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Show A MODERN WITCH. She Play Upon a Sentimental Woawrt Heartstrings to the Tune of 1,000 Frame. A very curious case of witchcraft which carries us back to the middle ages, has just been examined by the correctional correc-tional appeal court A middle aged lady, la-dy, 42 years of age, living at Fontaine bleau Mile. Bauchet wished to knerw whether her lover, a handsome soldier, would ever return, so she went to con ult Mma Bretheaux. That reputed witch immediately announced to her client that she had been placed tmdei spell, and that it was urgent to remove it. To accomplish this 64 francs 50 centimes, cen-times, a sheet and a chemise were neo essary. The money and the articles were brought the next day by Mile. Bauchei. Nine days later Mme. Bretheaux said that she had removed the spell which had beeu thrown on Mile. Bauchet, but 6he had discovered that the witches of the country in which her lover was liv Ing had thrown a spell on him. The "witch" declared she would succeed in saving him, but to do so she wanted 191 franc3 and a dozen linen pocket hand-kerchiefs. hand-kerchiefs. A few days later the ingenious cheat succeeded in getting her victim to giva her an additional sum of 600 francs on the pretext that she had been obliged to burn a gold crucifix at the shrine of the Vlnzin. and that she must go on with her Incantations if the soldier's life waa to be saved. It was not till some time after this after Mme. Bretheaux had swindled her of 975 francs 50 centime to say nothing of the sheet, handkerchiefs, handker-chiefs, etc. that the confiding victim related her adventure to a less credaloua friend and at length discovered she had fceen swindled. The case was tried at Fontainebleau, where Mma Bretheaux was condemned to three months' imprisonment. impris-onment. The appeal court confirmed the ftnteuce. Paris Correspondent |