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t•HAPTER I.
On a meaOrabie morning of early
Deoeaaber London opened Its eyes on
a frigid grey mist. There nre utorn-
Ings Wheu King Fog melees 111s aole-
cutee of carbon in serried equudrinie
ID the city, while he scatters theut
tenuously In the suburbs ; so tat your
morning train luny hear you Iron
twlllght to darkness, But today the
enemy's manoeuvring wall more mon•
oteUoue. Froin Bow even unto ltam-
mersmith, there draggled a dull,
Wretched vapor, like the wraith of an
Impecuntous suicide come lute tt for-
tune Immediately after the fetal deed.
The barometers and therneutnetere had
ryrnpathetleally ehareed Its depression,
sad their eplrite (when they had any)
W ?E low. The cold cut Ifke a many -
Waded kmlfe.
ii». D?abtlnmp, of 11 Oluver stl'ort,
How, was One of the few p'rsont Iso
fol 1 Whom tog did nut depress. She
abort !ter work quite ns Omer-
lessly an tonal. She had been among
the earliest to Ie etware of tile en
envy's advent, plekite; ottt the strands
of fog from the colla ul darkmtss the
moment elle renal up her bedroom
blind and unveiled the sontbre picture
of thte winter mornlug. She knew that
the tog had comp to stay fur the day
et bast, and tlutt the gad bill for the
tltarter was going to besot the record
for high jumping. She ale( knew that
tide was because she lend allowed her
sew gentleman )(tiger, Mr. Arthur
fleastant, to pty a fixed sum of a
shilling a week for gots, Instead of
charging him a prupwrtton of the
astuisl account for the whole house.
The kietoroioglst8 might have Hated
the credit of their Nehmen if they hue
reckoned with Mrs. Drabxtump'e next
bill when they predicted the
WWeather and made "snow" the fnv-
reite, and said that "fog" would be
boWhere, Tog was every where, yet
Mee, Drabdump took no eredit to her-
mit for her' prescie t*. Mrs, Drabdump
ladeed took no credit for anything,
peeing her way along doggedly, mud
struggling through lite like a wearied
swimmer trying to touch the horizon.
That things n)wnye went rte badly a
*he had foreseen did not exhilarate leer
wan a widow.
not horn, Nut made, else
yell might have fancied Mre, I)rnb-
clump bad always bean a widow.
Nature Inad given her Hutt tall,
re form, and that ptile, Gatt-
( elongated, hnrd•ey'ed vie•
age, �anfl that paternity pret'Lse
hair, which are alwnye nNeo.'Intnl
with widowhood in low life, It le only
in higher circles that women can lose
their husbands and yet reutnin be-
witt)iing. The late Mr. Draleluntp had
it itched the base of hie thumb with a
y nae, and Mrs, Drandump's fore -
that he would die of lockjaw
v me her wrestlin do
ra e d
e*t R
l��g p Y
Aid night with the ahadiow of Death,
tldl"htls had wrestled with it vainly
notch before, when Katie died of dlph-
t#ada and little Johnny of arartet
weer. Perhaps it is from overwork
emeng the poor that Death has been
tedaeed to a e radow,
Mea. Drabdump was lighting the
kitchen Ere. She did It very eetentili-
ealiy, as knowing the contrar:ety of
coal and the anxiety of flaming sticks
anal in smoke enter* rigidly kept
to the mark, Science was a success
usual ; and Mrs. Drabdump rose
from her knees content, like n
intim priestess wbohad duly paid her
morning devotion& to her deify. Ilan
she started violently, and nearly lost
her balance, Her eye bad caught the
hands of the block on the mantel, They
plated to fifteen minutes to seven.
ne Drabflump'a devotion to the
oristakgn Ere invariably terminated nt
mn minutes peat six, What was
fp�Ytt a Witk a block
a!k r ti t
do
Hes DraW1ump had an immediate
Yj*iaa of finoppet, the neighboring
tat, keeping the. clock in hand
Web and then returning It only
Wilerefkialiy repaired and eeeretty tn•
more vitally "tor the good of the
The evil vision vanlahed ne
m)' as It cane, exorcised by the
bloom of St. Dunetan's belle
fug the three•quarters. In its
sae a greater horror surged. Do-
ttinot had failed; Mrs. Drabdump had
rhea et half -past six instead of six.
Now ase understod why she bad been
tiling so dated and estrange and
aeMpy. Sbe had overslept persait.
O egruted and puszled, sue hastily'
test the kettle over the crackling cool,
di(mevering a second later that she
bad overslept herself because Mr. Cnn-
t east wished to 'be woke three•quar-
tere of an hour earlier t San ueunl, and
twhare hisbreakfaet at seven, having
to'geek at an early meeting of die-
eteetented tram -then. Site run at once,
Oundle in hand, to hie bedroom, It was
a airs. All "upstairn" wall Arthur
ant's domain, for it consisted
¢''eat two mutually Independent
y, Mre. Drabtium-p knocked viel-
ta et the door of the one he used
ikee a bedroom, retying, '"Seven o'clock,
air. Ybu'll-be late, air. You must get
I�Wg et onee." The u*ual etumbroua "All
eke herself hidEvaried her morning
salute, her ear was lees expectant of
the echo " e went downstairs, with
fro terelbodin save that. the kettle
would edme off secontki best in the race
between its boiling and her lodger's
deeming
For elle knew there was no fear
Pt Atthee Content's lying deaf to
the mall of duty—temporarlly repre•
seated by lite. Drabdump. He was n
t *leafer, and the tram telemeters'
Were probably ringing in hie
Bate, summoning him to the meeting.
Why Arthur Constant, B. A.—white-
handed and white-ahirted, and gen-
tbman to the very puree of him—
shoUld coarsern himself with tram -men,
when fortune had confined hie neces-
sary relations with drivers to cab•
Mee at tate least, Mrs. Drabdump
mould bot quite make out. He pro-
be 11yy aspired to represent Bow in
Pahl octan; but then it would
anmdy have been wiser to lodge with
body who poeseued a vote by
a imeleend alive. Nor waa
cal wisdom in hi.
bM own boots (an oc•
e* whelk he shone but little),
re in *very way Hke a Bow
Bow workingmen were
tilllt in their patronage of
8 whether exMating In drinking
morals tubs, or taandeeee'
11. Nur did they eat the
with which Mre, Drabdump
kits, with the assurance that
Were tee retinae appanage. Sts
t the
SS ea
list bear
to see m tlgs
leg hk station. Arthur Con-
de.] lite mouth and ate what
gan him, not drat dellb-
tlthe rather pluming him.
