TITLE FOR A DRINK.
»« Tho bogus Marquis Paul do Rogue- ' feuil, wbo was charged with fraud and "Wjgaiay, has confessed Pajfi? cwpeipendent of the "Daily Mail") that he is not a> marquis, but only assumed the title, the rightful bearer of which died in Algiers. . When examined, ho-alleged that no only did so because , Mma. la Bonomeno,.the wealthy widow ■shorn ho married later, objected to the " Owman. sound of his own name of ,-,Reiss. The real marquis, he said, offered to transfer his name and title for -a glass of absinthe. A® he had ren- .' dored some little service to the marquis, •■ he could not sco the harm in assuming thfc titles.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14051, 24 May 1911, Page 9
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112TITLE FOR A DRINK. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14051, 24 May 1911, Page 9
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