Miscellany: Sep. 11, 1939

Abstainer

In Grenoble, France, detectives visited a suburban villa, found everything portable had been stolen from it except a cellarful of rare vintage wines. They scoured the neighborhood for a teetotaler, found abstemious Giuseppe Alata, 17. He confessed.

Promise

In Kansas City, Mo., Father Francis Keenoy turned up unexpectedly, hoping to surprise Father Louis Keenoy, his twin brother. Ordained together, they had promised some day to teach in the same college. For twelve years, while Father Louis taught in Kansas City, Father Francis taught in Denver. Transferred at last, he found his brother with...

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