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Such
was
the
remarkable
statement
of
Dr
.
Aloysius
Lana
which
brought
the
trial
to
a
sudden
termination
.
A
subsequent
investigation
corroborated
it
to
the
extent
of
finding
out
the
vessel
in
which
his
brother
Ernest
Lana
had
come
over
from
South
America
.
The
ship
’
s
doctor
was
able
to
testify
that
he
had
complained
of
a
weak
heart
during
the
voyage
,
and
that
his
symptoms
were
consistent
with
such
a
death
as
was
described
.
As
to
Dr
.
Aloysius
Lana
,
he
returned
to
the
village
from
which
he
had
made
so
dramatic
a
disappearance
,
and
a
complete
reconciliation
was
effected
between
him
and
the
young
squire
,
the
latter
having
acknowledged
that
he
had
entirely
misunderstood
the
other
’
s
motives
in
withdrawing
from
his
engagement
.
That
another
reconciliation
followed
may
be
judged
from
a
notice
extracted
from
a
prominent
column
in
the
Morning
Post
:
"
A
marriage
was
solemnized
upon
September
19th
,
by
the
Rev
.
Stephen
Johnson
,
at
the
parish
church
of
Bishop
’
s
Crossing
,
between
Aloysius
Xavier
Lana
,
son
of
Don
Alfredo
Lana
,
formerly
Foreign
Minister
of
the
Argentine
Republic
,
and
Frances
Morton
,
only
daughter
of
the
late
James
Morton
,
J
.
P
,
of
Leigh
Hall
,
Bishop
’
s
Crossing
,
Lancashire
.
"
My
particular
friend
,
Ward
Mortimer
,
was
one
of
the
best
men
of
his
day
at
everything
connected
with
Oriental
archaeology
.
He
had
written
largely
upon
the
subject
,
he
had
lived
two
years
in
a
tomb
at
Thebes
,
while
he
excavated
in
the
Valley
of
the
Kings
,
and
finally
he
had
created
a
considerable
sensation
by
his
exhumation
of
the
alleged
mummy
of
Cleopatra
in
the
inner
room
of
the
Temple
of
Horus
,
at
Philae
.
With
such
a
record
at
the
age
of
thirty
-
one
,
it
was
felt
that
a
considerable
career
lay
before
him
,
and
no
one
was
surprised
when
he
was
elected
to
the
curatorship
of
the
Belmore
Street
Museum
,
which
carries
with
it
the
lectureship
at
the
Oriental
College
,
and
an
income
which
has
sunk
with
the
fall
in
land
,
but
which
still
remains
at
that
ideal
sum
which
is
large
enough
to
encourage
an
investigator
,
but
not
so
large
as
to
enervate
him
.
There
was
only
one
reason
which
made
Ward
Mortimer
’
s
position
a
little
difficult
at
the
Belmore
Street
Museum
,
and
that
was
the
extreme
eminence
of
the
man
whom
he
had
to
succeed
.
Professor
Andreas
was
a
profound
scholar
and
a
man
of
European
reputation
.
His
lectures
were
frequented
by
students
from
every
part
of
the
world
,
and
his
admirable
management
of
the
collection
intrusted
to
his
care
was
a
commonplace
in
all
learned
societies
.
There
was
,
therefore
,
considerable
surprise
when
,
at
the
age
of
fifty
-
five
,
he
suddenly
resigned
his
position
and
retired
from
those
duties
which
had
been
both
his
livelihood
and
his
pleasure
.
He
and
his
daughter
left
the
comfortable
suite
of
rooms
which
had
formed
his
official
residence
in
connection
with
the
museum
,
and
my
friend
,
Mortimer
,
who
was
a
bachelor
,
took
up
his
quarters
there
.
On
hearing
of
Mortimer
’
s
appointment
Professor
Andreas
had
written
him
a
very
kindly
and
flattering
congratulatory
letter
.
I
was
actually
present
at
their
first
meeting
,
and
I
went
with
Mortimer
round
the
museum
when
the
Professor
showed
us
the
admirable
collection
which
he
had
cherished
so
long
.
The
Professor
’
s
beautiful
daughter
and
a
young
man
,
Captain
Wilson
,
who
was
,
as
I
understood
,
soon
to
be
her
husband
,
accompanied
us
in
our
inspection
.
There
were
fifteen
rooms
,
but
the
Babylonian
,
the
Syrian
,
and
the
central
hall
,
which
contained
the
Jewish
and
Egyptian
collection
,
were
the
finest
of
all
.
Professor
Andreas
was
a
quiet
,
dry
,
elderly
man
,
with
a
clean
-
shaven
face
and
an
impassive
manner
,
but
his
dark
eyes
sparkled
and
his
features
quickened
into
enthusiastic
life
as
he
pointed
out
to
us
the
rarity
and
the
beauty
of
some
of
his
specimens
.
His
hand
lingered
so
fondly
over
them
,
that
one
could
read
his
pride
in
them
and
the
grief
in
his
heart
now
that
they
were
passing
from
his
care
into
that
of
another
.
He
had
shown
us
in
turn
his
mummies
,
his
papyri
,
his
rare
scarabs
,
his
inscriptions
,
his
Jewish
relics
,
and
his
duplication
of
the
famous
seven
-
branched
candlestick
of
the
Temple
,
which
was
brought
to
Rome
by
Titus
,
and
which
is
supposed
by
some
to
be
lying
at
this
instant
in
the
bed
of
the
Tiber
.
Then
he
approached
a
case
which
stood
in
the
very
centre
of
the
hall
,
and
he
looked
down
through
the
glass
with
reverence
in
his
attitude
and
manner
.
