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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TOESDAT, SElTEMlIKlt S. 130T. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At « Weat Alabama Bt. AtleoU. Qe. Subscription Rstesi on. Trer UK Mnntba $•** 1 hree Months M* Due Month, •<* By Carrie?. Per Wee* Telephones ronnecUng stl depart- incnta. Lons dtitnnre terminate. Chic&s Office Tribune Bdfldln* New York Office Bropawlck Bids. If yon hare any trouble getting TUB GEORGIAN AND NHWB. telephone the circulation department and bare It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell <K! mein; Atlaat* 440L .... - -tpp* n — i that they be signed, ae eb ertdence of food faith. Rejected manuscripts will not here turned unleae sumps are seat TUB OBOBUtAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objoetlonabla adrertla- 1st. Neither does It print whisky oe any liquor ad«. OUlt PLATFORM: TIIB GEORGIAN AND NEWS .tends for AtlanU’s own- ins Its own (as and electric light plants, as It now owns IU water works Other elllea do this and set yaa an low aa SO cents, with e profit bolleree that If street railways can be an seated anccasefully by European cltier, an they ere, there la no good reason why they can not be eo oper ated here. Bnt wa do not ballara thin an undertsklny. .. _____ set Its face la that direction : should NOW. The country Is Retting full of Taft Democrats and John Temple Oravcs Republicans, but they won't mix.—Jackson (Miss.) Ledger. They have yet twelve months in which to cultivate the mixing quality. Maltre Mornard, one of the lawyers who defended Dreyfus during his sec ond trial at Rennes, In 1899, has been decoratod with the cross of the Le gion of Honor. This Is additional evl dcnco of the change of sentiment in France regarding the celebrated case. The fact- that The Georgian now wanta a Southern man nomi nated Indicates that It la nearer to Wall atreet than to Mr. HcarsL—Birmingham Ledger. The difference Is that The Georgian really wants the Southern nominee, and Wall street Is as usual merely gambling on cbancea. Now York. Chicago and Atlanta. These are the three cities which the National Business Shows have select ed for their annual displays during the year 1907-08. “New York, Chi cago and Atlanta." The gradation la natufil and It sounds well. Somo day, and not a far one, either, Hous ton, Texas, Memphis, Tenn., and Charleston, S. C., will be boasting of being graded with Atlanta. If the reporters of The Atlanta Georgian had as good noses for news as have the editor and pub lisher for the best scat on the band wagon, It would make an excellent paper still more excel lent—Lexington Echo. Why, we owe all we know to the notes of the. reporters, and we follow fast upon th'elr tacts to the front of our reforms. Mommsen, the Roman historian, waa the father of It children, but he was so self-centered and engrossed with his ideas that.he often passed his offspring In the street without rec- ogutxlng them. One day a servant burst Into the study of the great man with the announcement of the birth day of the fourteenth. “It la a boy, Herr Professor." The professor turned, annoyed. “Tell him to wait,' be replied. Is ut P op nd « len Im The Georgian fears that In case Mr. Bryan were elected president the corporations might give Mr. Bryan a spanking. It Is true, at any rate, that Mr. Bryan la untried In executive- place. ■ The eople want the spanker In the ends of the executive, and not I the hands of the predatory In- „uences, If spanking Is In order. —Indianapolis Sun. , The Sun states It In a nutshell. .. Is absolutely necessary that the peo ple's representative ahould do the spanking if there is any to be done. Tho emotional and extraordi nary John Temple Graves, who has almost succeeded to making of The Atlanta Georgian the most i conspicuous It not the most talked v of newspaper In the South, has j.been doing the Cbantauquas of rlquaot two columns from Co- . locton which has In It a lot of ’v’Lnse.