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OTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THCHRDAT, AUGUST », 1907.
THE 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. Go.
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TUG GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints
no unclean or objectlonntde adrertla-
lay. Neither doea It print trblsky or
aoy liquor ada.
SEWS atanda for Atlanta's own-
tbs city. This should bo done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that It street railways can lie
operated lucceasfully hy European
hey are. there Is no good
they ean not be so oner-
Dut wo dp not believe this
can lie done now, and It
may be some
years before ere are ready for so blf
so underrating. Stfll Atlanta should
set Its tare In that direction NOW.
Hoke Smith can easily give the
Folk-Culberaon booms a six months'
start and catch up In a week.
Governor Comer of Alabama has
demonstrated an executive vigor and
clearness In dealing with the rail
roads which fairly places him In tho
list of ellglbles as a Southern nomlnco
for 1908.
Cosmo Hamilton, the English
writer, Judges all Americans by the
"women who huvo become leaders of
English society and their brothers."
It Is not surprising to learn that In
his opinion the Americans are
sorry lot
It is announced (by her advertising
manager) that a certain bewitching
actress preserves her beauty by tsfc
Ing egg baths. Sbo Is the first of her
profession on record as receiving
these voluntarily.
Statistics of the women wago-earn
•rs in the world show those of tho
United States to be least paid of any,
though tho American women nro bet
ter equipped for earning a living than
thoso of othor nationalities. But tho
American men aro too, which prob
ably accounts for tho small percent
age.
The Atlanta Georgian calls It
"The Great and Historic Legisla
ture." Well, let It go at that.—
' Hawklnsvllle News.
Hlstofy will so write It. A legisla
ture that banished whisky from Geor
gia, disfranchised the negro, and regu
lated the railroads la bound to be his
toric. Three historic acts make one
historic legislature.
The Georgian thinks the Demo
cratic nominating convention
should precede tho Republican so
that tho latter can't get In ahead
on the platform. 1 Even tho Demo
cratic party can hardly go further
than Roosevelt did In his speech
at Provlncetown. Tho truth of
the matter Is, Roosevelt has taken
the wind out of the Democratic
sails right along.—Americas
Tlmea-Recorder.
Can't The Houston Post see that
our Democratic hope of Individuality
.and credit dependa upon the "Drat
tor
The Atlanta Georgian la never
out of the limelight. The eplsodea
of Messra. Graves and Seely hnd
hardly passed out of sight down
the road Into history before a
handsome Masonic edition was Is
sued. The Georgian Is all right
and la going to make a name for
Itself in the world of Journallam.
One of theae daya It Is going to
spread over thla Southland ns one \
of her greatest newspapers and
when the cold anapa of spring
come It will be found covering the
young squashes and cantaloupes
“aa the dew."—Moultrie Obasrver.
Or, rather as the "•uuililho which
drlvea away the dew.”
If the Atlanta newspapera
would get their circulation down
to a paid baala none of them
would have one-fourth what they
are now claiming. Any Atlanta
newspaper will be aent to any
body at long aa he will take It
out of^he poetofllce without the
payment of a cent In the reader’*
entire lifetime. — Spartanburg
(8. C.) Journal.
What s foolish statement! Not even
a slender Palmetto circulation should
move one to so palpable an untruth.
W* are willing to wager a nice fat
sab-treasury against a Congaree snipe
hunt that The Georgian has In propor-
tlon fewer unpaid or free subscribers
then any dally newspaper in 8outh
Carolina.
THE SCIMITAR AND THE SOUTHERN CANDIDATE.
The esteemed Memphis Scimitar, In a comment more Interesting
than amiable, and altogether out of harmony with the ancient courtesy
that went with Its name, takes sharp Issue with The Georgian on the
proposition of a Southern man for president, and thinks the suggestion
one of absurd sentimentality without a principle or a reason to sustain it
Which causes us to grieve somewhat over the gathering density of
The Scimitar's editorial vision.
Or, shall we rather say* with the Increasing dullness of lts erstwhile
shining blade.
The movement for a Southern candidate Is backed by a principle
North and South, that Is large enough to engage and enthuse the coun
try. The unity of the Republic, the wiping out of the sectional lines of
bitterness or suspicion left by the Civil war, tho practical announcement
to tho world of a re-unlted country In fact as well as In sentiment—aro
matters of profound and far-reaching consideration.
