Mme. Lueie Petit, -a French 'war ■■ widow, . has during th& past two years : made it a : practice frequently to visit her husband's tomb m a Paris ceme- • tery, and pass hours m prayer. While ; engaged m one of her pious exercises l recently she heard a muffled voice rising from within the tomb. In . tremulous tones it said: "Up above, >, as on earth, one needs money; every- .'■ bbdy is> clamouring for a tip. Sweet L wife, can you send me 600 francs ?" Next day the widow went to the tomb j and placed on it a silk handbag con- , taining 60 ' francs. The incident came to the ea^ . : the police, who made investigations, 'vifch the result that the owner of the 'voice "was arrested. } He proved to be the widow's nephew. 3 The woman j refused to charge her dis- . honest relative. t ' 3 "I have never^uaMMMgMtttf 1 Cough andC^dß^^^^^^^H
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9561, 22 July 1921, Page 7
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