"Run In."

Evening Star, Issue 7337, 8 October 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

"Run In."

A foreiga prince staying in Paris made a heavy bet with a member of the Imperial Club that he (the Prince) would, in the course of the next two hours, be arrested by the police without committing any offence or provoking the authorities in any fashion. The way he won his wager was by dressing himself in a tattered old blouse, a pair of mouldy boots full of holes, and a disreputable burlesque of a hat. Thus attired, he walked up to one of the most aristocratic cafes in Paris, and seating himself at a table called for a cup of chocolate. The waiter, as was only natural, did not care about serving so suspicious-looking a customer before he was assured that payment would be forthcoming, so he told the prince that he must pay in advance. Upon this his highness pulled a bundle of bank-notes out of his pocket, and picking out one of considerable value, told him to take the price of the coffee out of it and bring back the change. The man immediately went in search of the proprietor of the cai6, who, when he heard the facts of the case, ordered the coffee to be served, and at the same time sent to the nearest police station for a sergent de ville. The prince was of course arrested and taken before a Commissary of Police. He announced his rank, and told hiß reasons for assuming such an unprincely costume. The authorities were obdurate at first; but finally they consented to send the prince under escort to the Imperial Club, where the gentleman with whom the bet had been made proved his identity, and paid his highness the money he had fairly won.