IMPOSING ON KING EDWARD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 15 April 1908, Page 8

IMPOSING ON KING EDWARD.

A BOGUS COUNT FROM POLAND. One of the shrewdest and cleverest men in the discovery of frauds amd shams, writes Mr Cunliffe Owen, is King Edward. Yet even he was victimised on one memorable occasion by a most agreeable Pole, who passed' under name of Count Jaracewski, which his English friends soon translated into "Sherry and Whisky." He was a good-looking man, fair haired, with a blond moustache, small hands amd feet, clean cut featusres, and am aristocratic appearance. The only thing that was not in his favor was the shiftiness of his eyes. t, The King, or Prince of Wales, as. he was then, made his acquaintance at Paris, and when the man aiterwa-rds went to London was extremely gracious to him, finding much entertainment in his society. Being well mannered, good-looking, and apparently well off, besides being a very witty and amusing anon, he soon became a general favorite in London, where the entertainment found By Royalty in his society silenced all doubts as to birth or paTemtage. Although it was remarked that'll was, singularly fortunate at cards, the" closest scrutiny did 1 not result in Eis beuig, detected 1 in any unfair play. Every year he xtsed to disappear for about three months, under the pretext oi visiting his estates in Poland, concerning, which, however, he was very reticent. The men of the Prince's set soon became rathw jealous of' the intruder, and a word which the Count inadvertently dropped- caused' the late Lordi Hastings, who was a steward of the Jockey dub, to do some thinking. His reflections developed into a suspicion, and he suddenly ledt for the Continent. On his Mtuna he proceedefi to the Count's tooms in Dover-street, St. James, and remained^ with Jaracewski for some time. When he left his face was singularly grave, and on the following morning the landlord oi the house in DoveTsbreet brought the startling news- to Marlborough House that the Count had been found dead in his bed) as the result of an overdose of morphine. It subsequently became generally known that Jaracewski was. not a nobleman at all, but that he was merely the son of a dishonest servant, who, after being kicked out of Mb master's chateau for unlimited' .pilfering, had' set up a j a Polish usurer ••rth the proceeds of Eis pundler. He bad served' a term of imprisonment- for forgery. His excellent manners and address were owing to the- fact that the Poilsh noble- j man who had been his father's employer 1 had caused the young fellow to be educated with his; own- Boys. ' If you are troubled with Dyspepsia, ! which gives its victims no rest day and night, and causes pains in the stomach and bowels, headache, dizziness, loss of appetite, constipation, etc., take -a, course of C amberlain's Tablets. They will stimulate the liver and bowels to perform their work naturally and gently, and strengthen the digestive organs. For sale by W. X,' "Wallace, chemist, and H. R. Harrl/J, irocm.—Mvt