them, but all three persisted. As none would yield, one said, " The best way to decide is to Mindful the waiter, and whoever he first catches shall settle the bill." This proposition was accepted, and while the waiter was groping his way around the room, they slipped out of the house one fifter another.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBT18711025.2.9

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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1155, 25 October 1871, Page 2

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126

Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1155, 25 October 1871, Page 2

Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1155, 25 October 1871, Page 2

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