Rhyl Journal

THE LIVERPOOL RIOTS. Six persons were charged before the Liverpool Stipendiary on Saturday with creating a disturb- r ance in connection with rival religious meetinga f last night. Handbills had been circulated calling upon Roman Catholics to protest against the insults and calumnies thrown against their holy religion." Large crowds, headed by green flags, were marching to Everton, where a Protestant meeting was being held. They came into contact with the police, who blocked the approaches. One man, named Michael Murphy, who called out Irishmen, save the flag," and who assaulted two officers, was sent to prison ] for one month. Two other men, who assaulted < the police, were committed for a month and 14 t days respectively, while two women were fined ] 20s and costs cr 40 days, and another 10s. or tieven days for disorderly conduct. |

■ 1 RESOLVED TO DIE TOGETHER. At Westminster, on Friday, Edward P. Schjott, a barrister formerly acting in the Consular Court at Constantinople, and Olive Doggett, a young lady of attractive appearance, lately engaged in a business place at Richmond, Surrey, were bound over in their own recog- nisances to come up for judgment if called upon, on a charge of attempting to commit suicide together at their lodging in Lambeth by taking morphia pills. At the previous hearing it; was stated that the male defendant informed a police officer that they were utterly stranded, and that they resolved to die together. It was now stated that Mr. Schjott, who was an army tutor at Richmond, and Doggett, who was a tobacconist's assistant, had been for a holiday together, and their resources became exhausted. It was mentioned that friends would assist the defendants.

LORD KITCHENER AND THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. Lord Kitchener on Saturday paid a visit to Chatham where he met with a cordial reception, and the freedom of the borough was conferred upon him. The Mayor explained that it was the first time that distinction had been conferred, and they all thought, having in mind Lord Kitchener's great services to the country and his long connection with the Royal Engineers, they were doing the right thing in asking him to be the first honorary freeman. His Lordship thanked them for the honour, and was sub- sequently entertained to luncheon, where, in reply to the toast of his health, he spoke in high terms of the work which the Royal Engineers had done in the war. He also remarked that th Royal Engineers had always appreciated the happy relations between them and the municipal authorities of Chatham. Later he visited thE Royal Engineer Barracks, as guest of his brothel officers, and distributed war medals.

o APPALLING LIST OF CYCLING ACCIDENTS. Appalling indeed is the list of cycling acci- dents, fatal and otherwise, which the Cyclists' Touring Club Gazette" has compiled from August 25 to September 25. There have been twenty-four deaths, and no less than seventy- eight accidents, all more or less serious. These figures speak for themselves. Full particulars are given in only one of the fatal cases, bui this is typical of hill accidents. In this case the cyclist was mounted on a free-wheel cycle with two brakes, but one of the brakes was broken and the pads of the other were so worn as not to act. With his machine in this state, and knowing its state, the cyclist descended a moderate hill, and having no possible means of controlling his progress, swerved on ptissing a carriage, struck a large stone, and was thrown, receiving mortal injuries. Of course, a large number of accidents are the result of the irider's carelessness in not looking after his brakes, etc.

IRISH REMOUNTS SCANDAL. LATEST WAR OFFICE MOVE. A message has been received at Ennis from Messrs. Meynell and Pemberton, solicitors to the Secretary of State for War, in the recent action against Major Studdert and others arising out of the purchase of remounts, directing the Sheriff of Clare to at once withdraw the bailiffs who had been placed in possession of Cragmoher House and stop further proceedings. Imme- diately after the late prosecutions an execution was lodged with the Sheriff for 23,000, the amount arrived at in the compromise in the Dublin action against Major Studdert and others, to- gether with the costs of the suit. In pursuance of this decree Major Cullinan, the Sheriff, at- tended at Cragmoher on Tuesday and seized the entire contents of the house, with the live stock on the farm. Those effects were to have been eold by the Sheriffs on Friday, but in face of a telegram received the bailiffs were at once re- called to Ennis. There is much speculation as to this latest action of the War Office.

INADEQUATE FINES FOR FOOD ADULTERATION. A NOTE FROM THE HOME OFFICE. The Home Office has issued a circular letter to clerks to justices calling their attention to the inadequate penalties imposed for breaches of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act—which, it is said, are quite insufficient to act as deterrents. It states that this is not the first time complaints have been made under this head, and pj,.ce,d' Notwithstanding the attention drawn to the matter, the Local Government Board inform the Secretary of State that in the year 1900 out of 2,673 fines imposed by magistrates under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act no less than 764, or over 20 per cent., were 10s. or less, while 193 penalties were under 5s., and 118 were Is., or often less than that sum. It is unnecessary to point out the injurious consequences of the adul- teration of articles of food, or the large and sometimes enormous profits that accrue from the practice, and it is obvious that when the penalty on detection is trifling it not only fails to be a deterrent, but may often spread the mischievous impression that the offence is venial. The Home Secretary will be glad If you will bring the matter to the notice of the justices in order that as occasion arises they may give special consi- deration to the question whether the penalties imposed in the cases that come before them are such as are likely to deter the offenders from re- peating, and other persons from committing, such offences." A contract to the value of half a million ster- ling has been placed with the Westinghouse Brake Co., London, by the Clyde Valley Elec- trical Co., Glasgow, for the equipment of their generating stations which are to supply calectrical power fot industrial purposes over an area of 755 square miles. The stations will be ready in about 18 months 'time. Mllllnmtire: Why V5 it that the baron insists upon your being married so soon?" His daugh- ter: I'll be frank with you, father. The tickets for his coronet and family jewels expire next month.

LETTERS FROM GAOL. WRITTEN BY THE ACCUSED IN THE FULHAM TRAGEDY. While awaiting his trial on the charge of mur- ering his little girl, the man Williams—other- wise. Green—has written two letters from Brixton Jaol. They are addressed to two friends at Wal- lam-green. The following are extracts from hem. In the first he writes: No father on this earth ever loved a child more, but when I came back from the war it broke my heart to see her, bless her heart. She was all I had, and she was turned out of her home. I forgive, and hope that she (Mrs. Williams) may turn to be an upright and bright woman for her own children's sakes that is alive. Thank God I am happy here in prison with my Bible. I always had trouble, and I long to go to my grave with my dear little Maggie. God bless, and may God forgive her mother and those who had a hand in this to take our lives. My best wishes to Fred and his wife, and God bless them and their dear children. Safely, safely gathered in, Far from sorrow, far from sin, No more childish griefs or fears, No more sadness, no more tears. For the life so young and fair Now hath passed from earthly care, God himself the soul will keep, Giving His beloved sleep. The Second Lettef. Another letter is as follows:— Brixton Prison, 22 Sept., 1902. Dear Sir,—Just a line hoping you are all Tell- I wrote a line the other day to and -I-- II -I I _1_- T nclro/1 Bsh 1 <_i 111111 W uuiue anu set? HIe, .(:t.J j. aoxvcv* young Nellie to come and see me. But no one has turned up. I expect they are doing their best to give me a bad name. I am sure it broke my heart to see that dear child when I came home from Africa. God knows, her little socks always had heels out, and never had a button on her under- clofhes; always pins and rags, God bless her. I know I have everybody against me, but, thank God, I shall soon be in my grave with my child. God forgive them. I long for the time to come to go to my grave. Here follows the first verse of There's a friend or little children."] God rest her in heaven, and I long to go with her. So now, dear Mr. Harrold, good-bye, and God bless you all.—I remain yours truly, Henry Green (for now).

