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Inspector Bonier when he asked me whether the 

 child had been sold by her parents — the reason 

 wdiy I stated what was not correct was that I had 

 promised Mr. Stead not to divulge tlie fact of the 

 sale to any person which would make it ])robable 

 that any trouble should be brought on persons 

 taking part in this proceeding.' 



" Hence the mistake into which Professor 

 Huxley has unwittingly fallen. 



" I may add that, so far from the statement 

 never having been challenged for five years, it 

 was denounced as ' a remarkably striking lie ' in 

 the ' War Cry ' of November 14th, and again the 

 same official organ of the Salvation Army of 

 November 18th specifically adduced this mis- 

 report as an instance of 'the most disgraceful 

 way ' in which the reports of the trial were garbled 

 by some of the papers. What, then, becomes of 

 one of the two main pillars of Professor Huxley's 

 argument ? " 



In my reply, I point out that, on the 10th of 

 January, Mr. Stead addressed to me a letter, 

 which commences thus : " I see in the ' Times ' 

 of this morning that 3^ou are about to republish 

 your letters on Booth's book." 



I replied to this letter on the 12th of 

 January : — 



