TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1166, 27 October 1883, Page 3

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

A correspondect of Modern Society writing from Dieppe says : —' In the Casino here a gentleman was reading a newspaper. He was absorbed by his reading, and with his left hand he unconsciously pushed the files of newspapers on the table. Each moment he pushed them further from him. Beyond the paper was an inkstand, which at last the pushed papers over the side of the table. It fell on the while trousers of a Paris banker, who was furious at the accident. The absent-minded man offered his best excuses, without appeasing the banker's wrath, who shrieked that his new pantaloons were ruined. ' But, sir, I will cheerfully pay for them. Be good enough to give me your card, and I will send tho money to your hotel.' 'To my hotel.' ' Sir, I don't know you ; I must instantly have the 30 francs these pantaloons cost.' • The member of the institute drew forth the 30 francs and handed them to the banker. Then he said: —'Now that you have been paid, I hope you have too much of the delicacy of a gentleman to remain in my pantaloons. Yflu know these pantaloons are my property, and I insist upon their immediate delivery to me. You have no confidence in me. I have none in you. My pantaloons!' In vain the banker protested against such haste. The crowd that had gathered around the disputants said the member of the institute was right, and the banker, after sending for another pair of nether garments, surrendered the inkstained ones, amid the laughter of the bystanders.