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Show ARM OF THE LAW SUSPENDED. Quaint Old Custom Still Prevails In English Town. Citizens of the old Devonshire (Kng.) town of Ilnnlton nro Immune from arrest until sunset ono evening, for whllo the horBo fair Is In progress tho arm of tho law Is powerless. This Is in continuation of a quaint nnd pic-! turesquo ceremonial which has been handed down from tho tlmo of Honry III. When tho Iiorso fair begins tho town crier, In tho gorgeous dress of n hcadlo of the InRt century, nppenrai carrying a pole, nt tho end of whlcha, n largo gilt glove, decked with flowers. Having rung his hnndbell throo times, tho crier, in his three-cornered bnt; announces, "Oyez, oyez, oyczl Tho fair Is begun; tho glovo Is up; no man can bo arrested till tho glovo Is down. God savo the king." Kach sentenced Is chorused by tho children standing round, and at tho conclusion they scramble for nuts. Tho glovo Is taken down nt sunset. |