, 1892-02-24

$4,000. What was to be done ? Three per
sons were acquainted with The secret draw
or besides herself; her husband, Engleha,t.
and Ethel Elliot. Two of these were h l..
sBOst intimate friends, the other her husband.
.MhOm waA she to SuNpectf A horrible
thought crossed her mind. Her husband
had often asked her to put an end to their
embarrassed circumstances by selling some
0fthNjtwelry. Could he have antic pated
.lier2 She did not for one moment suspect
Ethel or Englehart. Cltatly it must be hnr
huSh9nd. She wrote to him h%urrirdly. She
,aIan wrote to Ethel, telling her Of tile loss
of her diamonds, and Ethel replied by sym.
Isatilizing with her loss. Major Hargreaves
GAuae to London, and the police began il
search. Circulars were srni OUT to jewelers.
describing the earrings. Every effort was
made to discover them. At length "a note
MAN received from MrsSrS. Sphinx & Sous,
jewelers., saying that they thought they had
the missing treasure.
The Maj IT ana his friend Englth trt callel
there and found the pearls Nj. Sphinx said
that Ola Feb. Is "a lady had called aud sold
them for $50 pounds. He described her a.
atall, dark-haired young woman, with brau-
tital teeth, . description which made the
two men stSrt, for it strongly tailed with
Ethsls appearance. The lady, said Nj.
GpiHAs 0du gwen u0E uaulC dll auttfeSS as
Mrs. Alice Price, II hyde Parh Gardens.
Re referred to the directory, an told her
that no such name was given at that al.
dress. She replied vita perfect composure,
'POh, l am only visiting there. [ live at
Radcliffe Hall, Bradford" She then went
away with the check. Atlay or two Later
she returned aud got the check m ,rkp,i, ~
she wishAd, she said, to obtain cash for it,
The check Was dra Hu on the bank of Glvn,
Mills & 90. The Major and Mr. Englehart
~ent ut once to the bank. Thy said that
lady had come there, cashed the check on
Messrs. Spink & Sou, receiving a bag Of
geld which sue took away with her. The
g0d weighed nine pounds.
Suspicion began to close more aul IA ira
around Miss Elliot. The M"jor had all along
thought that she was the guilty person. The
Gbame, Radcliffe Hail. convinced him. 1t
WAS that of "A man they had all known before.
Baga~hSrt told Ethel's brother, Hugh, #
this suspicious entertained against his sis
ter. He WAS indignant and dem tndrd thar
the clerks of MessIs. Sphinx & S)n sh ,uld
Oe confronted with her. Thus was done
and they identified her with tn. wo nan
who had sold tham the jewels. She, ho -
ever, WAS Goodness itself when accused by
them. Capt. Osborne wl< informed of tho
suspicion against Ethel, his intended b lie.
He refused TO credit the story. Mtuy
stormy scoiies ensued; threats were made,
followed by counter threats. Ethe.'s com-
Isosure hooked so much like iun1Ge zee that
sRAny'bagAn to believe in her StItem 3ntS.
Major Hargreaves threatened to arrest her
ON her wedding day ifsht married the cap
tain. So the wedding was pul off, AMI on
the morrow of the day previously appointed
Ethel became Mrs. O>0 rne. Son after TIL
wedding Capt. Osborne announced that ho
WAS about to bring an action To- libel
agsiust Major anil Ms. HargreaveS. Tue
trial came mp on Dec Is, Sir Oh IrieS Russell
representing Mrs. Osborne, aud S' Edward
Clarke appearing on the b half of the de.
Pendants, Major aud Mrs. H4rgreaves. at
6rst the case went entirely in Mrs. Osborue's
favor. She could give a thorough account
as TO how she had speut her time from Feb.
10 to Feb. %. Under the fire of Sir E iward
Ciayke's cross.examination she renamed
cool and collected. Her side began to be
triumphant.
Mrs. Osborne's vessel was wrecked III
port. "A mysterious note was received by
the presiding Judge, Justice Dennam. 1t
Was from Messrs. Benjanil, merch suts
at Ulster House, CONDUIT street. They
said that i young woman had asked them
10 give Der notes for gold. aMminting to the
very sam rscsived by Mrs. OSborne. She
was directed to the National Proviacial
Rank Ar f1,a hank fhp datAcfi vas took the