CHAPTER XIV 



l'envoi 



I HAVE already alluded to the reasons which made 

 it desirable that Mr. Chamberlain's engagement 

 should be kept secret till the result of the Presi- 

 dential election was announced on November 7, 1888, 

 on which date Mr. Chamberlain was on board 

 the Aurania in mid-Atlantic bound for New York. 



I had taken a berth for him and his man-servant 

 in my name. The Aurania sailed from Liverpool 

 on November 3. Mr. Chamberlain managed with 

 extraordinary cleverness to get from Birmingham 

 to Liverpool, and into his cabin, without a single 

 soul recognising him, nor were his individuality or 

 presence discovered when the vessel stopped at 

 Queenstown to pick up the mails. There were no 

 wireless messages in those days. The murder was 

 not out till the Aurania reached New York on the 

 1 2th, by which time President Harrison's election 

 was known, and there was no longer any need for 

 secrecy. The next day the New York World 



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