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fHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
TUK8DAY, AUGUST
1W7.
TOE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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OOB PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN
AND NEWS stands for Atlanta's own
ing Its own gua and electric light
plants, as It now owns Its water
works. Other cities ilo this nod get
K s ns low as CO rents, with a profit
the city. This shoutd be doue at
once. TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS
liellerea that II street railways can lie
operated successfully by European
rifles, ns they are. there Is no good
reason why they enn not he so oper
ated here. But we do not lielleve this
ten be done now, end It may be some
yeare liefote we are ready for so Ids
an undertaking, mill Atlanta should
set Its fare In that direction NOW.
A Philadelphia girl recently routed
i burglar with a lmt-pln. In the hands
if a woman the pin la mightier than
he nword.
The five railway commissioners oc-
ipy the center of the stage In slate
(airs Juat now. The eye of Georgia
upon them.
Another learned Judge—this time In
Baltimore—has attempted to flx the
value or a kins, which varies with
every panning breath.
The Bald Boanerges of Buffalo
Bayou la blowing more softly as the
basa fishing grow* prosy and the Jack-
rabbits Jump toward Galveston by
the sea.
The Forum, published at Macon by
the non-fraternity men of Emory and
Mercer. Is the first expression of an
organised opposition to college secret
societies that promises to become gen
eral. The Forum Is a Ay edited, and
Is likely to mako a sensation In the
college world.
The mayor of Atlanta Is follow
ing Its baseball team around tho
circuit. That Is what he says.
But It la legitimate to make any
excuse for leaving Atlanta.—Newa
and Courier.
It Is not because there are not more
Important Issues awaiting hla atten
tion at home.
Within a little more than four
months Aiken, S. C<, will bo over
run by Georgia drunkards.—The
Columbia 8tate.
But what a shame to' Aiken to be
the rendesvous for tho lowest cle
ment of Georgia's population! Can
nothing be done for Aiken?
However, when the sale of At
lanta whisky Is stopped, tho world
will be astonished at the sanity of
the people of that city.—Nows
and Cohrler.
And the Inhabitants of Charleston
will as usual be envious of a sanity
which they may admire but can not
emulate.
The reel heroes of tho South
Atlantic team are the Columbians,
who have furnished the money
to keep their losing team In the
field.—Augusta Herald.
And the real Samaritans of the
Southern League are the Atlantans,
who furnlah the biggest profits of the
league for a team that seems likely
to let Memphis wipe up the earth
with It a second time.
The son of Arthnr Pue Gorman and
tho bearer of his father’s name Is per
petuating the ancient Maryland feud
between Gorman and Warfield by en
tering the srena e« candidate for
United States senator against the gov
ernor who hated bis father. And the
Gorman-Warfleld contest will be one
of spirit and uncertainty to the end.
If the younger Gorman citn't fight, he
Is an unnatural son.
Representative Livingston I*
quoted hr a local news agency as
saying that the new crop would
be between 12,760,000 and 13,000.-
000 bales and wonld be of excel
lent quality. The crop, he says.
Is irregular, but will be much bet
ter than expected.—New York
Commercial.
This Is not the estimate of the best
business men of tho Soutn. *It it
much above the average estimate. It
sounds bearish and Is likely to give
comfort to the spinners, rather than
the growers.
LET THE DEMOCRATS SPEAK FIRST. .
The esteemed Washington Herald and the equally esteemed Houston
Post seem to have suffered a lapse pf perspicacity and Judgment In too
fervent a contemplation of the wonders of nature as discovered In the
fields and floods of Texas and the District.
At least these amiable gentlemen so seldom agreed seem to be of one
mind In opposing The Georgian's proposition that the Democratic nation
al convention should meet In advance of the Republican body and fulml-^
nato Its thunders first, so that In any similarity In the platforms of the
two parties the charge of plagarism or Imitation may rest upon the Re
publican organization.
We find It difficult to understand the obtuseness which can not com
prehend the merit of this suggestion. The Post, whose rampant advo
cacy of Senator Culberson makes It see an enemy In every waving po
litical shrub, explains Its density by the fear that The Georgian may be
getting ready to nominate Taft * or Roosevelt.
Not at all. Tho Georgian has simply called attention In Taft’a
speech to tho general coincidence of the views of definite Democrats and
of honest Republicans upon certain great questions which affect the body
of the people. The News and Courier and other wise commentators
North and South have noticed the same coincidence. Mr. Bryan Is con
stantly complaining that Mr. Roosevelt Is perpetually stealing his thun
der, and that “It la scarcely worth while for him (Brjran) to make a
Democratic or party speech because the president Is sure to come right
along after him with a speech more Democratic than his own.”
