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appears in the verbatim report of the trial which 

 was printed day by day, and used by counsel on 

 both sides, and by the Judge during the case ? 

 I had hoped to have got you a copy to-day, but 

 find that I was too late. I shall have it first 

 thing to-morrow morning. You will find that it 

 is quite clear, and conclusively disposes of the 

 alleged admission of untruth fulness. Again 

 thanking you for your courtesy, 



" I am, yours faithfully, 



" W. T. STEAD." 



Thus it appears that the letter which Mr. Stead 

 wrote to me on the 13th of January does not 

 contain one word of that which he says it con- 

 tains, in the statement which appears in the 

 " Times " to-day. Moreover, the letter of mine to 

 which Mr. Stead refers in his first communication 

 to me is not the letter which appeared on the 

 13th, as he states, but that which you published 

 on December 27th, 1890. Therefore, it is not 

 true that Mr. Stead wrote "at once." On the 

 contrary, he allowed nearly a fortnight to elapse 

 before he addressed me on the 10th of January 

 1891. Furthermore, Mr. Stead suppresses the 

 fact that, since the 13th of January, he has had 

 in his possession my offer to publish his version of 

 the story ; and he leads the reader to suppose that 

 my only answer was that he " had better write to 



