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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. tc.i'1'tilUKU lo THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN tAND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 8 Writ Alabama St.. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Ratast Thr** Months •••*• tin* uoniD mi By Carrier. Per Week ** Telephones coooA'tfBf *11 depart* rnents. Uoog distance terminals. resen tat Ives for all territory outi SSR Office Tribune DolMIng Kew Tort Office Brunswick Bldg. If yon have any trouMe act tine TUB OEOIK1IAK AND NEWS, telephone It le desirable that all eommoolca- ttona Intended for publication In TUB OKOKGIAN AND NKWS lie limited to too worde In length. It ti Imjieretlro that they lie signed, aa an srMsocs of good faith. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unleee etempa are eeet for (be pnrpoee. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prlote onelean or objectionable advertis ing. Neither does It print wblaky or toy liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS ataads for Atlanta's own- lag III owe gee and electric light plente, aa It now owne lie water works. Other cities do tble end get gas as low te M rente, wltb a profit Lf /life G${i.O*f«D U M believes that If street railways eao be operated ancceaefolly by European fit Ira, aa they art, there la no good reason why they rao not I*.so oner- ated here. But we do not believe this set Its fare In that direction NOW. Society's latest craze Is the pit vate clrcua. There ahould be no dearth of clowns. The paragraphers have about suc ceeded In freezing out the Fairbanks boom. Sir Thomas Llpton Is again prepar ing to come over for the American cup, and when he goes home his cup of humiliation will be full. 8ome enthusiasts are still trying to boost Edgar Allan Poe for tho flail of Famo. Poe was at once so famous and ao Infamous It's hard to place him. We are Informed that a thimble be longing to the queen of Slam Is val ued at sixty thousand dollars. Of course, it wu never Intended for plain sewing, but for fancy work alone. Young Lord Qrosvcnor. son of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster, la the richest landed proprietor In Eng land—too rich, perhaps, to be landed by an American girl. The prohibitionists have not yet Indorsed Graves or Seely for anything. — Thomasvllle Enter- ... prise. Oh, yes. They have been magnifi cently Indorsed fdr “being on the right aide”—and this la all the In dorsement they want. Attorney General llonaparte has employed a woman member of the New York bar to assist him in hla anti-trust campaign. And some of Bonaparte's enemies have already predicted that the memory of this campaign would be an “air-loom" In hla family. Dr. Macomber, an Insanity expert, testlOed In a Brooklyn murder case that a spiritualist Is capable of doing business. Indeed, they can do bust, neis, and good business, too, so long as the ratio of tools to the population remains at Thomas Carlyle's valua tion. Philip Brun, resident of a small New England town, la dead at the age of 101 years, with the record of never haring taken a drink, nor smoked a cigar, nor rode oo the cars, nor visited New York, nor kissed a woman. He died, some aay, at the age of 102; other* aay he never did lire! Queen Wllhelmlna'a refusal to offi ciate at the opening of The Hague peace conference, we are now told, was due to her pique at not being able to enforce the striot ceremonial deference accorded her by her sub jects, upon the members of the-con ference. Our faith In that confer wee revive*. The Georgian extends Its sincere congratulations to Wilson Burke of the Atlanta newspaper colony upon bis merited promotion to the manag ing editorship of The Cincinnati Poet. The Post t* one of the great papers of the middle west and thla appointment ia a conspicuous tribute to the ability of an Atlanta boy. Trained In the Atlanta schools and Imbued with the Atlanta spirit, our young newspaper men of this city al- ^•l 1 go out to win repute and honor other cities, and The Georgian in* to Its congratulations upon present success the prophecy of an even larger advancement In Cincin nati for the bright young Journalist who la a graduate of our local Schools. \ CHICAGO’S FIGHT AND ATLANTA’S. The telephone fight In Chicago has n constant and continuing