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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, HOT.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIANj
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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bellerea that If atreet railways can be
operated successfully by European
tted here. Bnt we do not believe Thla
set Ita face In that direction NOW.
AMUSEMENTS.
' THE GRAND—Dark Friday and
Saturday nights
THE BIJOU—Friday night, tho Four
Mortons In "The Dig Stick.”
THE ORPHEUM—Friday, mati
nee and night, high-class vaudeville.
PASTIME THEATER—Vaudeville.
st. Nicholas auditorium—
Friday afternoon and night, skating
.and fancy exhlbltlona.,
' Th« public utility corporations aro
to bo felicitated upon tho amiable
spirit of tho present city council.
Phe governor could not expect al*
ys a cloudless sky. What la worth
Ming for Is worth enduring for
• Pretty bold In Governor Comer, of
Alabama, to take up arms against tho
prohibition bill. It la bad Judgment,
but It certainly Is far removed from
demagogy.
* Meanwhile are all tho reforms for
which the city looks to go single-
handed to the commission? In there
nobody to even bring these matters
to the commission's enr? 1
Atlanta has been selected by tho
Southern Medical Association as the
placo for Its next annual convention.
So, so. Wo wero not to havo any con
ventions In Atlanta after prohibition,
ch? The Jolly Doctors lead tho list.
Says tho Pieman to Simple Simon:
Show me flrat your penny. Says Sim
ple Simon to tho Pieman: Indeed I
hare not any. Says The Georgian to
the "Lone Citizen": Show mo first,
etc.
■ The explanation of Conan Doyle's
marriage to that pretty young girl
must He In the fact that Sherlock
Holmes discovered all her secrets. The
p. y. g. will never be able to keep any
thing from Sherlock—It he cares to
know.
“With each address ho makes
the more firmly Is The Charlotte
Observer Impressed with the be
lief that If the country had
knowh Judge Parker three ycara
ago as well as It knows him now,
ho would-have been elected pres
ident.”—New York Evening Post.
It Is only common justice to say
that Judge Parker has grown much
upoii public 'confidence and Demo
cratic admiration wltbln tbe past few
months. It Is doubtless true that
Judge Parker was moro sinned
against than sinning. But the men
who forced Jits, nomination for presi
dent upon; the plea that he was not
offensive-10 the trusts did him an In
jury that he will find It hard to out
live.
There are 13,000 gas stoves in use
In Atlanta. Which Is to say that there
are thirteen thousand families In At
lanta using gas aa a fuel. With the
Standard estimate of five to the house
hold there ‘are sixty-five thousand
people In Atlanta who are Interested
In the gas question. There are, we
have read, two thousand more fam-
files using gas as light; which makes
ten thousand more, or a total of
75,000 people in Atlanta who are per-
eona!ly' , and financially concerned In
the gas question.
Surely as a good citizen and a pub
lic voice we may be pardoned for tak
ing a little Interest In theso people.
And In doing so without Intsntlonal
"justice to any man or to any corpo-
THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION.
The city council turns down tho proposition to prepent tho better
regulation of Its public utilities to tho authority of the state commission,
Tho action—or, rather the refusal to act—was not unexpected.
And It Is perhaps Just ns well.
The council had no authority to enforce the changes which It had In
debate. Moreover the council had no authority to summon witnesses and
to probe the conditions which It was necessary to understand before any
just action could bo taken In the matter.
And so it Is perhaps Just as well that the situation should go un
biased and unprejudiced to the only authority with power to fully Inves
tlgate and finally decide the Issues at stake.
It Is the commission’s duty to do this with or without tbe appeal
from tbe council. The agitation of the question Is In Itself an appeal to
the attention of the commission, and that fearless and Impartial body
will not fall to do Its duty.
The corporations Involved In this discussion have hold that It wduld
bo unjust to them and prejudice the verdict of tho commission If the
council should havo sent Mr. Terrell's bill to them with Its approval.
This Is of course a matter of conjecture. It may bo true, or* It may not
be true, as wo estimate the Impartial Integrity of the men composing
the commission.
