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Show SOME ONE HAD BLUNDERED. Information and Postmark In No Way In Accord. An editor said of tho late Mrs. Craiglo, or John Oliver Hobbes, as tho brilliant American novelist was known: "I had tho honor of dining with Mrs. Craiglo during the London season at her beautiful houso In Lancaster Gate. She lived thero In great luxury with her lather, who Is a millionaire chemist. chem-ist. Across the street dwells the earl of Mrath, tho marquis of Allsa llvo a few doors above, while next door Is tho mansion of tho earl of Dunmoie, a Scoltlsh peer whoso servants all wear tho Highlander costume, with the kll plaid and bare kneo3. "Mi i Craiglo was a superb mimic. Mimicry, as sho had mastered it, Is ono of tho fine arts. I remember ull, that night at dinner, how sho mimicked mim-icked n silly, empty-headed little lady whose husband, a lover of gayety, was Incline'! to neglect his wife. "Mrs. Craiglo told us that this lady, while spending tho winter In the country, coun-try, said ono day at the country post office: "'Dear me, what a silly mistake you post offico people have made.' " 'How, madam ?' asked tho clerk. " 'Why,' sho explained, with a titter, 'heio I hae just gotten a letter from my husband, who Is working hard in London, and tho envelopo is post-maikcd post-maikcd Monte Carlo.'" |