ELEPHANT'S DOSE OF POISON. Tom," a savage trick elephant in Central Park Menagerie, New York, was executed on Fri- iay morning because his temper had got so fierce that his keepers who attended him did so at the risk of their lives. A short time ago "Tom" ,eized one of his attendants, threw him to the ground, and was about to kill him when he was prodded off. He has made several such attempts since, and the park authorities decided to put him to death. Yesterday morning ten drachma of cyanide of potassium—100 times as much as would kill a man-were administered to him in his food, and Tom" is no more.

RAILWAYS AND SPITTING. Among the many boroughs which are taking action on the subject of spitting is that of Wool- wich, whose medical officer has just brought for- ward a motion to make this dangerous habit a punishable offence. The Town Clerk has also written a letter to the South-Eastern and Chat- ham Company asking them to post and enforce regulations forbidding spittting in every com- partment of their railway carriages. To use washable materials in upholstering their com- partments and to adopt a system of cleansing by washing the woodwork, which will obviate the risk of scattering the germs of disease in the air.

JURY HAD THE LAST WORD. I know the Great Eastern Railway Company; they are responsible for this man's death," asserted a juryman at the inquest at London Hospital on Friday on a shunter named Percy Wood, of Leyton. He was doing two men's duties," interjected Mrs. Wood. Shall we say," suggested Coroner Baxter blandly, that the deceased died from injuries received, but how caused the evidence fails to prove?" "Yon can put down what you like," said a juror. We say the company are responsible for the man's death. What do you bring us here for if you want your own verdict?" "I wish you to return your own verdict," remarked the coroner with some asperity. The jury's finding was Accidental death while doing two men's work."

11 » DODGED FOR A DRINK. TWO SOLDIERS CREATE A SCENE AT -o BIRMINGHAM. J David Gilmore and Francis McCormick were members of a contingent of the Royal Irish Fusi- liers, which was bound from Southampton to Belfast on Thursday night. At Birmingham. the contingent had to change trains, and Gil- more and his companion seized the opportunity to dodgp the eye of their officer and slip out of the station and adjourn to the nearest public- house. Some hours afterwards they were found by a policeman in a street about half-a-mile from the Station brandishing their rifles and chal- lenging all and sundry to mortal oombat. The constable endeavoured to restrain their mis- directed zeal without avail, and at last was com- pelled to arrest them. In the struggle which fol- lowed the policeman got a slight cut on the head, and some injury to the fingers, and a couple of comrades had to come to his aid before the excit- able warriors were safely in the lock-up. The two fire-eaters were on Friday each fined 40s. and costs.

-====. MR. BRODRICK ON THE WAR OFFICE. Mr. Brodrick speaking at Farnham, Surrey. on Friday maintained that the War Office had done much better during the late war than many critics would admit. He challenged Sir M. Iiicks-Beach's assertion that the War Office was subject to outside influences in its appointments and promotions. This was a most unfortunate statement. Every one of the higher officers at the War Office had been the architect of his own fortune. He could not help therefore resenting the statement that any influence except that of the highest military authorities had had any- thing to do with War Office appointments. Mr. Brodrick also demurred to the citation of Lord Beaconsfield on the subject of what constituted a proper state of military preparedness. OUT preparations for defence were much behindhand during Lord Beaconsfield's time of office, and the needs of the Empire had greatly grown since the 'sixties and 'seventies. Turning to the com- plaints of Reservists the right hon. gentleman stated that extraordinary erfforts were being made to meet their claims and to save them from the effects of want of employment next winter.

VACCINATION DEATH. JURY COMPROMISE IN FACE OE CONVINCING EVIDENCE. An important vaccination case came before the Deputy Coroner for Westminster on Friday. Henry Birrenbach, a waiter, living at 94, Tach- brooke-st., S.W., deposed that his child, one of twins, aged three months and three days, was vaccinated on 13th September. Up to that time it was a healthy child. On 22nd September the child developed peculiar symptoms, the arm and leg becoming red and swelling. Dr. R. P. Starkie, of Sussex-st., S.W., the vaccinator of the child was called in and performed an opera- tion for abscess near the knee joint on Wed- nesday, 28th September, at eleven a.m. The child died at nine p.m. the same day. A month previously witness deposed his wife had been ill with erysipelas, but recovered. Dr. Starkie deposed that ha vaccinated the child with Local Government Board lymph. There were no symptoms of erysipelas in the child. Dr. Lud. wig Freyberger, pathologist to the L.C.C., de- posed that the "child died from exhaustion, due to blood-poisoni.g and suppuration of the knee joint in consequence of infection through wounds in skin of left arm produced for purpose of vaccination." He thought that some im- purity might have got into the arm at the time of vaccination which might have been erysipelas. The foreman of the jury said that if tho medical men couldn't agree whether the death was due to vaccine or other poisoning the jury couldn't. "Death from blood-poisoning."

A Lloyd's Gravesend message says: The' schooner Falke, of Oldesum, from Hamburg with a cargo of lamp glasses, arrived here on Friday in tow of the tug Conqueror, having lost her anchors and chain near the Nore Lightship. The captain of the Falke was knocked overboard by the main boom and drowned, thirty milea north-cast of Shipwash. At the Padington Coroner's Court, on Friday, a verdict of Wilful murder" was returned against William Barnaby (22), chaff cutter, accused, of fatally stabbing his wife at Bayswater.