It Is a mistake to suppose that this fact heeds no further Illustration
or demonstration. All the platitudes of fraternity that have been spoken
within the two decades behind us, have not completely established the
Idea of national unity.
Spain boasted In her cortes Just before tho latest war that the slum
bering memories of the 8outh would awake to tbo opportunity of striking
the Union at the first outbreak of a foreign war. Tho Japanese states
men and soldiers who have been to visit us have carried homo the fal
lacy that the South still covets tho Individuality and Independent onco
sought In secession, and will seek It whenever the occasion Is presented
by the extremity of tho Union. Thousands of our own peoplo have heard
the platitudes of fraternity and tho protestations of unity with a sleep!!
cal shrug, and the very fact that there Is any doubt and apprehension
over the reception of a Southern candidate, Is the best proof that frater
nity Is not yet established la the American mind, and the best argu
ment for bringing the matter to a (Inal and decisive test as soon as pos
sible.
Moreover, as n matter of party expediency, which Is of course a lower
reason, we believe In the policy of a Southern -candidate.
The views given above are fully and generally held In the North, and
the writer knows from the close and Intimate observation of many years
that It is so genuinely and generously near to tho Northern heart to
thoroughly establish the reunion of the sections that a Southern candi
date would appeal poworfully through this sentiment to the support and
indorsement of the masses of our fellow-citizens with whom we were once
at war. *
Platitudes, professions and proteatatlons aro all right as tar as they
go. But tho people North and South fully understand and believe that
whenever tho people of this great country choose onco more as their chief
officer a man born bolow the Potomac rlv^r, It will speak In a tone I6ud
enough for tho nations tho practical oneness of the country, and the per
manent burial of the prejudices of ‘"66."
So that wo say to The Scimitar that wo favor a Southern candidate.
First, becauso we think a Southern candidate will settle Anally and
decisively and In the only real and practical way the vast question of na
tional unity, and,
Second, becauso we bolieve tho sentiment of the whole country Is so
ripe for a favorable expression that It would afford tho Democratic party
the best possible chanco to win tho campaign of 1908.
THE FOLK BOOM GAINING MOMENTUM.
Tho enthusiasts of Nashville seem to bo In gonulno earnest over tho
exploitation of Joseph Folk for president.
The club formed In Nashville Is largo In numbers and Interest, and
they will leave no stone unturned to further tho Interests of the Mlssou-
rl-Tenncsseean.
Tho Joseph W. Folk Club of Tennessoo has been permanently organ
ized and headquarters have been opened with a secretary -and several
stenographers and clerks are at work. Since tho Arst meeting, which
was called by ex-Governor James D. Porter, at which about Afty leading
Democrats of the state were present, tho club has added from Afty to ono
hundred mombors per day. From every congressional district and almost
/ every county In tho stato come letters encouraging the club and offering
to contribute to tho campaign fund.
It Is not that Tennesseeans are so much opposed to Dryan that they
favor Folk, but because they do not bcllovo that Bryan could possibly be
elected It nominated. His railroad policy. It Is believed, would destroy
forever his chances of election. It Is taken for granted In Nashville that
Roosevelt will got tbo Republican nomination, and In this event tho Inde
pendent vote will be strong enough to carry many Northern and Eastern
states for Folk.
A canvass of the Tennessee state capttol on Wednesday resulted In a
solid vote of all stato officials for -Folk. His brother,'Rcnu E. Folk, state
treasurer and Insurance commlsslondr, did not vote. Not only the offi
cials, but the clerks and employees at the state capttol Joined tho Folk
Club, and doclared themselves ready to subscribe to tho campaign fund.
The plan of tho Tennessoo Folk Club ls‘to begin at onco working up
Interest for Folk In other states, and loading Democrats will visit other
states In an endeavor to organlzo Folk clubs. *
It looks very much as It Tennessee will give Folk a solid delegation at
the next national convention, and with such a start the Folk boom begins
to look formidable.
We call the attention of Texas to this now menace to the fortunes of
Its favorite son.
THE SCHEME OF JAPAN.
An editorial In Tho World of Today richly- confirms tho views re
cently oxpressed by Tho Georgian in relation to Japan and ita attitude
toward the United 8tates.
After the Japanese have appropriated and absorbed the civilisation
which tho Weatern world baa evolved out of labor and suffering they will
not be content.
Japan, says Tho World of Today, means to be a great, mighty power.
She Is building huge ships, buying great guns. Attlng out her cavalry
with real horses, training every man In the art of war. putting her
Anances on a sure footing, making offensive and defensive treaties with
European nations, and carefully cultivating a Aghtlng self-consciousness.
