THE SUXDAT OREGOIA", PORTLAND, JANUARY 5, 1908. 3 fJohn Sweeney, for many years an Inspector-detective at Scotland Yard, long ago von a reputation on both sides of the At lantic. He became connected with the Eng lish police when quite young and soon earned a transfer to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, which is better known to the American public aa "Scotland Yard." The case of the Hart gems to which he was as signed is given herewith more as an exam ple of the methods pursued by English de tectives than as a specimen of Inspector Sweeney's Individual skill. The name of the nobleman has been disguised and some per missible license taken with the construction of the-story, but the main facts, though pre sented in composite form, are true, and demonstrate that Kheriock Holmes has his prototypes in real life among the profes sional police of Great Britain.) SIR WILLIAM and Lady H-art had the reputation of being the moat hospitable pair in all of Great Britain and that is saying a good deal. They bad a beautiful country seat Just outside of London, where they enter tained on a palatial scale. House par iioa were of frequent occurrence, and trie guests on such occasions included tlie best people in- England. Titles were the rule and coronets were very much in evidence. Sir William was the ruling spirit and hie constant desire was to make everyone happy. During the day outdoor sports had precedence, but in the evening there was music and cards in the handsome drawing-rooms, with the noble host acting as master of the revels. On the occasion to which the pres ent story refers Sir William and Lady Hart gave a particularly elaborate af fair. It was a seven-day house party concluding with a brilliant ball. There were come 40 guests in all, and four of them at least were related to the royal family. Probably eight or 10 of the gentlemen were accompanied by their personal valets and nearly all of the ladies were attended by their own maids. Such were the eharacter ters and ouch was the lavish manner in which the exceptional entertainment was planned. The seven days' pro gramme was carried out without a ' hitc... On the first day there was a polo game In which the guests who had brought their own smart ponies participated. On each succeeding day there was some different form of en tertainment. On the evening of thi final day It mutt have been a Friday there was a great ado over the preparations for the ball. No one was more excited than Lady Hart herself. And well might she be, for on that occasion she was to wear for the first time a mag nificent creation from Paris. Besides, she was to. deck herself out in the Hart gems. Anyone who has ever had the. pleasure of seeing these rare old fam ily heirlooms need not be told that they are both unique and costly." My lady had been busily engaged in her boudoir with her maid for over an hour. She was all ready for the ball. Everything was In place except the gems they lay- on the dressing-table ready to be fastened in Lady Hart's corsage. The clock on tho mantel pealed out seven sllvory strokes. Lady Hart looked at her maid. She was a compassionate woman. She said: "My child, you look thoroughly ex hausted. I'm through with you for the present. I can attach the Jewels to my dross without your aid. Go to your room and rest and report to me again at midnight." The girl thanked her mistress and left the room. Lady Hart gave a final survey of herself in the long pier mir ror. It was satisfactory. But the fem inine desire to get the Judgment of someone else took possession of her mind. She picked up the Jewels and was about to put them on. The large one was magnificently beautiful.- It wr a great ruby surmounted with a glittering framework of nie purest diamonds. Two others, in te form of crescents, were pure pearls. Altogeth er, they represented a modest fortune. Lady Hart hesitated for a moment. She wanted to know what another woman would think of her Parisian gown by Itself minus the prestige which would be given It by the famous gems. Lady Sutherland, her special friend, was near by in a room on the other side of tne corridor. She laid the Jewels on the dressing-table and tripped out of the room. She was gone less than five minutes. Why Admiral Evans' Men Will Not Desert ' Even the Rawest Recruit Knows Better Than to Take Chances in a South American Port. "B OB EVANS it makes him fight ing mad to be called 'Fighting Bob' always did have more luck than a blue-gummed dinge in a -crap game." remarked a man who knows a lot about the American Navy. "Granting him his aggressiveness, he ought really to be called 'Lucky Bob. He always gets a break. Things have a way of coming his way. "Take this stunt he's just embarking upon guiding the battleship fleet around to the West Coast. That In Itself Is the swellest assignment ever pulled down by an American Admiral in a time of peace, i, Of course, the job belongs to him. He's the man in line for it. But doesn't that fact In itself help to brace up my asser tionand don't imagine that I'm alone in making the assertion that Evans is one of the luckiest heavy-weather