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26. THE CULLEN CAVEMAN

Around 1920, a mysterious character turned up in the town of Cullen, Moray. He said that his name was Charlie Mariori, a deserter from the French Navy during the Great War. When his ship was berthed at Plymouth, he had sneaked ashore unnoticed. He tramped along the coast for many months, slowly working his

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