Show ROBBING A LA ILA som people M may ay doubt the veracity of this athla story A grand duke and his escort of six men assaulted at the very door of rome rom by two brigands brigande bri gands and despoiled of 56 francs is the great news spread all over the world by telegraph the other day the reputation of italy is ruined say the slow going 1 that is worse than the defeat of adoba oh no say the knowing ones with a t smile it is a fact that the di diminution m inu of tourists and travelers in italy dates from the moment of the suppression pre sion of which w was as one of the principal attractions of our country c o ono of the oldest and most honored in which ranked in the interest iut enst with the coliseum eum and l pomia alq ii however taw facts of the case are as yet unknown out of rome home where it has been the good fortune of the paper ballod d dou don chi Chik jotte lotte to discover them it sennis that the ghanei grand duke of se saxo beiningen meiningen leinin en a descendant of the friend and protector of goethe and consequently consequent iv a lover of the arts found himself at frascati Frasca tf with horr herr voss poet and painter after admiring adm iring the beauties of nature the grand crand duke exclaimed splendid but the brigande brigands bri gands 0 I 1 was led t to 0 expect where are they ilis his companion embarrassed explain ed that they lind hid been suppressed 1 I really do 10 not D t wish to be exigent exi ent said the duke but the brigands brigande bri gands S I 1 really will not after much trouble horr herr voss by chance discovered di covered just what he wanted and prepared a delightful surprise for his patron there is here a ll 11 society but little known in the interest of foreigners who desire excitement excite me n t on easy terms the tari runs as fellows Ag egression Agres slon by an entire band am egression Ag simple with two armed brigands brigande bri gands af egression ag with two brigands brigande bri gands armed to the teeth loof extra wounding one ode horse extra wounding driver with his consent in writing extra shooting with noise without wounding extra herr heir voss chose the third ing it would menu mean only 28 francs each simple aggression armed to the teeth at one moment during the drive while the duke was exclaiming superb italy Is truly a marvelous country suddenly two ferocious characters sprang as it were out of the ground guns guna cocked shouting the tariff the tariff I 1 what do they say asked the duke who was experiencing all the desired sensations that they must have ta francs winch which after some search wis w is accordingly banded b rinda d over and the party was allowed to proceed the only onla comment of the duke buke being so cheap idd indeed ed a marvelous country pall mall gazette |