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of annihilation . " It was also prophesied that
momentary shudder , or idea of destruction , a thrill
The mere thought of subterranean travel
sounds in a confined space combine to produce a
The first was that of Mr Gold , in the famous
in circumstances pointing to murder .
which a body has been found in a tunnel
For all that , as far as England is concerned ,
victim was a woman .
Lefroy case , and by an odd chance the second tragedy
occurred on the same line , although this time the
there have been only two occasions on
the London , Brighton and South Coast Railway ,
she had fallen or been thrown from a train .
no doubt that the woman had been the victim
of foul play , the verdict brought in was that there
24 , 1905 , a Sunday , Sub-Inspector Peacock , of
Though in the minds of most people there was
Brighton line , is approximately one mile long ,
was not sufficient evidence to show whether
and some time before midnight on September
The Merstham Tunnel , on the London-to-
the Feathers Hotel to await identification .
Was it a case of suicide , where some unhappy soul
doctor , the woman , young , small , and rather plump ,
had walked deliberately into the blackness and
Station , and a stretcher party took the body to
into the path of some train ? This hardly seemed
He sent word straight away to near-by Merstham
thrust in her mouth like a gag .
likely , since , when she was examined by a local
was found to have her own silk scarf drawn
It was the battered and broken body of a woman .
almost tight enough to strangle her , and the ends
fication , no money , and no railway ticket . By then
occurred before her death was ensured by some
this stretch of line , but no information was
reports were being gathered about all traffic over
forthcoming about any carriage with an open
which might relate .
Both her wrists bore the marks of severe bruising ,
and there were other injuries on her body which had
train which had roared through the tunnel . There were
no letters or papers found on her to assist identi
door , nor any passenger reporting an incident
During that time a description of the girl was
circulated , and a Mr Robert Money came forward to
So the body of this small girl with the blue eyes and
whom she worked as a book-keeper .
identify her as his sister , Mary Money , aged twenty-two .
Clapham , on the premises of a dairyman , Bridger , for
The girl , who was described as being " always bright and
remained a mystery until later the following day .
long brown hair in a bun at the back of her head
jolly , " had been unmarried , and lived at Lavender Hill ,
evening at about seven o'clock , telling her room-mate , Emma
purse .
On the Sunday , the day of her death , she had gone out in the
Hone , that she was going for a walk , but would not be
carrying a handbag , but she believed she had had a small
gone for long . According to Miss Hone , she had not been
rican would not say ; nothing an
to which the Frenchman would not
glishman would not do ; nothing an Ame-
SOME years ago a contemporary philosopher
would not eat .
dance ; nothing the German would
told us that there was nothing an En-
Italian would not sing ; no music
not covet ; and nothing the Chinese
nothing the German would not covet ; and
nothing the Chinese would not eat .
told us that there was nothing an Englishman
say ; nothing an Italian would not sing ; no
would not do ; nothing an American would not
music to which the Frenchman would not dance ;
SOME years ago a contemporary philosopher
many centuries ago , in some cave or hilly
hold forth from a spear the welcome gobbet of
hide , did our forebears home from the chase
It is not our purpose to discuss this dictum .
homely and protecting flame .
borrowed straight from the prehistoric . How
the progress of civilisation which allows a dish
Suffice to say that few of us stop to marvel at
meat or fish burnt and roasted in the
ladies toying with these primitive morsels in the
evening meal . Later came the thrifty peasant ,
How many centuries later did the mercenary in
gleam and glitter of our latter-day restaurants .
later still the young Victorian buck adventuring
in Paris , and even later our attractive young
the Roman wars thus impale on pike or lance his
than mere converse has always been there .
And , if certain dishes and modes of food have
important than the casual meetings of the present
persisted down the ages , the motive that preserved
always been strong in mankind . The sharing of
day ; the desire to share something more intimate
them has always been the same . Apart from the need