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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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no undertaking. —... —-—. _
aet Its face In that direction NOW.
1 beard a surly cynic -say: “The
eagles all are dying;
The kings that ruled the mountain
thrones are vanishing away;”
But from a thousand cloudy neata the
anawer fell, replying,
"The eagles of tomorrow are the
fledglings of today."
After the prohibition law goes
Into effect In Qeorgla the people
who are accustomed to feeling a
bit uncertain of their footing may
get the name effect by trying roll
er skates.—Washington Post.
An even more effective specific for
uncertainly la to Join a locker club.
The Atlanta Georgian la proud
of Atlanta’s fluaher, but declares
that three more are needed. No
doubt Atlanta would be able to
make a great noise In the world
with four-flushers, a commodity
that we suspect Atlanta has real
ly poanessed for a long time.—
Washington Herald.
It la shameful when the Capital City
of the country falls In with Houston,
Memphis and Naihvtlle In Its jealousy
of Atlanta.
It Is with unusual pleasure that The
Georgian announces Messrs. Wilson
M. Hardy and J. 0. McCartney as the
new owners and managors of Tho
Rome Dally Herald. Mr. Hardy In
completely restored health goes back
to his old home at Rome to add hla
newspaper genius to Ua development
and Mr. McCartney, at home every
where In the realm of brilliant jour
nallam, will perpetuate the partner
ship which made fame for them both
on The Thomaivtlle Enterprise.*-
After an operation. In which a dot
was removed from the brain. David
Walke. of Manchester, Is now able to
walk and talk and every Indication
points to a complete recovery.
Mr. Walke fell from a building and
Injured hla head. He apparently re
covered from this Injury, but In a few
weeks he lost the power of speech and
the use of an arm and a leg from
paralysis.
Tho sknll was trephined several
week* ago, a dot removed, and the
brain thoroughly washed. Since then
Mr. Walke bae been rapidly Improv
ing. He was discharged from the hos
pital Saturday.
Louts Ferbur, of The Washing
ton Post, while enjoying an out
ing at Colonial Beach with his
family a few days ago, performed
a rather nnuaual feat while Ash
ing. In casting his line once,
with rather unusual vigor, the
hook became ensconced In tho
breast of a reed bird, but It con
tinued fllght-r-that la. the hook
did—and the reed bird looked
: fMd to a 10-pound cattish, which
was promptly landed by Mr. Fer
bur. The flab was photographed.
The bird died.—Trades Unionist
The above I* referred to The
Atlanta Georgian. The Houston
Post, et al. We believe the South
and West will have to look to
their laurels.—Tho Journal of
Labor.
Undisputed championship In the
"nature-taking class" has been con
ceded to Colonel George M. Bailey, of
Tho Houston Post. The Georgian has
adhered strictly to a policy of veracity
In discussions of this kind, and left
excursions Into realms of pure imagi
nation to The Houston Post and The
Washington Herald. Bailey can and
will have something to *ay all t For-
bar’s alleged adventure.
GAS AND OAR FARES.
While the Joint council committees were discussing cheaper trolley
fares, cheaper gas, chesper telephones, etc., on Monday afternoon, the
street car company of our sister city of Birmingham was voluntarily re
ducing Its fares for school children to 2 1-2 cents Instead of five)
Tho Birmingham company takes time by the forelock, saves trouble,
feeling and expense, and commends Itself to the good will of the people.
Alderman Terrell made a strong showing for the reform bill which
he has Introduced Into the local legislature touching on public utilities.
In the matter of gas ho argued strongly that the gat company was
the only enterprise In the etate or tho country In which the consumer
(the people) has nothing whatever to do or eay In the matter of tho
quality, the measurement or the price of the product for which he paye
hla money.
He showed from the statistics of the government that the price of
gas sold In the United States for 190S, ranging from 72 centa to 96
cents, averaged 86 cents, while In Atlanta we were paying $1.10, which
Is 14 cents above the highest price and 38 centa above the lowest price
paid In the country of which Atlanta la a part. ■
He showed that Milwaukee and other cities had voluntarllj: reduced
the price oi gas, and commended this example to the people.
