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(Continued from Page 2) Defendant: My hands wore tied behind me.

Corroborative eridence was given by the tenant of 33, Jacob Sassoon Streek, who said her attention was first attracted by a soul as if the dour of 38 (which was directly opposite hers) was receiving a violent shaking, and by groans of a person in Na 3 Knowing that defendant was ia ber house she call. ed out her name and enquired it she was suffering from toothache. Receiving no reply she became suspicious and blew a police whistle on the verandak

A bed

A description of the complainant's house as the police found it after the rubbery was given to the Court by Inspector Murphy---ktäáning and refusing to answer questions defendant squatted near in the front portion of the premises. On defendant's bed witness found of a rattan basket the contents which (clothing) did not appear to hare been disturbed: in fact they were quite tidy. The lock of the basket was also found on the bed. The clothing and other articles kepa in the camphor wood box and the wardrobe were also not deranged. In the kitchen the Inspector dis covered a shoemaker's knife. De fendant's version of the robbery, which she told to witness just be. fore he left the house, was that at

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pm. when she went out she was never been in bed at all. We honest and trusted; we are brave, keized on the stairs landing by algot up after 10. as the sea and inspire conrage, and we are man who pushed her into the bouse was still, and 1 went to have cultivated and clean. If you went and anally into the kitchen where a big bath of bot sal; water to flatter a Frenchman or an he tied and gazzed her. After she with a strong smell in it of oily Austrian, you have only to say had been bourd she noticed a man steam. I had a foot-pan of fresh standing at the kitchen door, arm water to soap with. The screw ed with a reviver and a dagger. below the bath made me feel as

if I had inside The two rolbers left her in the kitchen to ransack, the house. Hall mentioning.

worth

We all went on deck, where I an hour later she managed to creeptried to read, but the wind was

make out from the kitchen and to bass jost

to enough

this

you took him for an Englishman. We women get our taste in clothes from Paris, but the French and Austrians get thair clothes in Londoc, and their tastes in sport from us. We might do well to copy the manners of the Austrians or Arabs, and imitate the Franch in their enunciation and cooking of vegetables.

the stairs door to attract attention tiresome, and whichever side I An examination was made by the chose to sit on was smutty, so I Inspector of defendant's hands and walked up and down and looked Beyond this. I never saw & feet and an impression of a string at the other people-s tiresome į country that did not tempt me to There lot of faces of the type on sees at say." Thank God I am English," was found on her wrists. were no marks on her ankles or in stations or table d'énde or in the for a religion that did not make her mouth. A piece of Erewood English churches abroad-one me pray for others and bless my

nice-looking 30. Captain God. with which defendant was said to Martyr. in the Egyptian army, have been gazzed was also examin

and rather a pretts, airified ed but no teeth marks could be American woman with a chal- found.

lenging walk and complacent

At this stage the case was ad face. burned until this afternoon.

MRS. ASQUITH'S SECOND DIARY,

Vivacious Stories of Her Travels.

Recently we gave some ex- tracts from Mrs. Asquith's new volume of Reminiscences. following are further passages.] Rormo. Nov. 19, 1891.

After walking up and down with papa I went to my cabin and wrote this diary, sitting on a low box, and putting my ink and paper on the bed, a shrill draught all round me, and the throb of the ecgines underneath.

MILNER AND BALFOUR.

Alexandria, Nov. 26.

I found three letters for me from Sir Al West, Mr. Asquith, The and Mr. Milner.

Cairo, Nov. 27. Mr. Milner called and took us

་ ་ A DONKEY WHICH FELL

Nile, of Assiout, Dec. 3. Woke up, feeling dull. Wrote letters to England. We stopped and went on land to see the small tombs. My donkey, odions brute! fell twice. I slipped off successfully each time on to my toes.

Dec. 5.

No letters! How slander one's hold upon one's friends is! One makes as much impression on people as a fly on a ban. When I read of Parcell or Lassalle or smaller men who have arrested attention, I feel full of envy, and wish I had been born a m.

In the evening an old reverend

to

me that

after a heavy fall he had lost his memory. He danced foolishly. but actively,

Dec. 6

I went to see Lord Dufferin, to a mosque at 10.3. I like to gentleman challenged me

with him. 1 always and was much struck with the talk to him, though he makes me dance hideous taste of the Embassy and feel a little too dependent on in-thought he was a little touched in the beauty of the garden. I had formation to talk really well. his head, and he told a nice talk with Lord Dufferit. Arthur Balfour nas precisely the He advised me to marry; said opposite effect. was too nice to be alone, and tool The fact is. I do not know clever not to be helping some enough, and all the "imaginative ruan. He begged me not to be insight in the world will no led away by personal attraction, serve instead of knowledge to 80 and said respect was the first out of 100 people. thing and love the second.

