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auction, and purchased, I understand, by Mrs. 

 Elinor Glyn for the use of her heroines. It has 

 since acquired further fame as a source of danger 

 to illustrious personages, and it is even hinted that 

 Crowned Heads — or, rather, I suppose I should 

 be more technically correct in saying Crowned 

 Feet — have occasionally tripped up over it. 



It was in East Africa in 1905 that Sir Noel 

 created a world's record in the slaughter of 

 giraffes, fifteen of these engaging creatures 

 falling to his gun in the course of a single after- 

 noon. This feat gained for him that title of 

 '' The Butcher of Bagamoyo " which has clung 

 to him ever since, and inspired ex-President 

 Eoosevelt to send him that autograph letter 

 of sympathy and admiration which still hangs 



