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Show ft MODERN WITCH. She Play Upon a Sentimental WonaasA Heartstrings to the Tuuo of 1,000 Francs. A very curibss caso of witchcraft which carries us back to the middle age has just been examined by the corroo-tioual corroo-tioual appeal court. A middlo aged 1 dy, 42 years of age, living at Foutaine bleau Mile. Bauchet wished to know whether her lover, a handsome soldier, mralcl ever return, so she went to consult con-sult Mme. Bretheaux. That reputed witch immediately announced to her , client that she had been placed undei u spell, and that it was urgent to remove it. To accomplish this 64 francs 50 centimes, cen-times, a sheet and a chemise were necessary. nec-essary. The money and the articles were bought the next day by Mile. BauckoS. Nine days later Mme. Bretheaux said that ska had removed the spell which hod been thrown ott Mile. Bauchet, but she had discovered that the witchea of the couutry in which her lover was living liv-ing had thrown a spell on him. The "witch" declared she would succeed iD Baving him, but to do so she wanted 19) francs and a dozen linen pocket hand-korchifcis. hand-korchifcis. A few days later the ingenious cheat succeeded in getting her victim to give her an additional sum of 500 francs oa the pretext that she had been obliged to burn a gold crucifix at the ehune of the Virgin, and that she must go on with her incantations if tho soldier's life was to be saved. It was not till some time After this after Mme, Bretheaux hx swindled her of 975 francs 50 centimes, to say nothing of tho sheet, handkerchiefs, handker-chiefs, etc. that the confiding victim related her adventure to a less credulous friend and at length discovered she had seen Bwiudled. The case was tried at Fontainebleau, where Mme. Bretheaus was condemned to three months' imprisonment. impris-onment. The appeal court confirmed th Rntence. Paris Correspondent |