men we ever had? "But I didn't start to talk about his luck In being In line for the fat assignment. That's been pretty well fanned over al ready. What I'm thinking about particu larly as an element of hi? unfailing luck is the soft time he's going to have of it with his chips' crews on the way 'round to San Francisco. "Now ordinarily when an Admiral takes a fleet off on a distant sea hike of this character he's got to figure and docs fig ure upon a most shocking and irritating thinning out of the freshly shipped enlist ed force by desertion. Admiral Bob doesn't have to make any calculations on that at ail. He'll have his ships' compa nies for'ard right up to their full strength when the Meet pulls through the Golden Gate. Why? Simplest thing in life. Be cause he'll only touch on the cruise at South American and Central American and Mexican ports to do his fleet coaling, and nian-o'-wars-men don't jump their ship? in South or Central America or in Mexico. You can gamble they don't. Some of "em, the new ones, are pretty raw, but they knew better than to go over the sides of their ships In coun tries where busted Americanos don't even class with billygoats in popular estocm and where they've got just about as much chance to do any good for themselves as a spangled aigrette 'd have in a coke oven. "Raw ships' companies will hop ship first port they make anywhere else in the world, but nay, nay for the ship jumpers when they get into South or Central American or Mexican ports. They're too wise for that, and It they're not the oldtlmers among the enlisted flatteet will put them wise. A hopping gringo isn't anybody's baby in a Latin-American country. He's, a leper, that's what ho is or might as Lady Sutherland was In raptures over the new gown. It would surely make a sensation. Lady Hart, delighted, re turned to her room. She went in and closed the door. The next moment every one in the vicinity was startled by a series of piercing screams. Several la dies rushed to Che room of .the hostess. She explained the cause of her agitation in a few disjointed sentences: The Hart gems were gone! It would be difficult to depict the ex citement of the next few minutes. Sir William was one of the first to reach his wife's room and with masculine de cision he soon restored quiet. Whatever the fate of the gems, it must not dis turb the harmony of the occasion. Lady Hart recovered her self-possession quick ly and heartily regretted having caused any agitation among her guests. The ball would have to proceed as though nothing had happened. The music started, the grand opening waltz began, and after that Sir William quietly left his guests and got -into telephonic com munication with the London police au thorities. As the result of that, John Sweeney, detective-inspector of Scotland Yard, appeared on the scene. Sir William Joined him in the library and the two men went over all of the facts in the case. The first order of the detective was that no one should leave the house that night it was then about 10 o'clock without the permission of the host. Sir William was Inclined to demur at this suggestion. He seemed to think that it might reflect upon his hospitality. He was .finally persuaded that It was necessary, and two servants were dis-J patched to give the gatekeepers the or ders. Detective Sweeney then inquired about Lady Hart's maid. She seemed a ' nat ural object of suspicion. But it soon ap peared that the young woman had a complete alibi. It was proven that she had gone to her room immediately after being dismissed by her mistress and being very tired had thrown herself on her couch and had slept soundly amid all the excitement over the stolen Jewels. Sir William was asked to tell the detective all he knew about Ihe personality of his guests. He did so, protesting all the while. His biographical sketches, for the most part, were very flattering. There was one Impecunious earl in the party, it Is true, who was notoriously pressed for money. ' It was even hinted that he had once been detected in ungentlemanly practices at cards. Bur when the detec tive pressed the clew a little too hard, Sir William shut up like a clam, saying that of all things in the world there was nothing for which he had greater respect than genteel poverty. Finally the servants were torought in and cross-questioned. They exhibited all sorts of queer mental traits from gross stupidity to Imbecile Indignation. Tne only testimony that had the slightest value was given by a pert maid who said John Martin had been seen in the corridor leading to Lady Hart's room about the time of the robbery. "Who Is John Martin?" quickly queried the detective. ."He Is the valet and attendant of Sir Archibald Hunter," replied the host. "He must be the man!" ' Sir William smiled, sarcastically. "There's only one flaw in that theory." "What is it?" Sir Archibald and his attendant left yesterday. I forgot to mention that when we were going over the list of the guests." : Detective Sweeney's face fell. But he was pugnacious. "How can we prove that?" Sir William looked up with a sur prised glance. ''It don't have to be