BETHESDA FIGHT. THE STARVING CHILDREN. The Special Correspondent of the "Daily News" at Bethesda gives a touching account of the distress among the quarrymen and their families, through hunger and cold. He says that 1 what Lord Penrhyn cannot accomplish famine < may achieve. In this dreadful ehapter of human < suffering, he writes, the case of the children 1 is the most harrowing. In one cottage I visited < I found three children, sitting silent and hag- < gai-d: the lanquor of starvation would not let 1 them play. Upstairs their mother lay j ill in bed, and their half-distracted father, a quarrvman with only his strike pay of ten shillings a week with which to fill all these mouths, was trying to rock the baby, fretfully cryin" to FIeep. I never want to see such a picture of suffering again. Hunger is the worst but not the only evil childhood has to bear in Bethesda. The little ones cannot go to school. They have no boots worthy the name. Educa- tion, like everything else in Bethesda, has come to a standstill since the lock-out, and the children sit huddled together by the feeble fire, or if the day be very fine, some will play on the mountain •of_s¥f thrown up on the tipping ground of the Pantre- niog Quarry. All the homes I have called at are marvellously neat, clean, and compactly arranged. Of dirt or neglect there was not a sign. Whatever else they may have lost, the people have kept their pride, ancL they are/as scrupulously particular about their homes and their appearances now as when things were flourishing in the days of the old Quarry Com- mittee. It is only with an effort that they get themselves to Admit Their Poverty, and the poorest are seen but seldom, and never in the High-st., the West-end, as it were, of Bethesda. But the men would be less than human if they were not in reality deeply affected _1_J L- .1. by the suffering 1 nave enaeavuureu 10 uepici. 1 above. Every child who cries aloud for food 1 in Bethesda is a recruiting sergeant for Lord ( Penrhyn. I believe that the men will still lake ] courage and endure if they do not lose one 1 thing indispensable in a fight-hgpe. So < far as Lord Penrhyn goes, he l^aa banished it from the situation, Tha ( public alone can revive it. If the men are made to realise that behind them is a great body of opinion, which will not allow them to be starved into surrender, they will hold on. If not, trades unionism will have received a severe check. The right of combination will have been successfully Avith held from a splendid body of Avorkmen, and arbitrary employers the Kingdom over will be encouraged to renew the attack on workmen's organisations. The issue lies largely with the public. Will they allow the Penrhyn quarry- men to be starved into submission? That is the questioll

TO AVOID CONSUMPTION. Health" gives the following nine concise rules for avoiding tuberculosis: _1:_J. J!t 1. A generous uieiaiy 01 uj.Li<jgfinju» i-. 2. Free ventilation of dwelling and sleeping rooms, by open windows, with wire gauze blind. 3. Adequate house-heating in winter. 4. Boil all milk or cream previous to using. 5. Obtain eight hours' sleep; if not sound sleep, contract hours to seven, and rest during the day. 6. If debilitated with weak digestion rest in a recumbent position shortly before and after meals. 7. Wear loose clothing, especially around the waist and lower ribs, to afford freedom ini respiration. 8. Take systematic daily exercise in the openl ai r on foot. 9. If means and station in life admit of a long holiday, from time to time, live during fine weather in a tent in the open air, or in a summer-house, for most of the day, and, if unemployed, pursue a hobby to occupy the mind.

CREWE RAILWAY SMASH. The report of Lieut.-Colonel von Donop, R.E., on the circumstances attending the collision at Crewe Station on the London and North-Western Railway on August 7 has been issued. As the 9-50 a.m. down passenger train irom k;rewe to Manchester was crossing at the north end of Crewe Station from the down platform line to the down main line its rear vehicles were run into by two empty coaches which had been pro- pelled along the down main line foul of the cross- ing. One of the carriages in its derailment struck against two cast-iron columns supporting the Station roof. and these two columns breaking a portion of the roof about 25 yards in length fell down on the permanent way, and the rear portion of the train. One of the roof girders in: its fall crashed through the roof of one of the saloons, but fortunately both the saloons were empty, and no personal injuries were sustained by either passengers or railway officials. The inspector says it is probable that the immedia cause of the accident was due to the fact that the driver moved without instructions. He adds that the erection of cast-iron pillars on the permanent way between the lines of rails waa a very undesirable arrangement which was never used at the present day.

ACTION AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. CURIOUS CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. At the Salford County Court, on Friday, Messrs.- Coop and Sons, Limited, funeral directors, of Broad-st., Pendleton, claimed compensation from! the Rev. A. Parkinson, rector of St. Clement's Church, Broughton. The plaintiffs, for whom) Mr. Somers appeared, claimed damages for lli pair horse carriages and drivers having to wait half-an-hour at the Salford Cemetery on May, 5th last. On the date mentioned the rev. gentle- man should have been the officiating clergyma.n at the Cemetery, and as he did not attend the plaintiffs' drivers were kept waiting half-an-hour whilst the services of another minister were obtained. Under- takers had to pay an extra fee for late arrivals, and this action was brought to see if a. defaulting clergyman could not be punished in like manner. The Rev. A. Parkinson stated that he was prevented from keeping his appoint- ment by a pure accident over which he had uo control. He understood that the funeral party had to wait 22 minutes, and he regretted this. He knew of no rule whereby undertakers were ordered to pay extra fees for late arrivals, and he had waited a quarter of an hour for them. His Honour: That would mean all the funerat parties having to wait for the defaulters? Mr. Parkinson: Yes. His Honour said he failed to find that the rev. gentleman was responsible, or that undertakers were fined for late arrivals. They certainly had to pay extra fees for a. special service when the party fixed their own time. There would be judgment for the defen. dant with costs.

SCIENTIFIC BUTCHERING. A VISIT TO ARMOUR'S. A correspondent continuing his American pen- sketches in the "Birmingham Post," describes his visit to the great Chicago meat establish- ments. Yes, sir, we can everything, and find a use for everything except the squeak!" The man who was showing me round the slaugh- tering and packing houses of Chicago gave a glance out of the corner of his eye. B^t I refused to laugh at his joke. I had heard it before, over four years age, when I paid a similar visit. So I remarked, How many times do you say that in the course of a day ?" Some- times not more than a dozen; but I once said it thirty-two times, and I've been saying it for seven years, and it makes everybody laugh- except those who have been here before. Walk gently, sir; blood is such a greasy thing to walk over." Four years ago, when hot and sick I escaped from Armour's slaughter-houses, where I had watched scientific pig-sticking and bullock- felling, and looked upon an old fat. decoy sheep leading other sheep into the killing pen, I vowed I P, that never again would I look upon such a sight. Yet, here I was, with my trousers turned up, sliding along planks mahogany-hued with blood, and in my nostrils and mouth was the odour of hot blood. I had seen pigs killed at the rate of 600 an hour, the throats of sheep cut at the rate of 620 an hour, and big. meek-eyed beasts utter their last moo of pain at the rate of 240 an hour. I had seen a cow, with wonder in its big eyes, hit over the head with a mallet, and 39 minutes later seen the carcase, all dressed, 011 the way to the cooling-room. I had seen a pig gripped by the hind leg, and sent circling up a wheel on the way to death, and 32 minutes later it was all ready for consumption save cooling. I had seen a sheep utter a shrill bleat as its throat was given to the knife, and 34! minutes later it was mutton. An entertaining story is told of a railway manager in Wales whose identity was not known to the ticket-collector of an outlying station. He was walking through the station door when the collector surprised him with a request for his ticket. "My face is my ticket," he said with much pleasantry. "Oh," said the collector, my orders are to punch all tickets." The Duke and Duchess of Westminster will leave Eaton Hall on Saturday next on a visit to South Africa.