In terest to the people pf Atlanta, and the battle^of the great conservative newspapers of the Western metropolis Is so nearly In line with the fight which The Georgian la making In Atlanta that It Is Just aa well for the people of this city to observe them aide by aide. The Tribune continues to wago ft stalwart light against the "mea ger 3 per cent" which the proposed ordinance requires the telephone company to pay to the city of Chicago. The gross earnings-of the Chicago telephone company laat year were 38,000,000 and for this year they will probably be $8,500,000, of which three per cent Is $256,000. The city of Atlanta up to thla time haa been receiving practically . nothing from Its telephone cotppany which hna been granted noble fran chises and rights of ways through our strdets for a number of years In which they have grown from a comparatively -small Investment Into a corporation'now eutlniated far Info the millions In value. ' With this splendid corporation the city was about to conclude the' trade for one-half of ono per cent—think of It!—when The Georgian's Insistent protest raised the council's price to the scarcely less meager aum of one per cont, and this, upon the basis of $400,000 gross earnings of last year, would only pay to the city of Atlanta'the sum of $4,000 a year, out of which la to be deducted to many Items of expenae, taxation, etc., that the reat/It would leave a merely nominal and totally Inade quate recognition of the benefits which the corporation received from . the city. The Chicago papers take the ground that dividends upon these great corporation* should not any • longer reach the extravagant figure which they have reached In the past; that they must be more reasonable In the future, and that the city Is to get a full compensation for Its conces sions. . .. >! A private corporation leading a competitive and hazardous life has a right to pay 10 or 12 per cent dividends If It can be earned. “Not so,” says The Tribune, "has a corporation which haa a monopoly of Ita business and Is exposed to no hazards. It ahould be contented with moderate returns‘which It knows will bo certain." Upon this basts the Chicago paper cites the clause In the proposed agreement which asks the telcphono company, to pay to the ; city every thing In excess of 10 per cent on Its average Investment and Insists that the figure 10 should be stricken out and 7 Inserted, as 7 psr cent Is' surely enough for the telephone company to earn In the city of Chicago. Now will the people of Atlanta consider what a wide difference Is drawn here between the contention of the voice of public opinion In Chi cago with regard to tho telephone company and the Infinitely more mod erate contention which Vhe Georgian Is making for the city of Atlanta In which this corporation Is proportionately Just as prosperous as It is In Chicago. Really as the discussion proceeds and as the facts develop, we are thoroughly convinced that the public will regard the contention of The Georgian as being moderate and conservative to an extreme of consider ation for the corporation. OUR GRAND ARMY OF THE FUTURE. The magnificent opening of the Atlanta public schools Is Indoed an Inspiring and suggestive spectacle. Sixteen thousand children In this capital city -of the New South marshalled ay«l. classified In a solid array of educational cadets In fine and 'Vigorous training for the battles ot'.tjio future. These 16,000 children and the parents of them ahould stop at times to consider the beneficence of the government- and the laws under which we live. And no phase of thla high civic consideration will ap peal more strongly to the heart and to the Judgment of the youthful and adult cltlsena than the splendid provision which the state and the times have provldod for the training of the youth, the building of cltl- zons and the betterment of homes. Thla is the splendid army of tho future. TheBo are the young recruits who are to march like Blucher'a troops upon the battlefield at Waterloo - when our civilization la In Ita crisis. This Is the grand nrmy of the reserves held In waiting against the coming day wheu the ever-maturing problems of our civilization are to reach that stage where the highest Judgment, Ibe beat trained minds, and the beat developed characters must, be .brought .to the ballot box and to .the council