Show POSSIBLE pOS IBLE SOLUTION AT LAST the English are laughably aloy about out finding the most direct method of unraveling a tangle The of Portland Portion ease case is a a fair example For weeks w ks the newspapers ne of the tIM United States and England have been printing reports of ot the proceed proceedings proceedIngs proceedings ings brought by Druce to have him himself sei self seU declared the Duke of Portland ousting the present holder of the title from frOlD his title till and entailed estates He declares that he is the son of T C Drupe Drue who was the Duke of f Portland The duke was an eccentric individual who to while away time that hung heavily on his hands masqueraded as asT asT asT T 0 C i Druco Oi a bookseller When at last Jast he liD tired of ot playing the part of Druce Drupe he h arranged to have havo Druce ap apparently die A funeral followed but according to some of ot the testimony the th coffin coflin that was supposed to contain tho the body hody Od of ot Druce actually did contain only a roll of ot load lead Druce being dis disposed disposed posed of ot the tle Duke of ot Portland himself eU again eventually to be gath gathered gathered ered roo to his fathers Now the simplest way of solving the problem has always boon beon the opening of tho the coffin that was said Mid to contain the body of ot Druce In America that would have been done don weeks ago It to have hao just occurred to the English court If Jt the coffin Is found to contain only a roll roU of or lead the case of ot the plaintiff will wUl be given a great deal moro more strength If It on the other hand it contains contal the tho body of or a man who can be identified as Druce tho the plaintiffs case will surely fall to the ground Of or course during the years that havo hae elapsed 1 since the tho death d ath or the sup supposed supposed supposed posed death of or Druce It may have been possible for tor some m Interested party to substitute a roll of lead for forthe the body or a body for tor the roll of ot lead From a strictly legal standpoint the opening of ot the tho coffin will not definitely deter determine determine mine the matter But It would deter detor ml Q it In tn the th minds of an average a j ll i seems s most that th t the th mw has pi pot not been en carried out be before before before fore By Dy the the court order en enS ena a S 1 K Friday the test will be made 5 soon soon on after Christmas The outcome will be awaited with considerable c Interest on 0 both Rides aides of ot the Atlantic At |