�lteforvsaintsi to Mme
Nett own hales ; and in
as &areola about the head
able from a mist;
acalied tri Mr. cnn-
theS eaetenkeroWI
kettle should boil, wad nut the coarse
nilxture of black and green sacred to
, tterselt and Mr. Mortlake, of whom
the thoughts of treakfaet now re-
minded her. Poor Mr. Mortlake, gond
uta without a any- to Devonport, sutne-
where about four in the fag•thtekened
darkness of a whiter Dight l We11,
she ►roped his journey would le duly
rewarded, that Ids perks would be
heavy, and that he would make as
gooti a thing ottt of tie "travelling
expenses" as rival labor leaders round-
I,v accused hltn of to other people's
faces. life did not grudge him his
galne, nor wns It her business 11, ns
they nllegerl, Irl Introducing Mr. ('oo-
stint to her''vacant rooms, his Idea
w•as not merely to benettt his Iaud-
1ndy. lie had done her an uncomm nit
good turn, queer ns was the fidget
thus Introdunch !lis own apostleship
to the sons of toil gave Mrs, Drab-
dmnp nu twinge's of perplexity. Tum
Mortlake load teen a compositor ; rind
apostleship wns obviously n prulc.-
nlon better paid and of a higher we
cin! status. Tom Mortlake—tie hero
of a hundred etrikee—set up 1 print
on a poster, wan unmistakably nu-
pertnr to Tom Mortlake setting tot
other men's names ,tt u case. Still,
the work wrw not all beer and skit-
tle*, alnt Mrs. 1)rulelump felt that
l'otu's latest 2oh ryas not enviable. Sloe
shook lie Moor us she passed 11
ai her way buck to the kttclten, but
there was no response. The street doer
wns wily x pew feet off down the pass-
age, and a glance at 1t dlapelled the
lust hops that 'font had abundance! the
Journey. 'the suer was unbolted and
unchain(!, and the only temerity was
the latch-ke;y lock. Mrs. Drabdump
felt n whit uneasy, though. neo give ler
her due, elle never suffered ns much as
moat good houeuwives du Irons artmtn-
nlx who never none. Not quite oppo- •
site, but still onl,v a few dor; off, on
the other tilde of the ttreot, lived tlo
celehrnted ex -detective Orodnian, and,
Illogically enough, hie preseuoe In tho
street gave Airs. 111'nbdump n eurioue
dense of security, ae of a believer IR--
hog under the slamow of the fans,
That nay human being of III odor
.shoeld eontclotsly come witlhi n a mile
of the. scent of ro remote rt sleuths
hound scented to Iter highly Improb.
able. (1rtelmatt had retired (with a
competence) and wns only a sleeping
dog now ; still, even criminals would
have dews eoougu to let him Ile.
No Urs. 1 iihdump did Hot really
feel that there toad been arty danger,
eup8;htlly as n second glance at the
street door showed that elertleke had
been thoughtful omelets to slip tell
kap that held back tlm bolt of the
big lock. She allowed herself another
throb of aynweetly fur the labor
lender whirling on hM dreary way to•
wards Devonprt Duckyard. Nut that
ho had told her anything of hie Jour•
ney, beyond the town; but elle knew
Devonport had a dockyard because)
Jessie Dyulond—Tonn's eweethenrt-
nce mentioned) that her court Rted
near there, and It Irby on the eurfece
that Tom bud gong to help the duck -
ere, who were imitating tleir London
brethren. Mre. DTalxlunhp did not need
to he. told things to be aware of them.
She went hark to prepare AIr, ('on•
.t,nnt's superfine tots, vaguely won-
dering wh,v people were en dlecoutont-
ed nownditys. But when ehe brought
up tlue tea and the toast and the eg
tD Mr. c'onstant's tinting -room, whi
ndkoineet his bedroom, though without
conunnntcnting witlr It, Mr. C taut
tuns not sitting In it. She lit tie gas,
turd ink. the cloth ; then she returned
to the landing rod beat ut the bed-
room door with rin imperative palm.
Silence alone answered! her. Site called
him by nnmo and told hhn tleo hour,
but Isere was the only voice elle heard,
and it rounded strangely to her in the
ehndowe of the etalreaee. Then, mut.
tering, 'Poor gentleman, he had the
toothnclte last nlgltt ; and p'r'ays he's
only )nut got a wink o' sleep. 1'lty to
disturb him for the sake of then grizz-
ling eantuctere. I'll let hint sleep hie
u twat time„" site bore the teapot down-
rtnir' with a mournful, ahuost poetic,
eaonleloneneee, that eolt-iotled eggs,
like love, meet grow old.
trutl•i,ant seven came — and she
knocked again. But Constant sleet on.
file letters, always n strange as-
sortment, arrived at 8, and a tele-
grnm rause soon after. Mm. Drab -
dump rattled his door, Mioutecl, and
nt Inst put the wire nnder it. Her
heart was beating feet enough now,
titougtn there scented to be a old,
clanuny smile curling around lt,
Sle went downstairs again and
tnrthe,l the handle of Mortlake'*
room. anti went do witltont knowing
why. The coverlet of tie bol show-
ed that the oce+ip.nt had only lain
down In his clothes, ae if fearing to
poise the early train. Site Mui snot
for it taenteeit expected to find him
tan the mem: yet somehow the con•
et'kxtmmss that elle was alone In
the hoose with the sleeping Con-
stant seemed to flash for the first
ttute upon tor, and the clammy
snake tightened Ife folds round her
heart.
She (Vetted the street dor, and
her eye wandered! nervously up and
(lower. It was halt -past 8. The lit-
tle street stretched old and still
in the grey inlet, bunking bleary
eye) at either ends, where the street
lamps smo ul t ere l on. No one wan
elslble for too moment though
smoke was rising from many of the
chiettteye to greet Its sister *net.
At the house of the detective aer to
the way the blinds were 'till down
and the *5ntters up. Yet the fa-
miliar, pros is aspect of. the street
calmed Iter. The bleak air Het her
coughing ; site slaantned the dor
to, next returned to the kitchen to
make fresh tea for Constant, who
ould only be ip a deep sleep• But
the enatieter trembled in her grasp.