Mr. Terrell, pointing Atlanta to Cleveland In the matter of lower
■treet car fares, argued that the experiment wherever tried had been
auccessful and not Injurious to the companies. He named a score of
cities where this reduction had been made without damage. He argued
from the complaint of cltlxena for an enlargement of service In the busi
ness houri, and cited overwhelming Inatancea of tho consideration
shown to patrons In nearly all the progressive cities of the country In
the argument that what these cities could do Atlanta could do.
Mr. Terrell's argument was strong and convincing.
There was truth In Mr. Arkwright’s reply that the Atlanta com-
pany's street car service was one of the best In the country. It la a
fact. It Is also true that tbes* suburban lines have been far extended
and that the cheap fare of live centa sometimes covered distances from
six to fifteen miles. There can be no dental of this.
But the facts stand:
That tho company’s care are totally Inadequate to carry the crowd*
between 6:30 and 8:30 In the morning and evening hours.
That the children going to school might be carried for a lesser price
without loss to the company,
That the taxes of the company are less proportionately than taxes of
men doing a real estate business In the city.
And that out of present conditions thla company has declared a div
idend of $2,000,000, representing the splendid prosperity of the enterprise.
Altogether the argument was able and Interesting on both sides.
We honestly believe that no fair-minded man will refuse to concede
that the balance of fact apd argument was on the aide of the reform bill.
If the figures of Mr. Terrell be too sweeping, they offer at least a
basis of conference for reform.
BRYAN SHOULD “DECLARE.”
The Intimate political friends of William Jennings Bryan announce
that within the noxt few weeks he will Isauo a statement defining hla
attitude toward next year's Democratic presidential nomination.
We trust that this statement I* founded upon fact. Mr. Bryan owea
It to hla party and to himself to be definite and prompt In making plain
what he Intends to do with the party which he seems absolutely to
control. m
So long as Mr. Bryan's shadow remains between the sun of the pres
idency and the rank and file of the party, no other candidate seems to
dare to show hla bend. Mr. Bryan's Influence, great and clean and pure
aa be la. la repressive to the point of annihilation, to the other leaders
who might be considered In the party's choice.
Every man who hns been mentioned In this connection has scarcely
dared to chirp or to show his head. Even In Toxaa, where the audacity
of Tho Houston Post la larger than the state Itself, the great namo of
Culberson Is being held In check by the moat ardent admirers of tho
great Texan until the will and the Intention of Mr. Bryan Is made plain.
In the West, Folk dares not raise tils boom above the rim of the
state which always has "to bo shown."
Even In New York, 1,800 miles away, the blue-bloods of the favorite
tons of (he Empire State are carefully tlod to the string of Mr. Ilrykn's
approval before they are allowed to prance for a moment In the light of
publicity.
One way or the other Mr. Bryan ought to settle this quostlon. If he
Is going to run he ought to say so and say It dearly and distinctly and
let the people understand Just what he expects to do. It I* not likely
that he will be seriously opposed when he definitely announces, and other
applicants and their enthusiastic boomers are likely to sink Into Innocu
ous desuetude.
If Mr. Bryan Is not going to run he ought frankly to say so, for It Is
high time that the Democratic party was presenting for Inspection the
best men In Its ranks and giving the people time to consider their fine
points, to weigh tbclr claims and to Judge of their fitness and capacity
for the vast responsibility of running and of winning In the next cam.
palgn.
And *o In behalf of a great party which <eems to be hopelessly at
■ea bq)h aa to measures and to men, we forward to Mr. Bryan our ear
nest plea that he ahoald make plnln hts Intentions toward Dame De
mocracy.
And this aa speedily aa possible.
HOLDING THE BALLOT IN RESERVE.
The editorial In The Georgian commondlng the people to delibera
tion and delay In the promlso and dollrery of their rotes In these stren
uous times, has been widely copied and approved.