If It Is true, then we submit In Inevitable logic that, If after aglta*
tion, the council refuses to call theso matters to the attention of the com
mission, It prejudices tho people's case by tho direct Implication that the
council thought the suggestions unworthy of consideration.
It would have been a better and a wiser and a more considerate way
for the council to havo said that these matters presented to Its consider
ation were respectfully referred for Investigation and settlement to tho
body empowered to act upon them.
We forbear, with (Hit better light than we have, to make any roflec
tlon upon the public sympathies of the present council.
But wo aro certainly Justified In the belief that the body Is not at
least unfriondly to tho corporations,
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OAR PARES IN BIRMINGHAM, RICHMOND AND ATLANTA.
While wo aro dealing out ovon Justice to all concorncd. It may bo
yet In order to refer again to tho comparison betwcon tho street railway
systems of Birmingham and Atlanta.
It will be remembered that The Georgian recited the fact that, while
the Atlanta city council was discussing tho reduction In street car fares,
the Birmingham street railway was at the Identical moment voluntarily
voting a rate of 2 1-2-cent tickets-to the school children of that city.
In response Mr. Arkwright declares that tho Atlanta streot car sys
tem Is Infinitely better kept and bettor equipped than tho Blrmlnghnni
system. Which Is promptly granted.
-It Is claimed also that the Atlanta system, with Its hotter cars,
charges no extra fares for suburban travel, giving a transfer from Col
lege Park to Decatur, which Is fiftoon miles for 5 cents, whllo Birming
ham charges 10 cents to East Lake, 15 cents to Ensley, 25 cents to Coal
ville, etc. This Is also true and justly to the credit of the Atlanta com-
pany. It does all these things and does them handsomely. Saving only
the 10 cents charge to the river, tho suburbs are all treated as If they
were a part of the city.
Marietta, howevor, at 35 cents. Is higher than the highest suburban
rate around Birmingham, which Is 25 cents at a longer haul.
In the further line of giving tho fffeta wo may mention again that
Richmond, at a workman's rate of ton tickets for 25 cents, a school chil
dren's rate of forty tickets for a dollar, and a regular rate of 5 cents with
universal transfers, one of which covers 22 miles, against Atlanta's 15-
mile maximum haul. And that the Richmond atreet railroad, although
for specific purposos, It Is allowed to go into tho hands of a receiver, yet
under the operation of theso rates of faro made a profit last year of over
a half-million dollars. , ,
If there be any answer on the part of our local company to the con
clusions derlvod from the last-named facts, wo are of course willing to
give It '
In the mldft of much discussion It Is only fair and just to say that
the Atlanta street car system Is one ot the best In tho United Statos—
comparing favorably In equipment and service with any city In the coun
try. Its rates are net higher than the average ot those prevailing
throughout the country, and its’cars are no more crowdod In working
hours.
, Perhaps the plain truth of the situation llos In the fact that the an
nouncement of that (2.001),000 dividend last year has put It Into tho minds
of tho people that a corporation making so much monoy ought to be able
to give chcapeg rides and moro care to tho people who have made them
rich. ....
Tbe plain people are perhaps wrong, but they think that $2,000,000
is an enormous dividend.
MR. HEARST ON HIS OWN VIEWS.
Tho newspapers and oven tho magazines are Indulging too much
tho disposition to oxBggorate and sansatlonallzo.
Mr. Wm. R. llearst has recontly made two mildly conservative and
common sense utterances—one in his Jamestown speech and another in
an editorial In The New York American decrying class hatred.
These utterances have Upon In sheer surprise commented npon
most unjustly as "unreserved pralso of the trusts," and even tho staid
News and Courier has warned the speaker against "ultra conservatism."
Tho New York Times publishes an lntetvlow In which Mr. Hearst
discusses this misinterpretation moat interestingly and hla _ own un
changed state of mind most clearly In Illustrating the difference be
tween trusts ho said:
“I havo eight newspapers In different cities, operating In
harmony. That Is combination of a certain kind, but It Is com
bination that ts beneficial to the public as well as to me. The
features and various attractions that aro secured for one paper
aro reproduced In nil tho others. By using the combined capi
tal of eight papors, I can secure more , for their readers than If
I should buy for one paper alone. Is not combination of that
kind for tfio benefit of tho public?