THE CRIMES ACT. NATIONALISTS' DEFENCE FUND. A meeting of Nationalists was held at the Mansion House, Dublin, on Friday, in aid of the defence fund in connection with the Crimes Act prosecutions by the Government, and the operations of the recently-established defen- sive organisation of landlords. The Lord Mayor (Mr. Harrington, M.P.) presided. About three hundred people were present. A letter was read from Archbishop Walsh enclosing a subscription, but trusting that the present struggle would not interfere with the conference of landlords and tenants to settle the land question, which he had suggested fourteen years ago. A letter was read from Mr. John Redmond, M.P., emphasising the necessity for a defence fund. The Chairman de- nounced the recent prosecutions as an effort to disqualify local leaders from sitting on local boards by getting them imprisoned with hard labour. Mr. John Dillon, M.P., said he favoured a conference with the fighting leaders of the lancBords when the landlords had had enough of fighting. There was no talk of conferences until the national struggle made things uncomfortable for the landlords. He thought expenditure in de- fending cases before the coercion courts neces- sary to educate public opinion in England, re- garding the vile machinery of perjured police- men and corrupt magistrates used in the con- spiracy between the Government and landlords against the Nationalists in Ireland. A list of subscriptions amounting to some E300 or £40() was read.

IRISH LAND PROBLEM. The Executive Committee of the Irish Land- owners' Convention have agreed upon a state- ment embodying the general terms upon which .L1- -1- J _L .1.1. l- nn_"1I-P'- ;nQY cunsiuer xenauis muy ue eiiauitu L'U ch-vi1111'3 :heir holdings by arrangements with their land- jAvners. The committee declare that solvent Landowners cannot transfer their land except upon specified conditions, amongst which are that the price paid by tenants must, if invested at 3 per cent., yield an income approximately equal to the present net income, and that the vendor should be freed from costs of all kind in connection with the transfer of land.

A. POOR-LAW ROOM FOR POLITICAL MEETINGS. The Midleton, county Cork, Board of Guardians on Saturday unanimously decided to grant the use of the board-room for meetings of the East Cork Executive Committee and the United Irish League. This is the first occasion in Ireland on which the use of the Poor-law board-room has been voted for political purposes. The dele- gates of the various branches of the League in East Cork subsequently held a meeting in th board-room. The police attended at the en- trance, taking the names of those who assembled. The board-room has been thus used to test the right of the Government to these places.

A MANCHESTER MAN'S MUNIFICENT GIFT. The foundation stones of the new sanatorium to be erected in the heart of Delamere Forest by Mr. W. J. Crossley, of Manchester, at an expendi- ture of £70,000, were laid on Tuesday by the Bishop of Manchester, the Lorfl Mayor of Man- chester, Dr. A. Ransome, F.R.S., Dr. Niven, medical officer of health for Manchester, and Mrs. W. J. Crossley. The hospital will have pro- vision for 90 beds for the treatment of consump- tives. The Bishop of Manchester described the munificence of Mr. Crossley as a noble example to a community.

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. A SGHOOL TEACHER MURDERS THREE CHILDREN. A fearful crime has occunred at Droysig, in Bohemia. The village school teacher, while taking his class, suddenly drew a revolver and ran amok among the terrified children. Three scholars were shot dead, and three dangerously wounded. The infuriated crowd lynched the teacher, though no reason other than a fit of in- sanity can be assigned for his awful deed.

LETTERS FOR SOLDIERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. The Postal authorities notify that the special arrangements made during the late war with regard to correspondence and parcels for the British forces in South Africa will cease on the withdrawal of the Army Post Office. After the despatch of the mail leaving this country on the 11th inst., correspondence and parcels for the troops will be subject to the ordinary regulations and treatment, and will be dealt with by the Colonial Poet Offices. All letters, parcels, etc., sent after that date must therefore bear specific mention of the tOAvn and Colony in which the addressee is stationed, in addition to full par- ticulars of his rank, number, the regiment or other unit to which he is attached, and any ap- pointment which he may hold.

A RAILWAY COMPANY'S EXAMPLE TO EMPLOYERS. Apropos of the recent speech made by Viscount Kitchener at Sheffield urging employers of labour to find work for Reservists who are re- turning to England after fighting with the forces in South Africa, we are informed that the Lan- cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company have not only kept all the posts open for such men who were in their employ before the commenae- ment of the war, but have, during the period they have been absent from railway duty, gratuitously made substantial allowances to their families, amounting in the aggregate to a considerable sum. The whole of the reservists in the com- pany's employ have, with one exception, now re- turned to duty, and in every case have taken up their old positions.

THE WHITE SLAVE" TRAFFIC. On the occasion of the opening at Frankfurt- on-Main, on Tuesday evening of the congress for the prevention of the "white slave" traffic, Count Keller, the Court Chamberlain, in wel- coming the delegates in the name of the Emperor, said it gave His Majesty especial pleasure to see men and women from all parts of the world assembled there on German soil with the object of furthering an international matter of great importance, which, moreover, the Emperor had at heart, and to which he devoted his constant attention. There in Frankfurt an impulse would be created which would go forth into all countries and bear precious fruit. Lord Aber- deen communicated to the congress the good wishes of King Edward for its success, and pointed out that in England quite as much in- terest was being taken in the question as in Germany.

THE EMPLOYMENT OF RESERVISTS. ANOTHER APPEAL BY LORD ROBERTS. Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener were the principal guests at a dinner given on Tuesday night by the Fishmongers' Company at Fish- mongers* Hall, London Bridge. Replying to the toast of The Imperial Forces," Lord Roberts appealed to all employers of labour to do all in their power to find suitable employment for Re- servists and discharged men. He had during the last few weeks been addressed from more than one place protesting against reservist and dis- charged men being given employment in places where his correspondents wrote from. Those who protested must have forgotten what the sol- diers had done for them. They must have lost sight of the fact that if a sufficient number of soldiers had not come forward for the service of the nation we should have had to think of soma other arrangement to keep the ranks full and to provide sufficient reserves. It seemed therefore a somewhat short-sighted policy to throw ob- stacles in the way of giving employment to men who had nobly served their country.

