have just opened after the Christmss vacation with more than one cause cdlébre, foremost among which is the action brought by a money-lender against Sir Tatton and Lady Sykes to recover several thousands. of pounds on, five promissory notes alleged to be signed by them. The main outlines of the scandal have of course been public property for months past. It was perfectly well known that Sir Tatton. would repudiate liability on the ground that his signature had been forged by his wife. At the stage which it has reached the case is a very puzzling one, Lady Sykes has given her evidence, swearing that her husband signed all the notes, and has gone bravely through the ordeal of eross-examination. She has had to admit to big indulgences in betting and other extravagances; and on the face of i it is difficult to understand why a man with sixteen thousand a year, and a man who is described by his wife as close-fisted rather than extravagant, should borrow money at But on the other hand, missions, have gone far to corroborate his wife's description of business like character and unreliability of memory.
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