The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-21

conferred i'll old y Brien. Tie pe~n-ICner.
Now il chauced that the treasury had
discovered hat by u clerical mistake
In u warrant the old man had been
drawing twopence a day in excess OF
his rightful pension for thirty-three
years. Some humorist In Whitehall
thereupon sent him n demand for f1o3
and II shiIlings. and the member OF
the Whitechapel division was COM
PEELED TO adopt stern tactics In the
house before the matter was adjusted.
and O'Bricn was allowed to receive
the reduced quarterly stipend then
due. During hat awful crisis the poor
old fellow hardly ate or slept. Even
when 1t had ended the notion remain
ed firmly fixed in his mind that the
~''nurdherIn' government had robbed
him of a hundred gowlden sovereigns
an more"
As for newspapers. the only item h.
read during many days was h ques-
ton addressed by his '.mimber' 10 the
chancellor Of the e%xchequer and the
brief reply thereto, both Of which wegs
fixed beforehand by mutual arrange
ment.
In one instance the name given and
afterward repudiated by the boy did
attract some attention. On the Mon
day following the remand a lady sat
at breakfast In a select West End no.
tel and languidly perused the record OF
the case until her eye caught the
words Philip Morland.' Then her air
of delicate hauteur vanished, and she
left her breakfast untouched until.
with hawklike curving of neck and
nervous clutching OF hands. she had
read every line of the police court ro-
nance. She was a tall. thin. aristo-
cratic looking woman. with eyes set
too closely together, a curved nose Ike
the beak of u bird OF prey and hands
covered with n leathery skin suggest
ing talons. Her attire and pose were
elegant. but she did not seem to be
a pleasant sort Of person. Her lips
parted in a 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.r' she murmured
to herself. How is IL possible for a
police magistrate to be taken In In such
o manner? l suppose Isaacstein knows
more about 1t than appears on the sur
face. Blu how came the boy to give
that name? IL Is sufficiently uncom-
mon to be remarkable. How stupid IL
was Of Julie to mislay my dressing
case. 1t would be really interesting TO
know what has become OF those people.
and now I may have to leave town be-
fore I can find out"
I IYo-- r,Y,nh furs1nr her AfefDinfcT
comments might have gone II is Inn
possible to say. but at that moment a
French maid entered the room and gaz-
ed inquiringly around the various small
tables with which it was filed. At last
she found the lady. who WINS breakfast
ing alone. Inc sped swiftly toward her.
Il am so glad. milady." she said.
speaking in French. The bag has
found itself at the police station. Tie
cabman brought IL there. and, IL ron
please. milady. as the value was giyea
as ES. he cIaImed a reward OF FL"
(which you Will pay yourself. You
lost the bag" was the curt reply.
Where Is it,"
The maids voice was somewhat tear
full as she answered:
I'm milady's room. I paid the o
ereign."
Her ladyship rose and glided grace
fully toward the door, followed by the
maid, who whispered TO a French
waiter-bowing most deferentIally to
the guest as he held the oor open-that
her mistress was a cat. He confided
his own opinion that her ladyship wasa
holy pig, and the two passed along .
corridor.