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Each of them lifted up one of the proved himself an expert in the In spite of being a citizen of no Sabine girls, and carried her up matter. On June 15, Pourchon, mean city, the Londoner is still a the hill into the city. When all who was trapped during one of good deal of a simpleton. At any were in they shut the gates behind his expeditions, wounded two time of the day or night, tarongs them. The Romans treated the police officers who were trying to of men and women can be seen Sabine girls with love and kind-arrest him. It was, alleged dur standing in the Strand with their ness. They were soon happily ng hus examination that he must mouths open watching a cement married, and their children began have had one or more fccomplices mixer at work or a navvy pouring to grow strong) but the Sabine | in order to carry out the exploits tar on to wood blocks, the fact men and the man of Rome were to which he confessed, but he that they are causing immense still enemies." One day, while the stoutly maintained that he had trouble and inconvenience to men were fighting outside the city, worked alone. In order to test would-be users of what little is the Sabine women took their the truth of his statement the left of the pavement does not children in their arms, and, led by examining magistrate challenged trouble them at all. This is a new the, wife of Romulus, they ran him to repeat some of his teats in symptom in our civilisation, and down the hill into the middle of the presence of the police, and ● a serious one, for this enormous the battle. The men stopped fight-equipped only with skeleton keys living machine that we call Loa-ing. and looked on in surprise, and a pair of issors whier wero don is only saved from hourly Then the women found their found in his possession when he ↑ • chaos by the good manners and fathers and brothers and friends was arrested. Pourchon readily disciplined behaviour of its people. among the Sabines, and brought Mexican Girl and Ex-Empress.
them to their husbands. They asked them all to be friends for A romantic story of a young the sake of the children. So peace girl's devotion to a distressed
came to Rome at last. Romius ex-Sovereign has come to light ruled for many years, and made with the arrival at Havre of good laws. He fought with other Senorita Gretta Lopez, who has tribes near by, and overcame come to Europe specially to offer them, and added people and lands a quantity of her blood to save to Rome. But one stormy day he the ex-Empress went out hunting, and was never Charlotte. of Mexico. The ex-seen again.-Old-World Empires, Empress, who is now 85 years by Violes Burry (Chambers.) old, has been insane ever since her husband, the Emperor Maxi- millan, was shot by the Mexican republicans, and is now living
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accepted the challenge, and in the presence of the magistrate, police. officials, and journalist again opened the locked doors of the flats which he had riided." He did it so easily that the police express- ed astonishment at his skill, and then, professional pride overcom- ing discretion. Pourchan them into another flat and showed took
them how he had one day entered it und stolen 2001, from a desk. carrying out his work so neatly that the owner of the place had not even yet discovered his loss. After this performance Pourchon was taken back to prison, where more than usual attention is being given to the lock on his cell door. "E. V." Back.
Mr. B. V. Liens is back in Lou- don, after a two months' visit to America (reports an "Evening Standar writer.) He returned in the Mauretania with Mr. George. Doras, one, of his American pub-. lishers. As to hterary activities na the rose of hia trip "E: V." is re- ticent, but something is certain to ensne-he rarely omits to chronicle in some form or other his various voyages. "I enjoyed the New York beat wave," he says. A strange taste. They know not what a heatwave is who'only. English heat- waves know.
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It is interesting to note how the "Prines of Wules gradually discorda superfluous clothing as he proceeds with The current camera record of his tour, which leaves him in Bast Africa, seems to indiente, how ever that he has reached the John Paul McGee, radio, operator on the MacMan polar expedition,
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The city of Rome grew, and became well known, Men came in large numbers to join the Romans, and all were made welcome by Romulus (the founder of the city.) But this was a city of men only. There were no women or children there at all. Now that they had built their houses, the Romans wanted wives. They hoped to find them among a tribe of people calld the Sabines, who lived nearby. The Sabine men, however, would not allow this, for they said that for all they knew the Romans might be thieves and murderers. Romulus was very angry, but he said nothing at the time. A few months later he gave a great feast, followed by games, outside Rome, and asked Object-Lesson in Burglary. the Sabines to come. Many came,
The police of Clermont Ferrand both men and women, for they have received an interesting wanted to see what this strange object-lesson in the art of burg- city was like. Suddenly, in the lary. The demonstration was middle of a race. Romulus and his made for their henefit by one of followers rushed into the crowd. their prisoners. Pourchon, who
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