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NEAR SAINT-TROPEZ

Two well-diggers claim the Virgin Mary appeared to them

SAINT-TROPEZ. -- The account of a strange apparition, which a well-digger from Saint-Tropez and his assistant claim to have witnessed about fifteen days ago in Ramatuelle, is beginning to cause a certain stir in the region, already attracting groups of pilgrims.

Mr. Marius Giraud and his worker, Mr. Duperrier, were busy finishing the construction of a well on the territory of the commune of Ramatuelle.

It was broad daylight. Suddenly, Mr. Duperrier, who was leaning over the well, was astonished to see stars reflected in the water.

- He lifted his head, recounts Mr. Giraud, and, all pale, eyes wide open, said to me: "Look behind you..."

Then, continues the master well-digger, I saw, two or three meters away, the Virgin Mary. She was wearing a long blue robe and on her head a crown of gold. She stretched her arms toward the sea, in the direction of Pampelonne, and disappeared into a cloud."

The two well-diggers enjoy in Saint-Tropez and the surrounding area a well-established reputation as conscientious and respectable workers. But when the news began to spread, people were struck by the fact that neither of them is known for religious devotion. On the contrary, both men display complete indifference toward religion, and their political views even set them rather clearly apart.

The religious authorities, in this matter, are exercising their customary caution.