rd at the bit of torn lace and the br

to; for me-and probably for most men-two pieces of lace are very much the sam

re?

imming of a mantle worn by

ut each had a very different note; in the Judge it was deep interest, in the detect

n the journey?" co

hat I ca

you must be able to tell us. We insist on being to

elling cloak-an ulster, as we call them. The jacket with those bead ornaments may have bee

. Flo?on, "The searcher did n

ied. "Here, at least, is direct evidence as to the bead

o the General, "these beads were found in the compartment

does not bear upon what we were consideri

y n

g this particular compartment,-at any previous time,-it is highl

Quadling were

evidence I do not kno

s get there? They were h

e she had given the mantle away-to her maid, for instance;

theory. This maid-she has not as yet

so without delay. She is to my min

her-spok

in the Via Margutta, and I nodded to

ney-you spoke to

uld not help it, and perhaps I ought to tell her mistress. S

r inst

the buffet at the bar; and that Italian, the man who was in here be

he maid might be of

constantly in and out of the car, and more or

ress, the Countess,

l laughed

h their maids. They say no man is a hero to his va

cious emphasis, "that now the maid has disappeared lest she

red? You

found, that i

vehemence that the officials were startled out of their dignified reserve, and shouted

ffee; I with the rest. I was one of the first to finish, and I strolled back to the platform to get a few whiffs of a cigarette. At that moment I saw, or thought I saw, the end of a skirt disapp

at through which you ha

in had gone on. By this time every one but myself had returned to his berth, and I was on the point of lying down again

one with ber

ntess. Not only was the handle tu

not the

ow it, at the end of the car,-sound

e out of the vac

ame skirt, just the hem of it, a black skirt, sway forward beyond the d

from this? Or did you

were approaching Paris, and I had heard from the Countess that the porter had made many diffi

adily admitted, with a s

tess who had rung the alarm-bell, in order to allow of

e one-presumably this woman-got off the ca

r it was or could be so, I must

t like that? Bah! Tell

the exterior of the car, dear

, there is no foot-board. Only an acrobat could succeed in thus escaping, an

rked Sir Charles. "I have looked out of the window of my compartmen

ourselves," said the d

to the car, when the policeman on guard appeared at the door, followed close by an English military officer i

ed the General, quickly going forward to

n official function, as you see, but his Excellency

h many apologies for his intrusion, suggested that they should allow his frien

r disposal, and will appear whenever called upon." He ret

o see the end of this. But my brother? He must get home for next Sunday's duty. He has n

hese proposals, and two more of the detained pas

the car, which still remained as

how just were the G