So that It would seem to be a simple matter of common sense for the
Democratic leaders to flx the burden of Imitation and the attitude of seo-
ond fiddle upon the Republican party.
And In what way can this be done, so simple and so effective as to
meet first, and put out the candidate and the platform of a real genuine
deflnlto Democracy?
Then If the Republicans follow after with an honest Republican and
another Democratic platform, we can at least “point with prido" to the
fact that we said It first, and If necessary -we can “view with alarm” or
“with satisfaction" tho definite Illustration that the wisdom Bnd patriot
ism of the Democratic position has oven converted the Republicans from
the error of their ways—upon which we can Invite them Into tho fold of
the faithful and Jeffersonian.
This docs not In the faintest degree Imply the necessity of nominat
ing Taft or any other Republican.
But It Is the best way to prove that we are leading and not following
tho Republican party.
Of course If The Post Is protesting the similarity between the expres
sions and policies of Roosevelt Republican* and definite Democrats, the
argument Is at an end.
For this resemblance Is too generally established and accepted to be
any longer a basis of Intelligent dispute.
What The Georgian It after Is the first go at the public presentation
of the views which the two factions hold In common.
We wish to make the Republican party use the quotation marks.
Is It plain?
“THE NIGHTMARE OF '120 LOOKER COUNTIES.’”
State Senator W. B. Stephens Is quoted as saying In Savannah:
"Tho state prohibition blit has really made locker counties
of tho one hundred and twenty-six dry counties of tho state. The
bill Is Just that weak. Any number of men can get together,
organize themselves without the formality of a charter from any
court and on the payment of five hundred dollars to tho tax col
lector will be Issued a license to open a locker club. This can
he dono In any county In the state nnd there will be none to say
they shall not do so.
*T suggested to prohibition advocates tho advisability of
giving tho ordinaries or the Judges qf the superior court the right
to say to whom these licenses should be Issued, but they could
not bring themselves to believe In the honesty and good faith of
tho suggestion, and did not adopt It. If n member of either branch
of the general assembly made a suggestion and was not an out-
and-out prohibitionist It was at once killed, no matter how meri
torious It might have been or,how much stronger It would have
made their bill. The passage of the locker club bill slmpty em
phasizes the fact that tho bill does not apply to social clubs.”
Tho Georgian baa dlllgontly sought to allay the widespread appre
hension that has been caused by this slip In tho winding up of prohibi
tion legislation.
Wo deslro to say once more that we do not ace anything In the sit
uation to cause any alarm to the friend* of prohibition In Georgia.
The concluding paragraph of the "locker" tax provides in express
term* that It shall not be so construed as to license the keeping of liq
uors In any place prohibited by law.
The prohibition act Itself prohibits liquor being kept at any place of
business. No locker enterprise could bo maintained anywhero without a
manager. Such a locker would be the place of business of the manager.
Every man, therefore, who placed liquors in such a place would bo sub
ject to Indictment.
While wo have always doubted whether tho Imposition of a tax' of
this kind would do any good, we have never thought It could do any
harm, drawn In the language It Is.
We have a good prohibition law, and It will prohibit In every com
munity where grand Jurors act under their oaths. In any other kind of
community, nothing can he of Immediate help to the people.
IA:t us give the present law a trial. It It does not develop the need
for amendment. It will bo the first great piece of constructive legislation
of Ita kind. '
Should any defects develop, the power that made It can amend It
from time to time.
SPEED THE BOYS’ CLUB.
The Boys’ Club seems now n well-assured and promising adjunct to
the philanthropic life of Atlanta.
No good cltlsen of any age or sex will fall to wish It godspeed.
A good cltlsenshlp that has never failed la any practical emergency
to respond to the real and noble eausea of Atlanta haa rallied promptly
to tho appeal of those who have this beneficent enterprise In hand, and
tho meeting of this Tuesday afternooa la chiefly to organise and perfect
what has already been ao wholesomely and practically begun.
The boys will have a club. It will be an attractive, winning resort.
Increasing In charm aa the cold weather drives them Indoors for amuse
ment. It will be well located, well equipped, and will draw many a youth
from reaorta where pleaaures are more questionable and less sincere.
When It Is established and opened, let every good cltlsen hold It In
his mind as a reference to boys whose time hangs heavy on their
hands, and who complain that they "hare nothing to do.”
SOME FELLOWS WHO ARE “WEARY OF ROOSEVELT.”
Several of tho New York organs of capital, The Commercial, for In
stance, are rejoicing that "the Roosevelt administration has only eighteen
months remaining to It, and hoping that a sentimental people will not
extend It further.’’