—St. Louis Times. ‘Thi anke - " e Lave long since ■I -d that the estimate of sense >^!onsense depends on whether or T^^i concur In the commentator’s 111*5* If you agree with the com- ■*^r you-have sense. If you dlf- ■ are either nr criminal. ** y tor KNOX, PARKER AND THE NATIONAL CHILD LABOR LAW, It has been some weeks now since Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania delivered bis little speech, launched his little boom and made his little bid for the presidential nomination. , He announced with pathetic Iteration that he was for Mr. Roosevelt and stood for the Roosevelt policies, but to give a token of his original ity he took Issue with the president as to the extension of the Federal power over Interstate commerce. While he did not mention the subject In so many words, the point of his attack was the proposed national child labor law, forbidding the transportation of child-made goods through the channels of Interstate commerce. The little boom of the “sawed-off cherub," as the president once called him, dropped to earth unlnflated. , Mere opposition to an effective remedy for the national curse of child labor Is not an alluring platform In the popular estimation. In arguing that this whole matter should be controlled by state statutes, without the help of the national government. Senator Knox would have been more effective if he had accomplished something In the recent state campaign against child labor before the Pennsylvania legislature. It Is asserted by Scott Nearing, secretary of the Pennsylvania child labor committee, that In tome respects Pennsylvania stands lowest among the manufacturing states In the protection of her working chil dren. A law enacted by the legislators two years ago has-been declared unconstitutional and the effort to pass an effective law at the.meeting of the legislature which has recently adjourned was defeated, to the shame of all the humane people of Pennsylvania. Of course Senator Knox is against the exercise of stat<£ rights In such a matter as the control of railroad rates, but whin It comes to a question of health and life as against the great manufacturing Interests of the country, why of course the national government Is entrenching upon the rights of the states. In putting the first above the second: And now Judge Alton B. Parker, given the presidency of tho Ameri can Bar Association as a consolation prize for having mlssod another presidency, makes bis annual address before the bar association on the same exalted theme, the constitutional Inability of the national govern ment to' protect the children of the nation against the conaequenpea of untimely toll, and the corresponding Inability of the state to regulate the railroads without the Interference of the national government Judge Parker sagely observes that he la In favor of a government of law and not of men. The American people seemed to have preferred a man to a hair-splitting lawyer as their chief executive in a late presiden tial contest. It will be as hard for Judgo Parker to become a serious presidential possibility again as It Is for Senator Knox the first time. Both stand for the corporations against human right* and both assert that In one caae the national government Is powerless and In another case the state government. Judge Parker declares that manufactures are not commerce, and yet he does not dare to say that the meat Inspec tion bill and the pure food bill are unconstitutional. And while the learned Judge questions the propriety of granting an Injunction against the law of a sovereign state, as was done recently by Judge Pritchard In North Carolina, he does not deny the constitutional right to Issue such an Injunction on ex-parte evidence. Of course It Is presumptuous for a layman to debate a matter of this sort with the learned president of tho bar association, or with the distinguished senator who represents Pennsylvania by grace of the Penn sylvania railroad In the United States senate. Still, looking over the con stitutional history of the country, we find that there were thirteen Inde pendent and sovereign states which formed a Federal union. It will not be dented by any student of history that Georgia, for Instance, as a sov ereign state, before entering the union, would have had tho absolute right to forbid the transportation of cblld-made goods from South Caro lina for the protection of her own manufacturers against competition under an Inferior set of child labor laws. We believe that neither Judge Parker nor Senator Knox would assert today that Georgia has tho right now to prohibit* the passage of child-made goods across her state lines. What became of the power which Georgia once had? Was any ele ment of sovereignty wholly lost when tho states formed the union so that tho power could not be exercised either by tho state or by the nation? It would seem as clear as the day that the state transferred Its power and Its whole power to the nation when It guve to Congress expressly the right to regulate commerce between the states. And It does seem the height of absurdity that tho very statesmen who are con