“If, on the other hand, Instead of having eight, papers In
different cities, I should control all of the papers In somo one
city, I would then establish a monopoly. It I used that monop
oly to give the readers less and less for their money, knowing
that there was no competition In which they could find relief,
would I not then furnish an example of combination that Is
harmful to the public? Tho dlatlnctlon Is clear."
Hla much-discussed Jamestown speech, says Mr. Hearst, "expressed
my views exactly, and expressed views that I have always entertained
and frequently delivered, and It expresses the beliefs that control my
actions.” He considers tho chief fault In his speech to be that "It con
tains very little, that I have not said before, and many times before.”
He goes on to say:
“My speech Is considered conservative for two reasons:
Flrat, my critics Insist that 1 am a violent extremist, and as they
have difficulty in harmonising my utterances with their asser
tions they Insist that I havo changed my attitude; secondly,
human thought advances, bumnn experience proves certain
principles, and utterances that seemed radical a few years ago
seem conservative now, because the statements made then are
now generally accepted as true.
"The radicalism of today Is the conservatism of tomorrow.
If It Is Bound radicalism. My radicalism has been a demand for
the punishment of tho guilty whether they be Important and
powerful or weak and Insignificant; for practice of the equality
before the law which we profess; for maintenance of tho liberal
conditions which have given opportunity to all, and which have
resulted In the astonishing development of this great country of
oure. A year ago I made a speech on Labor Day st Syracuse,
and It met with exactly tho same reception that my Jamestown
speech met with.”
ration.
THE “GUARD" TO CANTON.
We congratulate the "Gate City Guard" upon the new evidence of
the high esteem In which Atlanta holds a company that has made more
history and wrought more fraternity than any military organization In
the South.
It was the triumphant march of the old "Guard" under Captain
Burke lu 1877, which made the flrat Southern Invasion of the North.
And they brought home love tokens- and lanrela that will never fade.
It is the new “Guard" which goes to Canton as tho single outside
company to tell Ohio that McKinley held tho respect and affection of
tho South.
It is the new "Guard” which will be viewed In that historic celebra
tion as the representative military organization of the South.
And it Is the new "Guard" which under this last liberal expression of
Atlanta’s favor will bear Itself so gallantly and so gently as to reflect
credit upon the first city of the Emplro State ot the South.
ORPHANS' DAY IN OEOROIA.
There Is no sweeter charity In Georgia than the custom by which
charitable people and Christian people give the earnings of one Saturday
in every year to the support of the orphans and orphan homes of the
state.
It grew out of the gentle temper of Howard Crumley and In his cath
olic spirit, the idea has been broadened from the scope of one church to
include all the churches, and from one town to all the towns of the state.
The fund raised by this one day’s work Is the basis upon which the
orphans of the commonwealth are maintained, and In the growth of the
spirit It has come to be a revenue almost equal to the needs of the chil
dren. Everywhere In Georgia the custom prevails and one denomination
In Atlanta sent In last .year 37,600 as Its contribution.
Tomorrow, Saturday, the 28tb. Is Orphans’ Day In Georgia, and this
is the reminder of the generous opportunity which It offers to people In
and out of tho church to open their hearts and hands to those who have
nd homes nor human parents to befriend them.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Geor*lnn hero record! each day
---imiiilc fact to reference to
the onward progrese of tho South,
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Beat year the value of tbe corn crop In the Southern etntca wne approximately
equal to that of the cotton crop, notwithstanding the fact that the average yield
per Sere In this section wa» much below that of tho gciicml average for the coun
try at large, due to poor method! of cultivation. It hue been shown repeatedly
that If only the yield was brought up to the general nverage of the corn crop of tho
whole couqtry, the South would be a gainer from this one sourre alone to the ex
tent of a hnlf billion dollar! annually. That this can be done hns been proven
by A. J. Tlndal, n farmer of Clarendon, 8. who was awarded JIM by The
American Agriculturist for the Isrgi-st yield of corn on a single acre of ground In
the United States offer a thorough examination had been made by competent
Judges, Professor Shaw bailiff the chief lodge who -Impacted this acre ana who
mode a detailed report on the eamo and which gave at the time a world-wide ad
vertisement to South Ceroltna.
ruth the value of Improved methods In cultivating oil crops, hnt more especially
corn, ns there Is no difficulty anywhere In this section In so Increasing the yield
of corn as will more then double Its overage yield, and that would mean aa
much to the South aa la now received from tbe cotton crop.
