In conversation with our representative yesterday Mr. Micklebrown, whose
burrowing on the cliff at Cocklesea has been observed with such interest,
indignantly denied the imputation of shell-shock. Mr. Micklebrown, it
appears, is spending his vacation at Cocklesea in the hope of recovering a
topaz which formed part of a valuable piece of jewellery which he had the
good fortune to pick up on the cliff on Bank Holiday. Being anxious to
notify his discovery without delay to the police (who however failed to
trace the owner) and being bound to catch the return steamer, Mr.
Micklebrown had no opportunity to prosecute a search at the time. He
therefore determined to visit Cocklesea again at the earliest opportunity
to do so.
In the meanwhile Miss Rosalind Twitter, Mr. Micklebrown's _fiancée_, is the
happy possessor of the ornament. Interviewed by a correspondent, Miss
Twitter, a winsome dark-eyed brunette in a cretonne chemise frock, said,
"Yes, it is quite true that I sleep with it under my pillow. I hope Dinky
(Rosalind's pet name for her lover) will find the topaz; he is a dear
painstaking boy. I have never had such a lovely piece of jewellery in my
life and I am going to be married in it." (Photo of Miss Twitter on back
page. Inset (1) The brooch; (2) Mr. Micklebrown.)