tending that the nation has no power to prohibit the transportation of child-made goods from one state to another, are contending In tho same breath that the states have no power to regulate railroad rates within their own borders It the railroad crosses the state lino. Tho two posi tions are absolutely Inconsistent and simply show that peculiar attitude of mind' which la always on the side of the sacred right* of property as against the comparatively unimportant question of human right*. As The Oeorgtan has pointed out, both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Roose velt are openly In favor of a Federal child labor law. The party that has the courage to put a child labor plank In Ita national platform will win a thousand votes where It might lose one. THE CANAL THROUGH ATLANTA EYES. A recent tesue of Moody'e Magaxlne, a high class Wall street publi cation, makes Its leading feature an article on the Panama canal by Mr. Claude N. Bennett, a former Atlanta newspaper man, at one time secre tary to Hon. Hoke Smith In the Interior department, and now president of the Congressional Information Bureau at Washington, D. C. Mr. Bennett Is one of the most successful men who have gone out from Georgia to the national capital. This article has been widely copied and commented on as tho opin ion of an expert. Cortalnly no more accurate and entertaining story has been written of this great century enterprise, and Atlanta journalism Is honored by the respect which has been accorded It Mr. Bennett take's a hopeful view of the canal enterprise. He be lieves that at present progress It will be completed by January 1, 1915, and at a total cost that will not exceed two hundred and twenty-five mil lion*. He thinks that the time could be lessened and tha cost decreased If those In charge could cut the cable and have their requisitions hon ored Without delay or question and without Interference by congress, the press, the president, or any other gratuitous public critic*. He graphi cally describes the Incomprehensible Immensity of the proposition: A canal joining two oceans, to be cut through fifty miles of tropical Jungle and numerous hills. In a country barren or supplies, with a total dearth of local labor, hitherto considered hopelessly unhealthy, and Involving engineering problems of larger magnitude than have ever before been competed with. ' In aplto of all this, he declares that the Isthmus by American meth ods has been made healthful, that the entire work Is being pushed with perfect confidence by those who are doing It; and that, while intelligent visitors stand amazed before the gigantic task, with Ita myriad difflcul, ties and the colossal fashion In which It Is being performed,- they can not help but share the confidence of those who are doing the work, and that they necessarhy thrill with pride at American enterprise, Ingenuity and achievement. Within the last two years more than thirty thousand laborers have been brought to the Isthmus, meeting every demand for skilled and un skilled labor. The great task of housing, feeding, organising, utilizing, caring for this great force has been fully met The superintendents are from the United States and the laborers from the West Indian Island* and Europe. Nearly a hundred million dollars have been spent aud uu= proven cry of graft has been raised. The largest and moat varied collec tion of labor-saving machinery ever gotten together has been Installed and put into operation. Eight'million cubic yards of dirt and rock have been removed, forty millions cubic yards of dirt are yet to be taken out of the great Cule- bra cut. The Gatua dam, which rivals the Culebra cut In public Interest, will be about a mile and a quarter long, more .than half a mile wide at the bottom, a hundred and ten feet higher than the surface of the ground, and fifty feet higher than the level of the Water In the Gatun lake which will be formed by the dam and reach back some twenty-five miles In length with a maximum width of six miles. Through the great locks, which will be built In duplicate fourteen hundred feet long and on* hun dred feet wide, each rising eighty-five feet In three flights, one vessel can be lifted while another Is lowered, aide by side, at the same time. The canal Is of special Interest to the South-Southern statesmen fathered the legislation, a preponderance of Southern men are superin tending Its construction, and Ita completion will be of greatest Import- »n-.i to Southern development LAST SEASON A PROFITABLE ONE. Friday was the last business