chambers for their solution. These are great schools which we have In this, capital city of At lanta. They lack something of material cqulrment and this need must bo met and answered as speedily and as ’iborally and energetically as we can advance toward It. But In the main the educational standard of tho capital of Georgia Is high enough to serve as an example and an Inspiration to other cities and to other, states, The Issues represented by this noble army of 16,000 children make the highest appeal to the civic conscience of those who rule the city, and whether it rest In the judgment qf tho local legislature, In the au thority of the tnunlclpal^chlcf executive, or finally In the ballots of the people themselves, , let us remember that neither money nor time Is mis spent or misdirected that Is poured liberally 'into the great educational system upon which our real futuro depends. CHANLER OF NEW YORK THE BEST EASTERN FIGURE. Lieutenant Governor Cbanler of New York Is a candidate not to bo despised, and not to be Ignored In the prognostics' of Democracy. Of course to a number of people In tho ranks of the party and more particularly, among thoso who are longing for a place upon the band wagon, Mr. Bryan la the only possible figure upon the horizon of 1908. This may or may not be true. The Georgian has been Mr. llryan'a friend when some of'hls later enthusiasts were Indifferent or critical. And The Georgian la Mr. Bryan’s loyal friend today. But Tho Georgian la a free newspaper, and while Mr. Bryan’s nom ination looks probable It lack* a great deal of being certain. That he Is opposed by some strong forces within the Democratic rank* Is un questionably true, and that there la a present activity In candidates throughout the party, and developments for opposition to the two-tlmo nominee of tho party, ta also more than apparent. That'there Is a powerful sentiment for a Southern candidate la evi dent to all who read, and this Is founded'not upon the mere sentimen tality of local loyally, but upon the broad principle that a Southern nominee would put a final and effectual quietus upon all subsequent discussion of the sections! Issues growing out of the Civil war. Among the men mentioned from the East The Georgian does not see any figure quite so eligible as Lieutenant Governor Chanter of New York. Mr. Chanter la vigorous and popular. He la Independent, vlrilo and rich enough to give the campaign fund a notable Impetus toward suc cess. He It a mixture of Southern and Northern blood. He Is a definite Democrat and waa the running mate of William R. Hearst In the last gubernatorial contest, to whom from first to last without variation and without limit he was absolutely and splendidly loyal In all the phases of the campaign before and after the election day. You may be sure that Chanter's connection with Hearst and hla loy alty to that great definite Democrat of tho times will not hurt him with the mats of the American voters. Mr. Chanter, la a happy medium between the definite and ultra- radical Democrat of today and the time-serving conservative Democrat who la hla antithesis. "V ' Aa a man of mean* and a man of affairs he could not be classed as an evangel of discontent, while as the lieutenant and loyal team mate of William R. Hearst there could be no aspersion cast upon his decided and definite Democracy. More than all, Mr. Chanter Is a gallant and chivalrous gentleman, generous, manly and brave, and bis personality would unqueatlonabty win for him thousand of friends and votas In every section of the Demo- cratlc territory which came within the sphere of his personal assocla- tlon. , To sum up the situation as frankly as we know how, we believe that the best but by no means the only chance for the Democratic nomina tion Is still held by William J. Bryan. We believe that among Southern Democrats Senator Culberson of Texas and Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia are by all means tbo lead ing and most promising figures. ‘ But among the men mentioned In the East we do not hesitate to say that In all the equipments of eligibility and In- the essential elements for success, Lieutenant Governor .Chanter of New York leads tho list. PRAISE FOR THE GEORGIAN; WARNING AGAINST TILLMAN To the Editor of The Oeorffen: I here Im»A n reader of the Atlanta papers for more thou forty