Bio did suit know whether site drop-
ped It or threw ft down, but there
was nothing In the hand that bat•
tared agakt a moment later at the
bedrom door, leo sound within lee
etterett the clanwr without. She
rained blow upon blow in a sort of
spasm of frenzy,. scarce remember•
ung that her object was merely to
wake her loiter, and almost stay
Ing let the lower panels with her
kirks. Then elle turned the handle
and tried to open the door, but It
was locked, The r'eslatance recoiled
her to herteulf.•ehe had a moment
of shocked decnency at the thought
that spm hand been abort to enter
Co met/tet'e bedroom, Then the ter•
res mane over her afresh, She telt
that ehe waa alone lit tote house
with n corpse. She sunk to the floor,
owerkg; with difficulty stifling a
deei.re to scream. Them ehe rotte
with a jerk .utd race) down the
stalra without looking bebtnd leer,
and threw open the door and ran
dot into trite street, only pulling up
with her hand violently agitating
Bradman:* door -knocker• In a mo•
meat the fleet floor window was
raised—the little house was of the
mine pattern as hes' own --and Geod-
man's full fleetly face loomed
through a* fog Ya Mapy Irritate/t
mewl, the exdetective's faoe risme
et1 upon her like the sun upon an
ocenpant of the (haunted (Member.
" What 111 the devil's the mat'
ter?" he growled, Grodman was
rot an early bird, now that he had
no worms to catttail. lie could afford
to Mene+o proverlle now, for the house
in whhxii he lived waa ids, rued he lived
in It because artvertl outer horses iu
tice street were also hta, and it ie
well for the landlord to be about Id.I
own ;.tato int Bow, where poadtere
often shoot the utoon. Perhape the
,iedre 10 enjoy hla greatness among
its early cranial counted for some•
thing, too, for he IHul beet born and
lewd at ]low, rewoelvtilg whets a youth
1118 first engagement from the local
(olbee qquartette, Wheat* he drew a
few sthillilgs a week as aft alltateur
detective in hit lalere hour's.
Orudman waa st111 a bauttelor, In
the celestial tttatrltnonitl bureau u
ptrttter mtgltt lutve barn sete•ted for
hint, but lie bad never been Dile to
tiboover tier. It wets his wee (allure all
a ,t tertive. He trite a self-euftit'Ing
tretwol, wlho preferred a guts stove to
a ckmteuttc ; (nit in deference to Glot.
or street opiniost Ma admitted a to
wale factotum between Gait n, ill. and
ten iio. in.. wad, equally lit deference
to Gloster street optnhei, excite:0e her
betwe;xt t:'el 1e. 111, and tell 11, In.
"1 Want yao to eoilo acre.* at
aiw;' Mrs. Drablump gosphel. "Fontes
thing leas happened to Mr.':onstant.'
"ti'hat I Not bludgecnlet by the
pollee at the meeting this mo ning,
1 hope ?'
"No, not Ife dL1n't go. Ile is tend."
! "Deunl'e" (tr'txkncuc'e fore glow
very serious pow.
"Yee, Murdeteetl."
"What 1" nintost shouted the ex -de.
tretive, "flow P R'hen ? Whore i
Who P"
' I ckut't know, I can't get to him.
I Hato beatont at idx door. He does
not antiwar,"
Grutlauan'e face lit up with relief,
"1'ou telly wdm a n ! is thatt all ? I
shall have a cold In my head. Bitter
weather. He's dq;-tirred after getter-
day—procewdcros. titre( epteeIlee, kin
d ergarto n, lecture n 'tlte morons,' ar-
tfcleottco-operalion. 'fltat'sbiastyle."
It waa also Ortniman'e style. He never
warted worts.
'No," errs. Drab:teen breathed up
at hhn solemnly, "he's dead."
"All right ; go b u:k, Don't unarm
the neighborhood wweeesarily. Wait
tet• me. lk,wn In five minutes," Grod-
mast dint root tatke title ('aasandra of
the kitchen too seriously. Probably .
he knew its woman. Ills small, bend-
like eves glittered with nm alimest
amusett emlle ns 110 withdrew them
from Mre. Drabdump's kelt, toad strut
dowse the ea r h wall a Mang. The pear
wntat ran back ateost the road and
th.raui�h her door, which etre would
not cloxse btellbtd liar. It aeemel to
shut her In with tis detil, She wetted
ht the passage. After lett-n.ge—seven
mhatee by any honest oiook—Geod
maul monde his uppenrunoe, lookleg as
drrewe,l as metal, but with unkempt
Intl: and with dl•eomsoeate side wide
ker. He was not quite used W that side
whisker yet, for It !hid only recently
come within the margta of cultiva.
tion. In active service Grodman had
been clean-shaven, like all members
of the profession—for surely your de
tective is the most versatile of actors
Mrs. Drabdump closed the street.
door quietly, and pointed to 111.1 stairs,
fear operating 1'.ke a pulite desire to
give him precedence. ti'rodmnn ae-
cended, amusement still glimmering
in 5:e eyes- Arrived nn the lending,
1to knocked peremptorilyy at tha,door,
crying, "Nine o'clock, Me, Conetent;
itllle smock I" When he ceased (beer
was neo other sound or movement. His
elms grew more serious. He waited,
then knocked, and cried louder, Ile
turned,��a handle but the door wit:,
I'ff stried to peer through the
jhele, 'but it was blocked, He shook
1 upper panels, but t;he door seemed
bolted, se well as looked. lie atobd
still, his fae� sat rigid, to; he liked
and esteemed the men, '
"Ab, knock your Loudest," whit•
pered the pale -faced woman. " You'll
not wake him now."
The grey mist had hollowed them
through the etreeteloar, and hovered
about the staircase, charging the ail'
with a moist, sepulchral odor.
'Locked and bolted," muttered
Grodman, shaking the door afresh.
"Buret it open," breathed the wo•
men, trembling violently all over, and
holding her hands before her ns ]f to
ward off the dreadful vision. Without
another word, Grodtnan applied hl.
shoulder to the door, and made a vio-
lent muscular effort. He had been an
athlete Ln Mia titne, and the sap one
yaet in him. The door creaked, itttle
by Salle !t M,gan to give, the wood-
work eneiming the bolt of the lock
smentered, the papels bent inwards,
the latrge upper bolt tore oft its Iron
staple; the door flew back with a
crash, Grodmnn rusted in.
"ley Cial 1" he cried. 'rhe • woman
shrieked.: he sight wets too terrible.
Within a few hours the j,jubilant
newsboy's were ohrieking "horrible
aukclde In Bow," and The Star poster
added, for the sntiefact:on of those
too r to purchase: "A PSitan•
tit et Cuts H'a Throat." ,
CHAI•TER 11.
But the newepitpers Wet.' prentratitre.