The elder statesmen may not want war Juat yet, but the average "mod
ern" Japanese Is a Jingo.
A younk nation with a big military establishment Is like a boy with a
new air riAc. It wants to .kill something.
While Japanese visitors mako diplomatic speeches and scatter diplo
matic smiles the Japanese government Is planning for war.
And whom does she expect to Aght? Certainly not the Republics of
South America; certainly not China, now that Korea baa been mado an
object lesson of Asia's future. Sbe has treaties with France and England.
Possibly the Russians may seek revenge; but Russia baa troubles of her
own, and Is not likely to be very aggressive.
There are left Germany and the United States—and the Philippines
belong to the United States.
War with the United States may not come for Ave years, or for ten
years. It may never come. Rut unlea* all signs fail. It Is a part of Ja
pan’s program.
This may seem absurd to Americans, to whom Japan is little more
than a sort of International curiosity. We wish It were as Improbable as
It seems. War Is sn accursed anachronism; but until we either abandon
or properly garrison the Philippines or build an ample nary, we must
Aght when "the elder statesmen" choose. For Japan can take the Philip
pines sny day she wants to.
The American navy Is the only safety of the Republic and the only
real guarantee of the peace of the world.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders,
Washington, D. C., Aug. 2#.—Captain
*' Imam E. Cole, quartermaster, from
quartermaster's department; First
Lieutenant Robert J. Reaney, Second
Cavalry, from detail as captain seven
teenth company, Philippines scouts, to
his regiment; Colonel Amos Stlckney,
corps of engineers, placed on retired
R*t with rank of brigadier general.
Captain Sam F. Bottoms, commissa
ry. from subsistence department; Lieu
tenant Colonel John M. Bannister, dep
uty aurgeon general, detailed member
examining board, Fort Riley, vice Cap
tain Eugene R. Whitmore, assistant
surgeon.
Navy Orders,
lieutenant J. A. Campbell, Jr„ de
Inched Arkansas, home wait orders.
Ensign W. R. Reudenbusb, Jr., de
tached Arkansas, home wait orders.
Ensign W. R. Baudenbush, resignation
accepted.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—August 27. Nina and
Plunger at navy yard. New York; Ne
vada and Arkansas at Annapolis:
Preble. at Everett. August 28, Galves
ton at Bhanhalkwan.
SAILED—August 2d. Galveston, front
Tongku for Shanhalkwan, China. Au
gust 27. Preble, from Seattle for Ev
erett. Wash.; Dolphin, from navy yard,
New TotICWVTXew London.
8QME BRIGHT COMMENT.
To (he-Edltorof The Georgian:
I And people do not understand what
the "referendum" meant. 1 am asked
every day by people well Informed gen
erally. I do not want It, I confess. In
our platform of 1908.
. Was glad you wrote what you did
about Pat Calhoun, and was sorry Wat
son struck nt him, while Calhoun was
under Investigation, before results.
V>o will have two parties now, as
sure as disfranchisement Is law. We
have accomplished such wonders, by
reason of our unity, our oneness, our
harmonious whole for the past twenty
years, I wanted conditions to continue,
until we got more railroads, and got
them double tracked. We are forty
: -ears behind Indiana on railroads. We
fussed too quick! We were Just be
ginning to get Northern capital ,to de
velop for us. But a big setback now!
Capitalists will let the railroad busi
ness alone for a few years, at least.
OLD DEMOCRAT.
flour and appendicitis.
William Henry Battle, Fellow of the
Royal Society of Surgeons, In a lecture
at St. Thomas* hospital, London, de
clared It as his belief that the spread
of appendicitis It due to the world
wide use of American steel-rolled (lour.
Dr. Battle thinks that the minute par
ticles of Iron are the real cause of so
many, cases of disease which If not
modern has become remarkably fre
quent. He undertakes to show that
the great Increase In appendicitis Arst
occurred In America Just after the In
troduction of steel and Iron rollers for
grinding wheat, and that the disease
Irst occurred In towns where rolled
flour was used; that then It spread to
villages, and lastly to negroes who
earlier had escaped, and this spread
corresponded with the spread In the
use of rolled nour. An Investigation
In England was begun. The much
lower cost of American flour made It
next to Impossible for any extensive
grinding of flour In England. Dr. Bat
tle holds that Iron particles are to be
found In the center of the appendlcltal
concretions, and says that In a typical
case of appendicitis In which an oper
ation was performed he found In the
center of the concretions an Irregular
fragment of Iron.
