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HER READY WIT ,\ Xii C.’DOLNE.SS , FOILED A MAX Wilt) EYED ITEU JEWELS. When Consuelo, Duchess of Ma Chester, arrived at Alfred De Roth child’s dinner to the San Carlo opera stars, recently, she thrilled tire company with her account of an adventure she had had on the way. When turning out of Pari; lane a roughlooking man ran into the road anti held up his hand, telling vhe ccachman something was wrong v. ith the harness. Simultaneously another desperate-looking character appeared at the open window and demanded alms, menacingly fixing Ins eye oil the Duchess’s diamond and emerald! necklace. The Duchess instantly opened her purse and gave the man is sovereign, saying: ‘Take this; I hope you will have a good dinner r tell the coachman to drive on. as I am rather late for mine.” The man obeyed, but the Duchess ;dt certain it was a plan to snatch her jewels.
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Waikato Independent, Volume V, Issue 322, 10 January 1907, Page 6
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