Scotland Pard recused to prejudge the
carte (termite the pxntly-a-lhtPrs. i+t'•
ern! arrests were made, so tlutt the
later eriitions were compelled) to soften
" Sulci e' Into "Mystery," Tito people
arrested were n uoudescript collection
of tramper, Moat of them had com•
mftted other offences for which the
pollee had not arrested them, One
bewildered-lokiug gentleman gave
himself up tae if he were a riddle),
but the pease would have none of him,
and Teetered him forthwith to hie
friends and keepers. TMs number of
candidates for each new opening ht
Newgate Is netontelting.
The full elgnificanre of this tragedy
of a noble young Ilfe cut short had
hardly time to filter Into tine public
mind, wizen a fresh sensation absorbed
it. Tom Mortlake had leen arrestexd
the same day at Liverpool on sus-
picion of behtg.concerned in the death
of ids fellow lodger. The nerve fell IIke
n bombehell upon a land In which Tom
Mortlake't name was a leueehuld
word. Tltat the gifted artisan orator,
who had never shrunk upon occasion
from launcidng red rhetoric at eo-
eclety, should irate actually Have shed
blood oeetned to startling, enpetbttty
ae tine b'ood ailed wns not 1110(, but the
property of a lovnhle younng mlddle-
class idealist, who had now literally
given hie life to the cause, But title
supplementary sensation did not grow
to n head, and everybody (save a few
labor leaders) wee relieved to hear
that Tom had been released ntmost
immediately, being merely eubpoonnod
to appear at the Inquest. In an inter-
view whtdn he aecordel to the repro
sentative of a Liverpool paper the
same afternoon, he stated that he put
his arrest down entirely to the en-.
maty and rawor entertained towards
him by the pelt* throughout the troun-
try. Ile had come to Liverpool to
trn'r the mmemr,nt• Dt ;t idi,labout
whom be waa very une•tay, and Ife
was making anxious inquiries at the
dale to discover at what times
/steamers left for America, when the
dtetectives stationed there in accord'
ance with Instrnetlone from headgear'
ten had arreetei him as a suspteIous-
looking character. "Though," sued
Tan, "they must very well have
known my ppiht►],, as I have been sketch-
ed and atriorltmod ail ova the shop,
WIu n 1 toll dere wino I was they McPhee what though she had over•
had tie d*oeney to 1et'me go, Titer slept herself, and though It would
thou`htt they'd score off me enough, have been all the same anyhow, she
I reckon. Yes, It rertainly 1s a strange had name up to tltne. Bit by bit the
eoinchienoe that I might tottaby have tragic y' w*. forced from Iter
had something to do with the poor lips—a gedy that even Iter tell -
fellow's death, widest item cut me tip Ing eo not make taw4ry, aim
a" mush ne anyloly; though If they told with superfluous detail how—
lad known I had Just come from the when Mr. Grodman broke In the door
assns of the rrhne,' and nctuailY she saw her unhappy gentleman
hive.! In thee house, they would prob. lodger Tying on his back in bed, stone
ly have -1.1 me Mona." He laughed dead, with a gaping red wound In
snreaattcally, "They ata a queer lot his throat; how her stronger -minded
of muddle=bead& are the poldeee, Their companion calmed Ier a little by
motto 1., 'ljrst vetch your matt, them lipreadin a ltandkerchlef over the
cook the evidence.' If you're on the distorted face; how they then looked
spot your ga(tty because you're tbere, vainly about and under the bed for
need if you're elsewhere you're guilty any instrument by whielt too deed
because you have gate away. Oh, I ould have leen done, the veteran de -
know then 1 If they could, hove seen tective carefully making a rapid
their way to olap me int quof, they'd Inventory of the contents of the
ba' done it. Lasky I know the num- room, and taking notes of the pre-
ber of the oabmnn who took me to oleo position and condition ut the body
Iiu.toe before Live this morning," before anything waw disturbed by the
"It they elopme yet iu quod," the arrival of the genera or bunglers; how
interviewer reported himself as face- she had pointed out to him that both
timteky obeeeving, "tbe prisoners the windows were firmly bolted to
would have bean oe stake in n week," keep out tine cold night nor ; how,
"]es but ihei' wrwUd ba no many having noted title down with a pus-
blacktegs randy to take their places,' sled, pitying shake of ole head, he
Mortlake flashed back, "tbat I'm had opened the window to summon
afraid it 'ould be no go. Bu't do ex- the pollee, fwd espied in the fog
cuee me. I am so upset about ms one IMnall ('nnterot, whom he
freend,l'm afraid he has lett England, called and told to run to the nearest
and. I have to make sequirles; and pollen stnttpn tett mak them to send
now there's poor Constant gone— Mor- uta nil Inspector and a surgeon. dhow
r(ble 1 horrible ) nue I'm dun in Lon- they Iotlr romnhm.l In the room till
don at Nie inquest, I muet really tote !cure nrrlve'd, lirterbetut louder•
run nwny. Oood.bye. Tell your rend- Ing deeply the while acid making
eat it's aid a pol'.e a grudge.' notes every ntow and nlgain, ea (reels
"One laet wore, Mr, Mortlake, if Pointe meucest to him, Hud ttsktug
you plena.. Is it true that you were her queatkmo abet the labor, weak -
belled to prtwlde nt a great meeting headed young man. Preemie a.0 to
of clerks nt Rt. James' H'H hatween what she meant by rahlhig the dle-
one, end two to-dny to protest against eeooled " weak -herded," she replied -
the German invasion!' that wore ul her neighbors wrote
" \Vhew 1 so I had. But the beggars blur Isgging lettere, th,ntglt, Ilsa-
urrested me just before one, when I vin knew, they were better off than
was going to w:rh, amt then the news hermelt, who, hall to serape Iter fltt-
ot poor ("onstnnt's cad drove it out germ to the bone for every pitchy
of my head. What a nuisance! Lord, elle enruel, Under fertber pressure
how trnublea do cote° together I Well, (von Mr, Talbot, who waw watehbtg
good -n ve, emit me n copy of the the inquiry on behalf of Arthur (un-
pnpner.'h etant'e family, Mrs. Drabdamp nd•
Tom Mortlake's evidence at the in• netted tlutt the deogeled had behav'
quest added little beyond this to the eo1 like at human being, nor wad
pull:e knowledge of his movements there anything; externally eccen•
oat the morning of the mystery. The tre or queer in his conduct. He wed
cabman who drove him to Euaton !tad alwnye cheerful and pleasant spoken,
written Indignantly to the papers to though rertainie soft—clod rest ills
rely- that be poked up his celebrated soul. No; he never slaved, but were
fare at Bow Railway Station at all the halr that heaven had given
about halt+pastaour n.m., are! the ar- hint.
