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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 209, 3 September 1941, Page 8

The Scarlet Pimpernel. In a recent cable message dealing 1 with the exploits of a modern .Scarlet Pimpernel in Occupied France, it was i stated that “like tho Englishman who * tricked tho French revolutionaries, this 1 French Scarlet Pimpernel lias led the : Germans a great dance for tho past six ! months. ” From this it might be concluded that the original Scarlet Pimpernel was an actual person, and no doubt i to many people he is more real than 1 some men who have played prominent j parts on the stage of history. He is one i of the few characters in modern fiction 1 whose name has become a household word. The most notable example is, ; of course, Sherlock Holmes. Conan i Doyle made his famous character ] appear so real that many visitors to ? London actually went to Baker Street < looking for the flat where ho was 1 supposed to have lived, and many people j wrote to Sherlock Holmes seeking his a help in solving their problems, s