A Corsican Sensation.
Life in Corsica seems fco be quite as dramatic in reality as in. fiction. Lately, ab Ajaccio, the revelry of a wedding dance was broken in on by the entry of gendarmes. The officers then and there arrested one of the young ladies, who with great promptitude drew a revolver and made ready for self-defence. A ball from a policeman's carbine, however, rendered the fair danseuse incapable either of waltzing or pistol prac« tice, while closer examination shovved the fair damsel to be a noted bandit— one Camillo Nicolai— in petticoat disguise. It seems a little hard" that a gentleman should have to take his pleasures in feminine attire, bub the fact speaks volumes for his .skill and grace. "What the emotions of Mr Nicolai's partners were on the discovery is nofc told j probably they were under' no delusions, as society in Corsica is familiar -with these little pretences.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 282, 18 July 1888, Page 3
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153A Corsican Sensation. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 282, 18 July 1888, Page 3
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