The exiiendlturea were:
Intereet on land at S per cent f 1.89
g oat of plowing 6.00
oat of harrowing 1.00
Other labor In preparing land 1.00
Cost of fertilisers ; 32.45
Cost of appllyng fertilisers 1.00
cost of cultivating2.50
Cost of other work 1.50
Cost of harvesting P.50
Total cost
Receipts were:
182 huancla of corn at J2
3 tons stover at J6
4,100 pounds of fodder at 120 per ton
J 50.55
Total receipts
Net profit J3CC.45
HE'8 STILL AGAINST “GROVER.”
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have rend -your eulogy of Septem
ber 17 on Grover Cleveland, and 1 muet
say that It Is disgusting to a Jeffer
sonian Democrat.
I haven’t forgotten his Issuing bonds
In time of peace and the panic that fol.
lowed. This publican and sinner sold
cotton under his administration at 3
and 4 cents. You will remember that
Cleveland sold those bonds at a raid
night deal to J. P. Morgan & Co. for
less than the negroes of Jamaica wero
getting for their bonds.
I like your paper and think It la the
best In the state, but 1 am sorry to see
you make tho mistake that you did In
this eulogy on Grover Cleveland, for
such errors will causo the thinking
people of this -generation to lose con
i Idenco in nny -paper that would eulo-
glxo this old traitor In the way you
tave. Youre, .respectfully,
? H. \V, CARTER.
Powersvllle, On.
MR. HEARST’8 CREDO.
(From Tho Nashville Tennessesn.i
Wllllnm R. llearst has given out a long
Interview to The New York Times explan
atory of and supplemental to hie James
town speech. Those who havo been scene-
tomed to regard the New York editor as
the chief exponent of socialism nnd radi
calism anil as n general destructlonlat In
thla country, will no doubt he surprised
at the estremc orthodoxy of hie views.
Here are some of his oplgrams:
"Tho radicalism of today Is tho con^
servattsm of tomorrow. If It Is sound radl-'
caHsm.^ iidiere In the private owner
ship of public property nor In tbe public
ownership of private property.”
"My erltlce Insist that I am a violent
extremist, nnd ss they have difficulty In
harmonlilug my utterances with their as
sertions, they Insist that 1 havo changed
my attitude.'’ . ,
r, l believe In tariff revision with due re
gard to the liability of bnslness Interests."
"1 believe In cooperation lictween cm-
S layer nnd employee In the creation and
lairttiutlon of wealth.'’
"I believe that strike!, lork-onts nnd all
inch Illffleultlei should be avoided, bernuso
ey Interfere with tho creation of wealth
id with the benefits which both pnrtlea
ll believe thnt AtuerlenDS aa a whole aro
JPnatlon of workingmen; that there are
no bile classes except tramps and dudes.”
•‘I believe In organisation ot workingmen
for proper purposes, organisation of far-
mors for proper purposes, orRiinlxatlon of
m«n for proper purpose*, orgnnl
inltol for proper purj>o»es.
•'i believe thnt combination for extortion
and monopoly la a aerioua menace to our
wes* that corporate wealth la al
ways used for the good of the community
Is false end foollih: to deny that any cor
poration or combination of capital Is ever
used for the benefit of the community Is
not merely radical. It Is rldlcnlons."
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington, Sept. 27.—Charles G,
Dwyer, paymaster, from Washington to
proper station; Major Robert W. Ire
land, surgeon, detailed to represent ar
my at meeting of American Public
Health Association at Atlantic City
September 30.
Nsvy Orders.
Lieutenant Commander C, T. Jewell
fo naval war college; Lieutenant Com
mandcr W. W. Gilmer to charge navy
recruiting station, Philadelphia; Lieu
tenant Commander W. Evans, detach
ed, navy recruiting station to bureau
of equipment.
