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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATTHtur, ivsb a, am.
THE GHOST OF LOCHRA1N CASTLE
A Thrilling Novel of Love, Intrigue, Tragedy and the Mystery of a Famous Diamond
By MRS. C. N. WILLIAMSON,
Author of "The Lightning Conductor,"
Etc., Ete.
• Illustrated by
GEORGE KERR and F. NANKIVELL.
CHAPTER V (Concluded).
But at tha thought of that aketcb.
something which had been putiling
Elspeth waa made clear. The llkeneee
which had ao bewildered her waa be
tween Captain Oxford and the boy In
the portrait.
It waa not ec noticeable now, for the
. young man waa looking grave to aom- i
brenesa, while tha face of the boy was
bright and amlllng, atlll Elspeth could
aec It, and It waa marked enough to
seam rather odd. But. after all, what
could It mean? The boy, who was by
this time either an old man, or dead,
had been one of the same type with
Captain Oxford, perhaps not an ex
traordinary one, although she had not
happened to aoe any others, save these
two. She waa half Inclined to speak
of the penciled portialt she had found,
but she did not wish to be called upon
nt present for an explanation of tha
pink stain, as she probably would be,
If the showed the sketch to Captain
Oxford.
As she mentally compared the real
features with the pictured features,
the young man spoke again.
"Naturally, Mr. McGowan would pre-
fer to think that 1 had been attacked
by some poacher, while straying about
In lonely places, where I had no busi
ness tp be after dark. Any other Idea
—any more sensational Idea—would be
bad for the hotel."
’ “Why?" asked Elspeth.
"He. wouldn't like to have It said
that there were thieves and murderers
lurking about. That sort of thing
would probably keep a great many
guests away from the Hydro. The sort
of people who come here don't want
adventures."
“But do you think It was a thief who
attacked you?" the girl Impulsively
asked.
Captain Oxford laughed. "I've noth
ing worth stealing, and everybody who
knows me, knows that. Otherwise, the
whole affair might have been almost
Worthy of Hie Underground Syndicate
—If only it had come off a little more
aaecaaafully.'
Elspeth looked blank. “What Is the
Underground Syndicate?" she asked.
“You've never heard of the Under
ground Syndicate? Well, I can’t tell
you precisely what It Is, or even wheth
er It exists. And If It does, that prob
ably Isn't Its own name for Itself."
"It sounds rather vague, but very
mysterious." said Elspeth.
"If there Is such an association as
the Underground Sydlcale. It 1s very
mysterious—so mysterious that It has
S taled England In general, and Scot-
id Yard In particular, for years. It's
supposed, you know, to be an associa
tion banded together to commit crimes
for Important clients who don’t wish to
commit them themselves. Several fa
mous murders have been set down to
the account of the Underground Syn
dicate, but though there have been
clews and traces, there have never been
enough to help the police to make ar
rests, or even actually suspect any one
person. They have, as It were, heard
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will seem to be talking about It. Now; (distance for dictation,
have you seen him? Mr. Kenrlth hap
pened to mention you were going to
write for him this afternoon."
There was no need to speak the
name. Elspeth well knew who Was
meant by "him;" and she doubted very
much that Mr. Kenrlth had "happen
ed" to speak.
Yes." she answered, as her head and
Lndy Hilary's were bent over the book.
"He only wanted me because ho had
heart) that I'd traveled In the same car-
He had begun
rlage' with you, and hoped I could be
got to talk about you to him. He con
fessed that after I'd been In the room a
little while. Oh, Lady Hilary, he wor
ships you. 1 do wish I might take the
liberty of saying something—>"
"Say It quickly. It won't be a lib
erty."
"It's only that I do hope nobody will
persuade you to give him up, because
such a love can come but once In a
life. It seems to me, and—”
"Hush! Hero comes that Mr. Trow
bridge," whispered Lady Hilary. "Oh,
stirrings behind a veil, but the veil has he Is most oppressive. I wish Lady
never been lifted. Now, If 1 were alArdrllffo hadn't Introduced him to
' ' s to leave to mother. I'm afraid I'm going to have
very rich'man with millions t
, relatives, or If I were In anyone's way,
I should say to myself—because of cer
tain things that have happened—'Aha,
, the 'Underground Syndicate has put a
black mark against my name.' But
there Is absolutely nobody except Lady
Lambart—who would bo the better off
for my death; and poor Lady Lambart,
even If she were prepared to go to such
lengths to wipe out a would-be aon-ln-
law. couldn't afford to pay the Syndi
cate's prices. They charge thousands,
■ so the story goes. And they are very
rich—according to the same stories—
for they often bring off big coups on
their own account, such as relieving
{"••spin of their Jewels. I often warn
Kenrlth that he had better look out."