Why? The Commercial says because "when Roosevelt Is gone
things will settle down, capital will lose Itsatlmldlty, and things will as
sume a normal state.”
Certainly. There Is nothing new or strange about that. The same
tranquillity that prevailed when the Insurance companies were robbing
the people and contributing the money of widows and orphans to the
campaign' funds of political parties.
The Commercial sighs for the quiet times In which the trusts
stalked abroad In the land with none to molest not mako them afraid.
The Commercial pines for the good old days when the railroad cor
porations charged their own prices for freight, and filled the halls of the
capitol at Washington with their hired lobbyists to control and corrupt
the legislation of the country.
The noble soul of The Commercial I* aweary for that repoie In which
the railroad mergers moved unruffled through the realms of trade, and
tho coal combine swung prices skyward at the will of selfish Baers.
Ob, yes. It Is easy to see why the stir and vigilant activity of the
strenuous president makes organs like The Commercial tired.
But the people who are as a thousand to one to The Commercial and
Its sympathizers are not all disturbed by the bustle and movement of the
Roosevelt administration. They are In no hurry to see It brought to a
close, and It Is by no mean* certain that the Inspiring effect of Its dash
ing reforms may not lead a "sentimental," but also an Intensely practical
people, to prolong the administration for forty-eight months longer than
the 4th of March in 1908. .
Even If It frets the nerves and destroy* the tranquillity of The Com
mercial and Its friendB.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OP VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington, Aug. 27.—Captain Barnard
Hhnrp, froiji Third to Tw*nty.*econd Inf an*
try. Captain Petar Murray, Eighteenth In
fantry, detailed quartermaster's department.
Captain William Weigel, Infantry, unassign-
nd, to Eighteenth Infantry. Captain Jerry
C. Sprlngstead. First infantry, Kansas Na
tional guard, to Infautry aud cavalry achool.
Fort Leavenworth.
Navy Orders.
Lieutenant J. V. Babcock, detached Law
rence, home, to await orders; Enslgu E.
Friedrlck- to command Lawrence.. Mid
shipman It. 8. Edwards, detached Missouri,
to Stewart
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—August 22, Worden at Newport;
Angust 23, Severn and Htundlsh at Annapo
lis I August 24, Olytnpla at Annapolis, Leb
anon, Panther, Washington at navy yard,
New York; Chattanooga at Vladivostok,
Hthcrln; Saturn at Acapulco, Mexico. Au
gust 25. Dolphin at navy yard, New York;
Newport at Portsmouth. N. II.; Italelgh, at
Honolulu. August 26, Plscatnqua and Iris
at Cavite.
Railed—Aujrnst 24, Maine from North river,
New York city, for Humptou Itouds; Ohio
from uavv yard, new York, for Hampton
Hoads; Albany from Mare Island, for Aca
pulco, Mexico; Dolphin, from league Island
for navy yard. New York; Arkansas from
Washington for Annapolis. August 25, Sat
urn from Acapulco for Han 'Frnnelsco: 8t.
Isolds from Acapulco for Hnudlego; Wol
verine from Hay City, Mich., for Detroit;
Caesar from Boston for Philadelphia; Flori
da and Nevada from Annapolis. August 26,
Prairie from Hampton Hoads for Portland,
Maine.
LIQUOR PRESS ON
PROHIBITION IN GEORGIA.
'Might as well try to keep out the Hud
son river with n whisk broom” *is to stay
the present temperance campaign In the
South by the menus the liquor interests
have been employing. This lugubrious
comment of J. E. Nolan, editor of Bever
ages. New York, the official organ of the
National Liquor League of America, Is re
ceived with contrasting Joy In the prohibi
tion ranks. Tin* Associated Prohibition
Press balls It ns "the most notable utter
ance of the week," and declares that It
"Will be rend with Interest by every home-
lover nnd snloon-Ughter In America." The
passage of the Georgia prohibition bill
was the Inspiration of Mr. Nolan’s re
marks. In addltlou to that quoted above,
be says:
“’he result In Georgia presents no plena
outlook for any section of the bust
. That state In Its Judgment has treat
ed all alike, nnd no fnlw* notion that beer
Is a tempera nee* beverage nnd should lie
“ -veil to hold on has been entertained
>rought forward. We dislike to ac
knowledge It. but wo really believe the en
tire husluess all over has overstayed Its
opportunity to protect Itself ngalnst the
otiwnad inarch of prohibition, which In some
sections of the country is advancing like
a prairie flro with not a bund raised to
stop Its progress. For years we lmvo
sounded tho warning of the Impending
Storm. For yeirrs we have argued for or
ganisation. nnd for years wo have, In sensou
and out of season, pleaded for unity, hnr-
tuoiiv nnd oo-opomtion among all branches
of the business, but nil effort* on our part
nnd on the part of others has resulted lu
**'Plve years ago n united Industry might
have kept back the situation that now
mfronts It. but today It Is too late.