resat wss n deliberate insult to dem-
ocraOy, anal be offered to make nn
affidavit to that effect,, leaving It
du `.Des to which effect, But Scotio
Teed ietreyed no itch for the of .
n
d ra m
I uesdinw ami .' 13
q
01 su
x ,
ed again into the ohienteit3' of his
rank. Mortlake—whets face was very
pole 'b'low the black mane brushed
back (rest his tine torrhend—gave his
evidence in low, eymptthetio tones,
He had known the deceased for over
a year, coming eonetan(ly ao?oss bin)
ip their common political and social
work, one bad found the furnished
room- for him int Glover street al
Mia overt request, they just being to
let when Conettnt resolve! to leave
tris reams at Ovfurd House in Bethnal
Green and to share the actual life
of the people. The local'cty suited the
deceased, as being near the People's
Palace. lie respected trod ad-
mired thu Ieroomed, *•hove g'nitine
goodie's had won all hearts. The oto•
ceased was ant untlrlug worker ; never
grumbled, wns always 1n fair .pints,
regarded Itis life toad wealth ae a lee-
red treat to be used for tlue benefit
ut humanity. He ltai lust seen him at
a quarter pant nitro p. m. on the day
preceding his death. He (wltnces) had
received a latter by tho laet post
which made Liu uneasy about n
friend. He went up to consult deccasrel
abut It, Deceased was evidently suf-b
Tering from toothache, tennd was fixing The etoty of the discovery of the
is piece of cotton -wool in a hollow' holy was retold, though more Helen•
tooth, but lie' did not complete. lie• titleally, by Mr, George Grodman,
cearet'seemnd rather upset by the whew unexpected resurgence into
newe he brought, and they both tis- the realm of his early exploits exclt•
cw'sed It ratites' excitedly. ed as keen a curiosity as the reap•
By n Jprysnan—DId tie news on- pearance ' for this occasion only" of
cern tile? a retiree primo dolma. Ills book,
elortlnke—Only Impersonally. He Criminate 1 Have Caught," passed
knew my friend, turd was keenly sytn- from the 83ni to tlto :,'Inti tlitton
pathetic when one wee In trouble. merely on tote steengtle of it. Mr.
Coroner—Could you show tine Jury Leonine stated that tine body was
the letter you receiveld? edit warm when lie found 1t. He
efortluke—f have mislaid it, and can- thought Hutt death wits quite re•
not owls out where It low got to. cent, Tho door he had had to buret
1f -ou el t to 1t e. ev t
y r, h k r 1 nn or ewaen• was Lotted us well as lucked. Ha ou-
tinl, 1 will state what the tronblt droned Mre. Denbclump'e statement
tuns. float the wluduwo ; the chimney was
Coroner—Was the toothache very very marrow, The cut looked ahs if done
violent 4 by a razor. 'There tvun no instrument
Ifortlake—I cannot tell. I think not, lying about the, roost. lie had known
thotugh he told me It had dleturbed the dcceaerd 'Lout a month. Ho
hie rest tfte night before. seemed n veru earnest, simple-minded
Coroner—Wlat tine did you leave young' fellow, echo aloke a great deal
hhn . -tlout the brotherhood of roan. (The
Mortilake—About twenty to ten. hardened mid man -hunter's voice wars
Coroner—And what did you do then ? not free Irotn a tremor, as he Npuke
eforteeke—I went out fnr an hmtr Jerkily of the dead nhnn'e ontlmslnents.)
or no to make. some enquiries. Then 1
returned, and told my landlady 1
should be leaving by an early train
For—for the country.
Coroner—And that wis the Inst you
saw of the deceased ?
hfortlake (with emotion)—Tine lot.
C'orouer—How was he when you W(t
him ?
Mortlake—Mainly concerned about
my trouble.
Crrroner—Otlienvlee you saw no-
thing unwell alxot hlut?
Mortinkc Nothhng-
Cornnaw•—Watt time did you leave
the+ burse on Tuesday morning1
Mortlake—At about five tend twenty
mnlnuttw past four.
Coroner—Are you sore that you shirt
the street door ?
Mortlake—Quite sure. Knowing any
landlady eras rather a timid person,
I even slipped the bolt of the big lock,
whtclr -tune ostiaily tied bak. It was
impnvnlblo tar anyone to get In, even
with n latch -key.
Mrs. Drabdump'. evidence (which, of
ourse, preceded hie) was wore Import-
ant, and occupied a conrlderabie
time, unduly eked out by Drnb•
dnmpiatn padding. Thea sate Hot
only deposed that AIr. Conetnnt
!ad the toothache, but that it was
going to last &lout a week ; In
trngl-comic Indifference to the rndl•
eel cure that had been effected. Her
account of the last houre of the (le -
ceased tallied with Mortlake's, only
that ehe feared Mortlake one quar-
By a Jurym ns—She thought de•
ceased wrw in the Itablt of locking
Itie dor when he went to bed. Of
comm, she couldn't toy for eertaii,
tLaltghter.1 There tuns tto need to
bolt the door ns well. The bolt elld
upwards, rued war' at the top of the
door. When she first let lalginge,
iter renerms fnr whleh the seemed
anxious to publish, there had only
been a bolt, but a enepieloue lodger,
the w-ouli not call hits a gentlennnt,
bud oontplahtea that he could nut
fasted Mkt door behind him, and so
she had been put to the expense
of having a hick shute. The cn11r
plaittittg lodger went off scam niter
without paying his rent. (Laught'r.l
title bad alwnye known he w'em11.
Thr 1blwleer—Wil deceased at all
nertuus 7
\fitness—No, Ife was a very nice
gentlentnn. (A laugh.)
tteroner—I mean diid he seem afraid
of being robbed?
Witnee.—No; he was alwnye goln'
to ctemoltatratlons, (Lcugltter•) • 1
told ilm to be careful. I told him I
kttt n puree with 8e, lid. myself on
Jubilee Duy.
Mrs. Drabdump resumed tier seat,
weeping vaguely.
The Coroner—Gentlemen, we shall
hate nn opportunity of viewing the
ronut shortly.
tie ebb oI l have thought the dte'teed
Lhe beet loan in the world to commit
suicide.
Mr. Denzil Cnnteecot'wee next called.