' "It sounds too extraordinary," said
Elspeth.
• "I don't believe there Is such a syn
; dlcate really, do you?"
v ' "No, I don't." replied Captain Oxford.
“As you say. It Is too fantastic. Peo-
J le will get up any theory to account
or crlrtlee which remain myeterles;
and I believe that rather a sensational
morning paper Is responsible for aug'
gosling the Idea that there was n syn
dicate. After a murder that baffled
the police Inst year, the editor published
a series of extraordinary anonymous
' letters that served the object of selling
the Issues In which they appeared. If
no other.” '
At this moment the resident doctor
appeared, to see how his patient w
getting on, and Elspeth waa banished
from the room. It was now her hour
of freedom, and she was glad of It, for
She had mueh to think of. Sho went to
her room, where tea wns sent to her,
and rested luxuriously on the old-fash
ioned sofa. Wlmt a wonderful day It
had been, she thought. More had hap
pened In It than happened In weeks In
her old tendon life, where one day told
another, and she forgot whether It was
lfonday or Saturday. Sho seemed to
have been plunged Into the midst of
many lives, and to have some Influence,
large or email, upon each one. It was
almost aa If she. an Insignificant young
girl, a paid employee of the hotel, were
watching tha performance of a play In a
theater to which she alone had the right
of entrance.
8hc tried hard to Join all tha different
loose threads, which she felt vaguely
ought somehow to match together, but
the could not And the way, and at last
the effort culminated in an absurd Jum
ble which was a dream.
Sleep did her good, although her nap
waa short, and aha awoke with a start,
fearing that ahe had missed her next
appointment; but it was only half past
6, and ten minutes later, with smooth
hair and bright eyea, ahe waa In Mr.
McGowan's room. He was there, and
had kind things to say concerning the
reports he had received of her work
during the day. This was encouraging,
and the girt felt very happy, as she
went to begin her hour of work with
Mr. Trowbridge. She did not like him
much, but she fancied that he could be
very amusing and, whatever else It
might be, ahe was sure that her time In
his society would not be dull.
In the great hall, through which she
had to pass on. her way to Mr. Trow
bridge's tilting room, she saw
that gentleman deep In tal*
with Lady Hilary. He was lean
ing far forward In hla chair, hla el-
bows on hla knees, lost to everything
but his Interest In the beautiful girl
who listened with an Indifference which
ahe did not try to hide. Hla back was
turned tow ard Elspeth, but Lady Hilary
saw her, and with a word to Trow
bridge, which Elapeth did not hear,
sprang up and gave the young steno
grapher a look which said "Come to
me."
The two gtrle met half way across
the bell, and Lady Hilary handed Els
peth a book. "A pretence." ahe said
trouble with him." Her voloa changed
suddenly, as Trowbridge; strolling
toward them, came within hearing dis
tance. "It will be good of you, Mlse
Dean, If you will copy out the poem for
me. I— f ' ahe stopped, for her pur
pose waa served. Trowbridge had
S oused close beelda them ana muet
avo heard all that she Intended him
to hear;
"I will do It gladly this evening," said
Elepeth. "For the next hour, my time
belongs to Mr. Trowbridge,"
"Lady Hilary and 1 were Just having
a rattling good argument," eald he. "I
was on the point of convincing her thst
I tvne right and aha was wrong, ao I
will give up half my altars of you for
today to her. Copy out the poem she
wants. Miss Dean, and when you have
finished come to my sitting room, plesas.
I'll bs there by thst time."