Less mournful, from the standpoint or
the liquor Interests. Is the verdict of
Mldn's Criterion, a liquor trade paper pub-
IlSlicd In Chicago. Prohibition In Georgia,
it says, to liecoine successful, should lmvo
been enacted by popular vote. The peo
ple, It thinks,, are not behind the move
ment so generally ns the prohibitionists as
sert. Therefore. It ndds:
"So far ns the liquor Interest Is con
csrned. It need not weep over this state
of affairs, iis prohibition In Georgia will
Stnrt with this handicap that will lead
In time to Its merited downfall. It requires
prophet to predict that If after fifty
years' test In Puritan New England prohibi
tion Is reduced to but one state of the
six, nnd even that Is In a shaky condi
tion, where Individualism Is so rampant,
Its sway will be of brief duration.
"Those accustomed to stimulants will
still secure them, but by the circuitous
route of Interstate commerce, and tho only
persons that wili suffer Inconvenience will
be the dealers nnd the people of Georgia
who have been their patrons, and In Geor
gia nnd elsewhere tho aphorism null re
ceive Its exemplification that prohibition
does not prohibit." . . . ..
Bonfnrt s Win. nnd Spirit Circular. New
York, expresses similar beliefs. It will
be Interesting to watch the effect of the
new law In Grinin." It snys. In every
other state where It he. been tried tt he.
proved a failure, nnd we predict that Geor
gia will uot prove Itself the exception.
THE GOLDEN^ RULE.
To the Editor of The Georgian: .
The writer attended the educational
rally anil barbecue of the Fanner.' Un
ion at Union City, In Campbell county,
on the 2*d Inetnnt. and was highly
pleaded with their declaration of faith
as announced by the several speakers,
especially their adoption of the golden
rule, “Do unto others aa yo would have
them do to you.” Thle la the highest
evidence of their sincerity nnd patri
otic desire to better their own condi
tion without Injuring others. Your
own beautiful and eloquent eommente,
Mr. Editor, on this plank of their plat
form scintillated with lofty thoughts,
nnd hinted at higher possibilities for
fallen man.
In IhlB connection. I wish to give
some extracts from a letter written by
Hon. Charles L. Mo.es and published
In the dally Constitution of the 20th
instant. Under the caption, “Some In
equalities In Taxes nnd Returns,” the
writer Institutes u comparison between
tax returns, public school funds, etc.,
of Harris, Meriwether and Coweta
counties. He says: "Now, let us. for
the sake of comparison, look at the re
turns of Meriwether, which Is Just
above Harris. Meriwether shows a
loss. I believe, of $12,000 In her tax
returns. This Is more surprising be
cause while Harris was already above
the av.iaae, Meriwether was far below
U. During the past twelve months
mort railroad mileage has been built In
Meriwether than In any county of the
state.
Now, let us look at the returns from
these two counties. Their arena are
about the same, hut Harris has only
18,000 piinulatlon, while Meriwether has
28,000. The while population of Harris
Is little more than one-half that of
Meriwether. The market price of land
In Meriwether Is much higher than In
Harris. Iotst year Meriwether ginned
37,<00 bales of cotton, against 24,000
bales for Harris.
“Meriwether gives In her land for
taxation at 84.16 per acre. Etghty-flve
counties of the state give In their land
at a higher rate. ’-Sixty-seven counties
pay more tax money Into the treasury
than doe* Meriwether, but ahe draws
out more than all except eight of the
largest counties.’ Her figures are set
like the old negro’s fish-trap, to hitch
rtiei tho l?. 1 ' 1 '" n the KC'J'imjft of the capUoi'on fhe
Hr. Moses further states that the Washington nod Mitchell street corner, amt
law directs that the public school fund bar* the names ef the Immortal 1M la
bs distributed among the coupties ac
cording to school population.
By the United States.* census, the
population of Coweta, Carroll, Troup
and a score of other counties Is each
much larger than Meriwether’s, and
yet the latter receives.* school fund
larger by several thousand dollars than
most of them.
“For Instance, In 1096, 1.100 more
children attended the schools of Cow
eta than those of Meriwether, but Mer
iwether received from the state fund
nearly $4,000 more to educate her
smaller number.”