proven. It's a fact. I accompanied Sir Archibald to his carriage and saw him drive off, and his man was with him." "That's too bad." The host smiled.. "I think it's good for Sir Archi bald's man." , After some further talk. Sir William and the detective took a walk about the premises and made an examination of locks and bolts. They strolled into the grounds and. interviewed the two gatekeepers. The gatekeeper at the south entrance said one of the servants had brought him a message that no one' was u be permitted to leave the house that night. The servant, whom he did not recognize, then volunteered to stay on guard until he the south gatekeep er should go and give similar Instruc tions to the gatekeeper at the north entrance. He was gone but a few min- well be for any lift he'll get, except maybe the lift at the toe of a boot. There are too" many busted, beach combings greasers, anyhow, to pick up an occasional crumb to leave any room for ship-Jumping Tankee man-o'-war's men to lam for those beaches even if the greasers that have got something possessed or ever did pos sess the slightest inclination to lend an assistful hand to a down and out gringo. And they never did possess and don't possess any such feeling toward United Statesians of any class. "When a native of this country gets himself into-the position of. a beach comber in any Latin American country his plight is miserable beyond depletion. Better, far better, for a ship jumping sallorman to be combing the beach of any of the mid-Pacific or South Sea Islands. If he doesn't get much on the islands they won't run him, anyway: they sort of let him alone and permit him to mooch around, doing the best he can, till he sees a chance to shake a shovel or swab paint ot something on a ship or steamer bound for some American port. The gringo, beachcomber in a Latin American country Is herded with the sandflies and the fiddler crabs. Man-o'-war's men know these things, and that's what gives Bob Evans his fine, close hauled, housed over, battened down cinch on his heap big wise cruise he's starting on. He'll carry his ships' com panies Into California's chief port with him. They'll stick along with him just like little birdies that've . got clipped wings. "They'll stand for the constant coaling all right they'll have to stand for it. They wouldn't have to, as I say, and wouldn't In any other mess of ports than the Latin American ports but down that way they'll stand for and by any old thing. "if. for limbering up purposes. Evans had. for example, to take his fleet down to Havana and then bring it back to some United States port before the final get away to Charleston or Savannah, we'll say why. then the aggressive Robley "euld have" something to keep him tossing in his Admiral's bunk about, for at the American port to which he re turned In such a presumed case I guess maybe Admiral Bob wouldn't lose hands so fast that there'd be some embarrass ment about spreading mess gear? That's whftt he would. The new chaps with the cooled out deep sea ambition would do that hand over hand scamper from the battleships at the American port in such numbers that they'd look like an over estimated school of porpoises, and the gang of them that would get absent minded while on liberty and quite forget that they'd ever been aboard of a guardo for recruiting purposes would be some No. IV. Inspector Sweney and the Stolen Gems 7HF. &4J5T GETTS utes, but on his return the servant was nowhere to be seen. " - Detective Sweeney let out an excla mation of impatience. "What's the matter?" asked the host. "This man has no right to leave his post. Don't you see that a regiment thing mournful for Robley to con template. "It's all the coaling. That's the main thing that gets 'em. Coaling ship is the stunt that makes it hard for all of the schemes and devices framed up by crafty recruiting officers to keep the Navy up to its full or anything like its full enlisted strength. "The fellows who ship are not such softies as to suppose that they're going to have a snap In the Navy; nothing like that. But they rarely have the slightest advance understanding of the meanness and divvel'shness of coaling a man-o'-war, and their first experience at that stunt gets them on the raw and causes many of them quickly to make up their minds to make the forget-it jump at the very first decent opportunity. Their point of view is that they've been conned, as they usually call It. They say that they never understood that they'd ha've to poke through such rneasly, bedlnged labor as coaling ship comes to for all hands, or they never would have shipped. And so away they go. "The coal passers' force suffers the most at the. first part made by a ship with a new crew. Hard, rugged fellows imagine before they ship in the navy as coal heavers that they've got a pretty good idea of what they're going up against, and they figure that they can endure it. If only for the sake of the additional money that they make over and above the pay dished out to lands men (lubber deckhands) who ship at the same time with them. But they rarely allow sufficiently for the misery of