ch greatly agitated the
social life of Adelaide. The wife of a Victorian country resident had
arrived in Adelaide and had taken a house in the city. She was
good-looking and charming. She appeared to be quite well off. Her house
became a pleasant resort. She entertained well. She delighted in giving
excellent supper parties. She was quite a Bohemian. Her invitations
included young and old, married and single. After a short time she told
her friends that she had got divorced from her husband and that she
intended to make Adelaide her home for a time.

One of the leading young men fell in love with her--or at least thought
he did--and went so far, she gave out, as to ask her to be his wife. It
was evident to those who knew him well that if he had asked her to be his
wife it had probably been after one of the jolly supper parties. At any
rate, if he had done so, he soon repented and told her so. She was not to
be denied, so she took steps to bring a breach of promise action against
him. Not content with this, she set to work to worry him and his friends
as well. In fact, she succeeded in worrying him so much that one day, in
an ill-advised moment, he made a complaint to the police to the effect
that the lady in question really kept a house to which they should pay
special attention. The police had to take the matter up, but they found
it difficult to get sufficient evidence to prove their case. Finally, one
night, after one of the supper-parties, a hansom cab driver who had been
ordered to call for one of the guests arrived at the house drunk and
created a scene. It was the opportunity for the police and they laid a
charge against her.

The case came on before the court. Evidence was given against her, and
she was called upon for her defence. She quietly told the magistrate that
as she had been charged with keeping a certain house she would ask for
time to prepare her defence. She further said she was preparing a list of
names of the married men, well known in Adelaide, who had often been her
guests at her supper-parties, and that she felt sure that when the
magistrate read the names on the list he would never convict her. We
bachelors had a joyful time at the expense of the married men. As the
case had been adjourned for three days, there was a long interval of
suspense for many of them, wondering whether their name would appear in
that "black list." The morning came when the case was to be resumed. To
the surprise of al