years. With the ex- eeption of the Colomhus State, Booth Csro* t linn has never been able to compete with either Atlanta, Augusta or Savannah. That you are destined to build up the greatest paper that bas ever been* published south of the Potomac Is aa sure os that honesty la not only right but It la the beat policy. It hna lH*en sold that a clean, fearless, hon est, non-sensatlonal newspaper cannot lire, any more than a dean, honest and truthful politician. This I do not believe. I have for forty years wished to get hold of a news paper so fslr, so honest, so truthful that, like the Bllile, you^ould quote Its contents without abusing some one, or mlaststlng forts. But ns yet I nm sorry to say In re- S nrd to the secular press, I have fniled to nd one. The Washington Post approxi mates the kind of paper I nm hunting, and until The Georgian was born, It was my favorite. If an honest man la the noblest work of God, then a tenrlcan, fair, accurate, bonc&t ‘ . mm* “ n * —‘ * newspaper Is certainly the noblest work of man. I have been In political life for forty years, and It Is pleasant. Indeed and In truth, to lie able to get a paper each day that you can rely on, and one that you do not have to bide from your wife and chil dren. Whatsoever things ore true, whatso ever things are honest, whatsoever thlnr- are patriotic, whatsoever things ore lovoni In a great paper, whntHoover things are moderate, wnataoever things are moral and Just, whatsoever things arc* of good report, to be found In tho great Georgia papei do so by the controlling spirit, tue orntoi teaman and patriot, John Temple Grnvei mnu-aninu aim pninui, ” of ths little game cock state of South Caro lina—a name to go with her lUnstrlona CtU houn, McDuffie, Preston, and Hampton.^ ■we will toon follow your lend In state prohibition. In 1®2 we carried the state for tenmerance, but that Napoleon of politicians- B. It. Tillman, euchered us out of our hard- earned victory by substituting his abom I nabledlspensnrj^xperimen^ba^ms so gallant made L well kunwn t little peppery game cock atate, anti Invincible the political power of J** cuown founded. I exp "" * „ _ expect to see him get In the lend again when we make our next fight. Though you cannot help admir ing the bluff, apparent honesty of the mar nor hla uinloulifiNl long-headed political s* f nclty, for tho Immense ball of gray mat er, for God'a rake, your sake and the sake of The Georgian, follow him In nothing except hi* Indomitable energy In carrying ‘ Ills plans, which are always In tbe.ln- of B. It. - * ‘ 1 ■“ T. first, and the people terest next. Truly, your sincere admirer, Abbeville, 8. C. ucnr niiuiim. BRAINSTORM JONES. ANOTHER TURN OF THE SCREW (From Tbo Fourth Estate.) In order to relieve congestion of Its wires In the early evening, the American Tele phone and Telegraph Company has adopted the simple expedient of raising Its rates ao that night messages cost the public aa much aa those transmitted In the daytime. Since the beginning of the telegraph oper ator** strike, the long distance telephone wires have been kept busy and subscribers have naturally sought to Mrc expense by sending as many messages ns possible at night, when the rate was cut In half. In the rush of business In tho evening, the company's officers say, a large nuralter of calls was lost and delayed. In the Interest of better service, nml not, of course, with sny Idea of Increasing Its profits at a time when the telegraph service Is crippled, the company almHshes Its night rate. When It Is |>olnte<l out that telegraph ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Army Orders. Washington, Sept v 10.—Captain Ar thur W. Morse, assistant surgeon, from San Francisco to Fort Leavenworth: Captain Ifenry S. Kirsten, assistant surgeon, to Presidio of Moftlerey. Captain John D, goat, assistant sur geon, from San Francisco to Fort Law- ton; Captain Charles W. Fair, assistant surgeon, from Philippines to Fort Mc Kinley; Captain George L. Gorman, assistant surgeon, from Ban Francisco to Columbus barracks. First Lieutenant Stanley O. Zlnke, assistant surgeon general, San Fran cisco to Fort Leavenworth; First Lieu tenant Howard A. Bailey, assistant sur geon, from Ssn Francisco to Fort Mey er; Captain John T. McLean, assistant surgeon, Mississippi national guard, a.nd First Lieutenant william I.. Hart, as sistant