A young man applied to the Chatham magis- trates, on Tuesday, for a summons against J. W. Robinson, the Southampton goalkeeper, for assaulting him during a football match at New Brompton last Saturday. Tho applicant said he was criticising Robinson's performances, and the latter resenting an observation smacked complainant's face in the sight of the whole field. The magistrates advised the complainant to let the matter drop, and the Magistrates* Clerk remarked that spectators were too prone to interfere with players while football was in progress The applicant, however, persisted in his request, and the magistrates thereupon re- fused to grant a summons, stating that if "they iid it would be sure to be dismissed. I thought Sportington bad an automobile." Ile has, but it ran away three times last month, wd his doctor recommended horseback riding to juiet his nerves." The breakfast didn't suit him. What a pity it is," he said, "that love's young dream never 3311 live to grow up." Why can't it?" she wked. It is killed off by acute dyspepsia," he. answered. Edith: He says be loves me for myself alone. What do you think of it?" Ethel: "Well, it's, hard to tell whether hies draw*nz or his humour rch- imagination." J

iPUBLISRED BY SPECIAL ARR ANGEMENT.} THE KING'S DIAMOND. 4 BY FLORENCE STACPOOLE (COPYRIGHT.) 1 SYNOPSIS OF PEEVIOTTS CHAPTERS. OHAPTESS 1. & II.—This story opens with the holiday jaunt of an overworked London barrister, John Theodore Straight, K.C. The busy hooi of London sounds in his ear, drowning the sweet country music, and visions of the City's crowded streets blot out the lovely Sussex scenery. Other people's love stories are stale things, and life at a country farmhouse is monotonous. Out of sheer ennui he questions Mrs. Wilkinson, hi8 worthy landlady, about Riverdale Court, the house of the neighoourhood, and learns from her that Sir Richard Chesney lives there with his only daughter, Dora. The Chesneys, a good old family, are not what they once had been. and Sir Richard spends his time in husbanding his resources, and in buying curios, pictures, &c., which he sella at a profit. Finding her visitor apparently interested. Mrs. Wilkinson warms to her recital and gives him a graphic account of the goseip at the moment circulating round Riverdale Court. It is to the effect that an Indian Prince has been closeted at least two hours w-th Sir Richard Chesney, but upon what business the gossipers have not yet temnd out. After dinner ennui again attacks John Straight, and he goes for a walk. A wood by the roadside invites him to enter, and. oblivious to the fact that he is trespassing, he plunges into its depth. As he saunters on he encounters a pudding in a basin lying in a stream. He rescuea it. and is accosted by a young lady's voice asking him hia intentions with regard to the pudding, and informing him that he is trespassing. This is Dora Chesney. A pleasant conversation ensues. and Dora takes him home to see her father. In the hall they meet a tall, dark, foreign-looking lady, and Straight recognises the face at once, but cannot recall the occasion when he first saw it. Dora introduces him to Mademoiselle de Jude. Recognition is also instantaneous on the lady's part. but she controls her features immediately, and escapes quickly. CHAPTERS III. to Y.—As Sir Richard fails to put in an appearance John Straight wends his way home to the farm. Again the garrulous Mrs. "Wilkinson conveys to him information respecting the Court. Mademoiselle de Jude is the French governess, but John Straight obtains no enlight- ment from this. The next morning brings a nota from Sir Richard Chesney. It is an invitation to dinner. And there is a letter from an old chtim. James Smith, which states that the writer intends to run down to Pembridge shortly. Another of Mrs. Wilkinson's long confidences is cut short by the scund or wheels. A trap rapidly drives up to the doer, and the next moment Straight hears Dora's voice asking for him. A terrible thing has happened. The King's Diamond, a gem of fabulous value, is lost. From Dora's lips Straight hears the whole story of how the Indian Prince placed it in Bir Richard Chesney's care only three days ago. CHAPTER VI.—John Straight's interest and sympathies are aroused. He endeavours to cheer Dora by assuring her that the stone will be found. and he will at once put the case into the hands of Inspector Jadd. whom he has never known to fail. Never! Yes. once, and with that recollection there sweeps over hia mental vision a vivid picture of his first rencontre with that Russian adventuress. Sonia Kourapatkin, alias Mademoiselle de Jude. who had stood before him two years ago in the Extradition Court at Bow Street, with two male accomplices, charged with forgery. She had been allowed out on bail for a. week. and she and the bailee, apparently a wealthy Jew. had absconded together, nor had Inspector Jadd been able to trace either. John Straight drives with Dora to the little station at Pembridge, despatches a v.ire for Jadd. and then they trim in the direction of Riverdale Court. Dora introduces him to the baronet, a fine old man. and Straight promises to give him all the assistance in his power. Suddenly the door is flung open and a young man enters exclaiming excitedly that they are on the burglar's track. CHAPTER VII. At the sound of his nephew's excited words, Sir Richard turned with a start, and Dora and Straight looked eagerly at the speaker. Then in spite of the gravity of the situation, the two latter, with a glance at each other, broke into Jaughter, for Mr. Greenhough held in his hand a plate and spoon which they instantly recog- nised as the articles that had been dropped on the grass by the streamlet's bank on the previous day when Dora had come so near being preci- pitated into tho water, and she remembered now that she had quite forgotten to send for them. The face of the young man who held the plate and spoon did not grow amiable as he heard the laugh and saw the look of intelligence that was exchanged between his cousin and the handsome stranger who was standing near her whom he had not observed when he rushed into the room and so tumultuously announced his discovery. A flush rose hotly to his face and forehead, and he looked at the barrister, his look saying unmis- takeably, Who the d are you, and what are you doing here?" "Burglars!" exclaimed the baronet, looking incredulously at the antique silver spoon and china plate which his nephew had deposited on the table. "Oh, no, Robert!" cried Dora, "it was I who took those into the wood yesterday. I can ex- plain their appearance quite satisfactorily Yes. I can witness to the fact," put in Straight, "for it was I who dropped them in the grass, and I am ashamed to say forgot their existence till this moment" You ?" The offensiveness of Greenhough's tone as he uttered the monosyllable caused Dora's face to flush deeply. "Robert," exclaimed his uncle, hurriedly, "this is Mr. John Straight, who, fortunately for us, happened to meet Dora yesterday, and has been good enough to come over to advise ua what to do about this most mysterious loss." John Straight!" echoed Greenhough. "The Mr. Straight?" His voice had suddenly altered. "Yes, the Mr. Straight, fortunately for us," said his uncle, impressively. The barrister laughed. Thank you, Sir Richard!" he observed lightly. I hope my being here will be fortunate, and that I may be able to be of some use in this business." I'm delighted to make your acquaintance, Mr. Straight," said Greenhough, suavely. He had taken a seat