Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1909 — A Shrewd Investment. [ARTICLE]

A Shrewd Investment.

Wit illumines one of the dueling stories in Monsieur Ronzier-Dorciere’s recent book, “Sur Le Pre.” Prince Pierre Bonaparte and a French gentleman, Monsieur De la Valette, fought with pistols. Monsieur De la Balette fired first and missed. The Prince fired, hit De la Valette just above the belt, but did not wound him, owing to a fivefranc piece iq his waistcoat pocket, against which the bullet was flattened. “Sir," said Prince Bonaparte to his adversary, holding out his hand, “let ua make friends, and allow me to congratulate you on the foresight with which you have invested your money.”—Youth’s Companion.