The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-17

q very serious bIunder. you've made
precious bad mess of IT. You've got
youya o got s tito sns ONE wh hso
You We're u deal too smart with your
4 sworn information. We've made in.
4 auiries about this gentleman. and ".
IL Perfectly correct. j. Ills iis' na M IS Poi.
perro; he's well known art critic
and collector of pictures. employed
SDr0ud sy .he art gallery s.
Kcnsington museum. and he's a c. I,
aud LII. D.. very higly respected.
You've made a sad mistake. that.
10 answer charge OF false imprison.
ment, in which fear you have also In.
VOWED our own department"
Charles gassped with horror. "Yoa
those abso.rd rcpresentations. Yot
as you did that murdercr fellow"
the Lf ssp nm s s1e through only ss m nna
Fortunately. He's in 1 the court slt there ere
asanst yon oth ana Ie ware
hero TO protect you II he should hap
pen to fall upon sou. He's been lock-
fidavita and naturally enough, he's
4 mad with anger
IT {. YOU haven't let him 50; I'm salts
for ennnins Wssra + he. Let i ma
4 sec him.
We went into the court. There we
in the most excited way With the the. mag
!strate trho. II seems was a personal
friend of hisl. and Charles at once
pcrro turned round and siare;i at him
through his pince-nez.
The only possibly, explanation OF
sreabe hs aaa lis aa that he lie
must be mad-and his secretary equal
~ so; He made my acquaintance. nn-
asked, on a. glass seat on tlle Kings
1.ewes; volunteered TO buy valuable
picture OF me, and then. at the last
charge on this silly and preposterou.
summons for. false imprisonment"
that the fables were Z turned an u BS de-.
greeS Il came out that we had made
2 mistake. Dir. Polperro, vas really
i turc, we found out. was tho real liaria
i Nanrsnen. and genuine Rembrandt
eieaning and nd ressoring a, he su US.
4 picions Dealers. Sir j, II. Tomlinson
had been imposed upon and cheated
though also an undoubtod Rembrandt
4 was not the Maria and was All infe-
rior specimen 10 bad preservation.
turned out 'h 10 BE- an vi ignorant. ssf.sur
lfc!enti quack The Maria. however, was
valued by other experts at no more than
5000 or 5000 guiaens. Charles wanted
i to cry off Ills bargain. but Dr. Polperro
naturally would not hear of it. The
agreement was a legally binding in
strunent, and what passed In Charles's
with tho written contract. Our adyer-
lsary only consented TO forego the action
for false imprisonment on condition
TINT Charles inserted printed upology
81 ~.
pensauon for damage to character. SO
that was the end OF our well-planned
lattempt 20 arrest the s,gindler.
4 Not quite the end. however, for Of
4 course, after this the whole affair got
i by degrees into the papers. DR.. Pol
p Pc who was familiar person II
turned out. brought an action against
4 the so-called expert who had declared
/ against the genuineness of his alleged
4 Rembrandt. and convicted him Of the
4 Srossest Ignorance and Inisstatement.
4 Then paragraphs got about. The World 3
Il showed us up In II sarcastic article, and
a Truth. which has always been terribly
Iother South Africans. lad pungent
dset Of verses on High Art In kimber-
le'' by this means, as we suppose:
4 q 3ffafr became known to Colonel
iIc himself, for a week or two later
4 my brother-in-luw received cheerful
little note on scented paper from our
i persistent sharper. 1T was couched In
Ingenious little heart! And did it
t,a thEs ,, had positively caught
ready q nice little pinch of salt to put
upon his tail? And is IT true Its re-
;Speeted name Is Sir simple Slnlon2 How
near 81 we have ay laughed; White Heath;
white Heather into your house for six
mont to instruct you II the Agreeable
charming naiveta quito moves our envy
i So you actually Imagined il man of my
brains would .condeseend TO anything 50
ibare Old Mnster deception! AnaSthIs is
1.-THE nineteenth century! D. sancta sins
|nlicltas! When saEaii! shall such. In
fnntile tpanIs ,r ba mine When,
4 Though you didn't catch me. we shall
4 Phllippi. Yours, Will. the profoundest
H..sAN,roNIo HERRERA,
"otherwise8R Richard laeploe i,rabazon,'.'
Charles laid DC tho letter with
asep dr ai9d sigh ano ssy my hoy,h
mot even nlinG--cnn so on standing 1t. 1
|; These perpetnal drains begin really, 70
TER * fSreaes The end shall
money, he rohs me ofeWhen ha Is Co.'s
onel Clay and the money waste upon
him when. he isn't Colonel Clay,atha
i Ildltl blOtlItlA IeT-&
vous sy stem. shall Withdraw alto
gather from this worrying life. II shall
:ret!re from n scllamlng and polluted
world ITO some untninted spot in the
| fresh, pure mountains.
/ You must need rest and change.
4 said, when you talk like that, Let
us try the ryrol'
Her Age. s$s
low old is your daughter? Quita
| a young lady, isn't she?"
NSha lust passed. her 18th nlntura