Six weeks ago blue-eyed Princess Ileana of Rumania ran her small yacht . on a sand bank in the Black Sea and waited, fogbound, fog-frightened, until rescued by a gunboat from Constanta. Last week, fog-free and thankful, she presented a handsome silver candelabrum to the many domed Cathedral of Constanta. Her pious inscription:
GLORY BE TO THE HOLY VIRGIN WHO PROTECTED US IN THE THICK FOG. THIS CANDELABRUM IS DEDICATED TO OUR SEAMEN.
Spade bearded Bishop Cherontie of Constanta beamed with pride, announced that Ileana's candlestick would stand on the Cathedral's high altar,...
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