A Nashville surgeon who has per
formed a largo number of operations
for appendicitis expressed to this
writer two or three years ago his
opinion that the use of flour from mod.
em mills was the cause of many cases
of appendicitis, and that It was his
purpose to prosecute Investigations to
dstcrmlne the truth and the cause.
The opinion of the English surgeon Is
at least Interesting. There must be
some hidden cause for the frequency
with which thla dlaease appears In
these latter days.—Nashville Ameri
can.
THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure
SYNOPSIS.
Frank (the b<»ro) and Itoginald Bracebridge
'ininst uu'i-t Mm**. Vi'1,1 .‘JJavlHsh-y,
beautiful woman, at Saratoga. She is
tacked by a foreigner (Dr, Carl Mueller)
tbo latter demanding that sbe surrender to
him “a bit of paper and a stone.** 11“
claims be has tne mlBsIng fragment an
that "the others were then In the hotel. 1
— flit time has come. A telegram an
nounces the sudden death of Reginald’s
father. Frank Is made executor of the es*
tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, and
calls upon Funk to save him from orrept.
A maid rushes Into the room and tells Reg
inald his wife Is dead rnd that ho Is charg
ed with her murder. Frank and Reginald
leave the house by a secret passage and
*h the Bracebridge country home oa
wife resembles Df. Mueller. lie hires a
farm In Ohio near tbo place where this doc-
‘or lives. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter
tf a Judge to Ohio, Ib brought into ‘
>r. Mueller fulls in love with her.
to know her brother, a painter, who resides
abroad. Sylvia. Dr. Mueller end a girl
friend visit "The Hollow," an old house,
said to be haunted.
Basil Thurston ma
via. He tells her ho knows she loves
and Is only kept from soylu
her brother. Raymond. Rati
against Raymond.
Basil Is almost persuaded to go to Colo
rado and seek his fortune In the mines. He
turns to drink In his distress over his un
successful love affair, and bis sister, Rose,
pleads with him to reform.
Basil does not reform. While In the field
one day he hears Dr. Mueller making love
to Sylvia. Basil meets the girl ana begs
her to wed him. She is frightened nnd re
fuses. While trying to escape from Basil
•he runs Into thovarms of Dr. Mueller. She
consents to marry the doctor.
Dr. Mueller urges Sylvia "to marry him
at once, although she tells him she wishes
her brother, Raymond, who fa In Europe,
to *»e.present nt the ceremony. *
Ruth 1’rltchard warns fcyivln against Dr.
dueller, and Basil Thurston declares, In n
etter to Hylvln, that he will prevent her
marriage at any cost.
Raymond Thurston returns home unex
pectedly and is greeted by his sister during
the temporary absence of her fiance.
Mueller disappears In a most extraordi
nary manner, nut n letter from him to Syl
via —*-•- - r --—
ill, apparently insane over the loss
of Sylvia, makes ugly threats against Ray
mond. When Sylvia nnd Raymond return
home, Raymond finds a mysterious letter on
his dresser. After the family retires, he
gets out Into the stormy night to keer
engagement demanded In the letter.
knees beside the motionless figure on
the ground.
THE THREE KISSES.
The purest kiss .
In the world Is this: *
The kiss that a mother lays
On her child's fresh Ups
Aa he blithely trips
To meet the world and Its waya.
The sweetest ktss
In the world Is thla:
The first long kiss of love
When time Is not,
And earth's forgot.
And Eden drops from above.
The saddest kiss
In the world Is this:
The kiss on unanswerlng clay,
When .l.hie.l lllia f .11
Atlanta, On.
-Thro a
SOME STEEL TRU8T FIGURES,
tb<« Editor of The Georgian:
.he Nnihvlllo Tennexaean requeata the
government to analyte the 845,000,000 divi
dend of the ateel treat for the blit quarter.
Not much dnnger of thla reqneet tw
piled with. Thla doea not signify I
nnnlyala la exceptionally difficult for a logt
-it mind.