Elspeth moved away obediently. The
book really waa a volume of verses by a
minor poet, and though Lady Hilary
had probably selected s page at ran
dom, the girl copied It In her own room,
with her own machine. In half an
hour she went down again, and this
time Lady Hilary and Trowbridge had
both vanished from the hall. Elspeth
hail brought the typed poem, and the
book. In cnee sho should meet Lady
Hilary, but not seeing her, she look
them on to Mr. Trowbridge's silting
room. He hlmeelf stood Just outside
the half open door, spenklng with the
hnndeome woman Elspeth had heard
spoken of aa Countess Kadepolskol. but
ns the girl approached, with a slight
shrug of the shoulders the counteas left
him. "Be careful, that'a all,” Elspeth
thought ehe heard her say; and Trow
bridge's expression was not quite so
pleasant as It had been, though he
forced a smile to greet the atenog
rapher.
"Kino looking woman, that," be eald
ns he ushered Elspeth Into the room.
"Countess Kadepolskol, I mean. She
and I only met here * ehort lime ago,
but she's mighty kind about giving me
good advice, and was Just telling me I
ought to be careful and not overwork
myself. You wouldn't think I wne deli
cate, would yqu? But I’m supposed to
be here for the tonic nir to pick me up
after a threatened breakdown. We
Americans are so apt to keep the can
dle burning at both ends, you know.”
Elspeth answered that she would not
have dreamed he was out of health;
but she was thinking "I don't believe
the countess waa Inlklng about over
work. If It had been anything aa sim
ple as that, he wouldn't have minded
whether I overheard or not. But he
did mind, for some reason or other, and
went out of his way to account for her
words. Perhaps he's afraid 1 might tell
Lady Hilary that there’s something be
tween him and the counteas."
You ought to see her Jewels," Trow,
bridge went on, as Elspeth arranged
her typewriter and paper on tho table.
"She’s rolling In money, I believe, a
Jolly good catch for some poor young
man. By the way, she was telling me
that Mr. Kenrlth had bought a Jewel—
n diamond. I believe, which was once
In her family. I don't care much about
such thlnga myself. Whenever I buy
diamonds. It Is to give away to some
friend. But she la keen to know If
he's got It here, for It seems, though
It waa In her late husband's family for
many generations, It passed from them
before her marriage, and She's never
seen It. If you hear him speak of It,
you might let me know as she feels
delicate about asking, and, anyhow, a he
hasn't met him yet. But now to
work. We must get through as much
i we can In what’s left of the hour.”
By this time Elspeth was silling at
the table, and he flung himself down
the drat letter, by giving the date, and
getting os far as "Dear Sir," when sud
denly he spied on the table near Els-
peth'a elbow the book which I July Hil
ary had given her. The folded paper
waa visible between the pages, and
at sight of It Trowbridge's face lit up
with Interest.
"Oh Just a minute," he said. "LetAt
see. If you don't object, what la the
lovely Lady Hllary'e taste In poetry.”
Elapeth did not object, -because the
thought flashed through her mind that
Mr. Trowbridge perhaps suspected
that something more than the poem
eras written on the paper, therefore it
might be well for him to And there
W«e nothing besides. Accordingly ehe
was silent; but she watched Trow
bridge, to see what he would do, and
as ho reached to take the book, which
lay at some distance from hie hand, hie
wrist was exposed for an Inch or two
beyond the cuff, and Elepeth eaw a
very odd thing. Just above the wrist
bone, he wore a bracelet—not the pad
locked bangle which some men affect,
‘ flat
Is so often the forerunner of a heavy
aleep, and having saved herself duly,
ahe floated peacefully Into dreamland.
How long she slept she did not know,
but she waked with a atart to And the
room tilled with a soft light, which at
flrit she mistook for dawn. She had
the sensation that something had wale
ed her, some sound perhaps; but.If so,
It had ceased and the room was as
•till os If It had been a vault. She
realized after a moment that the light
waa the light of tho moon, not of morn
ing, and she wondered how many hours
of sweet unconsciousness she had had.
Were they few or many? In any case,
It was delicious to know that there
muet be several more left before she
need think of getting up to begin anew
day's work. Thue she lay for awhile In
a blissful state between dreaming and
waking, her eyes half eloped, when a
board creaked, as if under the pressure
of a foot.