surgeon. South Carolina nation al guard, to Medical School, Washing ton; First Lieutenant Morgan L. Brett, coast artillery corps, to unasslgned list, to Fort Banka and report to command ing officer artillery district of Boston for staff duty. Naval Orders. Captain 8. C. Llmley, retired, to navy department. Lieutenant W. Brown, Jr., detached Dubuque to home, wait orders. Lieutenant B. O. Barthalow, de tached, Lancaster to shore duty. Lieutenant A. J. Hepburn, detached Albatroaa to Dubuque. Movements of Vossole. ARRIVED—September 5. Preble at Port Angeles, Wash.; September 6, Marietta, Connecticut, Kansas, Georgia, Vermont, Rbode Island and Caesar at Provlnretown, Raleigh and St. Louis at San Francisco, Galveston at Chefu. SAILED—September 7, Hopkins. Hull, Stewart, Whipple, Lawrence, Worden, Strlngham, Shubrlck. Thorn ton, DeLong und Stockton from New port for Provlncetown; Brutus from Bradford. R. I.. for Baltimore: Uncns from Boston for Cape Cod Bay; Ma rietta from Portsmouth, N. H„ for Cape Cod Bay. rompsalee bare s nlglit rate, tbe telephone people reply that telegrams need not be de livered until morning, wherens n telephone call must, of course, lie attended to at once, end. therefore, e rush of night cells uutT. Mini, lurrt-iuri-, n ruau ui mum inur Involve a* much labor by tdophono opera torn aa the name number of <lay rails. Since the company bn* raised Its night rate, ahould It not. lu nit fnlrncsa, make a the whole, be Increased? Tbe dlffcronro be tween night nnd day rate* heretofore exist ing wn* deulgned to encourage telephoning during Uour§ when the wire* were compnrn tlvely free. Now that the eompany la nink log .money ns fast In tbe ovenlng hours ns during the day, It can surely afford to brlug the dny rote down. The latest aqueexe by tba-monopoly must sharpen tho general regret that telephone AT THE THEATERS THE EXILE’8 REVERY. When . come home again— When 1 come buck to eeenee I knew In boyhood’, gulden days— When I hsve wen old Dices there, nnd when I've Journeyed down the well-remembered wars— The pathway to the river and the lane Which twisted out beneath tbe waring trees And echoed with the mockingbird's refrain. The thrush's cell, the Imm of innny bees— I wonder If the enn will seem ee gold Ae I once knew It In the years gone by! 1 wonder If the paths I knew of old As I one,- loved 1*0fore f went away) Or ir the songs of hints will seem is sweet— Tbe bluebird's chirp, the catbird's rounds- loy- Jnet ne the moon bee mounted o’er the bill. Out by the gnte where roses climb the well I wonder If I'll nnd YOU wnltlng still. Itemcmtierlng through. With eyes aglow, Juet aa yon waited then) —Orsntlnncl Rice. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From The Chicago News. Happiness la often nothing but con ceit. And It la better to be a haa-been than a never-was. tt take* a mighty good Chriatlan to pray for the Ice man. Admiration Is a woman’s first love and devotion la her last. One can't always Judge a woman's truthfulness by what she says. Many a man's empty pockets are due to hie wife’s fondness for change. When a man starts to blow In hla money hla friend's like to get wind of It. The more good qualities a man pos ers see the lest he has to aay about them. A woman’s Idea of economy la to have her husband waste 82 worth of time putting up a 10-cent kitchen shelf. At the Bijou. "Just Out of College” lg one of those rnre treats the patrons of the Bijou Theater have during a season. It la out of the "mellerdrammer” rut and the audience that packed the little the ater Monday night showed its apprecia tion and taste by Its genuinely enthu siastic applause. The play Is by Georgo Ade and this In Itself Is sufficient trade mark for a comedy. The principals were good enough In ■pots, but some of them, particularly those supposed to he Just from college, lacked that spontanlety and dash' of the thoroughly primed product of re cent day universities. A chorus adds color, some music and more tonnage to the play. A majority Is not pretty, but —substantial, and that helps some. Loster Crawford as 81lvers Mason Is good enough for any audience. George Denton, as.Septimus Pickering, the ap oplectic father, and Ethel Loyd, as Caroline, his daughter, arc In the same class. Mary B. Henderson, as Aunt Julia Swinger, certainly fits the part for which she waa selected. Maude Dickerson and—but what's the use? They're all there and It's a,very good show. Th? "8. R. O.” sign was hung out early and thcre'a no reason why It shouldn't work at every performance the remainder of the week. C. E. II. Yale's "Devil’s Auction.” Manager Charles H. Yale says the "Devil's Auction" la the beat paying piece of theatrical property In America, and gives the following reasons to substantiate the claim; 1. It has been on the road contlnu ously for twenty-five seasons. 