He woe n poet. (Laughter.) 11e waa n
hie wily tit Mr. Grodmah'e hou a to
tell 111111 he had been unable to do Homo
writing fur iii beoalse he was suffer.
Ing from writer'e cramp, when Mr.
lirletrmuh rolled to Llin from the whe
lowv of No. 11 end rtskeil hint to run
fon• the police. No, lie did not run; to
ween philosopher. (Laughter.) He re-
turned with them to the door, but did
nut gn up. He had no atontacll for
crude eenetttione• U,aughter,l Thn grey
fng wars ,nffiriently unheautlfal for
hhn for one morning. (Laughter.)
Inspector Howlett said ; About 9,45
on the morning of Tuesday, 4th De-
cember, from information received, he
went with Sergeant Runnymede and
'Dr. Robinson to 11 Glover street,
cd to yo nghman, lying I nthisd back
tvib 1118 throat ant. The door of the
mom shad been smashed in, and the
leek and the bolt evidently forced, The
room was tidy. There were no marks
of blood on the flor. A purse full of
gold wan on the dressing table beid,
n bl bok. A hi nbeet „•ter
g { t with cold ,
stood beside the bed, over which wss
a luutging bookcase. There wns a
large wardrobe against the (till next
to the dor. The chimney wns very
narrow. There were two wbtdowe, one
bolted. It was about 18 fret to the
relling with him over eomething in ing up. o one ouulld posrsibl Y 1 avec got
the letter Hatt conn( by tie Witte out of the room, and then bolted the
o'clock poet. Peceneed Imd left the odors and windows behind him ; and he
ito»se n little atter Mortlake, but had searched all parte of the room In
had returned before hhn, end had gone whish nnyone might have bean con-
etralght to his bedrooms. She had not celled He had lvnrn unable ase find any
actually seen him emus in, having Veen Instrument In the room, In spite of ex•
In Rhe kitchen, int she heard ids hnuttive reseaue1, tlsern hcing not
latchkey, followeol iy hie 11g11t step event it pen -knife in the pocket' of the
up the stales. clothes of the deceased, whtclr lay on
A Juryman -crow do yon know it a chair. The louse and the back yard,
was not Homebody else? (Sensation, and tie adjacent pavement, Irad also
of which the juryman teles to sok un- been f tttttessly i arched,
onacloue,) Nergeant Runnymeckt *ado an Ido-
Wltneee—He called down to me tical statement, saying onl
over the banister,, and ant's In hl' had Y tint Ile
sweetish voice, "Be hextra sure to gone with Dr. Robin.on and In-
wnke me at a quarter to seven, *peteor Howlett.
Mice. Drnbdumm, or else I Hhan't get Dr. Robinson, djvisionnl enrgeon,
to my tram meeting:' 'old: The deceased was lying on hit
(Juryman collnpoesJ back, with his throat cut. The body
was not yet cold, the nbdominah
Coroner—And did you wake him ? region being quite warm. Rigor mar -
Mrs. Drabdump (breaking down)— ole lad set In in the lower jaw,
Oh, shy Ind, tow can you ask ? neck, and upper extremities. The nuns-
Coroner—There, there, compose cies ontracted when beaten. I le-
marw'If. T mean 111,1 you try to f, ' l that i:G, Lad been catee;
wake him ? some two or three hours, protteb',y
Mre. Drabdump—I have taken 1n end not longer, it might b~,ve baen iess.
dons for !angers chi' seventeen years, The 'tied clothes would keep the low -
my led, and have always gave sett'- er part waren for sari ti.axe. The
taction; and Dir. Mortlake, he wouldn't wound, which was a deep one, was 51
ha' recommended me otherwise, inches from right to lett aarosn the
though I wish to go to heatven the throat to a pant under the left ear.
poor gentleman had never— The upper portion o! bks vvtadpiie
Coroner—Yee, yes, of ourse. Yon waa Nevered, and likewise the jugular
;Erten to rouge him? vein. The.musouler costingg of the
But it waa soot' time before 11n. carotid artery was &Tided, Moore wns
Drabdump was sufficiently calm 10 a Might cwt, a kt le emanu'ation of
the wound, on the t •the Istt
hadd.'rhe kande r 1'* ) lir-
Heath the heed. TMre w(IAt
on the night handl, The woatl4 mould
not have been self.entilctedi A
sharp instrument bed been used, sunk
na a moor. The out Migltt have been
made by a !;aft -handed person. No
rdouht death wee practically Imstan-
laneoua, I saw ne sign of a st.ruggl'e
about the holyy, or the room I noticed
n puree on the dressingg tq�Ole, lying
nettt to Mndnme Btavntaky's big book
on 11'heosophy, Sergeant Runnymede
drew hay attention, to the fact that
the dor had ev3Jg�ntat.ty been looked
and hotted from within,(
By n ,Turyketun:Ido mot sal (5*
cuts could net haws hese made by a
right Menden! peroon, I can offer no
suggestion ne to how the inflictor
o1 the weual gots lar. or out. Extreme-
ly 6mprohablo that the rut wns eelt-
i.nflleted. 5'here wee little tran, of
the outside. fog ftt the room.
I'ollee-conetabl+. Williams sold he
wee on dally to the early hours' of the
mortiengR of the 4141 lnwl, Glover street
l'ay within hes bent, Ifo sew or heard
rtolhieigg at.sji.oious. The fog was never
very dense, though nasty to the
throat. Its hod peened through Glover
street about hnlf-past four. He Lad
not men Mr. M'm•td'ake or anybody
oleo leave the hontae,
The Covet here ndtlaurned, the Cor-
a r the r n in a bot
he ero1 Jury r,�pwi g y
to 11, Glover street, to viev the house
anal the br:lroxmn of the dereaa^d. And
the even)ng pasters announ-e 1 "'rhe
Bow Mystery Thickens "
('ltAPTEIt IIi.
Iefore the+ inquiry wrw remelted, all
the pare wrettthect it certop,v Irad
been released at onumegion they they
were innocent ; tlsere woe not a HIu.
gle cane even torn mngtatrnte. Clues,
wldrh at aitch Hecaerrns are gathered
by the pollee like blaekbterrlee off the
Itettfea, were stutnty ttt•i um'ito. Ip•
ferlor epeciannnr were stipend cheat
by buvlels, but thine wns not a gaol
onto among the lot. The pollee could
not even mm�stfncture a clue.
Arthur Co stento ,Tenth was nl-
ready the theme of every- hearth,
rnllw)y enrrlifye and public -house.
