The dramatization of the Soldiers continues briskly, and Maude is sending Grundy back the Jackal, to have a second go at it.

Maude insists on its being done--so I stand to win a lot.
RICHARD.
Beefsteak Club, 9, Green Street, Leicester Square, W.C.Tuesday.
March--1899.
DEAR MOTHER:-- The faithful Jaggers should have arrived to-day, or will do so this evening-- I am sure you will make the poor little chap comfortable-- I do regret having sent him on such a journey especially since the papers here made such an infernal row over it-- However, neither of us will lose by it in the end-- I dined with Lady Clarke last night and met Lord Castleton there and he invited me up to Dublin for the Punchtown Races-- I have a great mind to go and write a story on them-- Castleton is a great sport and very popular at home and in England and it would be a pleasant experience.
Kuhne Beveridge is doing a bust of me in khaki outfit for the Academy and also for a private exhibition of her own works, which includes the Prince of Wales, and the Little Queen of Holland.
Hays Hammond has invited me down to South Africa again, with a promise of making my fortune, but I am not going as it takes too long.
DICK..