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THE STRAND MAGAZINE . 
•WHEN J UK GIRL WAS W.ACKI) IN THE DOCK SHE RAISED HKK VEIL ACCORDING TO THE 
TliATK LOOKED AT HER 
and dismal a den us most London police- 
courts. 
When the girl was placed in the dock she 
raised her veil according to the instructions 
which Mr. Smith had given her. Tt was 
obvious that the magistrate looked at her 
with some interest. He proved it by taking 
off his spectacles and wiping them carefully 
before he replaced them. Indeed, he seemed 
to have something more than a common 
interest in the girl when he heard her name was 
Stewart. lie looked at her more than once. 
and rubbed his chin. Mark Nugent lost no 
motion of the magistrate’s, and wondered 
what it meant- if indeed it meant anything 
more than the fact that Mr, Chisholm. too, 
was known to be something of a connoisseur 
in art, and might also have recognized the 
almost pathetic likeness of this young girl to 
the Sistine Madonna. 
Her name was Nina Stewart. She lived 
at i T9, Waratah Road, Brixton. She was 
charged with stealing a purse at Messrs. 
Tilbury's, in Oxford Street. Mr, Nugent 