day In the American markets for cotton options for the season of 1900-07. For the first time In the history of the trade conditions have been reversed. In that speculators In tho spot article—hedging against pur chases of the actual stuff—and those who buy or sell futures as a gamble —have been dictated to by the holders of spot cotton as to prices. A com parison of prices this season with previous seasons reveals the fact that the speculator on the short side has played a losing game, the season's average price showing much better figures than any previous crop, not withstanding the fact it has been the second largest ever marketed. The phenomenal consumptive demand has been the chief factor for the high values that have prevailed during the entire season; but while the visible supply will show an increase of nearly a million bales as com pared with last year, the percentage of aplnnable cotton carried over from this year's crop Is practically nil, and from the eagerness with which now cotton Is being snapped up by the spinners, both foreign and domestic, It would appear that a crop of 13,000,000 bales Is barely sufll- clent to keep the mills at present working busy from season to season. The South Is better prepared to compete with European and New England spinners than In any previous year. ,New mills have been built In alt sections of the belt and modeVn machinery has been installed, while the old mills have been enlarged and additional up-to-date machinery has made them tho equals of New England mills. As a result consumption In the South will be heavily Increased. The demand from this source will make Itself felt In the market for raw material and will be a factor of no mean proportions In shaping tho course of prices of the South's chief staple In a direction that will Insure a fair profit to the grower. The New York cotton exchange closed Friday evening to -re-open Tuesday morning, September 3, on account of Labor Day holidays. Final prices on Friday were close around top figures for the season, notwithstanding the fact that the bears made desperate efforts to force a material decline In the price for futures, reports from the belt of steady deterioration of the crop and a strong spot situation offsetting a lower Liverpool, the Issuance of 75,000 notices and a crop estimate of 13,010,000 bales. , -— The season just ended opened at about the lowest prices. The following table compares the season's opening and closing prices; 1907. 1906, September 11 63-65 8 65-67 October 12 23 - 8 82-83 November 12 29-30 8 92-94 December., 12 35-36 9 01-02 January 12 44-45 9 i0 February 12 47-49 9 14-16 March 12 65-66 9 22-23 May 13 63-64 9 30-31 Showing a betterment of about $16 to $17 per bale of 500 pounds. The price for the actual article ha* kept comfortably ahead of con tract cotton for the entire season, and' finishes the season at record- breaking prices and proves the wisdom of the Farmers' Union In fixing Its minimum price at lie. Prices on August 30, as compared with the same date last year, follow; Liverpool , New York 13.55 New Orleans Savannah Boston /. Mobile Charleston 13 1-2 Philadelphia Atlanta Augusta Wt Memphis ’. 13 i-j St. Louis Houston | I N .upbuilding a city there is no more important factor than conservative, yet progressive, banking—conservative in order that financial conditions may always be sound; progressive in order that no deserving business enterprise, capable of contributing to the growth and prosperity of the city, may lack proper financial tfid. This bank, which is conducted along these lines, is pleased to place at the disposal of its customers the facilities gained during twenty-seven years of continuous service and growth. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. 1907. 1906. 7.49 6.41 9.80 13 9-16 9 3-16 13 3-16 9 13.55 9.80 . 13 5-8 9 13 1-2 9 13.85 10.05 13 1-2 9 3-8 14 9 7-8 13 1-2 • 9 5-16 13 1-2 9 3-4 14 1-8 9 6-16 PROHIBITION MUST COME (The Birmingham Nr ten.) Tha remarkable and very widespread era •ade ngnlnit the aale of Intoxicating liquors, which baa been-making steady progress In the South during the past twelre months, baa reached Blrmlnghnm and In a few weeks the question will he squarely up to every qualified voter In Jefferson county aa to whether he Is for liquor or against It. The Iseue may be staled In ns many dif ferent forme ae different minds may sue- rlefi In words, wni permltT but ou the "fined analysis the question Is the same-fnr lion or against It., Thin Is tho real Issue wall Idle ground. Mayor We anil several of the