A RUSE.
A policeman’s admiration for a shapely arm led to the discovery of a trick in Paris, when a female debtor’s goods were about to be seized upon a judgment. When the officers arrived at the house, the unfortunate debtor was discovered appparently dead, and prepared for the grave. Respect for the dead induced them to defer the seizure, and the men were about to retire, when one of them could not resist the desire to admiringly pinch the woman’s plump arm. The officer was astounded to see the supposed corpse quickly arise from the bier, and was quite bewildered when he felt a violent blow from her muscular arm right between the eyes. Indignation at the insult made her forget that she was dead. A prompt seizure of the goods followed the exposure of the ruse.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 27, 4 July 1891, Page 136
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138A RUSE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 27, 4 July 1891, Page 136
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