2. It has always pleased Its many thousands of patrons throughout the country. 3. It nas always been kept up to the times with novelties and Innovations, making It each season a new perform ance, simply retaining the old name as a trade-mark. 4. It has never presented anything to offend and caters to the ladtea and ehll dren. 6. The theater-going public Is al- ways sure of enjoying a pleasant even ings entertainment nnd seeing what the management advertises. The one reason why everybody should see It this year Is that the twen- ty-alxth edition of the "Devil's Auc- tlon" la new In Its entirety. This pop ular spectacle comes to the Grand Frl- day and Saturday for three perform- ancea. \ Pastime Theater. Audience* waited In the arcade on the Drat floor of the Paatlme Theater Monday nlgljt In order to get aeata at the following performance In tha the ater above. There was a continuous ovation from the time Senorlta Mae De Mills made her Initial bow aa a Span ish dhneer until 8pangler and May, the dancing duo, made their final high kick. But Jean Beaugere, the Parisian character Impersonator and lightning change artist, waa the feature of the bill. Carl and Carl In "Brother Bill's Troubles," offered a novel dlvertlsement and received much applause. Spangler and May, In their knock-about act, were clever. Miss Lillian Carl sang sweetly "When the Violets Whisper. Marie,” and added to her host friends. A Compromise. Four-year-old Gordon was ths devoted owner of s cloth doll rnlled~Maudle, from which be could not lx parted even after It became so dilapidated that ths other mem bers of the family wonld have dispensed with Its company without s murmur. One mornlua he started on a walk with hla K ndmnther. and aa uaual Maudle waa :ged close In. hla arms - 'lit. Gunhiii." exclaimed his Cumcanlrin. "do throw that dreadfuMooklng doll^way! Slid grandmother will buy yon a new one." An agonised expression spread ovar the tittle fellow a countenance. "Oh. grand mother," he replied sadly, "| couldn't throw — pi! lry , 0 l0ii h „ itt'e. A Difficult Roll Call. Tbe profraaor of English In one of our Western college* waa Doted for being very it-mlnded. It waa bla cnatora to call tbe roll each moraine before the lecture. One morning, after calling a nam* to whlrlt lar, .ha. looked tip and. there waa no responi peering over hi* spectacle*. Is the absent boy In tb* vacant ehr.tr I see before mef—September Llpplu- coil's. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD 8TREET8. Capital Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00 $600,000.00 We, have every facility for transacting the banking business in all its branches. 4 Of Interest paid and compounded twice a /O year in our Savings Department. THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS A Thrilling Story qf Mystery and Adventure 8YNOP8I8. ... Frank (tbe hero) and Rpginold Bracpbrlagc (consin*) meet Mme. _ Vera ^31avln*kjjr# beautiful woman, at Saratoga. She Is at tacked by a foreigner (Dr. C«H Mueller), tho latter demanding that »ho aurrendar to him **a bit of paper and a^ stone.** He claim* he has the missing fragment and that "the others wero then In the Hotel. Frank rescues her and Is glv«*0 a pttokagj with nermlslaon to open It when he tnlpx« the right time hna come. A telegram an- nouncea the sudden death of Reginald e father. Frank I* made executor of the es tate. Reginald l« charged with forgery, and calls upon Frank to sure him fC om ., nr t. 0> .* A mold roiho* Into tbe room nnd toll* Reg inald hi* wife Is dead nnd that be 1* charg ed with her murder. Frank and..-Reginald leave the house by a secret passage and i airship, nk ienrus Heglnald's hires it this doe daughter the story. .... «ueller falls In love with her. lie eoj'ino to know her brother, a painter, who resides abroad. 