There was not In It any criticism or any III wishes for the abundant
group of Georgians, young and old, who are aspirants for office. We rec
ognised then ae we do today that aspiration la a laudable and a natural
thing. It Is noble In a republic for the citizen to aspire, and provided
bis Ideal* of public station may be high and clean and not altogether
■elfleh there la no reason why the country should not rejoice In any
nnbl* ambition either of youth or age. •
It was not the purpose of The Georgian to discourage aspiration or
to ridicule ambition* In any expression which they might make. Nor
were wo unmindful of tho fact that public policies and parties must
needs have their representatives In deliberative connclla and In execu
tive stations to Insure the triumph and perpetuation of principles which
meet the approval of the people at the polls.
The core and renter of our previous contention was that the people,
who are at last tho Jury before which personal ambitions and proapect-
tve policies must be tried, ought to be deliberate and careful In making
up their mlnda.
In th* very eagerness of ambition at the present time It la natural
and certain that those who aspire trill seek to canvass everywhere for
votes, to secure promises and to commit the people In classes, In races,
In vocations and In their Individual relations, to tho cause of the as
pirant.
We ny again that the time* are too strenuous for the jieople to be
hasty In the pledging of their votee. The next eotigreu of the United
States assembles on the first Monday In December. It adjourns on the
fourth day of March. Within Its Ufa time may be eettled and tranquil.
Used two-thirds of the great problem* which distract our world today.
And other great problems may be born upon the boeom of congression
al debate to enlist the people and to vitally touch their welfare* and
prosperity. Things that seem clear and definite today may be muddy
and mixed before December, and thing* that seem unsettled now and de
mand certain measures and certain men to correct them, may hare
passed from the stage of vitality before that period and be substituted
with other Issues demanding perhaps other men and other legislation to
give them rest
Wherefore we know that we have spoken prudently, and. If we may
bo pardoned, wisely. In commending deliberation and delay among the
great mesa of American citizens who carry in’ their white ballots the
solution of the problems of thla time.
As a unit In this great mass of almost omnipotent suffrage, we are
going to make onnown ballot the expreeston of our ctYtc Judgment, of our
civic pride, and ofi our civic conscience. We arc going to itndy the Is
aacs and the meiA who claim It, and wo are going to hold In reserve the
'promise of this ballot until we know Just what IssuesWre paramount In
our country’s life and Just what men can be beat depended upon to meet
them In wisdom. In patriotic courage and In fearless truth.
And Incidentally let It be understood that no man on this paper Is
likely to trouble the people seeking the suffrage for whoso thoughtful
deliberation we appeal.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day
some economic fact In reference to
the onward progress of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Mr. Oeorjfo W. I)een. president of the proposed Wsveroas. Baxley nnd Vldalla
railway, lisa returned from a stockholders’ meeting held at Vldnlin, anja the Sa*
vaunafi I»re*n. nnd la authority for the statement lhat work on tlm new line will
commence actively Juat na aoou as the right-of-ways nnd termlnala have Itfen
cured, which will not in- very long, aa people all along the proposed route are
very euthualaatic ntont the road, and seem to be willing to do all In their power
to make It a big success.
- Tbreo committees were appointed to solicit subscriptions snd secure rights-of-
Way for the new road, one tolng for the Waycroaa section, which Includes' that
part of the rood from Waycroaa to Alma; oue from the Aims and Baxley section,
which takes In the mad‘from Alma to the Altamaha river, and the third from
the Vldalla end. which Includes the mad from Vldalla to the Altamaha.
There has iwen no opposition to this proposed road so far, and It la thonght
that the terminals end rlgbti-of-way can be aecured without any trouble. Those
present at the stockholder*’ meeting presented the sentiment along the enure
line, nnd they are very anxious to hare the road built.
The Way cross, Baxley and Vldalla road will be an Important link In the chain
of trunk lines extending from the northwestern cities to Jacksonville, and will
be seventy«lx miles long, electrically operated.
It will lie n connecting line between four of tho leading trunk lines of tho
floutb—the Atlantic Const Line, at Waycrosa; the Atlanta, Birmingham and At.