Ensigns A. B. Court, IF B. Hilliard,
L. S. Border and J, C. Sweeney, de
tached navy yard New York, to navy
yard, Boston.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—September 25, Concord,
at Shanghai; Triton, at Washington:
Wasp, at League Island; St. Louis, at
Mare Island; Chicago, at Acapulco,
Mexico; Stringham, at Hyannlrport.
SAILED—September 25, Albany,
from La Union, San Salvador, for Pun-
ta Arenas, Costa Rica; St. Louis, from
San Francisco to Stare Island; String-
ham, from Cape Cod Bay for Hyan-
nlsport, Mass.
ed It before 10 o’clock „
40c box of IVIIcy's cnedy free with every 80c
want sd on Saturday.
STILL TALKING OF IT.
he tenets of our creeds: If we sre Anier.
lean Clseas, let u. live _u R prlft
doles embodied In our constltutlo
our declaration of Independence.
ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN.
(From Harper's Weekly.)
It was said In the headlines. "Bryan
Denounces Roosevelt’s Plan." Being
Interpreted, this means that Mr. Bryan
approves of government control of the
railroads engaged In commerce among
the states, but thinks that the states
should control, after the manner of
Korth Carolina and Alabama, while Mr.
Roosevelt holds that the control should
be In the national government. Mr.
Bryan admits that he believes that
eventually the etatefS should own and
operate tne made, while Mr. Roosevelt
denies that he desires Federal owner
ship nnd control, thereby confessing
that he does not know that when gov
ernment assumes the power to tlx the
price of what Is sold. It thereby exer
cises the essential power of ownership.
There Is nothing In this difference or
opinion between the two men which
ought to interfere with the carrying
out of the suggestion ot John Temple
Graves that the next Republican tlck-
bc Roosevelt and Bryan. It Is, aft-
_ all, but a difference as to a detail
which neither of the two can regard
as of the first Importance. The contin
ued popularity of the president with
the Bryan men Is shown In the state
ment of The Atlanta Constitution that
"If we are to have a Republican, Taft
would suit the South better than any
other—after Roosevelt," meaning by
the Soujh” that diminishing fraction
n the Southern states whor continue to
trust In Griggs and to follow Bryan.
(From Tbe New York Medical Monthly.)
The suggestion from John Temple Graves,
of Georgia, that Mr. Bryan should nnme
Mr. Itooscvelt ss the Democratic candidate
In the next Democratic national convention,
inny pcrhnpa havo more merit than Mr.
Oravea’ serious essays In ststesmansblp. To
be earr, Mr. Bryan talks of a probation
ary period for Mr. Roosevelt before show
ering honors npon hint as a Democrat, but
naturally tho plan Is defective frpm the
nryan point of view In that It provides
uo presidency for Mr. Bryan.
Tho suggestion, however, the more It Is
considered la Its broad public aspects as
affecting tho fortunes of the country and
of party government, seems to grow In Im
portance. Mr. Bryan hns split his party
Into a radical and populistic camp on the
one hand and a smaller section of conserva
tives on the other. The men In theso two
sections are more hostile to eneh other
then the ordinary Democrat of tho old
school of. nay fifteen or twenty years ngo
was to the old-school Republican.
Mr. Roosevelt baa hurried along with his
radical Ideas a little faster than hts whole
party can run, and t pretty respectable
section, consisting of conservatives, cou
stltntlousllsts, and old fogies who are
tender nt law and precedent, bis been left
fsr 111 the rear.
Conservative Democrats snd conservative
Republicans are bo nearly alike lu nil os-
•entlals that they might be taken for broth-
ttes, nnd
tng Roosevelt.
From this It Is ohrloue that Mr. Graves'
plan might be rounded out nnd perfected
If the Democrats should nominate 21 r.
Roosevelt for president anil Mr. Rryan on
the ticket with him for vice president.
