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Show Romance of a Poundling. A curious and most romantic incident Is reported to havo happened near Evreux (Euro) a few days ago. Between G and 7 p. in. a motor-car, minus the regulation reg-ulation number and letter, ln which wero four passengers, one of them a woman, was observed on the great high road which leads from Paris to Cherbourg, coming from the direction of L'Hotellerlc (Calvados). While the motor-car was ln tho commune com-mune of Fontnlne-la-Souvet it was seen to stop, and one of the occupants got down with a bulky parcel In his arms, which he placed on tho roadside not far from a farm. When ho had taken his seat again tho car moved off, but It did not leave tho vicinity until two peasants on their way home stopped to examine tho curious bundle. At that moment the motor-car darted off at full speed in tho direction of Paris. When the laborers picked up the parcel they discovered that It was a cradle, containing con-taining a newlyborn child, and they decided de-cided to take It to tho Mayor. One of them, however, suggested that It would be advisable first to take tho cradlo Into tho nearest house, so as to have a closer look at It, with a view to finding somo cluo to Its Identification. His astonishment astonish-ment may be guessed when ho found pinned beneath tho baby's pillow fourteen four-teen banknotes of ?200 each, representing tho sum of ?2SC0, to which were attached a eheot of paper bearing tho wards: "Whoever will take care of this child until Its majority will have good fortuno assured to him during his lifetime, on tho express condition that ho never seeks to penetrate the secret of tho birth of the child, the Issue of ono of tho noblest families of England." Tho happy laborer, evidently considering consider-ing that the stipulation was a light one, took tho child under his arm, put the notes In his pocket nnd resumed his homeward Journey. London Mall. i |