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Hardly a day goes by without our reading in some newspaper the following paragraph.
"On Wednesday night the people living in No. 40 Rue de -- -- -, were awakened by two shots in succession. They seemed to come from the apartment occupied by M. X. -- -- . The door was broken in and the man was found bathed in his blood, still holding in one hand the revolver with which he had taken his life. / "M. X. -- -- - was fifty-seven years of age, enjoying a comfortable income, and had everything necessary to make him happy. No cause can be found for his action. "