FIFTH EMPTYING. 79 



There is something suspicious about the whole business, 

 which I am determined to find out, and, in the first place, I 

 wish you to tell me in strict confidence whether the beverage 

 which I see so frequently alluded to in the North of England 

 as ' Keighley Cold Tea ' really means Scotch whisky ; if so, 

 I think I shall be ablejto understand a good many things 

 which now perplex me in regard to Frank's party. 



HARRIET E -." 



