SYNOPSIS OF PARTS 1 & 2.

Lake County Press, Issue 2116, 3 May 1906, Page 2

SYNOPSIS OF PARTS 1 & 2.

Jmio Hanibley finds herself in London, hi«r means all but exhausted and starvation threatening her and her only companion—her little sister Nora. She is wondering- how she can keep the wolf from the door when she sees an advertis'inent emulating from a big firm of private enquiry agents. Why not be a lady detective she asks herself ? At first the work seems repulsive, but at length the feeling of necessity conquers her prejudice, and she calls at the (inn's office. Much to her surprise, she is engaged, and at once entrusted with an important case—Lady Farrell, of 11 Cumberland-square, has been defrauded of three thousand pounds, and I his is the mystery which Jane is sel to solve. Assuming the name of .Julia Hamilton, she takes up her residence in the Farrell household as a "poor relation." It seems that Lady Kartell had sent her nephew—a wild young fellow—a cheque for one thousand pounds. which had been altered and cashed for four thousand pounds. Lady Fan-ell believes her nephew to be guilty of forgery, and while she and -lane are discussing the matter, the nephew walks in and the lady detective recognises him as Frank Moscley, an old friend, for whom she still feels affection. The situation is embarrassing, and .lane is loth to believe Frank guilty of the crime. She subsequent l.v questions him regarding Lady Farrell's generosity but their conversation is interrupted h.\ the entry of Miss Troup, her ladyship's companion, whose manner suggests suspicions. Having arranged lot' her sister's welfare at school, .lane resumes the case and plays ibe spy upon Frank and Miss Troup. JAPS MAYK oI.hFST DIAP.Y IOXTANT. The oldest diiirv in existence is said to be that preserved in the Japanese family of 110/.aka. It has heen dul,\ maintained by the various heads of the family for four centuries. What inarvell'ous matter must the present 110/.aka be recording! An Knglish commentator notes that aboul twenty years ago a dispute over precedence arose between two branches of the family, and that this was promptly settled by recourse to the diary and the discovery of the record of a dinner given two or three hundred years ago by the head of the family to the founder of the side line. It seems the rule for the Jap. soldier to keep a diary, and each night when march has ceased, you see hundreds of men lying on the ground around the camp fires, writing the daily record for their children's children to read.