It was the only plain English document, undarkened by ciphers and mysteries, and responsibly signed and authenticated, which squarely implicated the Reformers in the raid, and it was not to Mr.Rhodes's interest that it should be eaten.

Besides, that letter was not the original, it was only a copy.

Mr.Rhodes had the original--and didn't eat it.

He cabled it to the London press.

It had already been read in England and America and all over Europe before Jameson dropped it on the battlefield.