And the Hon. C. L. Moses closes
with the terse declaration:
“I confess I don’t understand It.”
That Is. the gentleman from Harris
don’t understand why the children of
Meriwether recelvo 10 cents per diem
from the school fund while those from
Coweta receive only 6 Cents.
Now, Mr. Editor, there Is not a scln.
tllla of evidence In the letter of the
gentleman from Harris going to show
that the farmers bf Meriwether belong
to the Farmers’ Union, but the eloquent
facts so tersely given do prove that
the said farmers of Meriwether ought
to belong to It.
And let us hope that the eloquent
and urbane President Duckworth can
find time to visit that county of low
land values and high school funds, and
klhdly, lovingly, teach them the golden
rule, "Do to others as you Would have
them do to you.”
The accusations of Mr. Moses are of
a serious nature, and It la up to the
state officials to deny or explain them.
Everybody knows that In many coun
ties real estate and personal property
are not returned at one-half their
value. But nobody thought that the
public school fund was ever Illegally,
distributed.
No wonder the railroad companies
undervalue their property, when they
see the farmers of one of the best
counties in the state returning their
land at $4.15 per acre. w. G. B.
Stonewall, Ga.
MATTERS AND THINGS IN *
GENERAL: WOMEN AND
MEN IN PARTICULAR.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Fermlt me to thank you for your mo«t
timely editorial In lu*t Friday'* Issue on
"Fountain* for the New Atlanta." To iny
mind. It Is nlwny* the light thing to do to
furnish the people with plenty of witter.
You know* the first use the women of New
Orletuik made of their t
vote for a Iwnd-Issue
great iity a respectable water woi
sewerage system. And now that we are
to see the liquor niiIooiis move out of At
lanta January 1. 1906, "lock, stock nnd bar
rel," It behoove* every human person to
see 4o It that the poor old whlsKy*^^
bums shall not want for plenty of "Adam's
nle" to qtiouch that thirst which never
dies as long a* they enn get alcoholic li
quors to drink.
Atlanta's city fathers are very derelict
along thia line of endeavor. Btrangely so,
It seems to those of tie who are so inter
ested/ Even when fountains are presented
to the city, the donors are compelled to
spend much time niul effort lu getting them
placed and kept In order. There was the
beautlfvl Ersklne fountain (which never
plays) which woe tho only fountain In our
city until the Atlanta Willard Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union presented jn
bronxil fountain to the city, aud the space
behind the Grady monument was granted.
Then our city fathers decided that “Ft would
draw Dies, flea* and gnat*." and placed
It near the railroad on Wall street, where
It I* now doing It* level best to quench the
thirst of the multitude, although It Is nearly
covered with rock. *and aud dirt, used In
building the nnderpass on Pryor street
By the way, the statement of those wise
city fathers concerning the hurting quali
ties of flies, fleas and gnats to the Grady
monument was Just al>out as sensible ns
the published statement of Walter It.
Brown, that the dignity of the state capi
tal had been lowered by 'the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union serving sand
wiches, coffee, ten and lemonade to the r
represent*Ives, when they were held up ...
the "fool busterera" who were engaged to
represent the vested Interests of the liquor
inen, and. at tho same time, rob the tax
payers of the state of Georgia at the rnto
of 17 per minute In their successful efforts
In dclnylng legislation on the stute prohi
bition bill.
Ieost Mr. Ilrown forget, let me remind
him that once on a time n disreputable
blind tiger was unearthed (uncloseted) In
that same state capttoL and It wasn’t dur
ing prohibition days, either.
The filthy state of the floors caused by
expectorating tobacco fiends, who Ignoro
the cuspidors, Is a distressing sight to peo
ple who despise nnd denounce "the flltby
weed." And Just the other day our re
liable newspaper* told us how the logisln
tors pelted each other with "snlt lmlls." A
Sunday paper tells us how . Mr. Austin, of
Murray county, aspired to fill the scat of
Speaker Bln ton, nnd he was "pelted with
Isioks, pamphlets, fans ond huts." Now,
suppose they had broken some of those
handsome cnnudcllers. would Walter It.
Brown have come out In print and de
clared the dignity of the capital had been
lowered? Certainly not! Ilecauac there was
not a woman In the ease, nnd his desr
liquor wo* not endangered thereby. Yon
know, he Is an nntl-prohlbltlonlat of long
standing, and state prohibition has about
laid him tin. Evidently he has nn Idea that
women hod a hand In It; that Betsy helped
to kill the "bar." The tight of Mr.
