Show thief not at all he was favored suitor budapest one of the most unusual cases ever heard la in hungary recently was ras before the court la in the little provincial town of aall when eight farmer boys caught in the act were charged with walking off with kith 20 10 pounds of corn stolen from a widow named they not only pleaded not guilty despite the fact that atney admitted the theft but produced a sealed document from the widow la in which she declared that she and her daughter sarita counted it an honor that franz kiraly the ringleader of the eight had bad considered their house worthy of this distinction the judge was nonplused nonplus ed 1 I suppose the widow tears fears your revenge he asked no your honor franz kiraly replied speaking for the group you see in our part of the country there Is a custom by which every year rear after the corn has been harvested a large pot of t cornmeal Is placed on ca the stove la in koues lioumes where there are grownup grown up unmarried daughters th the lover of the oldest daughter must steal his bis corn to jo facilitate the theft the family the house tor for half an hour after the cornmeal has been placed on the stove the greatest disgrace that can happen to the camu family consists in the corn being left un iare ajsa dismissed the e case |