harlotte Square, Edinburgh, and
Dochnakirk, Perthshire, and Edith Lillian, only surviving daughter of
the late Dr. Kenneth Crawford, of Prince's Gardens.'

"In Edinburgh society comments were loud and various upon the
forthcoming marriage, and, on the whole, these comments were far from
complimentary to the families concerned. I do not think that the Scotch
are a particularly sentimental race, but there was such obvious buying,
selling, and bargaining about this marriage that Scottish chivalry rose
in revolt at the thought.

"Against that the three people most concerned seemed perfectly
satisfied. David Graham was positively transformed; his moroseness was
gone from him, he lost his queer ways and wild manners, and became
gentle and affectionate in the midst of this great and unexpected
happiness. Miss Edith Crawford ordered her trousseau, and talked of the
diamonds to her friends, and Lady Donaldson was only waiting for the
consummation of this marriage--her heart's desire--before she finally
retired from the world, at peace with it and with herself.

"The deed of gift was ready for signature on the wedding day, which was
fixed for November 7th, and Lady Donaldson took up her abode temporarily
in her brother's house in Charlotte Square.

"Mr. Graham gave a large ball on October 23rd. Special interest is
attached to this ball, from the fact that for this occasion Lady
Donaldson insisted that David's future wife should wear the magnificent
diamonds which were soon to become hers.

"They were, it seems, superb, and became Miss Crawford's stately beauty
to perfection. The ball was a brilliant success, the last guest leaving
at four a.m. The next day it was the universal topic of conversation,
and the day after that, when Edinburgh unfolded the late editions of its
morning papers, it learned with horror and dismay that Lady Donaldson
had been found murdered in her room, and that the celebrated diamonds
had been stolen.

"Hardly had the beautiful little city, however, recovered from this
awful shock, than its newspapers had another thrilling sensation ready
for their readers.

"Already all Scotch and English papers had mysteriously hinted at
'startling information' obtained by the Procurator Fiscal, and at an
'impending sensational arrest.'

"Then the announcement came, and every one in Edinburgh read,
horror-struck and aghast, that the 'sensational arrest' was none other
than that of Miss Edith Crawford, for murde