Inutfc. at Alma; the Bouthern railway, at Ilaxley, and the Seaboard Air Line, at
Vldalla. The road will be constructed of the nest material available, and 70*
ponnd rails will tie used. Tsalnh A. Hinlth. of St. Louis, who Is a railroad elvll
engineer of more than thirty years’ experience, and at one time a successful man*
ftger of a very difficult construction And oiierntliig proposition. williprohalily an.
perintend the (*om«tructlon and development of the pr«»f>o*ed road. The estimated
cost of the rood ta f1.07S.1n. of which amount nearly HO0.0O1) will be used for the
first cfitiljimpiit order. The steel bridge over the Altamaha rirtr, twelve miles the
other slue of Baxley, will cost 93,780. In the work, of grading Ml,017 cubic yards
of earth will bare to be excavated at a cost of flOLlfS, and *44,860 cubic yards of
emlainkinent will have to be built at a coat of 997.729.
According to present passenger train computations, this line will have twelve
trains per duy, the trip to Vldalla being made In stout two hours and a half.
Oaao-electrlc cars will run over the road for passengers, baggage and express.
Frequent passenger nnd mnll service Is thus anaured, and the road will develop
an Interest among the traveling public tin surpassed In the South.
Uncle Sam and the Telephone Companies
(From Th. Harlequin.)
Th. short-sighted policy of arrogance and extortion which seems to b«
an Inalienable characterl.tlc ,of telephone companlea will lead to their un
doing.
Already In some of the Eastern cities they have abolished night rate.
on long-distance calls.
There Is hut one result which can follow such ehellow-peted disregard
of public Interests.
And that Is the alignment of telephone companies under the Jurisdiction
of the public utilities commission.
The thing has not yet reached this neck of the woods, but It Is perti
nent to Inquire why. /
The answer Is plain. ,
We are being fattened for the slaughter.
They, will permit ue to go Innocently on making a necessity of the tele,
phone.
And when we are good and fut they will run the knife In ue up to the
hilt. Already they have done so to us on day rates.
We'vs got to use the telephone In the day.
That’s why they soak us.
And so long as their regulation remains In the hands of Irresponsible
commissioners, they will continue to do so.
But they can not monkey with Uncle Sam.
And they are hell-bent (or the public utilities commission, with all their
mights and mains.
TWO EGGS A DAY FROM ONE HEN
(From the Literary Digest.)
i labl throe,”
la generally considered to have l*een mythi
cal. yet her record has been temporarily
equaled (with tho exception of the Hnndny
effort! by several bens observed at the
I'nlverslty of Maine lu the course of n
series of Investigation* on fertility. For
some years teats having for their object
the Increase of rag-production III the ordi
nary Nirn-jritm fowiCiiATe been going on
nt the Maine experlmant atattou, and theao
rWfMwfflt- ... ...
ed the experiment* at the I'nlverslty of
Maine, writes of them aa follows to Hclence
(New York, July 26»:
“It would seem that there la no known
Motogfnil rcumui why the maximum dally
rate should lie one each day, any more
than that the mimtor of eggs per year
should to limited to a few broods. In
Ither case the ultimate limit of |ki*sIII1-
ry would seem to depend upon the ability
1 the Individual to assimilate and trans
form the muterlala taken na food Into the
materials of the egg*. There may to diffi
culties that are not understood that would
make It tinposrtllde to develop n race of
hetie that would habitually lay more than
oue egg it day. as there have been diffi
culties encountered In gettlug birds that
will lav every day in the year, Imt, a
priori, there serins to to no kuowu blologt-
eal reason why a hen sbonld not lay more
than oue egg a day. . . .
•The latter part of February or early
March. 1906, a pullet thnt hud recently
jttn laying apf!nre~*'~ '*■' * —
day. Although It
j was not recorded,
possible thnt a udsta!
reading the number on the tlect band
tuned to dlNtlugulsh the fowl*!. When tho
asms hen again luld two eggs on March 21,
record wn* made, nnd to guard ngainst
K isalble error In rcndlug the number 011 the
ind she wus banded 4111 toth leg*, thu*
distinctly marking her. na no other hen lu
the house bad two batula.