When Charter M. Schwab teatlBad before
tho United mute. Industrial contmlaalon he
waa naked If the *300,001,000 of tuinda of the
stores Steel Corporation did not
I Ita tangible a Meta. 11anawered
depended on the valuation placed
the treat', raw material reaonrcee. lie
i: "We own the ConnellaTlIle coal Held,
m. toto. It comprise. 60,00) arm of “
beat coklnx coal In America. There la
villa cool. Yon could not L_,
for 10,000. Then we own 80
K r cent mince Inrreaeed to M per cei
e Iron ore land, of tho northwest. ...
have 500.000,00) tons In eight. Thla at a low
valuation la worth more than tho total cap.
Itallxatlnn of the corporation.”
vena wiring* gd.uw.v.V.Wi,
and thla eatlmate waa not orardmwn. The
moon the treat waa capltnllied at 81.100,-
000.000 Inataad of $5,000,0 10,000 waa nrobahly
becanae there waa'not anfflclent Iron and
ateel bnetneae hi the cnnntry to Justify the
Inraer eeidtuiliatinn. lint tne business has
grown. A quarterly dividend of 546,000.000
la equivalent to an annual dividend of 4 per
cent on tt.600,000,000. Were It not for the
agitation In the popular mind axalnat In
flated valuee we probably would be treated
to the apeetarle of a few billion mare etock
la M|t<l dividend, on
a huge mlatakr to Infer that theae raw
material reaoetcea. which mnat ha need I,
all. and which were not depoalted In flu
ernet of the earth by Carnejfle. Schwab,
Frick. Corey, et al., are assessed for taxa
tion at a valuation of billions. Inataad of
that, they hare been assessed moatly aa
wild lamia at a lower vatnatlnn than ad
jacent farm land,. The treat pay, to the
pnhlle but a menial onm for It, privilege
of excluding the people of the country from
the uee of theee natural deposits
If the natural lionntlce were aeoeeaed for
the purpoae of .taxation at Hehwnh'a earl-
mated valuation ami every article entering
ateel treat product, waa placed on the free
flat and transportation discrimination waa
overcome the 5t5.atn.000 quarterly dividend
wood ah rink to maonabla proportion,, go
mock for the analysis.
... _ A. FREE LAND.
UL Pleasant. Trim.
CHAPTER XLIII.
A Stricken Girl,
The storm had entirely abated and
the withered grass beneath the trees
was strewn with red and yellow leaves
In great drifts after the gale, when
Sylvia Thurston drew aside her win
dow blind early on the following morn
ing and gaxed out for a moment or
two upon the scene of devastation
with weary, haggard eyes.
That dream, or vision, of the pre
ceding night still troubled her; she
could not shake her thought from the'
memory of It. Sho still seemed to hear
her brother's broken whisper close to
her ear—ns It had repeated her name
thrice—and Raymond's livid face, with
that terrible look of anguish In the
eyes, seemed to come between her
now and the actual prospect without.
She had wrapped a dressing gown
about her, and presently she began to
>ace slowly up and down the floor,
the felt that she could not rest. She
longed for the hour to come, 8 o'clock,
when Ruth Pritchard always mode her
appearance In Sylvia's room with a
cup of tea and a scrap of toast on a
little tray.
A talk with Ruth would perhaps
banish these morbid fears and fancies;
so Sylvia eagerly glanced at her watch
from time to time, feeling that the
momenta had never dragged so slow
ly In al Iher life before.
Eight o'clock at last, but as yet no
sign of Ruth. Half-past eight, and
as the girl waa atlll absent, Sylvia felt
that she could endure this state of
tin Innunr •
things no longer.
"Perhaps she feels too III to get up
this morning. • • • And yet I've
never known Ruth, I think, to neglect
her morning visit to me In all the
years past—even when she has been
undoubtedly III. • • • Well, I shall
go to her room now and see for my
self.”
Ruth It Mlasing.
And Sylvia accordingly hastened
along the hall, at the end of which
Ruth's small bedroom was situated.
Turning the knob gently, Sylvia enter,
ed the room; but to her surprise not
only was the room empty, but the bed
did not appear to have been slept In
during the night.
That, however, was so very
likely that Sylvia could only come to
the conclusion that Ruth had' already
dressed her bed for the day, and bad,
for once In her life, forgotten all about
her j'oung mistress' tea and toast.
“She Is In the kitchen, I dare say,'
Sylvia thought, as she proceeded to
extend her search for Ruth to the re
gion In question.
But Ruth was not there, nor could
the cook or housemaid give any In
formation whatever about her to Syl
via. They had not seen her at all
that morning. She had certainly not
been In the kitchen, since they had
come downstairs at ( o'clock.