aldermen, after the last municipal campaign In this city, In which the chief Isape waa regulation anil control of tbo liquor traffic, (ought to solve the ever perplexing problem which accompanies the open saloon, by so regulating the aale of liquor ae to minimise the evil effecte thereof as far aa was possible under tha open aaloon system. A llronie qf |:,600 per year and a restricted area In which saloons could operate were suggested and urged, bnt a majority of the Mtr eounrtl rejected this Aa late aa Thursday afternoon of this week, when a special meeting of the council was held. Alderman Moore again presented this plan, with some additional commendable features. In a resolution, which ha naked he referred to a commit tee. The resolution was not only not re ferred. bnt It was ruin) out of order nnder a previous determination of the council “not to probe the liquor llecnte question un til December." 80 It Is clear that the middle ground on the Itqnor question. If there ever waa any, has been destroyed so far as Birmingham la concerned. It la unnecessary at this time to elehorato on this feature of the situation. The fact remains, however, that no better regulation of saloons than we new hare Is to be expected If the open saloon continues, and those crimes which are the direct outgrowth of the liquor dive may lie expected to"go on practically unchecked un less the aale of whisky la stopped. In a word, tha evil must be cut out by the U no defrose to make of the Il ia It a fact that prohibition hurts a com munity commercially? The Birmingham News wonld answer this question with an emphatic no. It Greater Birmingham hae reached tha stage of Ita existence where Ita try, _____ foundation. The antl-llqnor fight la on In nerneat. It la being led by men of moral courngo whose motives are of the highest and moat un selfish character. They are generals In a great campaign for the moral elevation and advancement of mankind. Tho same gospel wo shall hear In this campaign has been heard In Trnnrssco and In Georgia, and will It© heard rlaewhero. Mlaslsalpplnns who believe In It are planning now to make It a violation of their state constitution to •ell liquor within the coniines of that com monwealth and they have Just nominated for governor n man whoso heart beats In unison with the miislo of the" great march ing urmy of prohibition advocates. The lasiie haa been forcing Itself to the front In this slate for months. Tho legis lature recognised the situation and nnd«<-- atood and ren| the people of this city and county are about to be called -upon to determine this Issue here. f lnt In determining the Isaac, The Blr- nghnm News, which has from the day of Its birth stood for the advancement of both the moral ami matrrlal welfare of Bir mingham and Alabama. desires to suggest that every safeguard poaalhlo under the elr. eumstancca should l>c thrown around vested Interests to prevent their destruction. The signing of the petitions ahould lie expedited and the election held nt the earliest date possible no thnt those who may tie affect ed by the result will have the longest pe riod possible under the law to adjust their Imnlnrss affairs to changed conditions. It those conditions come, and The Birmingham News prays that they will. The Amerlran people ladlere In fair play and fair play we muat have In this con troversy which Is now upon us. Under the law where a county votes In favor of prohibition the rbange takes place on Jan uary 1 next following the election. It Is hnt Jnst and right, therefore, that the movement be expedited nnd the elcctlou called aa early aa practicable. THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure SYNOPSIS. Frank (the Jiero) and Reginald Brnc^brldgc (cousin*) meet Mme. ^ Ven». SlnTliuuy» * beautiful woman* at Saratoga. BUe tacked by a foreigner (Dr. Carl Mu_— the latter demanding that *be gurrender to him “a bit of paper and n atone.' lie claims he bna the mlcaing fragment and that “the others wen* then in the hotel. Frank rescues her and la given a package the right time hag come. A telegram an* nounces the tndden death of Reginald a father. Frank is made executor of the es tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, and calls upon Frank to save him from arrest A maid rnshes Into the room nnd tells Reg inald his wife Is dead nnd that he Is charg ed with her murder. Frank and Reginald leave the bouse by a secret passage and reach the Rrneebridge country bora# on Long Island. They embark In an airship. Reginald Is sent to France. Frank learns that the physician who attended Reginald s wife resembles Dr. Mneller. II# hires n farm In Ohio near the place where this doc tor lives. