The diamonds were returned to Captain Ponsonby on the following day, and the engagement between him and Lady Violet was at an end. There is only one strange thing to add to this strange story. Lady Violet has never, from the moment of her awakening to now, alluded to the Ponsonby diamonds. It is my belief that she has forgotten all about them, and, as far as I can tell, I do not think she will ever be visited by another attack of kleptomania. _Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives._ SIR CHARLES TUPPER. BORN 1821. [Illustration: AGE 17. _From a Painting by Valentine._] [Illustration: AGE 43. _From a Photo by Notman, Montreal._] [Illustration: AGE 50. _From a Photo by Notman, Montreal._] [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo by Notman, Montreal._] THE HON. SIR CHARLES TUPPER, BART., G.C.M.G., K.C.M.G., C.B., M.D., L.R.C.S., LL.D., was a member of the Executive Council and Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia from 1857 to 1860 and from 1863 to 1867, and Prime Minister of that province until he retired from office, with his Government, on the Union Act coming into force, on the 1st of July, 1867. He holds patent of rank and precedence from Her Majesty as an Executive Councillor of Nova Scotia; was sworn as a Privy Councillor of Canada, June, 1870; and was President of that body from that date until the 1st July, 1872. Sir Charles represented the county of Cumberland, Nova Scotia, in Parliament for thirty-two years. He was created a baronet in 1888. DR. G. W. LEITNER. [Illustration: AGE 15. _From a Photograph._ (Chief Interpreter during the Russian War.)] [Illustration: AGE 21. _From a Photograph._ (Professor at King's College, London.)] [Illustration: AGE 26. _From a Photograph._ (As a Maulvi when exploring Dardistan.)] [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo by W. & D. Downey._]