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box, and pointed out where he had trawled for it. I 

 said, " Will you have one more try, a little more to the 

 right ? " He promised he would, and sure enough he 

 was successful, and to my great joy my little silver box 

 arrived in London by registered post. I tell this 

 story, for to say the least it is a remarkable coincidence 

 that I should let fall into the Thames, within ioo yards 

 of where the donor was then residing, a present given 

 to me by her over 2000 miles from home, and that 

 I should have got it back after all, when it had 

 lain for some weeks in the bed of the river. 

 Funny things do happen in this best of all possible 

 worlds ! 



The Judge died some years ago, and his widow 

 subsequently became Mrs. M'Cauley, her husband 

 being a naval attache. My latest advices from 

 Washington are to the effect that she is still as 

 popular as ever, and the life and soul of the society 

 of the Capital. 



There is nothing of moment to record for the next 

 few days. The Plenipotentiaries met two or three 

 times a week at the State Department, and of course 

 the reports that we sent home of the proceedings kept 

 Bergne and me busy with our pens. The following 

 description of the meetings, and the room in which 

 they were held, appeared in the Washington Post : 