the coal heaver's billet. They can't possibly apprehend the gloom and sweating labor and choking wretchedness of those four hour . watches in the dead dark ship's bunkers. That work la enough to take the heart out of the sunniest kind of chaps, and It does. That's why the black gang on a man-o'-war Is rarely kept up to its full enlisted strength. A large proportion of the hands of the black gang simply will not stick. "Pretty soft, then, for Bob Evans to have his little route map so fixed up that his crews'll Just have to stick for the en tire hike. And he'll probably have pret ty good luck in ihangtng on to the ones in clined to desert even after he makes the harbor of San Francisco. Of course, wages are high out in San Francisco now, and all like that 'but the've got a little way in that town of keeping out butters 4n. The already-ins want to keep wages up, and they mean, to and they know how to. They've got ways and means of making It hot for interlopers for any outsiders, that is, who drift in, either by land or sea route, with the Idea of sharing in the good wages and tilings. "And so there won't be much of a dis position on the part of the ships' com panies of the battleship fleet to hop ship at San Francisco. They'll find out pret GOVF of thieves could escape while he -was away?" 1 "But my dear sir," replied Sir Wil liam, "don't you understand that the servant remained here while the man went to warn the other gate-keeper? "And was gone when he returned." "Oh," said the baronet, easily, "1 ty quick, if they don't know already, that they've got a little way of surrendering deserters out that way that makes ship jumping unwholesome work. Moreover, the guiding impulse of a ship jumper is to get back home. Him for the simple life, back home if he can only make It.. The homes of most of the enlisted fel lows attached to the battleship fleet are far on this side of the Rocky Mountains. Well er by the way, did you ever hap pen to be broke In San Francisco ? No? Well, don't you ever let that thing hap pen to you, that's all; don't. "And if it's the awful place to be stranded in. it's the devil's own town to get away from to get East, for Instance. Those intervening mountains, plains, pe raries and deserts man, man, don't you ever be so foolish as to permit yourself to be broke in San Francisco, because if you do it'll be the dlsmalest, dirgiest ex perience of your whole life, and then some. ' "Well, man-o'-war's men when they're making up their minds to junjp ship set to work to obtain a sort of line on what their chances are going to be to get away from the port at which they make their jump, and any inquiries that they make In respect to this In and around San Francisco are bound to be discouraging. Of course those with money coming to them can hop at San Francisco if they feel like digging up the main part of the earned wad or all of it just for the ride back toward the Atlantic seaboard. But enlisted men sure do nachully hate to surrender the whole pile Just for a ride, and so the chances are overwhelmingly n favor of Admiral Robley Evans losing proportionately fewer of his enlisted men by desertion on this the biggest time of peace sea hike in our naval history than ever happened before since we had a navy." ' Shacks. New York Sun. Jim Smith's the most contrarlest man Was ever lickt; Can't say a thing but what's he's boun He'll contradict. He wun't dispoot ye out'n out. But snorts ye back an answer 'bout "Shucks!" Jest "Shucks!" I argy with him half the day On politics: Jim's 'way back yet in Jackson's time. An' there he sticks; I tell him things has moved since then; He aims a squirt an' grunts again: "Shucks!" Jest "Shucks!" I read him all the newest things The paper quotes; 'Bout alrograms an subway ships. An flyin boats. I ask him: "Ain't it marvellus?" But Jim, he chuckles with a cuss "Shucks!" Jest "Shucks!" I bet ye when the summons comes From Gabriel To gather all the folks aroun' - An' sort 'em well If Jim's assigned a Heavenly place He'll growl, wf onbelievin face, "Shucks!" Jest Shucks:" ' ' don't attach any significance to that. Simply the derelection of a careless servant. I doubt whether anyone has left the premises tonight." "Then one of your guests must be guilty," retorted the detective quickly. "Stop stop at that," was the angry retort; "if you find It necessary to sus An Easy Way The Portal Vein Seems IF you have the blues, if your brain suddenly feels "overful with empti ness," try this: put both hands, one over the other, on your abdomen just below the navel and press as hard as you can without causing pain. Then push your hands upward till they touch the ribs. Repeat this movement fifteen or twenty times. It is pretty certain that the end of the experiment your view of the world will have grown brighter. There, are several ways similar in nature to pro duce the same result, but this one is the easiest and quickest. All it does is toj restore to general circulation a surplus of blood accumulated by the portal vein at the expense of the rest of the or ganism. For in such congestion some doctors iiave discovered a cause of