Elspeth know tho very board,
thought sho knew It, for In passing to
and fro her foot had caused tha earns
disagreeable squeak, and she had tried
to avoid the place. In a second she
had bounded from her bed, and out of
onUc room.
hurriedly. “Open it anywhere and we in a big easy chair within comfortable ehe had that sensation of falling which
suggest a love-secret, but
band of geld, set with pearls and tur-
2Tnch«i . a h n . <, .kin n f. i hsr Cl Sown ‘ho ilcove Into tho big moonllf room.
Eaml , *?nM le Iim!? ?nid» Br AWa** thlS 11 *** more by Impulse than deliher.
bScriet the itrm w.; covered with «• »«“•»««» »he melted tp die-
white kid, like a woman’s glove, and
the Junction between this and the fleph
was maaked by the band of gold.
For tho fraction of a second Elspeth
forgot herself, end stared. Whether
Trowbridge noticed the direction of her
eyes, or whether he merely remember
ed after an Instant of self-forgetful-
ness that he had been Indiscreet, the
effect was the same. Flushing darkly,
he drew back hla arm, and the brace
let and what waa above It were once
more completely hidden by hie sleeve.
CHAPTER VI.
A Face In the Moonlight.
E LSPETH had had very little time
during her first flay at Lochraln
Castle Hydro to brood over, flier
own affaire. Those of other people had
proved still more abeorblng, and dwell
ing upon them had prevented her from
giving much attention to the mystery
ot the night's disturbances. But when
darkness came again, and a second
night had to be faced In the tower
room, even the romantic love trouble*
of Lady Hilary Lambart and Captain
Oxford faded Into the background of
her mind. The one absorbing queetlon
was whether a trick had^ really been
played upon her or whether, In spite
of her firm conviction to tho contrary,
there were such things as ghosts. which
haunted place* on earth that they nw
loved or hated?
The girl had now to remember rut-
fully that ehe had taken etepa to de
fend herself against other nights of
terror, and that no light whatever had
been thrown upon the mystery. The
one piece of evidence In favor of tha
trick theory (If Indeed It could be
called evidence) was that the servant
who had brought her meals had worn
rather a peculiar expression when he
civilly asked after her health In the
morning. He had looked, ahe thought,
as If he hod expected to hear that ahe
had passed a bad night, and appeared
somewhat disappointed when ehe had
announced herself to be In the best of
health and spirits.
But then, even If she had not Imag
Ineil the expression, the man might
easily have known no more than that
the tower waa said to be haunted.
Persons In that class of life were
supposed to be fond ot horrors, and It
would have been a delicious declara
tion for the servants' hall If Mr. Mc-
Gnwan's new secretary had acknowl
edged receiving a visit from the
ghosts. Perhaps tha man knew the
story of the tower, whatever It might,
he, and would be more willing than Mr.
Grant to repeat It. But Ejapeth would
not yield to the temptation she felt to
ask him, when he brought her dinner
or took away the tray, and when he
Imd gone with hi* polite "a good nlght'e
rest to you, rnlsa," she knew that she
was alone.
Realising all too keenly now what aha
had undergone latt night, hep nerves
began to Jump, but she took herself to
task sternly. This sort of thing would
never do. Either ehe must become the
victim to moral cowardice, trick or no
trick, and ask to be given another room
In exchange for this, even If It were
no more than eight feet square; or
else she muet be Arm enough not to
be frightened, for It was Impossible
thnt she could lie wakeful and trem
bling with nhmelese terrors night after
night, and still be able to do Justice
to her work by day.
So well did she succeed In getting the
tipper hand of her nerves, that by 10
o'clock she was actually calm enough
to be sleepy, and to feel that nothing
earthly or unearthly would have the
power to rob her of slumber. Hardly
had her head touched the pillow than
cover, It ehe could, what had made the
sound, tor hardly did she e.upect to see
any form save the dim shapes of the
qld-fashloned furniture, each one of
which she already knew.
But there was more to see. By the
fireplace hovered the pale appearance
of a man, dreseed In eomethlng dark
and loose, hie face clear and white In
the stream ot moonlight, which fell full
upon It. Only for a breathing space did
Elepeth's eye*, and tha eyes of this ap
parition meet and hold each other, for,
without a sound, seemingly without a
motion, save one gilding step back
ward, the tall form vanished from sight,
aa If the shadows—no more ethereal
than Itself—had swallowed It up.