near his cousin on a low chair with his back to the window. "When I found the plate and spoon half buried in the grass," he continued, "I was sure that the house had been burgled, and the diamond carried off by some expert in the house-breaking line, as I feel sure it will yet turn out to be." I tell you," broke out Sir Richard angrily. that no burglar stole that diamond. It was absolutely impossible for anyone to open the case, unless they had smashed it open with a hammer; until they had been shown how the spring worked, it was a most intricate bit of mechanism, and it was impossible for anyone to put their hand under my head without waking me. You know that well enough, so what's the use of persisting in this nonsense about burglars ?" Robert Greenhough shrugged his shoulders. "Well," he remarked in a tone of batHed weariness, I can offer no further solution of the matter; as Mr. Straight is here, I shall bo glad to wash my hands of the business." The business will presently be in more experienced hands than mine," observed Straight. "But in the meantime, Sir Richard, I have a request to make." Pray name it." I would like to have an interview with the lady who is Miss Chesney's governess." With Mademoiselle?" "With Mademoiselle de .Tude?" Dora and he father spoke simultaneously. Robert was silent. "Yes, with Mademoiselle do Jude!" Not," said Sir Richard, emphatically, not with reference to this disappearance of the diamond." Why not?" Oh. because, my dear sir, it would be a piece of the grossest absurdity, in fact, a perfect out- rage upon the lady, to mention the subject to her, I mean, to question her alout it, as if :^he could in any way know anything of tha matter——" "Nevertheless. I agun beg, Sir Richard, that you wil: grant my rf qust." "I will do no srch thing, Mr. Straight," said Sir Richard, obstinately. "I must absolutely refuse to allow any lady under the protection of my roof to be subjected to annoyance such as. being questioned abcut a subject like this.. Why, good heavfns. my dear sir, she would cer- tainly imagine that you suspected her!" John Straight smiled a little grimly—he was- getting irritated nevertheless. While this drivel- ling was going on the woman might be escaping him. However, he reined in his impatience as well as he could, and turning to Dora, who had grown very pale, he said gently, "Will you do something for me, Miss Chesney?" His tone implied that he appealed to her as others refused him. "Yes, certainly," she said, quickly. "Then will you quietly ascertain if Made- moiselle de Judo is in thd house, and let me know?" Sir Richard started ip, as if about to speak. but Straight looked at him, and the look seemed to forbid discussion. Dora turned and hurried from the room, and her cousin rose as if to stride after her; but, probably thinking better of it, sat down again. Directly the door was closed upon his daughter, Sir Richard exclaImed: "I cannot allow His words were inter- rupted by his visitor, who wished to get his com- munication over before Miss Chesney returned. "Do you know, Sir Richard, he exclaimed, "who this woman is who calls herself Made- moiselle de Jude?" His voice was significant. "What do you mean?" Sir Richard's voice shook a little as he asked the question. She is a forgeress, sir, who has broken her bail, and for whose arrest there is an extradition warrant out by the Russian Government!" Poor Sir Richard Chesney sank into a chair, "breathing hard, ami Mr. Greetkhough stared at Mr. Straight m silence. I wished to spare your daughter agitation, that jMaM must not be told te her suddealj, she ias had sufficient distress to bear alyeady." a rhere was a little peremptcrriness in his ton#, r >ut there was also another ingredient not per- c reived by the baronet's disturbed faculties, but c luite plain to the more acute ear of Mr. Robert t greenhough—it was eager solicitude. The bar- rister had unwittingly given himself and his 'eeling for Dora completely away, and an ugly a lontraction showed itself between the eyes of the younger man who was looking at him.. How—how—do you know this ?" stammered Sir Richard, whose eyes were fixed on Straight « with a terrified expression. He spoke hardly ] ibove his breath. Simply because I happened to be the prose- cuting counsel in the case. I objected to this I woman being admitted to bail, but her counsel succeeded in overruling my objection." When did this happen, may I ask, Mr. < Straight ?" The question came from Robert G»eenhough„ ] and was asked coolly, in fact there was tne j faintest aroma of doubtfulness infused into the 1 drawl with which he spoke, and Straight, whose ear was as kpen as his eye, noted it instantly. j It happened two years ago," he answered curtly. Perhaps even your famous acuteness may, have failed for once, Mr. Straight." continuecl Sir Richard's nephew. "Such a thing as mis- ] taken identity has occurred before now." Not in this case," said Straight, briefly. TIe was nettled by the other's tone, and he was beginning inwardly to quake lest his worst fears should be fulfilled and Dora should return mM the news that the governess was not to be loun.. The next moment, however, Miss Chesney re- turn(,d-ye, mademoiselle was in her room. Ah said Greenhough—in a tone that would have still further irritated the K.C., but he was too excited now to attend to it. I have only ascertained that she is in, I have not asked her to see you yet," said Dora. Shall I go and ask her myself, or send a message. Perhaps you will let me ask you to goi your- self, it is better to give the servants as little to gay as possible. If you would just ask her to allow me to have a moment's conversation with her-and-may I see her alone?" The baronet with difficulty suppressed a groan. Straight held the door open wishing to harry Dora off before she noticed her father s perturba- tion. When she had passed through he followed her, closing the door behind him, and said Miss Chesney, you will trust me to do best I can-won't you?" She looked quickly at him. You will not let this matter agitate you more than you can help, will you. You will promise not to distress yourself?" The note of tender- ness in his kind voice caused the tears to spring into her eyes. I would be very ungrateful if I did not trust you," she murmured. Let me do all the worrying, and^trust me to find the end of the clue—won't you? I will, but how can we thank you for taking eo much trouble for us r' And then, without waiting for his answer she hurried up the broad flight of stairs leading from the vestibule to the upper regions, and Mr. Straight returned to the study. Good God, this is dreadful," Sir Richard was saying, a forgeress, and in daily intercourse with Dora!" "Pish!" Mr. Greenhough answered before he perceived that John Straight had returned to the room. **«•*••• Mademoiselle will be happy to see you in ten minutes, Mr. Straight!" The three men had sat in silence after Dora's departure, Straight had not yet asked the ques- tions he wished to put to Sir- Richard as to the terms on which he had taken the diamond from its owner, whether he had given a receipt for it, etc. In his anxiety lest the governess should find means for escaping him, the subject of bail- ments was forgotten. "Can she not see me at once P" He felt con- vinced she was meditating flight whilst he was waiting for her. She is dressing. She had a headache this morning and has only just got up," answered Dora. "Does she know anything about the loss of the diamond P" "No; not a word. She was asleep all the morning she says, and