brain-fag and melancholy not even dreamed of by the gentle Robert Burton when he wrote his "Anatomy of Melancholy." In that work six non-natural that is, not inbred causes of mental depression are men tionednamely, faulty diet, digestion, air exercise, sleep and perturbation of mind. Until recently science had not been able to add much to that list. Nor was It able to improve materially the list of prin cipal remedies given by Burton, and In cluding these items: prayer, medicine, rectification of diet, good air. travel, exercise, and "mirth and merely com pany." One of the first Indications that a seventh cause of melancholy might be found, although not discovered by Galen, Jean Fernal, Carto or any other ' ancient authority quoted by Burton, is given by Doctor Christian Wilhelm Hufeland, a German physician who more than a hundred years ago wrote a treatise on the art of prolonging life, calling it "Makrobiotlk." He says in his book that one of the best remedies for a hypochon driac tendency is to rub the abdomen for fifteen minutes with the palm of the hand or a woolen rag. It is now nearly twenty years since Doctor J. H. Kellogg of Battle Creek, Mich., found himself puzzled by the failure of his remedies to work a com plete cure in the cases of certain neuras thenic patients. It took him a couple of years to discover the cause and to prove it. Then the remedy was self evident. Thus it happened that when some years ago- a professor in one of the Eastern universities went to Doctor Kellogg with a complaint that he was growing old at the age of 33 and that probably bis diet was responsible for this' p e mature senility. Doctor Kellogg rejoined: "Something else than diet is the matter pect . my guests your work shall stop at once." i The detective smiled grimly. He had met with similar experiences be fore. After a maoment's silence, he said : "I propose that the credentials of every one of your servants be care fully investigated and that the ante cedents of every servant belonging to your guests be probed." The suggestion met with so much opposition that it was abandoned. The detective remained in the library until nearly midnight. He seemed to have run up against a dead wall. But he had been doing a lot of thinking. As ! he started to leave one of the servants tapped on the door. What la itr cried Sir William im patiently. 'A telegram for Lord Mortimer, was the response. Lord Mortimer was tne impecunious earl. The host was instantly all atten tion. He took the telegram ana excused himself to the detective. Pardon me a moment until I give this to Mortimer." He left the room and was gone ten or 15 minutes. He returned with a per plexed look. 'What is ltr askea tne aetecuve. Mortimer's not in his room, and I can't locate him anywhere." The reply had escaped him almost un consciously. The next moment he bit his lip in vexation. He was sorry ne nact spoken. "Of course, he said almost ruaeiy, there's no significance in his ahsence from his room. He's about somewhere." "Of course," assented Sweeney, tact fully. The detective remained at the house alt night. . When he departed for Scotland Tard in the morning he carried with him an ordinary drinking glass a dirty glass that looked as if it might have contained stale ale the night before. He had picked It up In one of the rooms of the house and the care he bestowed upon it almost bordered on the ludicrous. He seemed particularly anxious not to permit the glass to rub against anything. An hour later a chance visitor at scot- land Tard might have witnessed a curious experiment being made with an ordinary drinking glass. The experiment was a success. The operative discovered on the glass the Imprints of four fingers and a thumb. The marks were perfectly distinct and the finger and thumb prints had been reproduced perfectly 'on sen sitized1 paper. That was the Beginning. It was next learned that only one train had left the railroad station near Sir William Hart's country place between the hours of 6 and 10 o'clock on the previous night. The theft had been committed between those hours. A visit to the office of the railroad com pany resulted In finding the conductor who had charge of that particular train. He remembered that one passenger had boarded the train at the station. "Did he go on to London?" he was asked. "No," was the response, "he alighted at the first station this side of London." The trail was becoming interesting. It was followed until it led to the station this side of London. The only cabman at that station was awakened from his slumbers., to answer the questions of the detective. He was a typical "night hawk." Tes. he had answered, he had one customer that night. Could he let the representative from Scotland Tard look at his cab? Most assuredly he felt com plimented at such attention. The ram shackle old vehicle was found In the stable. A careful examination was made. The result was remarkable. There were five distinct spots on the dirty cab door and they were the im prints of four fingers and a thick thumb Most startling of all. the prints on the cab door and those on the unwashed glass were