Au Audacious Trick.
A will DnrsscD lady entered a fashionable dry-goods store in Pariß, a short time ago, and bought a pearl-gray silk dress. The storekeeper had noticed a tolerably^well-dressed man standing at the door after the arrival of the lady, and seeming to watch all her movements. Stepping up to the cashier's desk, the lady draw a bank note for one thousand franca from her purse. At that moment the man outside rushed into the store, gave the l«dy a box on the ear and tore the note out of her hand?. " I had forbidden you to buy that dress," crkcl he ; " but I watohed you and you shall not have it." With theso words he hastened away, the lady fainted, and the persons emloyed in the store, supposing the intruder to be an offended husband, made no remark, and let him go. When the lady recovered, the proprietor of the establishment expressed his regret at this violent sceDe, and pitied her for being dependent on so brutal a husband. "My husband ! " cried the ltdy eagerly; " sir, that man is not my husband; Ido not know him, and have never seen him." The pretended husband was a daring thief.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1997, 25 April 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)
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200Au Audacious Trick. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1997, 25 April 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)
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