Roth parties are In a chaotic condition,
party names amount to nothing nnd serve
no purpose except to confuse; the differ
ence In-tween Itrynn Democrats nnd radi
cal Republican Is that of tweedledum and
tweedtedee; nml If a radical Democrat and
a radical Republican run at the aarne time
on different tlcketa, the eonactvntlvo eltl-
■■ * udtr
MPpnH.. nil „„
against tbe same Issue, and the minority
will not only be denied representation, but
the srent ^ opportnnIty ot making Itself
ticket wonld,
— ., c hut vt- - ■
It appears likely thnt
doubt, sweep the country, bat what of that?
t likely that In tbe present sltua-
purty will choose the mast nd
idtcsl i— '
other will be elected. „
were combined aud condensed Into one
ticket, ell tbe radicals, rnpullats. simoon,
era of personal government, Koch
•• .. i— . pumHiucui. nra-jniiRiR,
equalisers, and everjr vnrlotr of experiment
ers would bo crntipt’il nmlrr one banner:
w> shnrplv .leflneil thnt
the I mm* wool
no man rouhl i
other side, under the leu
other Hide, under the leadership of a eon*
serratlve, the copsenratires, the constitu
tionalists. the mollycm dies, snl! other “con
spirators" would have .in opportunity to m*
press their opinions and to stand up aud lx*
counted.
It seehxs to be elear that some time in
the near fiitnrc the Issue of tb» radicals
__ snd the consenratlres must lie made flrsr
rilejr's candy free with ever j 30c sud definite, and the longer tbe delay the
want ad on Saturday. longer tbe suspense.
MADDOX- RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial accounts invited.
^ qJq Interest, compounded twice _a_year, is
// 1UIV4VOI, wuipvuuuvu S TV 2V,V a Cdl, IS
/O paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure
8YNOPSI8.
Frank (tho hero) and Reginald Brnrebrldgc
(cousins) meet Mme. Vera Slarlnsky, t
beautiful woman, nt Saratoga. She Is nt
tacked by a foreigner (Dr. Carl Moeller),
tho latter demanding that she surrender to
him “a bit of paper nnd a stone.** ne
claims ho hns tne missing fragment and
that "the others were then In the hotel
Frank rescues her nnd Is given a package
with nerinlslson to open It when he thinks
the right time hns come. A telegram an
nounces the sudden death of Reginald’s
father. Frank Is made executor of tho es
tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, and
leave ino nouse uy n secret pn«
reach the Drnrebridge country
Long Island. They embark In n
Reginald Is sent to France. Frn
.. nn airship.
w mn«
that the phrsiclnn who attended neglnnld i
inrm m unio near the place wnere tuis ape-
tor live*. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter
of a judge In Ohio. Is brought Into the story.
Dr. Mueller falls In lore with her. He seems
girl
abroad, e/lvis. Dr. Hue. —_ . -
friend visit “The Hollow," so old house,
•aid to bo haunted.
Raymond Thurston returns home unex
pectedly and Is greeted by his sister during
the temporary absence of her fiance,
bylvin and her brother go for a walk
ad meet Basil, who quarrels with Ray
mond.
The following morning Ruth Pritchard la.
found In tho woods near the Thurston home,
unconscious. When she recovers conscious-
some horror. Raymond Thurston Is found
In the stndlo. shot through the heart.
. Sylvia suspects Basil of the murder of
her brother.
Sylvia prepares to visit Florida In search
of health. Nurse Mason nppenrs on the
scene, and It develops thnt she nnd Dr.
Mueller are greater friends than appears on
the surface.
Mueller and Sylvia are married In New
York.
Rose Thurston admits she told n falsehood
to shield Rnsll from suspicion of having
murdered Raymond. \
Mueller, fearing to meet Ethel Creewell,
who Is stopping with his wife, returns
home unexpectedly and approaches - the.
house unobserved In order to ascertain If
“the coast Is clear. ’ lie nnd Miss Cres-
Nowell, of Dlack Horse Inn* poisoning
fame."
Rnsll Thurston returns home and de
mands to see Sylvia. Mueller tells his wife
she must not see her consln. Ruth Pritch
ard returns to consciousness.
She accuses Mueller of the murder of Ray
_■ a cent ,
mond. So does RaslI, who steps Into the
* * - Irl’s
room In time to hear the girl's woros.