Stiff and straight the girl stood star
ing at the spot where It had been.
Then when she recovered from the
first shock, half terror, half amaze
ment, ehe went unsteadily and shiver
ing. as If with cold and weakness,
across to the table to light lamp and
candles. All the while she could see
the white face In Its halo of moonllilit,
a* plainly ae If It had been photo
graphed upon her brain; the fine fore
head, the straight brows, the brilliant
eyes, yes, more clearly than the rest,
those terribly brilliant eyes.
Her own breathing frightened her,
anil the knock, knock of her heart
against her side, until she had got a
light. Then It was more horrifying to
And the room empty, eave for herself,
than It would have heed to see the
man where he had stood before. If
he were a man of flesh and blood, he
would hare been there still, she said,
for the door was shut and locked, and
It would be Impossible to enter or es
cape through a window. It muet be,
the girl thought,-that a ghost had come
to provei to an unbeliever that such
things were. And yet—and yet—ehe
did not feel aa It she had seen a ghost.
Besides, why should a ghost have
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Paris, dune 15.—H. Camille Flamma
rion has Just published the account of
an astounding cure by means of mag.
netlsm of a young girl In the last stages
of consumption, who had been given
up by three separate physicians. Mile.
B.. twenty-eight years of age, was the
orphan child of a mother who died of
tuberculosis, while her brother suc
cumbed to the same disease at eight
years of age.
Her own condition became worse and
worse until April, 1505, when she took
to her bed apparently never to rise
again. Tho three doctors called In In
dependently found that ehe was suf
fering from absolute loss of feeling
and movement In the lower members,
that deep palpitation was Impossible,
owing to pain, that there was a curva.
five of tho spine, and that tho patient
suffered from other symptoms of ad
vanced consumption, among which
were extreme emaciation and weak
ness, loss of appetite, stubborn consti
pation, persistent Insomnia and fre
quent syncopes.
These Independent diagnoses were
made by Drs. St. Martin, GrandJean
and Dleh last March, and entirely con
firmed thoso of Dr. Levy, who had
been attending her for the last two
years. At the commencement of the
month of March the patient was
stretched pn her bed In a state of In-
ortla, only the arms being able to make
a few very rare movements.
She was able slightly to turn her
head to the right, but as soon as the
body was raised her head fell heavily
to the side; the vertebral column had
absolutely no rigidity, and It was Im
possible to alt her up In bed, the mere
effort to do ao bringing on a faint. Her
face waa deathlike In pallor, but the
eyes were lupernaturally bright.
It was while she waa In this state
that M. Emil* Magnln, the hypnotlzer
and magnetizer, first met her, and,
finding that she waa extremely sensi
tive to psychic Impressions, determined
to make one last effort to bring this
desperate case to something nearer life.
The patient told him that, among
others, ahe had the following vision;
"On September 18," she said, "at 2
o'clock.ln the morning, I woke up, my
lamp having suddenly gone out. I relit
It, finding that It atlll contained oil, but
It went out again. Being now In com
plete darkness, I saw a light In the
kitchen through tho door which had
remained half opened and across the
vestibule, and then I heard a voice
ask distinctly, 'Can you support the
trial?’ I answered 'yee.' then I saw
come nearer me a slender hand, hold
ing a torch, which lit up the whole
room, and I read above me ‘On March
8th you will get up.' The vision slow,
ly disappeared, and after several min-
sites plunged In darkness the lamp was
relit of Itself."
Mile. B. declared that she had never
seen the hand again, but that she would
know It If she eaw It
M. Magnln determined to make use
of this vision, white taking care not to
make any special suggestion of It to
the patient. At first he tried by mag
netic passes and suggestions to bring
about a diminution of the pains am
some sleep.
