TESTING WORKMANSHIP.
Napoleon I a'most invariably wore beneath his clobhes a coat of "mail, which he had made to order. When the workman brought it, the Emperor quietly examined it and ordered him to put it on himself. Then he took two pistols and fired at the man's breast. The cairass resistei. He then fired at his back, with a similar result. " But Bonaparte was not yet satisfied. He took a long fowling-piecs aad made the same experiment upon the shouldero, back, and breast of the trembling man, who, however was unharmed. '
"How much am I to pay yon," said Nanoleon, "after this noble Jexploit?" "18,000 fwe," stammered out the frightened artiiio-jr.
"No such thmc, sir," Baid Napoleon ; "I shall give you 36,000"— and gave him an order on his treasurer for that amount.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1506, 25 September 1880, Page 27
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134TESTING WORKMANSHIP. Otago Witness, Issue 1506, 25 September 1880, Page 27
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