Mueller escape* during the excitement Syl-
Mueller. Nurse
returns to ior« jruui trance, mm
gins squandering tho money with which his
couilq. supplies him.
you now. Too many others are con-
fierned. I must return by the next train
. h /lf nn ! 11 ° d0? My trunk Is checked
to Cleveland, and there Is a valuable
box In the top tray that I must have"
Can X be of any assistance?" Frnn
asked.
1 Frank
Oh, f you would kindly oblige me."
she said, ripening her purse. "Here are
tho checks and tho key. If you will be
god enough when you get to Cleveland
to open tt and take out a little lacquer
ed box that you will find In the top
tray, mall the box to mo and put the
rrJ'Jvirs' 1 ' 1 ■ han b «
obliged to you.
“1 shall be delighted and I wish ths
trouble, ns you term It. were Infinitely
greater."
He then saw her to the waiting room.
There her manner entirely changed
She made no further reference to the
telegram, and he reflected that some
thing of dire Import must’have hap
pened. In parting, however, her old
mood returned.
'T ou t have bcen more than good to
me. she said fervently, "more than
good. Some day, perhaps, you may
learn nil, nnd In tho meantime I will
nn? fnpffflf "
not forget."
Then the whistle sounded and they
exchanged a final handshake as Brace-
bridge Stepped aboard the train.
When Cleveland was reached Frank',
first act was to walk to the baggage
room.
"All right, sir," declared a baggage
man, as hebotnted to a huge trunk
upon which Frank noticed a label of a
New York hotel, "there you are, sir.”
Frank turned the key as the trunk
was brought forward on a baggage
truck. The baggage Inspector, who was
obsequiously assisting, staggered back
as he threw the lid up.
Ii«
My God!" he gasped.'
Frank, whose attention had been di
verted by tho rapid approach of a uni
formed policeman, now but a few steps
off, turned to tbe baggageman.
"What Is It?" he said.
"What Is It? Yes, what is It?" gasped
the baggageman.
Frank looked, nnd what he saw turn
ed him falrit with horror.
There huddled up In evening clothes
was the corpse of his-Cousin Reginald,
the glazed eyes looking up as If In a
dying endeavor to meet his.
-Yes, my wretched husband. He has
bcen a curse, a nightmare, a terror to
me, almost from the hour of our mar-
ringe. For nearly a year I have been
free from his persecutions, but I never
know when he may reappear again up
on the scene and what then may hap
pen. I havo no sense of security what
ever."
Vers In Terror.
All Frank’s scruples against reveal
ing to this beautiful woman her hus
band's perfidy vanished with her words.
While the train sped on ho related to
her the story of Mueller's masquerade
as Schmidt In New York, of his des
perate attempt to throw his own crimo
onto Reginald, and then of his strange
sojourn In Moorcombe, where, seem
ingly forgetting the full purpose of his
life, he wooed and married Sylvia Thur-
ston.
“Married her! Good heavens!” cried
Vera. "The poor, deluded girl!'
Then Frank continued, telling her of
the tragedy which followed the mar
riage, when Sylvia learned the man she
called husband was the murderer of her
brother.
At the climax of Frank's tale, when
he told the woman of Mueller's theft
of the nlrshlp nnd his escape In It with
Nurse Mason, tho woman turned ghast
ly pale.
"That means I am in danger at this
moment!" she exclaimed, "I have al
ways said that only one thing save
death would ever distract Carl from
l-ls evil purposes, and that was hli
falling In love with somo woman. He
never loved me. He must have loved
this Sylvia Thurston If his love kept
him from continuing his fiendish pur
suit and .persecution of mo to attain
one thing."
•And that?” said Frank.
"That," she answered sadly, "you
know."
"Now,” she continued, "that he has
been robbed of that love, he will return
to consummate the plan which has been
the leading thought of his existence for
years, t may expect to hear that ho Is
on my track at any moment.”
The train had pulled Into Buffalo os
she finished. As If her Words were
prophetic, a messenger boy was shout-
ng on the platform:
'■A telegram for the Baroness Sla-
vlnsky.”
She started to her feet.
“What Is that?" she exclaimed.
Frank repeated the words.
“Call the man; It Is for me. What
can It meartr’
Frank saw that the was trembling
Ith excitement, and at once hailed the
boy, who at that moment went shout
Ing by.