8ylvla. Dr. Mueller and n glr! friend visit "The Hollow." an old house, said to he haunted. Raymond Thurston returns home wnox- lectedly and Is greeted by his sister during he temporary nlisence of her fiance. Sylvia and her brother go for a wo*K md meet Basil, who quarrels with Ray mond. . . . The following morning Ruth Frltchard Is found In the woo<u near the Thurston home, unconscious. When she recovers conscious; reach the Brncebrldge eonnti I,ong Island. They embark lr Reginald Is sent to France. that the physician who attended wife resembles Dr. Mueller. 1 aesa. her mind Is apparently unhinged with ror. Raymond Thurston Is found Sylvia suspects Basil of the murder of her brother. . Sylvia prepares to visit Florida In search of health. Nurse Mason appears on the sci*ne. and It develops that she and Dr. Mueller are greater friends than appears on ‘V surface. ' ' Surao Mason fella Dr. Mueller* r thnt *he .iiiiscn frun i/r, .uuitiii ,iuni has the heir to the Brncebridjte fortuno ante nnd hidden. Sylvie gnea to Florida nnd re- turna grently benefited In health.' Mueller plenda with her to marry him In June. Mr*. Proaaer hastened to recapitu late the clrcumatances ao far a* she had as yet learned theh-i; and It -was not until her voluble sentences had run themselves out to the last word that she seemed to realize how very white’ and tired Rose Thurston looked, and how listless had become her attention to the long-winded story. "I’ve succeeded In wearying you to death, 1 tear, dear Rose,” Mrs. Pros ser exclaimed, rising to take her de parture. "I can not stay . longer, as ve some other calls to make. Re member me to Miss Letitla. And take my advice and hers, Rose, and spend a few hours of tomorrow—If It be fin# and aunny—out of doors." i -■ Cruel Awakening. With this parting advice, the minis ter's wife vanished, and Rose a minute later beheld her Jolting down the hilly drive in her pony phaeton. With a heavy sigh. Rose returned to her lounge. Mrs. Prosser's tidings had agl. fated her cruelly, awaking as thoy did nil the old memories of Basil's almost lifelong devotion to Sylvia, who was now, Indeed, lost to him forever. ' And as Rose Thurston’s sad thoughts thus went back over bygone recollec tions, the tears welled to her eyes and fell one by on* over her wan cheeks, and she felt almost too listless and weary to brush them away. She was still occupied thus when Miss Letitla—tall, sedate and Imposing In a black silk mantle and an bstrlch feathered bonnet—entered the room and subsided Into her favorite arm chair with a sigh of exhaustion. "I am very tired, my dear. I am really too old for these visits. I must begin to remember that I am 86, and that It Is high time for me to draw the line at afternoon calls.” Although she was endeavoring to talk lightly, Roeg's keen perceptions told her that her aunt wn* uneasy about something or other and was, for reasons of her own. refraining from looking her niece In the face. "Mr*. Prosser has been here. Aunt Letty. She has told me of Sylvia's marriage. Of course, you have heard the news at Moorcombe?" Rose endeavored to talk carelessly, knowing very well what was passing through her grandaunt's mind at the moment and wishing to set her nt ease: but the tremor In Rose’s voice could not be conquered, and Miss Le titla. glancing suddenly at her, saw the traces of tears upon her cheek. "I knew ^hls news would upset you, dear. Of course, I've heard It from Mildred Thurston, but I did not In tend to tell you Just yet. I wish that woman would not be such, a tattling busybody! Whenever she comes here she Is sure to have some unplessant newa to tell. Rose, you've been cry ing. This Is really too bad, darling.” "I couldn't help It. Aunt Letty. The news of Sylvia's marriage brought back all the old memories of Basil—and the day* gone by.” Rose Tljureton's voice broke as she said theee words, and her wan face sank Into her hands and she sobbed aloud In sudden, ungovernable emo tion. ' Oh, Aunt Letty, I must tell some one! I can not keep this secret to , k | a driving me myself any longer, mad.” She dashed away the tears from her eyes and lifted her r*ce. and looked ai most wildly at her old kinswoman" Miss Letitla had risen hurriedly from her armchair and was crossing the floor to Rose's lounge. "What do you mean. Rose) I do not understand you. If there Is anythin, you wish to tell me do not hesitati to say It at once!" "I