The dead heed t !tad points of con.
tact with /ro mony mi arm. The Eaat•
enol find the Weevt•eiul alike were
moved ❑m1 excited, the Democratic
Longues told the (thurehra, the Dote.
M+uses nd tie iltdwereittes. The
pity of 11! Aad then the hnpenetra-
ble mystery of it.
The evelence gleam le the concluding
portion of the hu'esttgattlon was net-
easarily lsm ameationel. Theve were
no snore wltneseee tet bring the anent
of blood over the coroner's table ;
those who Irad yet to be heat,nl were
merely rel'ttives ant fc''endn of the Je
d.ettsed, tvho ttao . of him ne he lural
bean In lige. Hts pvrente were dead,
IHtrltapn hapully for them; 11H rela-
tives had Hewn Ilttit of 111111, +111.1 la�i
tears: heard nx it t nb,xnt him nt
the oot-lle world. No man in a pro-
phet lu hi, own iv,untry', athd, even
If tie '11eerutes. It la tulvisable foe
him to leave hit famlty tit (tome. Ills
friends wero a motley crew ; friends
of the same Iriered are not ieeessar•
fly frtettds of ane another, But heir
diversity oaly`lm tlo the congruity we
the title they brut to tell amore sulk•
Ing. It was tee tale of a man who
had never• tuade au enemy even by
beneflting ham, nor lot a friend ete,1
by retu.htg hos favors; the tale of a
than whose lheatrt overflowed witlh
peace anal good -will to all mems all
tm Year round, of a nw.0 to whet
Clurtttuuw came not once, but thrnee
ite mi ed and elety-five times a year;
It was tote tale of n brilliant Intel•
tett, wlto gave up tar mankind What
was meant tett himself, and worked as
a labner In tt o tenetterd of human-
ity, never crying tient the grapes
were sour ; of a man uniformly alteer-
ful and of good courage, lining In
tlhat forgetfulness of self wIlab is
the truest antidote to de+sleair. And
yet tbera wrw not quite wanting ttre
mite of ptln to Ja,r the harmony ami
shake It tuutut, Itfolatoi Eltest, Inn
chum Iron h oyttord, and Vicatr of
t''omerton, In 3I1tUtwdehire, Jtanded to
the coroner a better received frau
tro deceased nbrut ten duan before
!tit death, couttttLtinte some passages
wlil'Jt tihe coroner read altmd ;
"The you know anything of Sobop•
e uhu•> 1 a t
d .r 1 wart i nuv h►r ire.
y'ntl alto ecu iwut • mtaaoncep•
fists 7 I have baout making hie
acgaaittnnco lately', lie le en ajree-
cable rattle of a pesslntist; his' (,flay
on 'The Misery of Maukbd' i. quite
lively reacting, At first his aserslla•
flat of Chrbstlnnity and pIreeesInl.lm int
occurs in Isle er,ay on 'Satelde') dee
zlel na as uu audacious parasdox. Itut
there is truth in It. Verily, the ti ho',
creattout grottnotlr and trnvailct1 , nu.1
min In a degrad,td monster, ,ani s,n
is over ail. Ali, my frtq'ad, I hate sited
many of my Illtsons alt ' t nm,' t,
this seething hive of misery and
wrongdoing. What elnll Due 1111m'H
I1fe--a million men's (lees -- nveil
ag.ilnst the to:ruptbon, tit' uulgnrlty,
and the squalor of ritlliznti,a Y Sunt•
times I feel Itke a farthing n ehling
In the Hall of Ebl)s. 5ditnhroes 1s so
long and Ilia so 'hurt. it'd the worst
of It le that everyledy' iH a beastly
,'ontcnte] Th pun• 11D more c]eetre
comfort that the• rteli culture, The
woman to whin' t !teeny eclhol tee
for Ther cited e es:ci is an npprectnbto
siiee of her Inc ne lx satisfied that
the rich we shaII always have with us,
"Thr rrnl crusted old Torlee are
t e, T e
the ponoses he he wvrkhoua h
Radt'nt , t rkiugume are jealous of
their own leaders, std the leaders of
one un nit+r. S'ltopenhnuer moat have
org+wl:c,1 t labor party 10 Ife salad
,baps Ind yet one can't help feeling.
that lw comnelttal snbctde as a p511•
,,.Daher by not committing 11 110 a
nota, He chime kinship with Bmldha,
too; though Esoterte Buddhism at leatst
seems spheres r moved from the phil-
osophy of 'thee Will and the Inert.'
What a wonderful woman Madame
Blavatsky meet be. I caret Nay I
follow Iter, for alta le up in the clouds
nearly all the time, and I haven't us
yet develope.t an astral body. S:nll
I send You on her book? It is few•
einathtg.j • • • I e m teeoming quite
a flttettt orator. One son gets into the
way of it. The horrible thing Is that
you catch yourself saying things to
lead up to 'Cheers' Wotend of sticking
to the plain realities of the busltass.
Lucy le etltl doing the galleries in
Italy. 1t need to pale me eomettmos
to think of my darling's happiness
when I came across a flat -chested
factory girl. Now I furl her hapel-
nese le as Important ae a factory'
glrl'H" -
Lucy, the witness expinlued, w'ais
Lucy Brent, the betrothed of the cde
ceased. The poet girl !tad heel tr1.•-
grnphed tor, and had started fnr I'.itg-
land, The *!meas etntei taunt ttie
Outburst of dh'spondrno'y D tt t e let ter
was npuoet tt contort
the lettere in Mia pxewi'sslan being
bright, buoyant ami Mutant. Even
this letter ends 1 with a ltumoroua
statement of the tvruse's manifold
plane and proJerte for the new year.
Thr truaael ti',le a god churchman.
('Droner—R'nw there any private
,.••cde r bb, , woe 11(e t•1 nrr,,,tnt 1,>r
the temporary despondency?
Witness—Not 50 tar ai 1 am
House. HIs tlnancial posliton was
ecrentkmatly favorable.
Corohter—Thera bad been no guar•
rr•I with Mien Brent?
Witness—I have the best author'
ity for stating that no shadow of
different,' had ever come between
them.
Coreteer—Was the deceased left,
handed t
Wltnnw—CJertatnly not. He was
not even a'tgbttleitete
t 8boppinhour one
nMten., published by
the Freetfiasgllt Publication Mo-
ebety?