Wright and Joe Hall, the fight l»etween the
lean man and the fat man on neeount of the
misrepresentation of the lean man of the
county of Hall, why, of course, that did
not lower the dignity of the state capital.
It wn* men who did those sort of things,
but the women eoubl be driven out of the
galleries. t»ecan*e .men made a noise nnd
the galleries could l»e closed to the women
nntll the bill was voted on, nnd that is
Southern chivalry—God save the mark!
to butld thnt house:
iHset themselves up aa repre-L
setitafives of these same tax paying women.
Home of these days there will lie women
legislators In that same old capita! of
Georgia. Jnat aa there are women legls-
J la tors In the capital building In Wyoming.
Colorado. I’tnh and Idaho, and then you will
| see It will lie dean from dome to base
ment, nnd don't you forget
loved grandmother of the president of the
society, succeeded In securing f «$>•!• stiff!
dent to purchase a handsome fountain,
which they presented to the city fathers
more than a year ago. «
Thnt fountain Is lying In some out-of-
the-way place, doing nobody any good.
The dear grandmother has removed to an
other state, and nobody says a word for
the little girls who worked so diligently
to help people to the lies! thing under the
sun—pure, good water—except the editor of
The Georgian. The south side wants thnt
fountain, nnd many of ns think a splendid
place for It Is on Hunter street, near the
Gordon monument. Many people sit on the
coping of the wrall around the capital, and
It would be a God-*<>ud to give them wa
ter convenient to drink.
We hope the mayor and council will
think this matter prer and place the chil
dren** fountain ns soon ns possible.
The grateful women of the Woman's
hrlstlim Temperance I’nlon are nlw’nys
talking nowadays of wishing to show their
appreciation of the one hundred ami nine-
tv-fonr ttnpnrrhnsable men who "stood
like a stone wnll" and voted solidly for
state prohibition. Would It not lie a good
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THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story qf Mystery and Adventure
icnutlful tvomnn. nt ftarntogn. 8ho fs nl-
tnckoil by n foreigner (Dr. Carl Mueller),
tho Intter dvnmmllng thnt eho surrender to
him "a bit of paper nnd n etone. lie
clnlms he hna the missing fragment nnd
.thnt "the others were then In the hotel.
•Frank reBOUee her and Is Siren » parknge
with nermlslson to open It when ho thinks
tho right time hnn come. A telegram nn-
tionnccs the' sudden death of Reginald s
father. Frank Is innde executor of the es
tate. Iteglimbl Is charged with forgery, nnd
8YNOPS18. of .that suppressed excitement In her
Frank (the hero) nnd Reginald Brncebrldgc sensations, when he was her comnan-
> *'— " Ion, which had so often thrilled through
and through her when Basil Thurston
walked by her aide.
“Happiness!"
“I feel quite curious to behold thli
prospective brother-in-law of mine"
Raymond sold. "If He Is npt all that
he should be. Sylvia, he’d better look
out! He’ll have me to deal with at
well as you, I promise him.”
But Sylvia only smiled fnlntly by
way of reply. She was still tired aft-
er her long walk; at 9:»0 o'clock she
decided to retire to her own room for
the night. They were all In the draw-
Ing room by this time, nnd ns the girl
withdrew Raymond declared that he
too. felt tired and sleepy, and he fob
lowed his sister from the room.
"If that be so. we’ll sll seek our
pillows." the Judge said. "For my own
part, that ride to town and back has
been quite enough for me for one even.
Raymond overtook Sylvia at the top
of the front stairs, just aB she was
about to turn down the lobby to her
own room.
"I’ve been too hard on you today
Sylvia," he sold In caressing tones.
"I shouldn't have tired you out like
this. Away with you to bed now this
Instant, and don’t let me see those pale
cheeks when we meet tomorrow morn
ing at breakfast. I shall hove a smoke
before I turn In."
ed with her murder. Frank nnd Reglusl
leave the lionue by n secret pn««ngu and
reneli the limeebrlilge Country home on
Long Island. They embnrk In sn airship.
Reginald Is sent to France. Frank lesru*
thst the physician who attended Reginald ■
wife resembles Dr. Mueller. lie hires s
farm In Ohio near tho plnre where this doc*
tor Ureft. Sylvia Thurston, pretty
? f a Judge In Ohio, Is brought Into
lr. Mueller fnlls In lore with her. Ho seems
to know her brother, n pointer, who reside,
abroad. Sylvia. Dr. Mueller nnd a girl
friend visit "The Hollow," an old house,
snld to be haunted.