Almost at once ha produced a seda
tive action on the abdomen and the
patient fell Into a peaceful sleep. This
was In the beginning of March. On
each of hla dally visits she slept about
two hours. The Intestinal functions
started to return, and with them the
strength. On March 8, on awakening,
the patient related to the hypnotist
that she had seen near to him a "beau
tiful lady,” and when ahe gave the
description M. Magnln found that It
coincided very nearly with on* who
was very dear to him, and of whom he
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Besides, why should a ghost have
seemed startled at sight ot her? Sure,
ly there had been a look of apprehen
sion and alarm on that pale face, with
Its frame of dark beard, aa tha bril
liant eyes had found here. And then,
there was another question. Why
should a ghost look like Captain Ox
ford, disguised In a dark wig and
beard? ,
Elapeth hated to ask herself this, for
ahe wished to believe Captain Oxford
all that was noble; and yet there was
a klfld of relief In the thought that the
strange vteltant might have been he,
bent upon some mysterious errand to
the haunted tower.
There were secret entrances to
rooms In some old house*—secret en
trances so skilfully hidden that none
eave the Initiated would dream of their
existence; Elapeth knew this very well
from hearsay. But what , business
could Captain Oxford or any other
man, have In the tower? Whoever
It had been, ghost or human, the sud
den revelation of her presence In the
room had been unwelcome, and the ap
parition had hastened to avoid her by
vanishing In some way, therefore ahe
might assure herself that the visit had
not been connected with her. The
trick theory was equally negatived by
the evident apprehension on the white
face. If a man had come Into the
room to play ghosts and frighten a
girl out of quarters sacred to hla own
purposes, - he would have stopped long
enough to complete hla work thor
oughly. and he would have attempted
to look appalling, rather than appalled.
All these reasonings restored Elspeth
to a semblance of calmness. She took
a candle In each hand and made aa
thorough an-examination aa ahe knew
how, of the wall on the right of the
fireplace, Into which the figure had
teemed to vanish; trt as far as ehe
could tetl by peering tioeely, and pass
ing her hand over the surface of oak,
there waa no door or any mesne of
opening the wainscot there.
When ahe waa satisfied that If the
wall hid any secret. It was not to be
found out by her that night, she sat for
\ time, and waited, ao still she scarce
ly breathed, for any repetition of the
sounds. But nearly an hour passed,
and all quiet. Nothing could be ac
complished by waiting longer. Elapeth
decided, and shivering with the night
chill, she crept back to bed.
She did not expect to eleep, but fa-
tlguo overcome fear, and from puxsllng
over the mystery In waking thoughts,
she began heavily striving to decipher
It In a tangled maze, of dreams. Aa
before, she slept until brood daylight;
but It waa earlier than.on the previous
day, and when she had dressed hastily,
ehe thought that she would have time
before the coming of the servant with
breakfast to venture on soma explora
tions. But they were even more brief
than she expected, for aa she had sup
posed, there was no way of mounting
higher than her own room. The atone
staircase that had once wound on
above had been built up with brick,
which formed a solid wall. On the floor
below, the door of the room under her*
waa not locked, and a glance showed
that there was no myetery there. The
wainscoting had been prepared long
ago by some person of bad taste, .and
not being renewed evidently, for. many
years. It had fallen Into bad repair. A
few pieces of old furniture and tome
empty packing boxes and roll* of car
pets were the sole contents of the
room, and all were plainly visible In
the bleak light which streamed through
the two uncurtained windows. From
the room on the ground floor came
sounds of hammering, and Elepeth
guessed that the carpenter, who, ac
cording to the housekeeper, had hts
quarters there, was already at work. It
was more than Improbable that there
should be any visible means of com
munication with the upper floors. In a
room used as a carpenter shop, and If
there were a secret one. It would not
bo possible for her to seek tt while the
carpenter was at work. Altogether the
glrl’a exploring expedition did not lost
ten minutes and she gleaned nothing
from It, save one thoughL which struck
her aa somewhat significant. IVhy,
•he asked herself, had this one room
—the one she occupied—been kept In
repair, while the others had been neg
lected. and left uninhabitable? Was
the reason for this connected In any
way with the story of the tower, or was
It concerned with some other secret
apart from the ghost story? She de
cided that, without mentioning her ex
periences for which she still Intended
to be silent at all events tor the pres
ent, ahe might ask these questions of
the housekeeper.
