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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 342, 17 February 1902, Page 1

The residence of Mr George Lewis, situate in Elizabeth street, Sydney, ' was the scene of a sensational occur- i mice early on Sunday evening, Janu- 1 ary 25. Mr Lewis, accompanied by other members of the household, was absent at church, a servant girl, aged about 18 years, being left in charge. About half-past eight, p.in., the girl went upstairs for a bath, and wliep she returned her suspicions were aroused by a noise in Mr Lewis bedroom. She looked in, and saw a man in the act of ransacking the room, K( collecting that there was a revolver in the adjoining room, she secured the weapon, and returned ; and as she did so met the man face to face. She. presented the revolver, calling at, the same time, “ Police 1 Burglars ! As the intruder tried to grasp the revolver she attempted to fire, out there was no report, Mr Lewis having previously withdrawn the cartridges, the nluckv girl continued to snap the revolver, as she made her way down the staircase. When she reacned the landing she observed two other men on the next floor, who appeared to be waiting to lend assistance to their comrade. While her attention was diverted to these the man upstairs jumped at her. threw her down roughly, and snatched the firearm. Her assailants then disappeared, and the girl kept out calling for assistance —finally falling into hysterics as the result of the nervous strain By this time a number of people, attracted by th.> girl’s screams, had congregated outside, and on his return Mr Lewis found fully 1000 persons near his hc-use. . ' One often hears of men running off with women by means of force or elopement but a remarkable departure from the usual course lately thrilled Lisbon, m the abduction of a young artist by a Brazilian Countess. It is the lady, who is *f imperious nature, fell m love with the artist, who is remarkably rand looking She wooed the youth, but hepro ved coll . Invitations to her house worn honored and her love-letters were retmne'cf unopened. At length the countess sent her s&’vants into the streets, and they captured the young man and conveyed him ir a carnage to the OCautess homo. Y. 7 jit ultimately became of the artist we hive been unable to discover. How mmy men will return to isew Zealand fom South Africa as good men as thev left ? Very few- How many wil be prepaid to go back to the peaceful occupatims of cultivating the soil and clearing lb e bush? "Very ’few. ihames Star,