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telegraphed for, and the train went Of
its way again.

that b did not know Colonel Baker
v e by sight; that the train had hardly
left Woking when he entered into con.
versation with her; that her short "a
plies had no effect, but that in spite az
her GOODNESS his manner became mora
familiar and his language improper.
his actions eliminating in his
stopping down and grasping her by n
OF her ankles; hat therupon she jumped
up and tried to set the alarm in motion.
but being intercepted by Colonel Baker.
and not knowing what else to do, she
sprang to the door, burst it open. and
swung herself out upon the steps, the
train going at the rate of forty miles an
hour; that Colonel Baker sprang after
her, and unable to draw her back
into the compartment, held her firmly
from falling, as she might otherwise
have done. In reply, Colonel Baker
had not q word to say, except
to give an absolute denial TO the whole
story or ut least Miss Dickin-
sons version of it. The af-
fair happening during the height of the
London season, and Colonel Baker being
so prominent u member of society,
the CONSERVATION it created in all quar-
tiers can be imagined. Many people
simply wouldn't believe it, and Miss
Dickinson was sharply criticised, by
women especially. No young lady ev-
er travels by train alone in England
at least, no parent who has his daught-
er's safety at heart would permit her to
do so-and that was advanced as ex-
cuse enough for whatever happened.
But at length at the Croydon Assizes,
before MI. Justice Tnsh of the Qraen's
Bench, Colonel Baker was I'll IHor
criminal assault, and Miss Dickinson re-
peated lei tale under oath. Naturally,
in a case of the kind, a woman, ifshe be
a lady, and especially if she be pretty,
has. it all her own way. In England,
too, a man can't testify in his
own behalf, and the stunning
beauty of Miss Dickinson cap
tured every heart. What We're o mans
past services to his country, or future
career, put in the balance with an IN
jured woman like that, even though her
story lacked q tenable corrobopative
circumstance to bear out her unsupport-
ed statements? Colonel Baker was. de-
Tended by Mr.. Hawkins, O.. c., the
leading criminal lawyer ut the time who
has since become q Judge of the High
Court of Justice, and 1 remember that
his defense was thought to have been
far from an able one. Among many
points missed by him was failing to lay
any stress on the fact of Baker holding
Miss Dickinson from falling. Had he
been the scoundrel she described him,
or had he any reason to expect she
would accuse him Of anything, he
would not have been so anxious to a v
from injury the only witness against
him.
However, Colonel Baker was convict
ed, and sentenced to a years imprison-
ment in Maidstone jail, and a. fine of
five hundred pounds. Untilthe lei public
opinion was, in a measure, suspended;
but upon his conviction there vast
any punishment severe enough for him;
no. degradation sufficient to show the
public d~etestation of his conduct. He
was cashiered from the army losing his
commission money-the same being the
modest sum of six Thousand pounds he
vas expelled from his clubs, and dis
graced in every way. The Queen, to
show her special resentment, sent for
Miss Dickinson to come and see her at
buckingham Palace, and commlserated
with her. In fact, she tried to makesa
heroine Of her. But she coundnt make
that go. If people were down upon
Baker, they had a lingering, admiration
for him that made them dislike the cause
Of his downfall. And besides, there
We're people who knew Miss. Dickinson
pretty we'll, and though Colonel
Baker, neither at the. trial nor
in any public manner, ever
said q word to iniure her.. it somehow
got whispered about thatSshe had given
more encouragement to- his. advances
than were in keeping with modesty, and
that the anklegrasping episode had been
q rather natural result of .a.reauest from
her to button her boot. So, altogether,
though she succeeded in running Valen-
tine Baker, she pretty ~effectually ruined
herself into the bargain. There is one
thing that ] have heard. and L give it
for what it is worth: It has. been said
that Colonel Baker got into. q rather
similar scrape in India once. The
prince Of Wales stoodh his friendthrough
the hole trouble, but when it was over
he could do no more. He. went to
Bakers cell before his. term Of oonfine-
ment began, and babe him goodbye,
and that was the last of him asa GENTLE
man.
Baker underwent his sentence like q
stole, and upon its. termination left
England and offered his services to
Turkey. The war of1S76, With Russia,
was just on, and the Sultan was only
too glad to get such o man. He was
male pasha and given the command Of
the cavalry, and from that day to the
present Valentine Bakerhas been in the
Sultan's service. He introduced yari-
GUS reforms, and improved the Turkish
army in o way and with q rpidity that
has excited the admiration Of Europe.
When Suleiman Pasha was defeated he
covered his retreat in q mastery man
ner, and with twenty-five hundred mon
kept thirty Thousand Russians in check.
Since then his advice npon Eastern sub
jects has been eagerly sought by the
British government. His recent labors
III Egypt are too we'll known to require
comment. A man who can do such
things in the face Of what would crush
most men must necessarily win
beings, and especially Of
his countrymen. Areactiofs in popular
feeling long since set in, and now il has
eliminated iE q pronounced movement
in favor Of his being reinstated in the
army. Naturally there 10 considerable
opposition, In the main it may be said
to come from officers inferior TO him In.
eyeryway, who fear his superior ability.
The Prince Of Wales is working hardss
but the Queen, true to her obstinate
prejudices, SO far remaines obdnfate.
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