, 1892-02-24

Dennlm was SensatiOnaIly dramatic. Ethel
Osborne was discovered to be u thief. Fear
ing arrest aud trial for perjury. 'she fed to
France.
Mrs. OsbOrme's voluntary surrender TO
%justicr has revived what WAS one OF the
greatest ) 'ciety scandal Of last year. PEG
pie have by now grOwI accustomed To Nen-
%SatiOnal divorce suits. That, OF Earl and
La y Russell was highly favored and rous-
ed considerable attention. SO,5ati iA 1im-
mediate successor, that OF Miss FlorencfSt.
John and NJ MatiuS. But after all, c0nju-
gil troubles are to some extent The inhrri.
tance Of the rich. PETIT, larceny il by
tacit consent supposed t0 br p.oslliar DO,the
poor. SO when Londen snciety heard that
Mrs Osborne, a lady we'll known in high
circles, had been accused by rSlHlrgreavaa
her most intimate friend anil second couSin,'
OF stealing her jewels, excitement reached
fever heat. It disclosed a skeleton whical
is often hidden in the closets of those who
live beyond their means, and have to- resort
to subterfuge, ~trickery and frequently, as in
the present case, dishonesty, in order To
"keep up appearances" The whole story,
as developed in court, is a. follows:
Mrs. HtrgreaveS Inherited from her grand
mo- her il splendid collection Of jewels an
heirloom in the family, and worth. about
SO 5000. The old lady, however, had not
been so lavish ct her other property, and
Major and Mrs. Hargreavts had to take .
small house at TOrquay, "A lovely seaside re-
/. solt in the West Of England. Near their
house lived a certain M,.EnglehaTt, a .bache-
lor, who became their fast f,iend. Indeed, SO
fast thai, it is said, a good dealr of secret
lau hter was induIged III, somewhat at the
expense of the doughty Mhjor. Among
their other friends were he younger mem
beIs OF the Elliot family, second cousins to
the IIargreavcs. Ethel Elliot, the second
daughter, figures in this story as Mrs, Os.
borne. She inherited 100000 from her fa-
ther, who died in 1889. This was not p bad
provision, but within ayear after her~ta+
theirs death Ethel was spending the last
remains Of her inheritance, while her. tesB
fortunate brother, Hugh, had already dis-
posed of his share aud was borrowing from
his sisters. Meanwhile Ethel, a tall, band.
some brunette, had fallen desperately sAN.
love with Capt. Osborne, of the Carbiueexsy
who had a small allowances, CathOisCs tastSAl
and a large capital of debts, but neverthe.a
less a chiValrOuS man, as. subsequent events.
prove. They both used t"o"viSit the HRr.
grea yes about once a week, go ont driving
with them and in a word, We're. their best
friends. Excursions 10 picturesque spots, :
Win HUI OCN OlCntiO dOoutIOS1 .OoUCGSs -
and entertainments occupied their time aud
drowned their cares due to the res augusta :
dOmi."
Alta cricket match Mrs. Hargreaves lost,
one of her Jewels, worth about $1,000. Her
husband urged her for the fftIeth, tinley TO-
dispose of her Jewels, i'll return for, currents
coin of the rea m, Of which they stood much
more III need than articles OF adOrnment.
Mrs. HaTgreaves, however, for the 6ftieth .
time refused to acquiese in her husbands
wishes, saying that she would not aet rid
of her gIandn0tlIer's legacy at any price.
Fearing hat her jewels might SOME day be
stolen by burglars, she ordered "a secret
drawer 10 be made for them. She showed
her husband and Mi. Englehart how to
open it. Early last February, during Major
Hargreaves absence on the Continent, his
wife, who felt rattle. lonely, asked Ethel to
spend a few days with her. The TIVE women
grex more and more confidential, and one
day Mrs. HargreaveS showed Ethel how to
open This secret drawer which contained .aslla.
her treasures. She then pat her. Jewels
away, closed the drawer, and did not open
it again for some time. Miss Elliot stayed
a fortnight with her, during which time they
were always together. One Sunday Mrs.
Hargreaves had 10 20 out for two hours or
so&And left her friend at h0tne in charge of
the servants. Ethel went into her friends
bedroom and sent one of the servants to-
ma a