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Ittti A-LXiAJNTA tiiHUKtilAK AMU JNiUWH. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except 8un«t«y) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At B West Alabama at. AtUnta. Oa. Subscription Ratas: ny Carrier, Par Week 10 Telephones eenneetln* alt depart- too* dlauaea terminals. Smith * Thompson, adrertlalna refK reaentatlves for alt territory outside or neorata. Chiracs Office Tribune BulMlnit New York Office Brunswick Bldg. If you bare any trouble setting THE nr.OtmiAS AND NEWS, telephone the drculatlea department and hare It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell Off main; Atlanta 4401. Bubacrlhera desiring their Oeorglao discontinued m»»t notify this office on the date of eiplmtlou; othemlae, It will be continued at the regular aab- ncrl^ibm mice until notion to stop Is In ordering a change of address, please give the old an well aa the new OE n on$IAN*AND iftwgTheHndtwlta rod folth. Rejected] r t N- retiirr.c 1 r:i!e> for the purpoee. e of rlpta trill unleae etamps are aant TUB OEOBOIAN AND NEWS prists no unclean or objectionable advertis ing. Neither does It print whisky or plasta, so It now owns Its water works. Other cities do thla and get gia aa low aa M cents, with a prodt to the city, Thla should be dons at once. TUB OEOROIAN AND NEWS 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*. 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