Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27

the task proved an easy one enough, as
the light Of the room was suitable, and the
dark lines of cutie ink upon Augustus
snowy skin would, the man said, come out
perfectly in the photograph. So he took
two or three shots at her back and then
departed, saying that he would bring a
Hfe-sized reproduction to be filed in the
Registry in couple of days.
And after that the learned Registrar also
shook hands with them, and said that he
need detain them no longer, as he now felt
justified in allowing Augusta out Of his
custody.
And so they departed, glad to have got
over the first step so pleasantly.
CHAPTER SIMULTANEOUSLY FLIES.
OF course, Augusta s story, so far as it
was publicly known, had created no small
stir, which was considerably emphasized
when pictures of her appeared in the illus
trated papers, and It was discovered that
she was young and charming But the
excitement, great as it was, was as moth
ing compared to that which arose when
the first whispers of the tale of the will
which was tattooed upon her shoulders,
began to get out. Paragraphs and stories
about this will appeared in the papers,
On the fourth day, however, after she
had been photographed for the purposes
of the Registry, things came to a climax
1t so happened that on that morning Lady
HOlmhurst asked Augusta to go to a GER
tain shop in Regent Street to get some
lace which she required to trim her wild
owls dresses, and accordingly at about
half-past twelve O'Clock she started, ac-
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as they shut the front door of the House
in HanOver-square she noticed two or three
doubtful-looking men who were lettering
about, and who instantly followed them
staring at her with all their eyes. She
made her way along, however, without
taking any notice until she got to Regent
street, by which time there were quite a
score OF people walking after her whisper
ing eXcitedlY to each other In Regent
street itself, the first thing that she saw
was man selling photographs Evidently
he was doing roaring trade, for there
was a considerable crowd round him, and
he was shouting something which she
could not catch. Presently a gentleman
who had bought one of the photographs
stopped just in front of her to look at it,
and as he was short and Augusta was tall,
second started back with an indignant ex-
clamation. No wOnderl for the photo
graph was one of herself as she had been
taken in the low dress in the Registry
There was no mistake about it-there was
the picture OF the viii ttattttooed right across
her shoulders
Nor did her troubles end there, for at
that moment a man came bawling down
the street carrying a number of the first
edition of an evening paper
Description and picture Of the back OF
the lovely Jerome of the Cockatoo," he
yelled, with the will tattooed upon it'll
Taken from the original photograph! Fac
smile picture!'
"Oh, dear me-" said Augusta to the
maid, 'this is really too bad. Let us go
home"
But meanwhile the crowd at her back
had gathered and increased to an extra
ordinary extent and was slowly inclosing
her in circle. The fact was, that the
man who had followed her from Hanover
square had told the others who Joined
their ranks who the lady was, and she was
now identified.
''That's her." said one man.
s'Who?" said another.
w ny, UIl0 MISS SEl1UnpTS DIS 6SCdDeu lrOm
the Kangaroo and has the will on her
back, In course.
There was howl of exultation from the
mob, and in another second the wretched
Augusta was pressed, together with the
lady's maid who began to scream with
fright, right up against a lamp-post while
g crowd of eager faces, mostly unwashed,
were pushed almost into her own. Indeed
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get glimpse of the latest curiosity, that
she began to think that she would be
thrown down and trampled under foot,
when timely relief arrived in the shape OF
two policemen and gentleman volunteer,
who managed to rescue her and the maid
and get them into a hanson cab, whicx
started for Hanover-square, pursued by &
shouting crowd of nondescript individuals.
Now, Augusta was q woman Of good
nerve and resolution; but this sort of thing
was too trying, and, accordingly, accom-
panied by Lady Holmhurst, she went off,
that very day, to some rooms in a little
riverside hotel on the Thames.
When Eustace, walking down the Strand
that afternoon, found every photograph
shop full of accurate pictures Of the shout
ders of his beloved, he was simply furious;
and, rushing to the photographer who had
taken the picture III the Registry, threat
ened him with proceedings of every sort
and kind. The man admitted outright
| that he had put the photographs upon the
market, saying that he had never stipu-
| lated not to do so, and that he could not
afford to throw away five or six hundred
pounds when chance of making it came
in his way.
I'D rf;J
| ing vengeance to consult the legal twins
AS result of this within a week Mr.
James Short made motion for an injunc-
ton against the photographer, restraining
the sale of the photographs in question on
| the ground that such sales being of copies
of document vital to a cause now pend
| ing in the Court, those copies having been
! obtained through the instrumentality of
an officer of the Court, DR.. Probate, the
sale thereof amounted to contempt, mas
| much as, if for no other reason, the pho
! tographer who obtained them became
| technically, and for that purpose only, an
| officer of the Court and had, therefore, no
| right to part with them, or any of them,
! without the leave Of the Court 1t will be
remembered that this motion gave rise to
some very delicate questions connected
! with the powers of the Court in such a
matter, and also incidentally with the law
of Photographic copyright. 1t is also
memorable for the unanimous and lumin-
Gus Judgment finally delivered by the
Lords Justices Of Appeal, whereby the sale
of the photographs was stopped, and the
| photographer was held to have been guilty
Of technical contempt. This Judgment
| contained perhaps the most searching and
| learned definition of constructive contempt