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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. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alabama 8t. Atlanta. Os. Subscription Rates: » Tear « K Months $"? ■e» Months *-y! (bee Dor Month By Carrier. Ter Week , depart ments. Long distance terminals. Telephones connecting Smith A Thompson, advertising rep- resentatlres for all territory outsTde of Chicago Office Tribune Building Near York Office Brunswick Bldg. NEWS. telephone the circulation department aud hnre It promptly remedied. Telephones: Ball 4927 main; Atlanta 4401. It la desirable that all rommnnlea- tfoni Int'-rded tor publication In fill*. GEORGIAN ANI) NEW* be limited to B» words In length. It la Imiieiatlva thal they lie signed, ns an evidence of good faith. Dejected manuscripts will not ho returned unless stamps are eent for the purpose. TlIB GEORGIAN AND MOWS print! no nucleon or objectionable advertis ing. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. 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 Did You Ever Stop to Think that your own individual finances are but the affairs of a corporation in miniaturef It is a fact that no corporation will be long successful thnt does not show some profit on its operations.- This will apply also to your personal affairs. To he successful you must show a profit. Put that profit with us in a savings account earning four per cent interest and you need, not worry as to the future. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. 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.