SLIP THAT WAS WORTH £18.
A well-dressed man was hurrying along the Rue- do Passy, Paris, when no slipped, and, /ailing forward, dashed his elbow through the window of ft wine-shop. Tlio proprietor rushed out to claim the price of his window, and a large crowd gathered to see fair play. The man who had broken the window protested that he had no money. " Search him !" shouted someone in the crowd. There were no policemen about, so the wine-shop keeper and a few friends took the law into their own hands,' searched the man's pockets, and found a £20 note. The crowd advised the wine-shop keeper to pay himself well for his broken window. He took £2 to pay for his broken glass, and the unpopular man who had broken it went away with a. torn coat, and £18 change. The x>ZO note was a forgery, "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14853, 2 December 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)
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