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter of a Judge in Ohio, Is brought lpto the story. Dr. Slather falls In love, with her. He seems to know her brother, a painter, who resides abroad. Sylvia, Dr. Mueller nud n girl friend visit “The Hollow," an old bouse, said to l>e haunted. Basil Thurston vat via. He tells her he knows she loves nnd Is only kept from f * her brother. lUjmoud. against Raymond. Basil Is almost persuaded to go to Colo- rado and seek bis 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 n'-u uiui. guo ia liiKUicucii *uu While trying to escape from Basil she runs Into the arms of Dr. Mueller. She consents to marry the doctor. Dr. Mueller urges Sylvia to marry him at once, although she tells him she wisher her brother, Raymond, who Is In Europe, to be present at the ceremony. Ruth I’rltchnrd.warns Silvia nj — -- -mu . warpa n.vivm rtgnlnst Dr. Mueller, nnd Bnsll Thurston declares. In n letter to Sylvia, fhat he will preveut her marriage nt any cost. Raymond Thurston returns home unex pectedly and Is greeted by his sister during the temporary absence of her fiance. Mueller die * * nary manner, . vis explains his absence.* “‘via and her brother go for a walk meet Basil* who quarrels with Ray mond. Basil, apparently Insane over the lost . 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, be gets out ijtfo the stormy nliht to keep an engagement demanded In the letter. Tho following morning Ruth Pritchard Is found In the woods uear the Thurston home. SCHOOL DA YS ARE HERE Schools ar. nooning, nnd tb. tine for hooka and itody has com. again. Let aa make a few good resolutions. Just a few, and allck to them. Aa pupils let us re solve: First, that we shall do each day’a work aa It conn. Second, that wa shall-do some little act of kindness'for a fellow student each day. Third, that wa shall do nothin* at any time to make ns respect ourselves less. Then as tsachsrs let ui resolve: First, that we shell try to lore every child who comes under our Influence. Second. that we shall 1st pstl.nec have b.r perfect work. Third, that we shall constantly beer Id mind that the measure of our entha- •lasm la the measure of oar Influence. Then as parents let nt resolve: First, that we shall allow nothin* except what la absolutely unavoidable, to In terfere with the child's work at school. , Second, that ws shall find no fault with school matters Id bis presence. * Third, that If ws ran not mans*, successfully tbc child whom we have known all his life, wc must not expect It of a stranger who con atudy him only under artificial conditions for a few honrs each day. And whatever class we heloa* to, let us remember that courtesy begets courte sy. Interest, Interest, nnd love, love.—Our Country for 8eptemlxr. , ten times aa many dl.hes ae It did ten years a*o. Of coarse this Is only a eitgfes- tton of the wrongs nnd Impositions the bons-kc-Per has to np with from the cook. And the washerwoman Is almost as The question Is of great Importance. Life to-lhe overage Southern woman Is s life of worry and toll, trying to keen things half way straight. I, for one, am ready to do aomethlog at odec to help my wife. It makes no difference to me what the objec tions to the Chinamen are. If we ean get good, reliable cooks sad washerwomen there Ism In favor of Importing them right now. The I oiled Mates could use 500,0X1 rooks and eqnally as many washermen. I want my wife to quit being homed l>y negro wom en. The leglelatnre ought to send a special committee to Washington and present s pe tition, asking congress to pass a suitable law, allowing reliable cooks ami washer men to come to this country, ami they ahould tie encouraged fo come qnlehly. If every Community could get a few foreign •errant*. It won hi straighten thing, out quickly. If the rolled Mutes congress and roars* they wut mag taeat ears, ns ia a oar mates would pass a law which weald yery short time the housewife dnds that she enable our wemee lo get good roolu and i oar of dl.hes. Vnlv-s rod ferhs. It take* wadierwranen they would " PROTECT OUR WOMEN. To the Editor of The Georgian: There la another question I wish yoa would take hold of. and take hold of It quickly, and In earnest. It Is the servant problem. Something ought to he done at once to protect our Southern women from the terrible Impositions of rooks nnd wash erwomen. It la an admitted fact, known «f almost all men. that their wives are be- log shamefully Imposed upon. Erery man. or almost every man. who has a cook la feeding an entire family besides bis own. Ills wife la compelled ro tarn over her pan- tty keys to her rook, and she knows that more than half the provisions shedmys la wasted or "tooted off.’