identical. The conclusion was obvious. The man who drank the glass of ale at Sir William Hart's that night was the same man who had traveled on the 9 o'clock train that night and had taken the cab at the station just outside of London. "Cabby," said the detective, "you know where you took your customer last nightr' "Sure!" "Take me there at once." The cabman harnessed up his vehicle and drove off with the detective as his passenger. In bout ten minutes he halted before a mean-looking frame house in the suburbs. Sweeney alighted and by Which to Cure the Blues to Cause Melancholy Remedies Both Quick and Simple. with you look at that waistcoat of yours!' The professor, taken unawares, looked guiltily downward, although sure that nothing was to be seen there that could be termed a bay window. Instead he saw a number of creases and folds running crossways over the front of the lower part of the waistcoat. "Yes. that's just it," said Doctor Kel logg, following the glance of his patient. "You are always bent double whenever you have a chance standing, sitting, and even in bed, I should think. Now lie down on this table and I'll show you what will happen to you." The professor stretched himself out on his back upon one of those long-legged couches that you see In clinics and doc tors' offices. Then Dr. Kellogg went through the operations described above, and In five minutes the Easterner thought that he had never felt so happy or effi cient in all his life. His joy was still more increased when the doctor gave him "a belt that looked as if it had two buckles instead of one. in front. Back of the buckles were springs which pushed them against the stomach when the belt was put on. The inwardness of the trouble as well as the cure was explained by Dr. Kellogg at the time. He explained it to many members of his own profession, too. But owing to the belief that no man could possibly be at once a Seventh-Day Ad ventist which Dr. Kellogg is and. a good physician his discovery was ignored mostly. About a year ago Dr. Abrams. of San Francisco, happened in the course of his investigations upon the same truth which had become evident to Dr. Kellogg earlier, and he published a book called "The Blues," in which he set forth the direct connection between a too sombre outlook on life, or an unwarrantedly fatigued brain, and congestion of the blood In the portal vein. And now science has taken notice, so that the prevalence of the blue color in this world may in the near future cease. The portal vein combines into one ves sel several smaller ones coming from the stomach, the pancreas and the gall blad der, and carries the combined flow of blood Into the liver. It has been called the largest vein in the body, and its ca pacity is said to be sufficient when strained to hold at once practically every drop of blood contained in the system. Cases are on record of persons who have bled to death, although not a drop of blood appeared outside the body. Au topsy proved that the blood had been drained into the portal vein and held there. This vein is also remarkable be cause in structure and many character istics it has as much in common with the arteries as with veins clearly recognized as such. . The flow to and from that vein is reg rapped at the door vigorously. After a long waiti a smooth-shaven man In his shirt sleeves responded. The detective was. keyed up to his responsibility. He did not give the man time to speak, but said sharply: "Good morning, Mr. Martin." The man drew back. "How did you know " he began, then "changing his manner to one of defiance, he cried: "My name's not Martin." "Oh, yes, it Is," was the cheerful re sponse, "you're John Martin." "Well," was the dogged response, "what do you want?" "I want Lady Hart's gems," snapped the detective. The fellow's face became ashen and he started to retreat. But It was too late. In a trice the detective had slipped a pair of handcuffs upon his slender wrists. That night John Martin was behind prison bars and Lady Hart's precious gems had been restored to her. There was no possible doubt about his guilt. The maid servant who had almost cried her eyes out at the mere thought that she might be suspected was de lighted with the return of the jewels. Lord Mortimer never even knew he was a suspect. The Impecunious nobleman was not in his room. It is true, but he was located later In the night calmly sleeping under the billiard table a con dition Induced by a heavy meal and an overabundance of champagne. John Martin proved to be a profes sional thief. On numerous occasions he had acted as an extra servant at house parties. -Forged references and a month of faithful service enabled him to get a position with Sir Archibald Hunter, who was the respected younger son of an aristocratic but not particularly wealthy family. In due course of time he formed one of the Inhabitants of Sir William Hart's house in the name and capacity of John Martin, valet and attendant to his master. Sir Archibald. Martin had Impressed his master with .his knowledge of amateur fire brigade work, and on more than one occasion gave an exhi bition of this accomplishment