Rnill Thurston mnkes violent It.-
vln. lie tells her he knows she love* him
nnd Is only kept from saying so by fenr uf
her brother, llaj mood. Basil makes threats
ngnlnst Raymond. - _ ,
Itnsll Is almost persuaded to go to Colo
rado end seek his fortune In the mines He
turns to drink In bis distress over hi; un
successful lore nffnlr, nnd his sister, Rose,
pleads with him to reform. . . _ ,,
Basil does not reform. While In the field
one any he henrs Dr. Mueller making love
to Sylvia. Until meets the girl and liegs
her to wed him. She Is frightened and re
fuses. While trying to escape from Unsll
she runs Into the arms of Dr. Mueller. She
consents to marry tho doctor.
Dr. Mueller urges Sylvia to mnrry him
nt once, although she tells him she wishes
her brother, Raymond, who Is In Europe,
to lit present at the ceremony.
Ruth Pritchard warns Sylvia ngnlnst Dr.
Mueller, and Basil Thurston declares, In n
letter to Sylvln, thnt ha, will prevent her
marriage nt nny cost.
Raymond Thurston returns home nncx
pectsdly and Is greeted by his sister during
the temporary absence of her Banco.
Miiellef disappears In n most extraordi
nary manner, but a letter from him to Syl
via explains his absence.
Sylvln nnd her brother go for a walk
and meet Unsll, who quarrels with Itay*
month
CHAPTER XL.
The Invalid.
The teapot had Just made Ita wel
come appearance when Raymond
Thurston went down to the drawing
room. Sylvln, too tired" ns yet to re
move her hat and jacket, still lay back
In the low chair by the hearth, her
eyes closed, her right hand extended
mechanically for the cup of tea which
her mother waa busily preparing.
Tho storm rgared In the old treris
without, and now and then the win
dow panes rattled as If shaken with
an angry hand. The wood fire waa
blazing cheerfully In the low wide
grate; the firelight. Indeed, was the
only light In the room at present.
“How did father find the Invalid to
day?” Raymond asked of his mother as
he entered the room.
“He has not returned yet, dear. Hi
was not able to go until after lunch
con, as sbme'people came Herts on
business and detained him. Then he
had to ride Into Cleveland after his
visit to The Hollow, so he probably
will not get back until dinnertime.”
It was 7:10 when the judge returned
to Moorcombe. As he took his place at
the foot of the dinner table he looked
flunked and ttred after his long ride In
the storm.
"Well, I had a very pleasant hour
over at The Hollow,” he said. In reply
to his wife's eager questions. "I found
Dr. Mueller lying In an armchair, with
his foot bandaged* end resting on a
footstool, and old Jaco In stern and
solemn attendance. Mueller was hop
ing to be able to remove the bnndage
thl* evening, but Jaco would not hear
of such a thing."
"I wonder 1s he wise In trusting alto,
gather to old Jaco'a skill, Godfrey?
Don’t you think, If his foot Is really
Injured, he ought to send for Dr.
Peard?"
Mueller's Doctor.
I said that to him, my dear, when
Jaco had left the room, but he only
laughed at the suggestion. ‘A* If I
should have the courage,’ he said, 'to
cal) In a doctor while I am In Jaco's
hands. Why, he never would forgive
the affront!’ And h* really was In ear
nest, too.”
"I hope he Is not suffering,” Sylvia
said, a feeling of remorse for having
entertained on the previous night a
vague doubt aa to Mueller’s letter of
explanation and apology.
“No; he says the pain I* gone now,
but lost night the foot was extremely
painful. I chaffed him for not reveal
ing himself to you yesterday afternoon,
but he assured me he was suffering
such torture at the moment that he
could not possibly show himself."
“I’m sorry to hear It,” Raymond said.
"Perhaps, after all. If he doesn’t put In
an appearance tomorrow I may as well
drop over to see him.”
"I’m sure you would be very wel
come; but he declares he will be here
early tomorrow, no matter what Jaco
may say. I like Carl Mueller better
and better the oftener I meet him,”
continued the Judge, as he sipped his
wine. "And I must say. Sylvia, my
dear,” and he directed a quizzical
glance nl his daughter, "that you are
a lucky girl, whether you realise that
fact or noL”
Sylvia started a little and colored
faintly. As yet she had not succeeded
In quite ‘‘realising that fact.” Per
haps the experience was to come. She
liked Mueller, and always felt pleased
to be with him; but there was none
•rrlheil on the base is encourage other
law-makers to go ami dif likewise)
Before we la-gln to work for this foun-
tnlu. we desire to know to whom we must
go to find oat If we will ho permitted to
-•’nre this foantnln on the rspltol grounds
111 you tell ns. Mr. Editor, and lielo ns
to set,the {nil la motion? ■ p
P^aps Writer It. Ilrown end his sort
sill tlfnk the women “would lower the
Realty of the cntdtol” l.y erecting s la-notl-
.Til fountain on the rspltol grounds, but we
nrc sure yon will. any. "iTo ahead! Ton
have gs mneh right In the halls of our
vtbers as their suss ever had."