The baroness was close behind Frank
as he took the telegram from the hand
of the messenger. She clutched the
envelope eagerly and broke It ipen.
Frank eaw her eyes dilate with horror
ns she read. Not a vestige of color was
left In her face.
"It Is just as I feared." she said, turn
ing to Frank “It Is Impossible for me
to go on tonight. I must return by the
uext train.’"
••Docs this message tell you where
your husband Is?” Frank asked, throb-
ring with excitement. “If It does, let
me know where I can find him. The
authorities want him and I can place
him where he will never trouble you
again.”
“1 Dare Not."
I dare not" returned the Baroness,
trembling. "This message, while It
tells me that my husband Is hunting
me, does not give any clew to hla
whereabouts. It comes to me through
channel of which I -lore, not speak.
Believe me, I would t- :i you everything I ter,
I could. But I must not explain to Cont
CHAPTER LXXVI.
Two Curses,
Frank’s lips refused to frame even an
exclamation of horror. He waa com
pletely overcome by the ghastliness of
tho situation.
Across his mind thore flashed ths
memory of poor Reginald's self-in
voked curse, so long forgotten.
"May I bo killed llko a dog, and may
my body be thrust llko a dog's Into a
box. If I over voluntarily see you
again,”
Reginald had voluntarily soon Frank
again, had ,hskod and received his help
1n the great crisis of his life, and here
was his curse literally como true.
Frank thought of that other curse
uttered so long ago, tho curse of the
Brncebrldges.
"Until the diamonds return to their
places and these bones be given burial
according tp tho rites of Our trlbq,
every male Braccbrldge shall die a vio
lent death.”
"The curse of the Bracebridges,” he
muttered.
The head baggageman cast one keen
and penetrating look upon him and then
almost Imperceptibly nodded to the.
policeman, who had not yet reached the
scene of the horror. Meanwhile, a
number of curious bystanders and em
ployees, noting that something was
amiss, had edged up close to the open
trunk, the contents of which were in
visible to them. The railway employee
closed the lid with a bang a moment
after the policeman's eyes hod followed
his to the body of the man within.
"I’ll attend to you presently,- sir,"
he said, quietly, s"lf you don't mind
waiting until tho others get through."
Frank understood the Import of the
apparently Irrelevant remark and mur
mured, brokenly:
“By all means, yes; by all means."
Ten minutes passed. The last travel
er bad left the station and In tho bag-
gago room remained only the terrible
box with Its awful contents, the Im
passive policeman nnd the baggage-
master. Then tho latter summoned an
employee.
Call the station master.”
n a few moments the official ap
peared. . .
“What Is It?" ho asked. Impatiently.
The baggagornastcr pointed to the
trunk and threw it open.
For tho second time Frank heard the
ejaculation, "My God!"
The situation was, explained briefly
by the baggageman. The superintend
ent wheeled and confronted Frank, who
still was voiceless.
In Custody.
What dries this mean?” he demand
ed, In his sternest manner.
"I have not the slightest Idea,” Frank
replied.
“Is this your trunk, or Is It riot?”
"Until a quarter of an hour or so
ago I never saw It before In my life."
"In that case.” said tho station mas-
r. "how did you come by the check
and the key?"
"They were given me by a lady at
Buffalo, who requested mo to leave the
trunk In the clonk room here and send
her a part of Its contents—”
Both of the officials stared at him In
blank amaze. The hitherto Impassive
policeman stroked his nose and smiled
In the manner of a very knowing old
bird, up to every dodgo of the crimi
nal class.
"This Is a very extraordinary stato'
ment," said the station master, st last.
"Very, I so regard It," Frank answer
ed. "It Is true all the same."
In that case, lie continued, “you do
not recognize this body?"
"On the contrary. I do. It Is the
corpse of my consln and ward—Regi
nald Bracebridge, of New York."
And, as even the policeman ceased
smiling, Frank produced his card snd
made a plain statement of the facts.
"Nevertheless,” he said, "I quite un
derstand my position, and that until j
can substantiate what I have aald I
must consider myself under arrest.
Id the station mas-
"I am afraid.” said the station ma»-
r. In a half apologetic tone— for/W
lontinued in Tomorrow's Georflidc-