ious that
his physicians have commanded a complete
rest for a week or ten days. One
may well conceive Lord Vernon's reluctance
to heed this advice, but he has
very wisely decided to do so. The little
seaside resort of Weet-sur-Mer, on the
Dutch coast, has been selected as the
place for his sojourn, and he will be
taken there to-morrow on H. M. S.
_Dauntless_. Sir John Scaddam, his
physician, and two of his secretaries,
Mr. Arthur Collins and Mr. George
Blake, will accompany him, although
work of any kind has been absolutely
forbidden him for at least a week. It is
believed that the bracing atmosphere of
Weet-sur-Mer will effect a cure in that
time.

"Weet-sur-Mer is comparatively little
known, at least in England. It is really
the old Dutch fishing-village of Weet-zurlindenhofen;
but a number of years
ago it was exploited as a watering-place
and re-christened Weet-sur-Mer by
some enthusiast more anxious to advertise
the fact that one may bathe there
than to observe the rules of etymology.
It is rather out of the way, and the route
by rail is so circuitous and uncertain
that it was judged best to spare Lord
Vernon the fatigue of such a journey by
conveying him directly thither upon the
_Dauntless_. He hopes to find there a
quiet and seclusion which would be impossible
at any of the larger resorts.

"We understand that Prince George
is with the German Emperor at Berlin,
and that Prince Ferdinand, who is at
Markheim, has commissioned his
cousin, Prince Frederick, of Markeld, to
place his claims before our foreign office.
His reception at this time can
hardly fail to cause acute embarrassment."

There was a half-column more of comment and veiled suggestion that
perhaps the wisest course for the foreign office to pursue, now that
Lord Vernon's guiding hand was for the moment withdrawn, would be to let
affairs take their course; though it was difficult to see how this could
consistently be done if Prince Frederick succeeded in gaining a formal
audience and placing his case before the government. Already, it seemed,
the jingo papers were taunting the administration with undue truckling
to the wishes of Germany, with a lack of stamina and backbone in
short--with something like treachery toward Prince Ferdinand and treason
toward the royal family, with which the Prince was distantly allied.

Rushford gave a long whistle of