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Show For some time past there has been flourishing in the most lawless part of Paris a woman whose only profession was barteriug food for finery. She pounced upon children whose ears, necks, or arms were adorned with jewelry, and opeueu the conversation by admiring the beau'.y of the coveted trinkets. Tbe next step was to offer a fine assortment of cakes, bonbons, and sweetmeats in exchange, by which advice Bhe, in an incredibly large number of cases, succeeded in swindling her victims out of their valuables. The police have at last secured her. |