by drilling the servants in various phases of fire extinguishing operations. On his arrival at Sir William's house Sir Archibald in troduced the subject of fire In the gen eral conversation at dinner, and Sir Wil liam had to admit that for so large a house as his he feared the fire precau tions were far from perfect. It was the most natural thing In the world for Sir Archibald to place Martin's services at Sir William's disposal. Martin made a great show of instruct ing the servants, but his sole object was to become Intimately acquainted with the geography of the house. Under the guts' of carefully examining possible exits in case of fire, of arranging where hydrants should be stationed, inspecting the win dows, doors and staircases, and the general structure of the house, Martin was not only able to get an accurate Idea of where the various rooms were situated, but he became acquainted also with many points of detail Important to his contemplated enterprise. He was also able to take impressions of locks and tamper with bolts during the course of his investigation. He left Sir William's house with his master on. the night before the conclu sion of the house-party so that his alibi in that connection was secure enough, but he made it a point to return on the following night. Being well known to all of the servants he met with no obstacle and actually found his way to the cor ridor of the second story leading to Lady Hart's room. He had not thought of robbery, at that particular moment, but the sight of Lady Hart leaving her room and the jewels lying exposed on the dressing-table proved too strong a temp tation for his avaricious nature. He quickly slipped in, put the jewels In his pockets, and then calmly mingled with the other servants. Later on he was the man who went out to the gate-keeper and instructed him not to permit any one to leave the house that night, and after sending the man on a fool's errand, ha coolly marched out of the grounds. H took the first train to the London suburb and hoped by the next day to be able to dispose of his loot. His one mistake was In pausing in the servants hall long enough to drink the ale out of a dirty glass. The impress of his Angers on the glass and on the cab door at the subur ban station proved to be his undoing and furnished food for contemplation in the long term of penal serviture to which he was sentenced. (Next week: "Vidocq and the Lock I smith's Daughter.") ulated by a nerve which orders Its con traction or distention. It is the assertion of Dr. Kellogg and Dr. Abrams that a constant maintenance of a cramped up position, whether in standing or in sit ting, leads to the weakening of that nerve so that It practically ceases to do service, with the result that the blood is allowed freely to flow Into the portal vein without being forced out of it again. The mischief done is a double one. For not only are the brain and other out lying parts of the body deprived of their proper share of the life-giving fluid, but the action of the liver becomes ham pered. Anybody who has had Catcasion to vary some mental pursuit with bodily exercise at a Juncture when his powers seemed to be waning must have noticed the revival not only of energy but of fancy. The ex planation is simple whatever motions he had gone through, particularly if he had to' go out Into the open air, started the circulation anew and brought a fresh sup ply of blood to the brain, which was all that organ wanted. Believers In this theory point out that neurasthenics invariably show : round backs and fronts curving Inward. The German and French humorous papers, which delight in caricaturing decadent types, never fail to picture them in posi tions having more in common with the circle than with the straight line. It is also easily understood that any sedentary occupation may produce this particular sort of laxness, and with It those dreaded blues. Fortunately remedies are easy both of mastery and application. One, the sim plest, has already been indicated. But others,- more lasting in their effects, are recommended because they dispose of the trouble itself Instead of merely giving temporary relief. The wearing of a belt is declared to be always advisable in cases of this kind, especially If it is wider than those usually found, say two Inches or more wide, and Is not drawn tod tight All exercise tending to strengthen the abdominal muscles -will also bring the regulator of the portal vein back to Its duty. One good plan is to take a cannon ball covered with leather or cloth and roll It around on the abdo men, care being taken to roll It .from right to left and not the other way. , Among the main factors influencing the abdominal region In an eVil way must be mentioned the type of chair now commonly made and used. Its straight back and seat parallel with the floor practically force the sitter into unwholesome postures. It is a choice between bending over forward or reclining on the small of one's back. One ofthe means suggested to meet this trouble is to manufacture chairs with backs modeled to fit the outward, backward curve of the human body.