have borne the torture of it night and day ever since last October. Aunt Letty—ever since the night of Ray. mond Thurston's death." Miss Letitla'was now seated on the lounge beside Rose, and she had drawn the girl's fragile figure into her arms— Just as In the old days when Rose was a child and Aunt Letty was comfortlnr her In some' childish sorrow. "Well. R<5se, what is it) Is It any. thing about Basil?" Miss Letitla asked In a whisper. “Indeed,- Indeed, It Is! All about Ha. sll—what else? Aunt Letty, I have been acting a part ever since that dreadful night. Even to you—even to you—I’ve not permitted myself to open my heart and tell the actual truth. Hut the strain is too much for me, and now you shall hear all at last." * The words died oft her lips with a shuddering moan; but Miss Letitla said nothing. She held Rose closer to her and waited for her to spenk again "I told you, Aunt Letty. that Dasli wheeled to Cleveland that afternoon at 6 o'clock—that he went to Gabriel Bar. Ing's—that David Prout met him on his way there—and that he wrote to me from Gabriel’s house a week or so later, and Gabriel Baring has since told the minister and others-of Basil's being with him at Cleveland. “He did this for my sake, Aunt Let. ty. Gabriel would do anything that I asked him. But It was all a trumped- up story. Bnsll did not go to Cleve. land that evening. I told you a false, hood when I said so. David Prout did not meet him. and the letter I showed you as If from Basil was written by my own hand." “Rose, what is this you are saying?" Miss Letitla gasped, bewildered. "Basil never spent an hour at Cleve- land since that night. I know nothing of his movemehts. Aunt Letty, and tho suspense and terror of it all have near, ly killed me." "But if he did not go to Cleveland, where did he go. Rose? Do you mean to tell me that you know absolutely nothing-as to your brother's absence during the past eight months?" Mis* Letitla was now staring down at Rose's bowed face, as though she thought the girl had taken leave of her senses. “I know absolutely nothing of Basil since that fatal night. He came here that night. Aunt LetTy-—" Rose's voice was barely audible §s she made this disclosure' and her fragile form wns shaken with the shudder that passed through It. "He cattife here in the (lead of night. I have kept this secret from you until now. I can keep It ns long er." In broken whispers Rose breathed her story Into Miss Letltln's shocked ears—Basil's midnight return to Red- brow, hla agitated looks and words, the mysterious note he had slipped under the door before he took his abrupt de parture from his home. And. as she listened. Miss Retina's thoughts reverted to that painful Inter, view she had had with Sylvia on that October afternoon of her visit to Moor- combe, and Sylvia's terrible suspicion as to Basil's share In tho tragedy of Raymond's death smote the old lady with a new, overwhelming force. - In the agitation of the moment Miss Letitla withdrew her arms suddenly froYn Rose's trembling figure and rose abruptly from the lounge, while a gray pallor stole over her shrinking face, “Great God, Rose! • • • If all this Is true! • • • What—what can you or nny one else think as to Basil’s extraordinary disappearance on that night, of all others?” Her voice died away to a husky whisper as she put this question to Basil's sister. There was an ominous silence. Rose Thurston seemed to be physically unable to reply. “I do not know what to think!’ she gasped hoarsely, after n long pnuse: nnd as the word* passed her lips •*} crouched down upon the lounge and her face sank Into her hands, as though she feared to meet her aunt's gaze— as though she feared to be compelled to reveal In full the ghastly conviction that h.-u| now swooped upon her. “I know nothing more about It." •«* uttered, with drv. mechanical lips. 1 muttered, with dry, mechanical lips, dr not know what to think!" Continued in Tomorrow’* Georgian- $8,000 VERDICT AGAINST SOUTHERN Lynchburg, Va,, Sept. 10.—At Camp bell court house. In the circuit court, a Jury has returned a verdict against the Southern railway, giving Willis J. Wln- eton, colored, $8,000 damages, lie hav ing had both legs broken lost Thanks giving Day at Rangoon, on the passen ger train on which President Si-encer was killed. 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