“I can not account for this," Sylvia
said, In growing surprise. "I wonder
could she possibly have gone to the
studio? It she le not there I have nc
Idea where she can be."
By this tlmo Sylvia had grown
really apprehensive and even alarmed
as to Bulb's disappearance. Remem
bering the girl’s agitated words of the
previous night, a vague suspicion was
pressing upon Sylvia's brain—a sus
picion which she hardly dared to pd-
mlt and to examine.
"God forbid!" she gasped, beating
away the hideous thought from her as
she ran Into the front hall, threw a
long cloak over her dressing gown, the
hood of which she pulled over her
head, and hastened out of doors, de
termined to go to the painting room
at once and satisfy her misgivings
forthwith. ,
She had barely emerged from the
trees Immediately surrounding the
house when she beheld one of the
servants, Joe Peters, running affright-'
edly toward her. •
Awful Discovery.
"Oh. Alisa.Sylvia!” he cried when he
was still a long way off. "Ruth Pritch
ard Is lying over there by the wood In
a lit of some kind or other. I could
not shake her up—I never saw any
thing like It before—and I was Just
running for help"
A startled cry.eecmped Sylvia’s Ups.
Her worst fears nad been but too well
founded then. What—oh! what had
happened?
"Where le she, Joe? Where Is she?"
Jo* Peters led the way up the steep
path toward the woods.
When within twenty yards of the
tree* Sylvia suddenly caught sight of
the proa irate figure of the missing girl
lying Just beyond the outskirts of the
'She must have fainted!" Sylvia
rasped In terror, and In a moment or
two she had reached the spot where
No. miss, she's not In a faint," Joe
Peters said, his voice dropping to a
whisper. "It's my opinion she’s In tho
same state as that girl In Cleveland—
Polly Davis. I suppose you read about
It In tho newspapers last month, Miss
Sylvia?"
Sylvia glanced quickly at him and
startled exclamation escaped her lips,
Tho case which Joe Peters had men
tioned was that of a gtrl In Cleveland
who hnd fallen Into a "death trance”
consequent on a terrible chock and vlo.
lent hysterical outburst—and every at-
tempt known to science was made to
rouse her, but In vain. Polly Day had
been In a state of unbroken trance for
upward of two months.
Recalling every detail, as mentioned
In the newspaper report, of Polly Da
vis' strange condition. Sylyla felt con
vinced now, as she gazed upon the
prostrate figure beside her, that Ruth
had falleh a victim to a similar itiys
terlous attack.
The girl lay on her left side, her
limbs relaxed, her face as pale ns that
of a corpse, her eyelids closed, as If In
sleep. Ruth's pulse was almost Im
perceptible. and when Sylvia stooped
close to the pallid lips she could not
be certain whether the girl was breath
Ing or not.
"Ruth! Ruth!”"Sylvia cried, shocked
and terrified, "what has happened to
you? Oh!, Ruth, do you hear me?
Do you know what I am saying? Are
you conscious? Try to answer me,
dear. If you possibly can!”
She was stooping close to Ruth'
face as the agitated words rushed from
her lips; and for a moment ehe thought
that the girl's lips quivered and partly
opened, but no sound was audible.
"Ruth! Ruth! speak ,to me If you
can!"
Still no reply. Tho eyelids were firm
ly closed, and now Sylvia's trembllm'
fingers attempted to open them, ant
after a convulsive resistance she suc
ceeded In doing so- Then she saw that
the eyeballs were partly turned up
ward and the pupils dilated, and In that
death-llke, glassy stare there seemed
Indeed to be no evidence of any men
tal activity whatever.
It was the first time that Sylvia had
ever seen a victim of this mysterious
attack, this death In life, and the spec
tacle so terrified her at last that she
lost control over herself, and, starting
to-her feet ran wildly back In the di
rection of Moorcombe, scream -after
scream breaking from her lips.
She had almost reached the house
when her father suddenly appeared at
the front door. The Judge was attired
In his dressing gown and slippers. He
uttered an exclamation of startled
amassment as he beheld his daughter.
"Good heaven, child I What Is the
matter?"
He had hastened across the grass to
meet her. Sylvia, almost In a hysteri
cal state, gasped forth the tidings of
what had occurred.
“Oh. dear! Oh. dearl This Is terrl
ble," the Judge said, genuinely dts
tressed. “Poor Ruth! Poor girl! We
must have her brought back at once,
Sylvia, and then Joe must go for Dr.
Peard. Get Into the house, child,” he
added quickly, "All this has been too
much for you. You are quite overcome.