1 tok the opportunity to buy He is very wise, but like all some Arab silky cottons for my deaf people, pretends to hear, and maid to make me a shirt. I took has lost much of his social ectat my dragoman, whose face re- and reply in general conversation.minded me of my groom, Frost: then drove along the rather darker in colour than the Appian Wey, and saw the Cam-regular Egyptian; very clean and pagna and the Catacombs I knew well dressed. He bargained for I could not escape the latter.me, and said I was so fine and hough I hoped a cold in my kind because I smile at they, objectively and a little grayly. bead would protect me. I am not natives, and they all loved me- noch of a tourist but, after all, it which was a sort of blarney. # better to see everything.

A TRYING FATHER.

We

or prick my fingers

It is not acaution, but accuracy

I hardly realized it was Sunday, but read the morning Psalms in Laura's Prayer Book. and wondered if God did much for me. Hated myself for feeling so bored and depressed.

Felt happy at thinking of my advancement-Arthur friends" Balfour and George Curzon.

Read quotation out of M. Filou's article on J. Morley. He looks at life from a height, quiet-

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His philosophy steps in between him and political power. He took me to a scent ship, and lacks faith. There is thin veil the man, squatting, as they all do between his principles and his Nov. 20.

here in their open booths, begged personality. One knows-without There are disadvantages as well me to sit down. It was like a asking why that he will never 19 advantages in being a sensitive little stage, and I sat where the be Prime Minister,

A PRETTY TRIBUTE. to form and beauty as`I am. Want footlights ought to have come,

Luxor, Dec. 7. of grace influences my opinion of and dangled my feet over a raised

Mr. Harria, my nice ex-railway people, and nervous clumsiness edge. He opened veral big nakes me cold, with impatience. bottles, and taking my hand. director took papa and me across I am fairly quick myself, but I turned my sleeve down, and to the hotel to see if there were lon't think I upset things or trip rubbed my wrist with pungent any letters. We walked through in carpets, or waste a packet of smell of violets and syrup, and the garden and the old gentleman catches before lighting a candle then kissed my wrist with infinite stopped and, picking me a pink rose, said, "I know a genuine r& cigarette, or spill champagas, grace.

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extraordinary old to flatter. Young lady, you sad scrupulosity. Paps tries me fascination galloping silently are charming." very bigbly with lunch in the along the desert feeling of I found 18 letters, three of rain and at all meals as he is so warm, still desolution. The palm which were quite incomprehen- asty; he drops his pear upon the trees thrust their copper lances sible to me from Mary Draw:} railway Boor, and coffee on bis into the sky, and burst into green "Risking mischief-making,

*s they get near the sun.

cannot resist this enclosure (I clothes.

ARMY OF OCCUPATION.. We all dined together, and I The citadel looked like the need hardly say there was no felt vexed at the stupidity of roy

The American authorities have from Mr.notified the Allies of the approach- quarrelled with H. Cust over background of a religious picture, enclosure); but if you can go and friends, but proceeded to devour Victor Hugo. We are on the de-with a pink and lilac setting, each see him, you will soon be on the charming letters

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An is I have no motion whatever! Wilde-dedicating a story to me, in the forces in the US. occupied iterature, as he thinks me a fool, like the facets of a jewel

The Star Child "one from [area. The cost of the French, and this is irritating, but he takes occasional camel and group of at once wrote to ask.. 10thing really seriously-above Bedouins slipped noiselessly past, all, his friends. He is seriously and I felt as if I had intruded regret having sent you my letter. des Deux Mondes"; and one from forces of occupation now amoun

Why can I not trust you? You're Mr. Algernon Wart, sending me to 375,000,000 gold marks. Floria in love, but does not love seriously. Jupon the Old Testament.

Dec, 2

in nothing but haste--ELord Rosebery's "Pitt," which I are being made to reduce this come Having never heard from E, I read into the night and early to Germany to 240,000,000 - zala Our stewardess came in at 7.40] I never go abroad without feel- with tea, and I felt as if I hadling pride in my country. We are could not understand this, and morning.

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