A WHISTLING ROBBER.
Tug Russians id Ukraine tell a queer story about a whistling robber of olden times, who evidently Was a person of gigantic proportions, for he was in the habit of sitting on nine oak trees at once. On? of the nicknames given to him was " Nightingale," on account of his extraordinary whistling powers. Should an unwary traveller come across hi* path, he would whistle so melodiously that liis victim would faint away, whereupon he stepped forward and killed him. At last, a well-known hero, by name llja Marometz, determined to subdue the robber, and, having shot him with an arrow, took him prisoner, parrying him to the Court of Grand Prince Vladimir. Even there he proved dangerous, for when the Grand Priuco, merely from curiosity, commanded him to Whistle, the Grand Piineess and all the Royal children being present, the man commenced whistling in such an overpowering manner that sOon Vladimir wi th his whole family would have inevitably boon dead had not one of his brave courtiers, perceiving danger, got ■up and shut the whistlers inouth. -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6811, 15 September 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)
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180A WHISTLING ROBBER. New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6811, 15 September 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)
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