Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-09-30

account. A dispenser mixed n preserip-
ton wrongly, and dosed patient with
hall an ounce of arsenic instead of half
an ounce of cream of tartar. The sub
sequent inquest gave the doctor enough
10 90, and the first paper he had leisure
10 peruse contained bare reference TO
the Diamond Mystery" as revealing no
further developments. He passed the
paragraph unread
The remaining uncertain element CEN
tered IN old O'Brien, the pensioner Now
IL chanced that the treasury had discov-
cred that by clerical mistake in war
rant, the old man had been drawing two
pence day IN excess of his rightful PEN
sion Tor thlrtythree years. Some humor-
lst III Whitehall thereupon sent him
demand for fl03 los. and the member
of the Whitechapel division was com
PEELED to adopt stern tactics in the house
before the matter was adjusted. and
OBrien was allowed to receive the re-
duced quarterly stipend then due. Dur
ing that awful crisis the poor. old fellow
hardly ate or slept. Even when it had
ended, the notion remained firmly fixed
in his mind that the "murdherin govern
ment had robbed him of hundred gowl-
den sovereigns, an more"
As for newspapers, the only item he
read during many days was the question
addressed by his "mimber" to the chan
cellor Of the eXGhequer and the brief re-
ply thereto, both of which We're fixed be-
forehand by mutual arrangement.
In one instance the name given and
atterward repudiated by the boy did at
tract some attention. On the Monday
following the remand, lady sat at
breakfast in select West End hotel,
and languidly perused the record of the
case until her eye caught the words
Philip Morland." Then her air of deli
cate hauteur vanished, and she left her
breakfast untouched until, with hawk
like eurving of neck and nervous clutch
ing of hands, she had read every line of
the police court romance. She was tall
thin, artocratic looking woman, with eyes
set too closely together, a curved nose
like the beak of bird of prey, and hands
covered with a leatherv skin suggesting
talons. Her attire and pose were elegant,
but she did not seem to be pleasant sort
OF person Her lips parted in vinegary
smile as she read. She evidently did not
believe one word of the newspaper report
in so far as the diamonds were concerned.
"A vulgar swindle!" she murmured to
herself How is it possible for police
magistrate to be taken in in such man
ner! l suppose the Jew person knows
more about 1T than appears on the sur
face. But how came the boy to give that
name? 1t is sufficiently uncommon to be
remarkable. How stupid it was of Julie
to mlslay my dressing case. 1t would be
really interesting to know what has be-
come of those people, and now / may
have to leave town before ] can find out"
How much further her disiointed conf
ments might have gone 1T is impossible
to say, but at that moment a French
maid entered the room and gazed inquir-
mgly around the various small tables
with which it was filed. At last she
found the lady, who was breakfasting
alone, and sped swiftly toward her.
Il am so glad, milady," she said, speak
ing in French "The bag has found itself
at the police station. The cabman
brought it there, and, if you please,
milady, as the value was given as GS,
he claimed a reward of Ell.
(which you will pay yourself. You
lost the bag" was the curt reply. where
lis it,"
The maids voice was somewhat fearful
as she answered.
I'm milady's room. I paid the SOW
ereigh."5 !. a
Her 1adyship rose and glided gracefully
toward the deer, followed by the maid.
who whispered Ito a French waiter-bow
ing moss. aafefeentially to the guest as he
held the ,door open-that her mistress
was a cat. He confided his own opinion
that her ladyship was noiy pig, and the
two passed along corridor
Lady Morland hastily tore open the
recovered dressing case, and consulted an
address book.
ooh here it is" she cried, triumphant
ly. Number three. Johnsons News,
Mile End road, T. What horrid smell
ing place. However, Messrs. Sharpe &
Smith will now be able to obtain some
definite intelligence for me. Julie! My
carriage in ten minutes"
Thus it happened that during the aft
ernoon, dapper little clerk descended
from an omnibus in the neighborhood nf
Johnson's News, and began his inquiries
ms all Londoners do. by consulting po-
liceman. Certain facts were forthcoming.
"A Mrs. Arson, widow, who lived in
Johnson's News? Yes. think a woman
OF that name dled few weeks ago. /
remember seeing a funeral leave the
news. | don't know anything about the
boy. Sometimes, when | pass through
there at night, ! have seen light in the
house. However, here it is. Let's have
a look at it."
The pair entered the news and APP
preached the deserted house. The So
licitor's clerk knocked and then tried the
door; it was locked. They both went to
the window and looked in Had Philip
hanged himself, as he intended. thev
would have been somewhat surprised bv
the spectacle that would have met their
eyes. As it was. they only saw small
room of utmost wretchedness, with a
mattress lying on the floor in front Of
the fireplace. An empty tin and bundle
of old letters rested on ricketv chair.
and piece Of sacking was thrust through
| two broken panes in the small window