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"Francois Josef est mort." It is plain enough written but when yelled at me in his accent he completely bamboozled me. Seeing that I was dumfounded he seized a paper and pointing to a picture of the late emperor of Austria he stabbed it through with a penknife. There was no mistaking his meaning then. I bought a couple of french papers and am forwarding them to you. They will probably be of interest to Miss Magner too.
Another peculiar feature here are the drays. Most of them are three wheeled, two at the back and one in front to which the shafts

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