••During March and April there are ree-
orda of* Are days on each of which thla
hen laid two egga. Although her record
wn* carefully kept for more than a year
mid a half, there are no other record*,
of her having laid more than one egg In
a day. It should to added that the records
of day* on which she was known to lay
two eg) *—’— “■ *
greatest
“I Hiring the year nud
my observation* extend them have been n
number of lustnnros of hens laying two
egga In a day, but the records show that
In moat cases on either the day tofore or
the dny after that 011 which two egga were
deposited no egg was laid. Such cases may
- istng
1 can
elirli
limited period wn* inndc. In both of these
ease* the possible mistake In the rending
of the numtora on the bunds la to lu* con
sidered. ns the hens had no other distin
guishing mark. . . .
••There are eight other Instances record
ed where hens laid two eggs In a dny,
bnt In nil of these eases on either tn«
day provlon* or Mucrrodlng the dny on
which two eggs were laid no egg was laid.
“It should to distinctly understood that
these were not douhlo-yntked ergs, which
are not uncommon. Finally one egg was
delivered In the morning and the other In
the afternoon. In all of the recorded case*,
the egga were of normal tlse and sbnpe and
In most cnaea they were tested aud found
fertile.
”lt Is worthy of notice. Imt not neeeaaa-
rlly significant, that the single pullet hatch-
* * it year from an egg by the w —
I Is first given, did not mi
good record Ml* year.”
LIMIT IMMIGRATION.
(From The Uulou News.)
We beer rumors of an extra session of
the legislature. Just what It la to be call
ed for has not yet been made public.
We would like to know, however, Just
what steps will to taken by this extra ses
sion to limit foreign Immigration. There
Is no question which the |>oopie of the
atate are more vitally Interested In than
they are the question of Immigration. Nine
ty per cent of the people of Georgia are
In favor of placing some restrictions nronnd
turn a deaf ear to the appeals of the pao-
ple and refnae to consider the question!
Will the governor Include this In hts call
of tho legislature7 Or will the governor
follow his own personal preference and re
fuse to hear the appeals of the people for
restriction along thla line?
The governor nor any 000 also who has
torn favorable to Immigration can longer
claim that the need for more laborers Jus
tifies the brlugtng of foroigu Immigrants,
because the railroad* are laying off men
every day, 150 to 250 nt n time. The saw
mills are also laying “ '"*•
compsulea claim tl
the old employees. _— —
hare ad located foreign Immigration, are
you so Mind that you can not discern the
‘ten scheme that la laid to destroy the
•sperity of the HouthT Will the govern-
... ami the ropreaentalves at thla called ses
sion of the legislature remain deaf to the
appeal of the people, or will they give us
If they ahoald refuse to give ns relief, the
^j*opie may to forced to act In such a way
ua to make those who would not hear re
member that they are but the servants of
the people, ami that the people have the
right to employ nnd the people have tha
right to discharge their public f
A Quick Count
The expert bridge player's Httle daugh
ter was a model Hnnday school scholar.
Toward the close of the yenr, her teacher
said. ••Saate. If you continue to know your
lessons so well you will have a tlood Con
duct card for every Sunday In thla year.”
”Myt” Mid Susie. ••That'll to a whole
deck, won’t It!”—Upplncott’a.
Tho Why of tho Fly.
Instead of strolling through some sunlit
del!
Or musing by the ocean's foam-flecked
deep.
Why docs a fly prefer to crawl
t’poo the face of one who trie* to sleep!
—Upplncott’s.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington, Kept. 24.—Lieutenant Colon.1
Hus,r. Ill ml.-, onlnnuec department, in
■lltlon to present duties, report to command-
til* general, department of the mat. for
temporary duty aa ehlef ordnance officer,
and, In addition to that duty, uasume tem
porary command New York araeiiaL
Lieutenant Colonel Cunllffe U. Murray,
Eleventh cnvnlry, to rouunand recruit do-
pot, Columbus tarrocks.
Movements of Veatelt.
