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=Our Decadent Poets.=

Extract from an Indian's petition:--

"... to look after my old father, who leads sickly life, and is
going from bad to verse every day."

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"So far from Mr. Kameneff having had nothing to do with any
realisation of jewels, he ... took plains to report it to his
Government."--_Daily Paper._

In fact, he took the necessary steppes.

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"A privately owned aeroplane, flying from London to the Isle of
Wight, descended in a field near Carnforth, seven miles north of
Morecambe Bay. The propeller was broken, but the occupants, a lady
and a gentleman, escaped with a shaking."--_Daily Paper._

The real shock came when they found out where they were.

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