CALCULATING CONSTABLE.
If you go up to Constable Costy, of the Paris force, with the inquiry, "Avenue de l'Opera, s'il vous plait?" ho does not show you the direction, but remarks "Twenty-six letters." You say," and ha adds "Six: letters.". '' ' „
■M. Costyis a scientific curiosity. The moment he hears a spoken phrase he must tell ou the number of letters it contains. He asks no time for reflection and lie: says' it is not even necessary for him to think. Calculation is dono automatically. M. Costy cannot sleep for counting. His dreams are interminable columns of figures. His chiefs intend to submit his curious case to an expert.
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Mataura Ensign, 2 July 1914, Page 6
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108CALCULATING CONSTABLE. Mataura Ensign, 2 July 1914, Page 6
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