MR.

ERRINGTON "Did you ever see Mr.Errington, the gentleman so closely connected with the mysterious death on the Underground Railway ?" asked the man in the corner as he placed one or two of his little snap-shot photos before Miss Polly Burton.
"There he is, to the very life.

Fairly good-looking, a pleasant face enough, but ordinary, absolutely ordinary.
"It was this absence of any peculiarity which very nearly, but not quite, placed the halter round Mr.Errington's neck.
"But I am going too fast, and you will lose the thread.
"The public, of course, never heard how it actually came about that Mr.
Errington, the wealthy bachelor of Albert Mansions, of the Grosvenor, and other young dandies' clubs, one fine day found himself before the magistrates at Bow Street, charged with being concerned in the death of Mary Beatrice Hazeldene, late of No.

19, Addison Row.
"I can assure you both press and public were literally flabbergasted.
You see, Mr.Errington was a well-known and very popular member of a certain smart section of London society.

He was a constant visitor at the opera, the racecourse, the Park, and the Carlton, he had a great many friends, and there was consequently quite a large attendance at the police court that morning.
"What had transpired was this: "After the very scrappy bits of evidence which came to light at the inquest, two gentlemen bethought themselves that perhaps they had some duty to perform towards the State and the public generally.