Continued in Next Saturday's
Georgian,
There Is pot a more fitting tribute to
a great man than the Wesleyan Memo
rial movement It Is In keeping with
the progress of the age and la but an
Index of the onward march of Christi
anity. Tho church to fulfill Its mission
must reach the masses and lift them
to higher planes of living. The Indt
vldual church must meet the demands
of Its environment as well as foster a
mission spirit that looks to'the welfare
of mankind and redemption of the
world If It discharges the duties In
cumbent to Its existence and fulfill
ment of Its function.
The churches are awakening to their
duty to humanity as never before.
They are realizing that It Is not alone
the business and duty of the church
to administer to the spiritually weak
and diseased, but to the physically and
morally diseased as well.
The successful church needs sound
men physically, morally and mentally
as welt as spiritually. It Is as much
the duty of the church os It is of the
state or city to look after the physical,
moral and mental development of man
kind.
In fact It Is productive of higher and
greater good when Influenced by the
church.
• Education without moral restraint
and the leavening Influence of the
church Is frequently a great factor for
evil.
Education In the broad, sense does
not mean simply Improvement of the
mind alone, but Includes the physical,
moral and spiritual. All are essential
In a fully well developed, rounded char
acter and one Is Interdependent on the
other to a great extent
The church In the past has neglected
some of Its Important functions and
when we see a great church Indorsing
and aiding such a work aa establish
ing an Institutional church and hos
pital It speaks well for the future use
fulness and work of the church.
That such a work unprecedented in
the history of Methodism should be In
augurated In Atlanta speaks well for
the city.
Now that the aplrlt and sentiment of
"Greater Atlanta" Is In the air, then
ther Is a greater demand and necessity
for greater church work.
Shall we have a Greater Atlanta?
Greater In what?
Greater In commercial supremacy
and greater In population with Its at
tendant evil*.
Greater In crime, vice, disease and
degeneration?
If not the city mustjook well to the
physical, moral, Intellectual and spirit
ual character of Its citizens.
For ultimate success ot a greater
city character building la the molt Im.
portent.
In this work, the church has the
greatest responsibility. Preaching the
gospel every Sunday In the churches
It not sufficient to meet the demands of
a metropolitan growing city like At
lanta. If we desire to keep a proper
observance of the Sabbath and whole
some, moral atmosphere In the city, the
church must look to the amusements
and entertainments furnished the city
and to the proper development of the
children.
So long as we have saloons, penny
arcades and cheap theaters to pollute
and destroy the morals of men and
women, boys and girls of the city, the
churches are not doing thalr duty. So
long as the churches and the city fall
to furnish playgrounds for the physi
cal, moral and mental development of
tha child, reading rooms, gymnasiums
and plaoes of amusement Lor the older
ones, neither Is meeting the common
demands of humanity In a rapidly
growing city like Atlanta. . *
If tho church members and cUliens
of Atlanta fall now to willingly con
tribute of their means to the establish
ment nnd support of playgrounds for
children, parks and places of recrea
tion and amusement for the older peo
ple we will be compelled to pay In-
creased expenses later to sustain Ju
venile courts, add materially to tho
police force, Jail and hospital expenses
and cemetery lots.
Money invested now will bring forth
a thousand fold In saving boys and
girls for future usefulness and citizen
ship. Playgrounds for children pur-
chased now will be invaluable In the
Greater Atlanta from a commercial
standpoint, alto In the saving of boys
and girls and in the development ot
character.
crowded cities with narrow
streets, small yards or none at all, no
small parka nor playgrounds, a blind
man can read the future of the children
ot that city.
"What proflteth a man If he gain the
whole world and lose his own soul?"
What proflteth a “Greater Atlanta"
If It la gained at the sacrifice of the
physical, moral and spiritual develop
ment ot her children and citizens?
No city can be really and truly great
without a high standard of physical,
morel, mental and spiritual develop
ment of her children and citizens, and
the church Is the most potent factor
In securing such high standards of
character, '
The church of the future must broad
en Its field of work and save the boys
and girls from contaminating, degrad
ing social conditions and environ
ments.
The Wesleyan Memorial Is a great
movement In that direction os well as
the tabernacle work In the city of At
lanta.
The one Is backed by a great churcli
In a united action and the other should
bo so as to render each able to accom
plish the work that so much needs to
be done In the Interest of a greater
moral Atlanta. It Is a grand opportu
nity for Atlanta to demonstrate to the
world that a city can bo really and
truly great without depending on vice
and Immorality for Its greatness.
