The Daily Chronicle of Tuesday contains some curious stories about
the investigation of Yildiz Kiosk after the late Sultan's departure. A locksmith who was opening a safe warned those who were present to stand back as he feared an explosion. As soon as the door turned on its hinges pistols were fired automatically. The Eunuch Nadid, who is employed as informer, is taken through the palace with his hands fastened, but the movements of the investigators are very cautious, as it is known that there are traps and ambushes. In the part of the palace Where the Sultan lived there are movable planks in the floors, hidden rooms, and so forth. The wax figures representing Abd-ul-Hamid are said to be admirably made. They used to be placed at windows, or other visible points, in order to produce the belief that the Sultan was there when he was really somewhere else. If these stories are true, the writers of melodrama will have to look to their laurels. Real life is more than " creeping up."
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