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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 362, 13 April 1910, Page 8

A serio-comic little scene was enacted in the Boulevard Voltaire on February 17, wrote the Paris correspondent of the Daily Express, whtu a respectable-look-ing old man suddenly sank on to a bench and murmured that he could go no further, and that this was the end. A number of persons hastened to his assistance and 6, glass of brandy was fetched and poured down his throat. The cordial appeared to have a wonderful effect, for in a few minutes the old man had regained liis strength, and was able to resume his way with a light footstep. But he had not gone very far before a man who had supported him in his arms perceiv?d that his watch and purse were missing. The old man was arrested and escorted to tile police station. where he produced the stolon objects and made n full confession. He said his name was TMouard Bovin, and in his time had been a successful burglar. But now. unfortunately, he had grown old, and his infirmities prevented him from breaking into houses and climbing ladders. He had. therefore, • adopted the more suitable but less lucrative nrofession of "grandfather's faint' ing fit."