Arrived—Septemlier *>. Sylph, at navy
yard. New York; I’nraa at Boston; Hep-
teniher 3, I'nrau nt Cape Cod tay; Dolphin
nt Washington; Concord at Kluklaug, Chi
an; Keptemlier £1. Ajax at Philadelphia;
llhode Ialand at New York city, Ralnhow
at Olnngapo, Ynrktown at Aropnlco, Met.
Railed—September S». Sylph from Oyster
Bay (or navy yard, New York; Caeaa from
Cape Coil Imy (or Boston; Ajax from Cape
Cod Imy for Philadelphia; September JJ,
I'neas from Boston (or Cape Cod bay; Nero
from Cape Cod hay (or Bradford. It. I.;
Virginia, from Cape Cod bay for Norfolk;
Kansas, from Cap, Cod hay for League In
land; Rhode Island from Cape Cod hay, (or
New York city; Colgoa from New York city
for New London: Wolverine, Detroit for
Cleveland; Prairie, Alexandria. Va.. for
Hampton Roads; Kepiemebr 3, Rainbow,
from Manila for Oloagnpo; Rocket from
Norf-dk for Washington; Triton from Wash
ington for Newport Nrwa; Keptemlier a.
Concord from Klnkiang for Nanking. China;
Rtringham from Newport for Cape Cod bey.
"I lost a gold liraeelet out of n ear win
dow. I plane! a aoe want advertisement In
The Georgian and cot It bark.” A want ad
and 40e box of Wiley's candy, JOr, Friday
and Hnlnrday.
Middleton Inland, In the gulf of Alaska,
near longitude 14* and not far from the
entrance to Prlnre William Hound, la be
coming known as a garden spot, feat win
ter there was no suonr, and gram was green
every month.
Ladies Who Constantly Shop On Whitehall
find it very convenient to carry an account at this bank, and
we Invite others to avail themselves of the opportunity, a
bank account Is often a great advantage to women; and, what
Is more. It familiarizes them with business and banking meth
ods which at some future time may prove to bo a very useful
nnd valuable experience. This bank has a separate department
for Its lady patrons, fitted up for their exclusive use, where
any Information pertaining to banking is gladly furnished.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure
8YNOPSI8.
Frank (the hero! nnd Reginald Braeebrlagc
(cousins) in rot Mme. Vera Qlavlnskx, *
beautiful woman, at Sfcrntog*. Bh# ft
tacked bx n foreigner (Dr. Carl Mneller),
the latter demanding that she surrender to
him ”a bit of paper.and »_etonj^ gHj
■nuici, rrnnK Is made executor of the es
tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, and
calls upon Frank to save him from arrest.
A meld rushes Into the room and tells Reg
inald his wife Is dead snd that be la
ed with her mnrder. Frank and Reginald
leeve the house by n secret passage snd
reach the Rmccbrldgo country home on
Long Island. They embark In an airship
Reginald la sent to France. Frank learnt
that th. phv.lclan who attended llczlnald a
wlfo raaemldes Dr. Mueller. Be blro.a
farm In Ohio nrer tha plact where thla doc
tor Urea. Rylrfa Thnraton. pretty danghl.r
of a Judge In Ohio, la brought Into tho atory.
Dr. Moeller (alia In lore with her. He nerma
to know her brother, a painter, who rcaldc.
abroad. Sylvia. Dr. Mueller qm?. i S ,rl
friend visit *rriie”Hollow," an old bouse.
Mid to be haunted.
Raymond Thuratop returns hnma nnex-
neetodly and la greeted liy bln sister daring
Ibe temporary absence of her dance.
Sylvia and her brother go for a walk
and mast Basil, who anarrela with Ray
mond.
The following morning Hnth rrltehird ta
mad In the woode near the Thnreton home,
nconscious. When she reeorere coneclone-
K t, her mind Is apparently unhinged with
e horror. Raymond Thurston la found
Is tha studio, shot ibreugh the heart.
. Sylvia aaapects Basil of the mnrder of
her brother. . .
Sylvia prepare! to visit Florida In arsrch
of health. Nnrso Mason uppers on tha
scene, and It develops thnt she and Dr.