. does her own eooktat negro servants are ge . . shout breaking np the dishes. s*d then they have to 'take their meals home now to eat—elways la a covered Iwaket or some- thing, and a dish or plate and a knife and - —■ *re carried off. «)f I bring them back, hot la a In the stuc_._. Basil Is nupected of the murder of Hsy- mond. Sylvia's ■ mind seems to have been shattered by the tragedy. Every possible means known to sci ence was employed in the effort to rouse the girl from this death trance, and all In vain. Electrical stimulation, artificial respiration. Injections of salt, the strongest nerve and heart stimu lants—all alike were found wholly In effective. Perhaps if she were questioned and told to aqueexe the hand of the ques tioner for an affirmative answer, or to show that she understood the ques tion. something could be gleaned from her," the coroner suggested. And thin suggestion was carried out with no satisfactory result. Ruth Pritchard seemed to be incapable of even this small movement, of the fin gers. Her hands were limp and pow erless—when lifted a little and released they fell to her sides Ilka the hands of a corpse. Sylvia Thurston was altogether un able to appear at the Inquest. By Dr. Feard's strictest orders she remained In bed that day, and while the coroner's li qulry was proceeding Sylvia tossed from side to side of her pillows, some times raving aloud, sometimes laugh ing softly to herself, sometimes rising suddenly on her elbow and gazing va cantly toward the door, as uhe said, wistfully: "Where Is Raymond? Has he awak ened yet? Why doee he not come to see me?" Dr. Peard had sent to Cleveland for a nurse—Martha Jenner, a homely, kind-hearted woman—to look after 8ylvla and Riith; and Mrs. Jenner shook her head and compressed her Ups aa she listened to Sylvia's de lirious words. ' "God help her when she knows *11!" Martha Jenner said, unconsciously, echoing the rector’s words of the pre vloua evening. > By the time the scam evidence had been heard the shadows of twilight were gathering In the room of death, and the coroner suggested an adjourn ment of the Inquest for a week, pend ing further evidence bearing on the mysterious fatality. "This girl, Ruth Pritchard, may have recovered the use of her speech by that time," the coroner said, "and on her evidence probably the entire Issue of the Inquiry will depend. All the cir cumstances seem to Indicate that Ruth Pritchard and the deceased met in the painting room that night, for what pur pose and with what result we nave yet to discover. "Until the gtrl'e explanation of her absence from Moorcambe on the night of the tragedy Is tn our possession, gentlemen, we shall have nothing to work on but the merest conjecture." The coroner and the Jury according ly withdrew, nnd the police set to work to discover some clew to the mystery of Raymond Thurston's death, and In this Inquiry they were assisted by a clever detective, who arrived from Cleveland on the morning following the opening of the Inquest. On that same day—a day of storm and rain—the remains of the deceased were Interred In the family vault of the Thurstons, and Immediately after the funeral an old-fashioned carriage the country than they Bare In ten years' IrttmlattoB. Together with tboorsnds and thonaanda of fathers all urer the Month. I wish to thank yen for the hrare stand you bars taken on prohibition, aa well as on all questions of nubile morals Mo far aa I il*lir'whIcK I «^ ®OlF " «■ onwrn. rnr inturr auu *“*'***’ V»”~Vatn jtollj which I am griUin* for my oonf l»y# *| from wrernl rot# ami bnrf#*». C#P»I“ "trot'lu-ril-M for yimp of <be police department. Temple Grarea was Its rolled up the avenue of Moorcombe and Dr. Mueller alighted at the door. He looked pale and haggard, and he leaned heavUy on his stick, os a min ute later he entered the darkened drawing room, where Mrs. Thurston and Monica Peard sat together, while Monica was exerting every means In her power to console the afflicted mother. Carl Mueller drew a chair close to Mrs. Thurston's and began to talk to her in a low, compassionate voice. "And how Is Sylvia since morning T he said presently. He had come to Moorcombe an hour before the funeral procession had started that morning, and had had a few words with Martha Jenner with regard to her