I will attend to poor Ruth, and you
may as well send Raymond after me.
I dare say he Is up and dressing In his
room."
The Judge hurried away across the
grounds, and Sylvia Itastened to the
house and upstairs to the door of her
brother's bed room. With compressed
ups and a long, quivering, Indrawn
breath. Sylvia gently opened the door.
Mid without crossing the threshold,
dhe said softly:
"Raymond, are you thereT'
There was, however, no reply, and
Sylvia, listening for a moment, heard
no sound of breathing, no movement
from within the room.
"He must have gone down stairs,”
she thought, and she advanced Into
the room, and looked quickly around.
" V mm hn has r» X t. - a. a—
Yes, he has. Or^pej-haps ho Is In the
bath room."
Then she started, her eyes fixed al
most Incredulously upon Raymond’s
D6Qt
The bed had not been slept In dur
ing the night. It was dressed exactly
as she hnd seen-It—she had Indeed
given a finishing touch to Its spotless
coverlet—on the previous day.
CHAPTER XLIV.
A New Horror.
What was the meaning of this? Syl
via Thurston, staring with Incredulous
eyes at her brother's neatly-made bed,
asked herself again and again this un
answerable question. And as she still
stood there, vainly endeavoring to ar
rive at some satisfactory solution of
the mystery, her mother entered .the
room In a state of feverish excite
77)61)
Airs. Thurston had evidently Just
risen, for she still wore a frilled night
cap, and had hastily put on a dressing
gown and slippers.
"Sylvia, darling, what Is the matter?
Has anything happened? I’ve Just seen
your father and Joe Peters hurrying
across the grounds. There must be
something wrong! And good gracious,
child, you are as pale as death—you
are shaking like a leaf this moment—
Oh, moUier, where Ip Raymond? He
has not' slept in his bed at all last
night," Sylvia broke In almost wildly
upon Mrs. Thurston's fluent words.
"Not slept In his bed, child? And
* k ?* * ** uld he sleep, for goodness'
And Mrs. Thurston stared at the bed
and then at her daughter, and finally
collapsed Into a chair with a gasp,
'•Sylvie, I am not at all well today,
and I had Intended remaining In bed.
Don t conceal the truth from me, child;
I nm not equal to the suspense
this morning. Something has hap
pened thnt you know of. What Is It?
Where has your father gone to?”
In a faltering voice Sylvia told her
mother of Joe ePters’ discovery that
morning, and of Ruth Pritchard's
strange condition.
"Father has gone to attend her, and
he told me to send Raymond after him
—and Raymond Is not here, mother!
Raymond Is not here. He has not been
here during the night. What has hap
pened to him? v
Bylvla broke down utterly aa she said
this, and threw.herae]f upon Raymond’s
bed, sobbing hysterically, while Sirs.
Thurston, endeavoring to conquer her
own feelings, rose from her chair and
hastened to her daughter’s side.
In Suspense.
'Now, my darling. Raymond Is often
■ very early riser. He may have got-
ten up hours ago and made hta own
bed before he went out."
“No, .mother, that Is most unlikely,"
Sylvia said, as toon as she waa able
to speak.
Already the paroxysm was abating;
^ t ,h ® * lrl wa * Hmp and powerless
Itli l 1L* v '°': nc *v anJ la >‘ trembling
upon the bed' with colorless lips and
face. Mrs. Thurston sat beside her
feW. holding her hands In here.
???■ What waa ‘here.
Indeed, to be said? *
And aa they thus waited In growing
suspense and terror—for Airs. Thurs
ton. notwithstanding her brave words,
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slow, heavy footsteps ascending tha
stair fell upon their ears. *
" Th ,eyare carrying Ruth to her own
room, Sylvia whispered. "Alother
out and ask them If-lf they have
or heard anything of Raymond." *
Mrs. Thurston rose hurriedly and left
the room, while Sylvia, seised with i
sudden panic of terror. Jumped U S
h*d and walked up and down
the floor In a distracted way. claspmj
and unclasping her hands and moan nf
aloud In her agitatloa *
For her thoughts had all of a sudden
recafled that uncanny dream or vision
of the lonely night—Raymond's drawn
livid face, with the angulsh-strldurl
eyes gazing so fixedly Into her.-l
Raymonda voice full of distress, ga, r .
•n* forth her name—“Sylvia! Svlvla!