Mneller are greater friends than appears on
th- surface.
^Mneller and Sylvia are married In New
lioie Thnreton admits ehe told a falsehood
to shield Basil from snaplclon of having
murdered Raymond. _
Mueller, fearing to meet Ethel Creswell.
who la stopping with hla wife, returns
home nnexpeoiedly end anpronebee the
house unobserved In order to ascertain If
tho roast Is clear." He and Mln Pros-
•ell meet 'and she brands him ae Dr.
Newell, of Black Horae Inn poisoning
feme."
Basil Thurston returns home nnd de
mands to see Kylvln, Mneller tella bis wife
CHAPTER LXXII.
Ruth Telle All.
"In thla atate I waa subsequently
conveyed to Moorcombe. But after a
few days I regained clearer conscious
ness of my surroundings, and mem
ory also returned; and yet I waa un
able to give the slightest evidence, by
look or gesture, by any possible move
ment whatever, of the fact that I was
nware of all that waa taking place
around me.
‘I can not dwell wow on the terrible
time that followed. Sometimes for long
Intervals—perhaps weeks together, or
even longer—I lapeed Into a kind of
stupor, during which time I could re
member nothing of the paat and had
hut * dreamlike sense of what waa tak
ing place In my Dram.
"This state must have occurred at
the time I was removed from Moor
combe, because I havo no recollection
of leaving that house, and It does not
seem to me to be more than a few
weeks ago that I fully realized the fact
that I waa under Carl Mueller's roof.
“How much longer I should have con.
tinued In thla deathlike atate I can not
Imagine, had not the shock of hearing
Dr. Mueller's voice once again roused
me up this evening. When I heard his
voice and knew he was actually In the
room with me a wild escltement filled
me, and I made a frantic effort to burst
through the trance sleep; and, thank
God, I succeeded! Oh, thank God!
Thank God!"
Her voice utterly failed her now,
and she sank back upon Sylvia’s arm,
gueplng for breath, a clammy sweat
oguln starting out upon her cheeks
and forehead.
"I think ahe requires a stimulant of
some kind, Sylvia," Basil Thurston
said. "Stay—I've a flask in my pocket.
Even a few drops Would revive her a
little."
He drew forth hie pocket flask and
stooped over Ruth's ghastly face. He
held the liquid to her lip*, and she
swallowed a small quantity, then closed
her eyes and breathed more gently and
naturally. She seemed already better,
but ehe made no further effort to talk
Diet then.
Mueller Disappears.
In the excitement of Ruth's disclos
ure Basil and Sylvia had forgotten thu
trembling, guilty figure of C*rl Muel
ler. When at last they had revived
the fainting girl they turned to con
front the murderer. But hd was gone.
When he left the room they did not
know. But he had vanished as silent
ly, as stealthily a* he had come Into
their lives.
Sylvia waa transformed by grief and
ruge. The thought that she had shared
the home and called by tbs sacred name
of husband the man who had struck
down her beloved brother left her be
side herself.
Do not let tho wretch escape, Basil!"
she cried. "He shall not ko unpunish
ed for hla crime!"
She wan interrupted by a peal of the
door bell; * loud. Insistent ringing,
that, coming on top of all the nerve-
racking occurrences of the evening, set
her nerves a-qutver.
Both she and Basil rushed down to
the front door before the butter had
reached the entrance. Before them
stood a stranger, a tall, well-built man
with hair slightly tinged with gray ac’
companled by two other men whom'Bal
ell guessed to be detectives.
"You will pardon us for Intruding
madam." said the young man, "but ure
believe you will consider we have dona
you a favor when we have told you All
"We have a warrant here for the ar
rest of Dr. Carl Mueller, atlas Dr
Bchmldt, alias Dr. Richard Newell ami
assumer of many other names under
which his Innumerable crimes have
been committed."
Sylvia gasped.
"Oh. If you had come but five min-
utea sooner," she cried bitterly.
The Escape,
"You do not mean that he has es
caped?" cried Frank Bracebridge. for
It was he, * look of disappointment on
his face.