patient’s state. A Suggestion. “She seems to me to be somewhat calmer, Dr. Mueller," Monica Peard took It upon herself to answer, for she wished to spare Mrs. Thurston the un necessary pain of talking on any such subject that day. "Yet I dread that calmness. If It means that Sylvia’s mind Is becoming clear and rational again It also means that the full truth as to Raymond's death Is about to burst upon her. And I tremble for the reeults when that moment comes." "I wish she could be taken out of this house altogether for the present." Mueller said, after a pause. “If aha were under your roof. Miss Peard, it seems to me that she 'would have a better chance of .fighting against this sorrow. Here everything her eyes rest on will remind her of her lost compan ion—and of the days that are gone forever.” T only wish she could come to me. Dr. Mueller. I have been thinking of this very thing myself. If Sylvia could be removed now—this very day—before she realizes what has happened— 1 " chaptIr XLIX. Discovery. But at this point Monica checked heraelf and glanced almost remorseful, ly at Mr^. Thurston’s bowed head and sorrow-stricken, colorless face. Mrs. Thurston, too, can not remain here Just now,” Mueller said, Interpret, lng Monica's thoughts. "This house Is haunted with memories. I wish you and the squire would come over to me to Tho Hollow for even a few weeks," he went on. taking one of Mrs. Thurs- ton's hands In his. "I should be delight, ed to have you both, and I am certain the change of surroundings would bs beneficial. "It Is extremely kind and thoughtful of you," Sylvia's mother said, looking Is fully cleared up. I do not think I could bring myself to leave Moor- combe.” *i am afraid, Mr*. Thurston, It will be a long time before the matter la ful ly cleared up. Dr. Peard and Dr. Simpson are of the opinion that Ruth Pritchard’s strange state will continue for many months. And. If this be so, then the truth' will not, I fear, be dis covered In a hurry. If any one knows about It, Ruth Pritchard does. Indeed, for that matter, I have h*ard a whis per connecting Ruth heraelf with the mysterious crime.” "Ruth? Why, Ruth was aa fond of my poor son aa If—almost as If sho were his sister,” Mrs. Thurston said, .horrified. "Yea, every ono knows of her extraor dinary affection for your son, and some think she loved him too well for her own peace of mind, and that—well, It does not matter now," Mueller broke off hurriedly, observing the distressed look In Mr*. Thurston's face. "This la not the time to enter into the subject." Mueller had heard this theory aired by a little group of people at the fu neral that day, and even the minister had got hold of It, as Mueller knew very well from an Inadvertent remark of Mr. Prosser to himself shortly before the interment. "Dr. Mueller, never breathe such a thing to' Sylvia at any time,” Monica Peard Bald In a whisper. "She and Ruth havo ever been such true, loving friends." Even os the words were on Monicas Ups there was a hurried tapping at the drawing room door, and Martha Jonner's homely face, looking white and agitated, revested Itself. “Mias Monica, come up to Miss Syl via at once, please, miss! She's In qn awful state. She got up a while ago and went down to poor Master Ray mond's room, and when she found the body gone she seemed all of a sudden to remember everything, and she ran back to me and cried out that her brother was dead—and then she went off Into hysterica and thrsw heraelf on her bed, laughing and crying In * terrible way. Monica sprang from her chair and ran to the door with a startled excla mation. And even aa she did so, shriek after shriek rang from the upper lobby—then came a sound of heavy footsteps above —then again Sylvia's distracted voice, raised In violent hjrsterlcs—and then a heavy fall—and silence. "Oh. God, what has happened. Monica cried, as she dashed out of the room and rushed upstairs. Continued in Tomorrow’s Cteorgisn. MINIATURE TRAIN JUMPED TRACK A railroad wreck different from the ordi nary kind occurred late Monday afternoon at White City park, and si a result Milton Sunders, hie wife and ehlld were InJnreJ. The Occident occurred on the miniature railroad eudrcllug the lake. While roundlu* the enrre at the eastern end of the lake, the roar coach Jumped the track and roll ed down an embankment. Of the seven people In the car, only Sanders and bis wife and baby Were In- Jared. The lishy was hart shoot the .boul der. nnd It waa said that the roller hone wne broken. The father nnd mother Buffer- »niw*n thojr an piyvI tn