Sylvia!” 1
And with this recollection came tha
memory of Basil Thurston's anxrv
meeting with Raymond on the previous
day and of his parting words of evil
menace.
' " r ? u * h «ll hear more of this, Ray.
mond Thurston!"
Had he and Raymond again met
during the night? Hod they had a
fatal encounter?
At this moment Mrs. Thurston re
turned, brushing the tears from her
eyes with her handkerchief as she en-
tered. 0
"Mother, tell me the truth! Have
they heard anythin* of Raymond r
No. darlinfi’. nothin*
MauMaferotia
u — I 11 -
ill
-the sounds
No, darling, nothing. Nothing
whatever. Your father thinks as I do,
that Raymond got up early and went
out on the beach for a walk. Oh
Sylvia, poor Ruth! Poor Ruth! What
a dreadful thing to happen! Joe haa
started on horseback to fetch Dr.
Peard. I hope the doctor will be at
home, Sylvia. If not. I've directed Joa
to ride after him wherever he may
have gone and bring him here as soon
as possible."
Alt's. Thurston's Instructions appear
to have been given In a prophetic splr.
It, for when Joe Peters reached the
doctor’s house he was Informed by tho
maid that her master had gone nn hour
before to Wilton to old Alother Park-
er, who had fallen Into the fire In a
fit that morning and was In a dying
state.
Joe hurriedly explained the circum
stances of Ruth Pritchard's extraor
dinary attack, and then, following hla
mistress' orders, rode away In the di
rection of Wilton.
The maid hastened with her news to
the dining room, where Monica I’carl
and her mother were seated at break
fast, and ten minutes later .Monica
started for Moorcombe, taking the
short route across the fields from her
home, and presently emerging upon tha
open fields.
"This Is terrible!" Monica thought,
Ith the tears In her kindly, loyal tyea,
"I can Imagine how troubled Sylvia
must be thla moment. She Is really
In a way as attached to poor Ruth aa
It she were her sister.” This was a
fact, and no slater could be more truly
devoted to another than Ruth Pritch
ard had eVer been to Sylvia Thurston.
In a very short time Monies Peard
had reached the grounds of .Moor
combe. Her path led her close to the
woods. Just bealdi the thicket «f
beeches, In the center of which tha
painting room stands.
She entered the quivering shadow*
of the beeches, and as she almost ran
along she happened to glance toward
the little green and white building, and
somewhat to her surprise noticed that
the ddor was open. She knew that
Ruth Pritct|ard always Jealously guard
ed the key of the painting room and
that the hut was kept carefully locked.
Could Sylvia be In the painting room
at present?
Monica halted In her rapid progre*'.
then turned quickly In the direction of
tho hut.
"Sylvln! Are you there?" she called,
as she reached the partly open door.
But there was no reply, so Monica
pushed the door fully open and hastily
entered the studio.
But the next Instant she recoiled
with a horrified scream, gating nt tha
spectacle revealed In the morning light
streaming through the door and win
dow, as though she could hardly credit
the evidence of hetseenses.'
The body of Raymond Thurston lay
upon the floor, the livid lifeless face
fully revealed In the light from th*
window, a dark stream of blood stm
sluggishly trickling from a terrible
wound In the right side of the neck,
snd gradually enlarging the great
clammy patch that stained the flo° r
Just where the bead rested.
A small dark lantern was placed on
the corner of the easel Immediate!!
shove the spot where the body lay,
the greenish light flickering upon
the motionless, ghastly face, and on the
floor close to the right arm and hand,
an object was visible which seemed
to supply the key to the appalling oc
currence. , .
The object was a revolver. Bnd It h»
so close to the dead mail's hand th*t
It seemed to have dropped out of the
Angers only when the last flicker of me
had left them.
Continued In Tomorrow’e Georgian.
WARM CAMPAIGN ON
IN NEWTON COUNTY
Special to The Georgian. _
Covington, Go., Aug. 29.—The con
tests for Judge nnd solicitor of the
new city court, created by an net or
the lete general assembly, are attract
ing much local Interest. Impetus was
added to tho campaign when Colonel
James P. Cooley, editor of the Enter-
prlac and one of the promising young
awyere of Covington, entered the rave
for solicitor of the city court, oppos
ing Colonel James F. Rogers, who has
held a similar position In the count)
court for a period of ten or t»’* lv ®
years.
The aspirants for the Judgeship are
Judge Capers Dixon, Hon. Lucius u
Mlddlebrooks. and Colonel c- **•
Whaley.