The twentieth eentnry woman Is to conic
In'o her pws, ,a0 that l-efore very long.
Itespeet folly,
Atlanta, Ok
MARX L. M'LF.NDOX.
He stopped and kissed her and Syl
via nestled to him for a moment and
rested "her cheek against his.
"Darling! It Is heaven to have you
home again!" she whispered with a
little catch In her voice. "Heaven!
Heaven! Heaven!"
Then she roused herself and a long
high of perfect happiness Issued from
her Ups.
“Good-night, Raymond. Take my
advice and go to bed, and don't stay
too long In the hmoklng room. We’ll
have a glorious day again tomorrow.
Good-night.*'
Thus they parted. Sylvia turned
and kissed her hands at the corner of
the lobby and then vanished In the
shadows.
Just at that moment the Judge and
Mrs. Thurston came upstairs, and Ray.
mond paused to kiss his mother and
wish them both good-night.
"I’m going down to have a smoke.”
he said, "but I'll not delay long."
For about half an hour he remained
In the smoking room, pacing restless
ly up and down the floor, as he puffed
meditatively ot his meerschaum. His
handsome face was clouded a little;
there was a puzzled look In his eyes.
More Mystery.
"What is this mysterious business
about. I Wonder?" he was thinking. "Is
It all only moonshine, or Is there any
thing really serious at the root of It.
Well, It Is about time to make a start.
I daresay they’re all In bed now."
He glanced at hla watch, then walk-
cd to the window, drew aside the blind
arid peered out Jnto the night.
"An ugly night for an outing, ns
dark as pitch and tho wind howling
like a thousand lost spirits In chorus.
Well, there's no help for It, I sup
pose. And the sooner I get It over the
better."
He went noiselessly up stairs to his
bed room, took an overcoat from Ills
wdrdrobe and slipped Into It hurriedly.
Then a thought struck him nnd he
frowned a little and compressed Ills
lips.
"Better be on tho safe side," he said
to himself; and he went to a well-
worn valise, unlocked It and after a
rapid senrch found what he wanted—a
small revolver In a leather case.
He took out the revolver and glanced
at It and saw that It was properly
charged. Then again he hesitated hut
Anally slipped tho revolver Into one of
the pockets of his overcoat, locked
the bag again and left hla room as
noiselessly as he had entered.
In the hall below ho got his cap
and stick; then went again to the
smoking room and closed the door
firmly.
hope they’re all asleep; but. In
any case they won’t hear me, I think.
He crossed the room to the win
dow. quickly shot the bolt nnd lifted
the heavy frame. The wind rushed In
With a shriek of triumph and the Idlnd
flapped wldly. But Raymond rapidly
passed out through the aperture and
dropped to the ground from the win
dow sill, a distance of but a few feet.
Then he pulled down the frame again
and paused for a moment listening, hut
there was no sound audible save the
wild uproar of the storm and the swlsh-
swlsh of tho swaying branches of the
old trees.
”1 shall have enough to do to find
my way, I fear; but once I leave the
shadow of the trees, It will not be quite
so bad."
And with this thought In his mind
Raymond turned away 'from the win
dow and plunged Into the stormy dark
ness beyond. ,
Suddenly his attention was riveted
by what seemed to be a black cloud
against the moon, and Raymond stood
rooted to the spot as he gazed upon a
sight that thrilled him with awe and
terror.
A great birdlike body. Immensely
larger than any winged creature ot
modern age, obscured the moon for a
moment as It flitted across, far above
the silvery waters of the lake. A hunt
whirr of machinery sounded a moment,
and the silent watcher fancied a mans
face gazed at him aa the mysterious
object plunged Into the darkness east
by a bank of clouds near the horizon.
Continued in Tomorrow’s Georgian.
WOMAN MERCHANT CHARGED
WITH SELLING LIQUOR
fipeelsl to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 17.—Mrs. -.
J. Allen, an aged woman who conducts
a refreshment stand In the suburb of
Avcstdale, haa been arrested on the
charge of selling liquor w * ,,lou i r _f
license, on Sunday, and to minor*. Mr •
Allen has been selling a drink caiiro
“malt beer,” which Is supposed to con-
tnln alcohol. It .Is said that thl* "m»
beer” I* sold extensively In the country
around Chattanooga.