| Show ROMANCE ROMANCY or THE FIGURE 17 straws jud jup jiin the paris correspondent of the boston courier writes baere is yet romance in the bois bols stabs are still made in the re region gion glon of the heart are still emph empt leo jen but now forthe last romance of the figure 17 A boing roman accompanied by a rosy Parisi Paris lenne enne is observed daily in the bois riding behind a pair of iron xray pray horses nothing singular in this certainly but the panel of the calash dis displays lays an eidbo rate coat of armay arms with the clour cipher 17 raised in gold or on a blue ground A crown is likewise discovered for 11 carradin carradini such ig is the heros name is a roman count comit anything peculiar pec tillar in that fi frite ritte figure ite tte tre 17 think yon you listen the father of the le count arrived in rome at the age of 17 with 17 baloc baiocchi ebi chi in his pocket from a garson de cafe be he rose to the position of porter and then became a cicerone with his et amounting to 1 1700 crowns he opened a mull muil ismall mill cafe Selli selling jig ilg it at a later period for he ile built a hotel which he kept for 17 years ile he next became interested in the grain trade made matte 17 voyages to the east abased a colossal fortune within i a second period of 17 years and finally retired to obessa odessa remarking the happy influence of the fitzure 17 upon his destinies he be applied it to very overy thing all his business transactions tran tram actions all his voyages were commenced on the of the tile month he owned 17 vessels bought 17 chateaux strange to say he died at the age of 77 leaving 17 millions to his three children his eldest son bought a roman title for the sole purpose of displaying a coat of arms which should immortalize dhe the famous number in order to propitiate the presiding genins genius of his ilia father he be married a youn yonn young girl i I 1 of 17 on the of december last ue he bad long searched the champs for a site where his bis hotel in contemplation could have the number 17 perseverance ce baa has rewarded his efforts he has found just jia t such a spot in the rne rue des vignes 17 fin JIM friends 13 dine with him weekly a dohe d he is determined that neither his wife nor himself shall outlive the 77 years of his father this is an gower lower ower true tale 1 |
