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I / / THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, HOT. THE ATLANTA GEORGIANj (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Snn^y) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alsbama 8L. Atlanta. On. Subscription Rates: One Tear Months .... Three Months One Month Bj Carrier, Per Week . Telephones eonnectlnf all depart* nenta. Loaf distance terminals. Smith A Thompson, adrertlstiif rep resentatives for all territory outside of resents tires for all territory Georgia. Chicago Office Tribune BnlMtng V.UICHKU V/UICW suss saw New York Office Brunswick Bid*. If too bST* say trouble retting TUB GEORGIAN AND NKWB. telephone tbe clrcnlntlon dcpnrtment and bar. itlx remedied. T< main; Atlanta 4401. Subacrlbera desiring thalr Oeorftsn discontinned most notify this office on the date of expiration; otherwise, It will be continued nt the regular sub scription rates until notice to etop la In ordering a change of eddreee, please sire the old aa well ea the new eddraaa It la desirable that all commnnlca- 100 words In length. It Is Imperstlee that they be signed, as an erblonce of good faith. Rejected mannecrlpte will not be returned unless stamps are sent lor the purpose no unclean* or objcctlonnblo edeer log. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. OCR PLATFORM: TIIB OEOROIAN AND NEWS stands for Atlanta's own- log Its own gaa and electric light plants, as It now owns Its water works. Other cities do this snd get GEORGIAN AND NEWS 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, t 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-