A Kovel Wages. — An amusing story is now going th.9 round of tho Paris clubs. It appears that a short time ago a foreign prince made a heavy bet that he would be arrested by the police -without eommitticg any offence whatever, or in any way provoking the authorities. The bet having b-en taken by a member of the Imperial Club, the prince went to one of the most aristocratic cafes in Paris, dressed in a battered hat, i ragged blouse, and boots aU in holea, and, sitting down at one of the tables, ordered a cup of coffee The waiters, however, paid no attention to s( suspicious-looking a customer, upon which th< prince put his hand in his pocket, anc showed them a bundle of bank notes. The pro prietor then ordered th& coffee to be served, send ing meanwhile to the nearest police station for i sergeant-de-vihe. The prince was duly arreitei and taken to the commissary of polici', where h stated who he was, and was afterwards taken t the g •ntleman with whom he made the bet t prove his indentity,
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Southland Times, Issue 551, 31 August 1866, Page 3
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