she is so surprised at your wishing to see her Mr. Straight." No doubt," he answerd, vaguely, not want- ing to be led into betraying his story to Dora as long as it could be kept from her. They sat in silence a few minutes, Robert Greenhough beat- ing a devil's tattoo on the arm of his chair. Dora had seated herself by her father and was holding his hand, John Straight was trying to look un- concerned and not succeeding particularly well. I When the clock showed that ten minutes had elapsed he rose, looking towards Dora. She rose also. I will show you the way," she said. Robert started up; there was a look of protest in his eyes, but Sir Richard, rising hastily, laid his hand on his nephew's arm with an impera- tive gesture, the protest remained unuttered, and the yuung man resumed his seat following with a scowling face the retreating figures of his cousin and John Straight. Mademoiselle said she would prefer to see you in her own sitting-room instead of in the drawing-room," observed Dora, as she led the way across the broad vestibule towards the little door through which they had seen the governess emerge the day before. I hope you won't mind having to go up a good many steps ?" Not at all," he answered, relieved to find his suspicions that his former client would endea- vour to shirk meeting him, were groundless, and not in the least wondering that she should wish to meet him again in a room likely to be safe from interruptiofn. Miss Chesney opened the panel-like door, it led into a narrow dimly lighted passage. "The room was built neady sixty years ago," she explained, as they trasversed the passage which led to a steep and high flight of stairs, my grandfather could not bear the sound of piano practising, and he had several daughters, so he had a dootr opened in the wall and this passage made, and a room built right away from the rest of the hiouse where they could play the scales and exercises all day long without being heard in the h-opse." A capital idea," said Mr. Straight, who also shared Charles Lamb's horror of the measured malice of music" when it takjes the form of the piano learner's strumming. The room bag been usea for a school room ever since," con- tinued Dora, and after I grew up I still used it for practising. Mademoiselle when she came begged to have it for her own sitting-room in- stead of the larger one down stairs that my other governessss had. She often Buffers from head- ache, and likes qiuiet." They. ascended the stairs. There was a little square lobby at the to]>—with a massive oak door opening from it. Dora knocked. "Entrez called a high, foreign, voice. This is Mr. Straight, mademoiselle," said the girl opening the heavy door-then she said in a hurried whisper to the barrister as he passed in, I am going back to papa-you will come to the study-when you have finished speaking to Made- moiselle—won't you ?" Ha nodded and she turned and ran lightly down the stairs. The room where a generation of young Ches- noys had learned their notes and wearied the air with many a discord -xas a comfortable Square apartment, with a la,-ge window looking out over meadow land that stretched away seem- ingly for miles at the back of the house, and that was now glowing in the strong sunshine of a fine June forenoon. Standing in the window in the full glare of light was the tall figure of Mademoiselle de Jude, her back to the quiet landscape, her face to the door. She was dressed in rich silk—black and shining as the coils of her ebony-hued hair, and Straight noted—as in moments of agitation one sharply notes details that have nothing to do. with the cause of one a agitation—that it was elaborately trimmed with fine lace, and was a very unusual dress for wear- ing at ten o'clock in t}y(>. morning. She was standing erect and calm, there was no trace of emotion, en her pallid but placid countenance. She was the first to speak. You wished to see mots—may I ask for why ? "I wish to renew our acquaintance, Made- moiselle Sonia Kourapatkin!" said the lawyer, marvelling at the impenetrable mask of cool in- difference she had assumed. Now that he saw her in the unsheltered light of the broad win- dow and studied her countenance, every shadow of a doubt as to her being the Russian forgeress was banished from his mind, though she stood his inspection without flinching and calmly re- turned his gaze, merely raising her dark eye- brows slightly as if surprised at the name that bad falleu from his lips. "You do not recognise the na;tne P" he said, sarcastic ring in his voicel No, I do not recognsise the name," she oanswered, returning his penetrating look with 4an expression of stolid surprise, which would lave staggered a less experienced hand than Mr. ,Nohn Theodore Straight. He saw that she would n ot be an easy case to d eal with, as far as the exti 'action of information a bout the lost diamond -as concerned. As far as » bringing her to justice fi or her past complicity in i forgery, that would bo easy enough; but it w suld be small comfort to rake up the past and as sist in sending her to Si beria if he could not cc nvict her of pal-ticipati in in the robbery of th in diamond and induce ? her to give it up, or yi eld her knowledge of its whereabouts. Do you recognise me ?" he asked. -No, I do not." you know bjn-t I a m the barrister who, bx » years ago, or--gtay-to be strictly accurate— it was two years and six t ireeks awaB prose- -tiac cesBsel wivea Mr. Finchley, the magin- ta at. Bow Street admitted to bail ,-person-a Russian—who spoke French lik& a lative and very good English, too—and who waa harged with two other persons—men—with the rime of counterfeiting Rouble notes-she and he man who, by making a false declaration, 5 Tent security for her, absconded, and are still ] )cing searched for by the police. You know I sm that barrister, surely ?" II She did not move a muscle as she said, stonily, No, I do not know you are that barrister." She is overacting her part," thought Straight, ] if I were not already as sure of her identity as am of my own, these cut and 4ried answeca flrould convince me of it." Mademoiselle de Jude was standing with herr í lands folded calmly, her chin slightly raised, md her face as inscrutable as the Sphinx. In 4 ;pite of his anxiety a slight smile crossed Straight's features. Do you know," he said, with a good- lumoure-dly confidential air, that you are stand- ] ing now in the exact position in which you stood that day in the dock in the Extradition Court at Bow Street. You are looking at me now exactly is you looked at the magistrate then For a fraction of a second his unexpected tone, manner, and words threw her off her guard. A n flashed from her great black eyes, but it passed immediately. Nevertheless she changed her position, and looking out of the window while she moved forward a little, said nonchalantly, I do not know what you mean." "Oh, yes, my dear lady, you know very well what I mean," and he laughed pleasantly. Come, now, Madame Sonia, although I dare- say you owe me a grudge for my efforts against your liberty in the past, I think I can see my way to wipe out that old score and do you a ser- vice in the present which will outweigh my unsuccessful attempts on that memorable day." He threw the pathos that he knew how to use so well into his voice, and looked at her re- assuringly. What do- you mean ?" she said. He sud- denly stepped forward, laid his hand on her fore- arm, and looking directly into her eyes with a penetration in his own that seemed as if it had power to force a secret from the depths of