The Institutional churches In the
center of the city with their hospitals,
dormitories for boys and girls, reading
rooms, gymnasiums, bathing rooms,
night schools, etc., are powerful fac
tors for good end no churoh denomlna.
tlon Is doing Its duty without them.
Then the various Individual churches
are not doing their full duty without
seeing that the children of their Imme
diate neighborhood have proper play
grounds properly equipped and under
competent Instructors for the physical
and moral development of their chil
dren and their neighbor's children.
Children need play. It Is their nature
to play; they must have It In health
ful, moral surroundings. If such Is not
furnlshsd them they will seek un
healthy, Immoral surroundings, and
they are not to blame for doing so, but
the parents, the church and the city
are responsible for their degradation,
disease and moral degeneration.
Will the city, the churches, the citi
zens, and the church members do their
duty and save the boys and girls and
develop a Greater Atlanta In the high
est, and noblest senss?
It remains to be seen If each and
every one will discharge the duties nnd
obligations resting upon them, for a
city 1* Just what Its cltlsens make It.
We can have Just what we will desire
nnd moke. I urge In the name of hu
manity for the highest, noblest and
best.
had certainty thought Involuntarily.
The young woman then fell Into a
hypnotic condition, and after a few
moments extended her hands and ex'
claimed In a suffocated voice, "Help me,
help me!"
He massaged the larynx and the
hearL saying, "Here Is strength, take
It" A few seconds later she sighed,
and turned her head, making efforts to
sit up. He helped her up and she
remained sitting straight. • Greatly
astounded, the hypnotist remarked
aloud to the Invisible personality the
vision of whom had produced this ef
fect, “It you are really there end have
made this girl sit up, you can also
make her walk," and with an encourag
ing gesture he'threw aside the cover
ing*.
Slowly the patient, without much ef
fort, lifted her right leg and placed it
across the bed, the left leg Joined It.
the two feet were on tha rround with
the toes inward, the legs stiff and the
body leaning against tho bed. He re
peated to her r, wolk, walk; you can.”
She walked twice around the room,
with her hands Joined, her head raised
and looking upward.
M. Magnln says he believes he Is not
exaggerating when he declares having
seen a light aureole round the patient's
head. As ahe returned to the bed her
head fell, and her legs gave way, and
the hypnotist caught her In his arms.
On March 16, ahe had an uninter
rupted sleep of (even hours, and she
told him afterward that she had seen
her vision friend, who told her to
stretch her arms, that ahe had touched
her hands, and had felt fresh strength
enter Into her. After this the patient
wrote him a letter, a thing she had not
done for twenty-three months. M.
Flammarion adds that since this date
the patient has not looked back, but
hqs continued rapidly to get better.
Dewtger Lady Ilchester of Holland Home.
London, Is said to own the finest hlics
E ls extant They belonged once to the
resa Eugenie and were collected for her
ig ten years by Napoleon III, *bo
gave nearly 1160,000 alone for one string.
Jacobs 9 Prescriptions
There Is more to the proper filling of a prescription then Is apper-
ent at first glance. The success of the physician, the health; the very Ilf*
of the patient is dependent upon the care and judgment of the oom-
pounder, and the quality of the material ha uses.
Accuracy Is everything, and the pharmaceutical chemist must give
his entire mind and thought to this on* particular line, If he la to give
the best that la In him.
Jacobs* Prescription Department
hat prepared for this contingency, end in this department maintains four
expert pharmacists who devote thelrentir* time to the filling of presorlp-
tlone. They have no other duty and no other thought, and their experi
ence, coupled with the use of tho most complete laboratory of drugs and
chemicals in ths United States, supervised by the earn* executives whose
care hes been the cause of our succees, assures both physician and pa
tient ,
Accurate Service—Fresh Drugs
Reasonable Charges
In building up this unusual establishment we have borne in mind that
tho rudiments of the druggist's success is the proper dispensation of drugs*
Our service is prompt Wo maintain a messenger service that will call
for and deliver your order.
Jacobs > Pharmacy
6-8-10 Marietta Street.
23 Whitehall Street.