Wieners—I do not know wlto pub.
lkrhes hie books,
Tile Juryman (a *tall grocer and
big raw-bxnled Scoteltman, rejolnlog
In the name of Sandy tiandenon and
the tl nittes of dea0enry and m em-
berwhtp of the committee of the Bow
txntaervattve Aseoelatlon)--No equee•
neatlon, .Ire Is he not a secularist,
who brae lectured at the Hall of Sel-
oitco ? -
Wltnrtes—No, le is a foreign writ•
er—(Mr, Sti d*r sem was beard to
thank heaven for this email rnertty
—who believes thrtt 11fe le not worth
Itvlrg,
Tho Juryman—Were 8011 not
eltockee to thld the friend df a meen-
bitor reading such tutpure lantern•
tare?
Witness—The dreensel rend every
thing. Schoppeehauer Is tate author
of a system of philosophy, and not
what you seem to imagine. Perhaps
you would like W bespet't the book 1'
(Laughter.)
The Juryman—I would na' teenh
it with n pitchfork, Surh books
*limed to burnt, And this Madan e
illnvttaky'x book—what le that? Is
that nose pheelosopby?
Wltnereg—No, It IN Theosophy,
(Laughter.)
Mr. Anton Putltle Seetetary M the
Tram -men's 1'nion, stated that ha
brut bol nn Interview with the de-
twttse:l on tine they before Itis death,
when he (the deceased) spoke hope•
fully of to pronpets of the mot•e-
hnent, and wrote !tin out a cheque
for tern guineas for his union, De.
renwel proamised to speck at a meet•
big called for it quarter pant 7 a.
m, the &text tiny.
Mr. E (ward Wimp, of the Soot -
lane Yard Deteettve Department,
snit that the lettere and paper* oN
the decerteed threw no light upon
the manner of his death, and they
tweed le handed back to the tam•
Ile. His ,tgtartmett inti not form-
es Huy theory on the subject,
(To be Continued.)
IN OTTAWA TILLBY.
Reuben Draper, of Bristol, P. Q,
Reports That Re ie Cured of
Gravel by Dodd's Kidney
Pills,
Passed a Large Stone One Week Atter
Commencing Dodd's Kidney Puls—
Now Completety Free From This
Trouble—Recontntends Dledd's
Kidney Plile to All Sufenn
Front Bladder Complaints.
Bristol, P. Q., Jan, 15.—The people
ort the Quebec side of the Ottawa
River etre fully alive to the boon they
leave In Dodd's Kidney !'Ills, ea Is wit•
tieteed by tote largo number who are
publlely testifying to the merit, of
Do.fd'; Kidney Pills ht the press, One
of those le Mr. Reubten Draper, of
Clarendon, near here,
Mr. !!raper wns troubled with that
paluful and daungerous bladder om-
piuhtt known as gravel. Dodd't Kid-
ney I'111s cure Gravel, and where 10
Is remembered that a surgical opera-
t'onn was formerly the only means of
needling this disearse, the value of
Deed's Kidney Ptiie is apparent.
Deld's Kidney Pills were recommended
to AIr. Draper, and he tried them,
with complete success, as the follow•
ing letter will show :
Jan. 8, 1900.
Dolls Metltclne Co.,
Oentlemen,—About three years eggoo
I was taken 111 with wltatt I thought
was gravel. I wars su(fering great
pain, go I went for a doctor, He
gave me sone nledb•tne and said ile
would call ngnin. He came twice
more and charged the fifteen dollars,
I waa a little better but nut well,
A short time after I loud another at-
tack, so 1 tried another doctor with
about the runic result, only I was
getting walker all the time, Then a
man advised me to try Dotld's Kid-
ney- lilts, fur he mild they had cured
hie mother. �0 1 thought I would
fry then!, and in 'joist one week I
!1weed n atone ae large ru a email
Ivan, Had in four days after I passed
another, about this size of a grain
of ixtrley, This gave me great re•
lief and I twnuneneed to feel tetter
t ill tie gain strength.
Ttttt is two years ago, and; I ist'e
not had any trouble that way
wince. I have the stone.& still In my
iiossesslon, and can show them to
anyone who doubts thus story. ilofr-
ing tlhle may be of some benefit to
someone mitering as 1 5 d, 1 hm youre
truly, Il uton Draper.
MAKINN SCRAWNY NECKS.
High ('ollars Spoil Beauty, Saya the
intone.
'Arliods nesert tllst the h'.gh rol-
Inrs worn by young women have des.
troyed the pose of the head and the
lutes of the neck, An artist who has
'Mediar! tho originals of the old mas-
te.rs for years says the human form
hub trot only guttered by the use of
unnatural collars, but that many of
the most beautiful fuss have been
lost through their influence.
'Wearing a stiff, high neckband will
change the pose of the head to a mark-
ed degree, Had this habit, continued
throe h many' years causes import-
ant oraagea in tie muscles o1 the
neck, whop soon become permanent.
From an artistic standpoint there has
been n considerable 'flange in c 11e
ideal of feminine beauty during *-
rent yearn, end n oampaniwut of paint•
legs of women by old ma is' s and by
modern. artists shows n ,nrprialag
difference, ne tar es Ih,' neck iA aM•
cerate l
bn old paintings: t h.e ease of the
head is perfectly tt tare! and oe.
ful, and the linea of the Seck are
rout! and In gr,u•rfu1 curve*. IIe•*sod•
erns studies ul' w"men'a tfgttre tae
curves of t it' t vtk and *50111ders hove
almost disc pp'vired.
7'ht rff,--t of oke high collar to fre-
quently Icttrtfut freta he healthpoi,nt
of . e,w. +1 very high' band about the
leeek tends to strain tbse mueole. and,
lac dentallyy, the cords of the neck
arra eltoulder . It the collar be very
h. gh da froaf tt we] lanpede the r,:T-
,•ulatlon, an'd Ia time result In head-
aches and bervoub strain. 11 i. also
thought that high and stiff neck
bands are responadble, by impeding
olrculalionn, fon much of the bad sight
of Che present day.
Oounod'e host Opera.
Few people are aware that Gounorl
ones, In it moment of auger, tore up
tie manuscriprt of an opera he lad
compoeed, and, though he afterward
repented of )tie action• Ile was finite
unable to recall Ife melodies, Ibourund's
op'ra "Foust" wan nearly bot to the
world b; the religious scruple. of t e
great composer. About the time he
wrote it lie determined henceforth
only to write sacred music, but, hap -
pity for posterity, he thought bet.
ter of hie resolution.
Near Cape Horn a quantity of Doke
has been seen floating, and It le feared
the Matterhorn and Rel]ance and
.hip Annie Thomas, on all ot wbteh
reinsurance hart been offend, here
been Tat.
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