the most stubborn soul, said in a low tone: Do you know what has become of the diamond Sir Richard Chesney lost last night ?" Then a keen wave of disappointment passed over him, for she returned his look without a falter, and replied in a tone-not like the stoical one of a minute before-but in a voice that con- veyed in an inexplicable manner the certainty that she was speaking truth. "You think I have taken it, I have not. I have never seen it." "But you know it has been lost?" he said, quickly, the idea that her answer seemed incon- sistent with absolute ignorance on the subject suddenly striking him. "I know nothing of it, I know nothing of it!" she cried with vehemence. She is mixed up in it," he thought with deci- sion. "Now how am I to make her speak?" He released her arm, and thrusting his hands deep into his pockets took several turns up and down the room, his eyes fixed on the carpet, whilst he rapidly surveyed the position, as a general would survey a fortress to discover some loophole that might be vulnerable to attack. Mademoiselle do Jude remained standing near the window, she gave a rapid glance at the door and tht-n at the man who was pacing the carpet, satisfied herself that he was absorbed in thought, and resumed her unconcerned survey of the sunlit fields. Do you know, mademoiselle," he said, pre- sently resuming his confidential tone, "thtt you are not so good an actor as you believe yourself to be-as you ought to be in fact," he added, encouragingly, "for you evidently have great dramatic abilities." What do you mean ?" I mean that in spite of your denial of all knowledge of this lost diamond you have clearly betrayed to me that you are nixed up in the matter." What do you mean ?" she said, again. This time there was a sullen accent in her voice. Don't you see that if you were exactly vhat you represent yourself to be, Miss Chesney's French governess, recommended by the rector, ard just recovering from a headache which kept you in bed all the morning, you would show some interest in hearing that the gentleman in whose family you are residing had lost a diamond. You would ask about it. When it was lost and so forth, eh ?" he concluded, inter- rogatively. You would not be obliged to exert all your efforts to retain your composure would you now?" and again he laughed pleasantly. In spite of her efforts and of the immense piwer of self-control that she possessed a dull red colour crept into her face-and she felt that it did; she was evidently nonplussed for a moment, and was obliged to turn her head so as to get out of view of the sparkling grey eyes that wei-3 watching her with an aggravatingly amused smile. In an instant, however, she said quietly and coldly: Why should I ask about it-it is no business of mine—I do not interfere in other people's concerns." When the other people* are people who have been kind to you, when you have a pupil who trusts you and is fond of you," he said warmly, you ought—if only for her sake, to take a little interest at all events in her concerns, and you who have known Miss Chesney for three months must know that any loss which befalls her father afflicts her equally as much." Mr. Straight was quite unaware that he was doing what he had just been rallying Made- moiselle de Jude for having done; he was betray- ing what he meant not to show to anyone. The sharp, black eyes of the foreign woman shot a piercing glance at him. His feeling for Dovi had revealed itself not only in his words of solicitude on her behalf, but in the thrill which altered his voice when he spoke of her, and her governess thought as she compressed her lips, Hal so this is why you are so concerned about the business, is it, my good sir F" "I knov nothing about Sir Richard's losses," she said aloud. I am sorry if he has lost any- thing, but I know nothing, nothing in all the world about it." There was pause, daring which Mr. Straight continued his pacing, and Miss de Jude her stony gaze at the far-stretching meadow lands. 'Now look here, mademoiselle," said the K.C. at length, stopping in front of her, and speaking ,n a resolute voice from which both laughter and sentiment were entirely banished, "look here- time is passing, and we must come to an arrange- ment in this matter without any more beating about the bush. You know the name of Detec- tive Jnspector Jadd I imagine-ah, I see you do!" No muscle of her face had moved, but the red colour had again flashed into it, and that was enough. You know how long he has been wanting to meet you. He is not without means of identifi- cation; your frank denial of your own identity my dear mademoiselle will not be of the slightest avail when Mr. Jadd comes upon the scene, as he will do in about two hours, for I wired for him before half-past nine o'clock." She merely compressed her lips a little more firmly than she had done before. Then she opened them, and exclaimed fiercely, I tell voa —again and again-I have not this thing. I do not know where it is; I know no more of where it is than you do!" Her voice now was rather hoarse than shrill. This is nonsense, Sonia Kourapatkin," said Straight, sternly, you are making a fool of your- self to persist in these denials. Now listen to me. I don't want to send you to Siberia, or to be hard on you. I am going to offer you terms I've no business to offer you, but I will do it if you accept them at once. Tell me what yon know that will lead to the recovery of the diamond of which Sir Richard Chesney was robbed last night; tell me how it may be re- covered, and you shall not be brought face to face with Jadd. He knows nothing yet of your whereabouts-he does not know you are in this house, he does not know you are mixed up in this affair at all." "I am not!" she said brusquely. Mr. Straight took no notice of her remark, but went on as if she had not spoken. I swear to you on my honour that Jadd shall never know you are here, shall never hear that you have come to light again. I promise that your name shall never be mentioned in the matter. You shall go away from Riverdale Court in any way you please, and with your full liberty as the price for giving up your knowledge of the whereabouts of the diamond!" To Straight's astonishment she turned on him with flashing eyes. She looked as furious as a tiger at bay. "Listen!" she cried, "you may aa well stop meddling in what is not your concern. Leave Sir Richard Chesney to conduct his own affairs, or you may do him a mischief you do not dream of! I know nothing of this diamond, nothing, and if I did know I should never tell you, no, not if you cut me in a thousand little bits!" She had moved from the window as she spoke, and walked as if mechanically to the othen end of the room, where she stood with her back to- wards the door, and one hand leaning on the centre table. The next moment phe had raised herself on tip-toe, and craned her head forward as if to peer at something in the meadow outside, then she exclaime-d in a different tone, Ha! who is that with Miss Chesney-a strange gentleman—walking under the trees!" John Straight fell plump into the trap set for him. He went hastily to the window. The next instant he perceived his mistake, there was the frou-frou of a rustling silk gown behind him, and then the door slammed. He turned-Sonia was gone! He rushed to the door. It was shut fast. He tore at the handle, and rattled it violently, it moved round, but had no effect on the lock. Then he realised that he was locked in from the, ouwich (To bfroaathMnd.) -=-<

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