“I fear so," said Basil Thurston. "Not
five minutes ago Ruth Pritchard came
out of her trance and denounced him
ao the murderer of Raymond Thurston.
Mrs. Mueller's brother."
"Never caJI me by that hateful name
again," shuddered Sylvia, bursting Into
* paroxysm of sobs.
"We will search the house anyway,”
practically suggested Detective Loftus
who, with his co-worker. Detective Blt-
tlnger, had accompanied Frank to The
Hollow.
The two detectives, with the aid of
Frank and Basil, searched the house
from top to bottom. No trace of Muel
ler could 'they find. In Nurse Mason's
roonq they found everything the woman
had owned, but she woe not there. She
had evidently been warned by Mueller
while suffering from her attack of neu
ralgia, and had accompanied him, clad
only In a bathrobe and slippers.
The search of the house and groundi
continued for more than an hour, the
keen detectives ransacking the rooms
with the unerring Instinct of those
trained to the work.
A cry of delight and triumph from
Loftus brought Frank, who, with Bull
Thurston, was vainly endeavoring to
alleviate the mental anguish of the two
women, to his side.
"We’vo got him, nfter ail." shouted
Loftus, and Blttlnger also evinced hla
delight with a cry of "Great luck!"
“What I* Itr' cried Frank, half an-
tlclpntlng that the detectives had found
the man hiding In some nook of tha
Place.
"He can't get far now, see here?"
shouted Blttlnger, as he lifted a purso
to the view of Frank. "We found thla
a few yards from the door where the
fugitives had atumbled In their mad
flight.”
"What Is In It?" asked Frank eager-
Ijr,
“Hla railway mileage, for one thing."
said Loftus, "ar.d probably all the
money he had with him," and he ex
tended a thick roll of bills to the young
attorney.
"There Is almost a thousand dollars
thcro,” said Frank, after a hasty exam.
Inatlon.
•‘Yes, and It'a *s much aa any man Is
opt to carry with him at any time,
suggested Blttlnger. "It Isn't likely he
has more than * few dollars with him
now. And It’s a certainty that a wom
an rushing from a house with only a
light bathrobo on Isn't carrying any
money with her. We'll Just hang onto
that coin and see If Mueller Is going to
call back here after It. , .
"No possibility of that,” said Frank.
What Is the next thing to do?'
"Oct busy with the telephone ami
telegraph,” said Loftus. "He can t get
far uway, at least until some of his
friends navo been notified by him to
send along a little money, in the mean-
tlmo we'll get him. He won't get away
this time." ..
"That's right," said Basil Thuraton.
“notify every railway station and po
lice agency In Ohio. The man must
not ««cape."
From the couch on which Sylvia was
reclining, led there by the man whoso
love she had rebuffed, but whose shel
tering arm again seemed naturally t'-
fold about her, came a wailing cry that
had tn It tha vengeful call of Judith of
old.
"No, he must not escape," It came.
•The man who has blighted my IK*-
the man who murdered toy brother.
Even unto the end of the world I win
follow him and atop not until he has
suffered that which he ha* br ? u * ht ,J|.
mo nnd mine. No matter where the
place or when the time, I
him out and deliver him to the Juatt
he hns outraged." . .
The words had scarcely left her P*»W
lips when there was a rush through ine
hall and a gasping «?•,, J 1 '* " r
opened and with * cry of Mr. Brace-
bridge! Mr. Brneebrldge!” Hudson, al
ways the most Impassive of the trine
of emotionless butlers, staggered Into
the room. _
"The airship, Mr. Bracebrldge-the
Irshlp!” ho gasped, collapsing Into a
Frank rushed to his sldt and ahook
him roughly by the shoulder.
"Yes, the airship!" he cried, his fa c «
working with excitement. "What about
It?"
"It Is gone, Mr. Bracebridge. mut
tered Hudson, after Basil had revived
him by pressing some brandy to hl«
lip*. "A man and a woman came run
ning Into the yard half an hour ago
and dashed Into the bam where you
kept the airship.”
Continued in Tomorrow’s Georgian.
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