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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY. OCTOBER T, 1M7.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS!
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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■ Itle*. ua rhoT are. there I. no good
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liar! hire. But w. Jo not tiellrre this
el It. far. In that dlractloo NO
The Stlllmnre Leader declare, that
Th. Georgian make, good tb. argument
for walling and deliberation aa the peo-
Ple'e beat policy In the preaent political
time. Thank., StUlmor*. You ar* a
real leader.
Evidently The Constitution, Georgian
and Journal think the Georgia atate
railroad comml.alon lu a etrntghtout
Atlanta Institution.—Perry Journal.
There la nothing to Juatlfy th. re
murk. The regulation of freight and
passenger rates applies as practically to
Perry aa to Atlanta, and If we have
asked the commission to consider At
lanta's local utilities, It merely dears
the way to regulate those of other dtlee.
Tho glura at Southern orators bo-
eau.e of the performances of a few of
them moves The Charleston News and
Courier to any that "flamboyant-, la not
con lined to any part of the country. To
be sure we have our VardamaM, our
Graves and our Tillman, but the char
acter of the South I* no more to be de
fined by them than Is that of the North
to In- gauged by such voluble persons
ag Congressman Bulger, Senator Bev-
eridge. Senator Dolllver, Mr. Bryan,
•Big Bar Devery, eg-Benator Billy Ma
son end the president himself—Mont
gomery Advertiser.
We refuse to fulminate over such a
i rllid.m. Tillman and Vardaman and
Dc cerfdge and Bryan and Dolllver and
Roosevelt ore pretty good company—
almost os good os those great wlee
flawless men who edit The Montgom
ery Advertiser nnd The Charleston
News and Courier.
Mo long as Mr. Bryan's shadow re-
innlni between the sun of the presi
dency and tht rank and (lie of tht party
no other candidate seems to dare to
show his head. Mr. Bryan's Influence,
(rent and clean and pur. aa he le, |. re
pressive to the point of annihilation, in
the other leaders who might be consid
ered In the party's choice.—Atlanta
Georgian.
Now, Isn't that a renter ahot? And
coming from Colonel Graves, who Js
Intimate enough with Colonel Ilryan to
cgohSnge snuff-box pinch... It ought to
have soma effect, but we doubt It. Col
onel Bryan knows the political situation
I. exactly the way Colonel Graves de-
rerfbes It, and that Is just exactly the
way Colonel Bryan wants to keep It.
Hu: It D of public slgnlflcanre, how
ever. these signs of Impatience from
eupporters Ilk. Colonel Grave*.—Char
lotte Chronicle.
If "Colonel" Bryan It a candidate w.
arc likely to be for him. If he Is not,
we ought to have time to look around
with some care and discrimination to
And the beet man to take his place.
That was the point we hod In view. >
The Pullman Company le the leteet
"ritanlzatlon to make ready to cut out
Texas. Othera are- expected to follow
at the rate of about one every twenty-
four hours. It can’t be a great while
before the undertakers, too. will swing
Into line, and then there will be noth
ing left of Texas but a sickening thud
and a Great Wind.—Richmond Dis
patch.
And for all this and more, Texas le
indebted to the now beaven-bent para-
rrapher of The Houston Poet. He has
rlmply persuaded the public, Including
th* corporations, that nothing can com
pete with Texas. Of coarme, a monop
oly like the Pullman Company ran not
■tand that.
The latest procedure In caeca of cere-
t rn-splnal meningitis consists In spray
ing a liquid containing "pyocyanasc."
u preparation of ths bacillus pyocy-
sna-u-, into the nasa-pbarynx of the
patient. It has been found that the
number anil the virulence of the dip-
Inroad obtained from Infected nasal
dlrcharge was diminished by SO per
lent within 2« hoars after the appll-
< atkm of pyocyaoase and that all the
nlplmocd disappeared In from 48 to
49 hours
THE MOST REMARKABLE EVENT IN THE SOUTH’S IN
DUSTRIAL HISTORY.
One hundred and sixteen foreign guests enme to Atlanta
Sunday morning 00 Englishmen, 24 Germans, 7 Frenchmen, 1
Spaniard, several Portuguese, Austrians nnd others—-many of
them never having seen America before, few of them ever having
laitl eves on a cotton field, though they represent the largest cot
ton-consuming interests outside of ours in the world.
Possibly very few of our people fully realize how much thin
means—few of us can grasp its significance at the moment.
Many presidents of this nation have visited us—our present
chief executive is in our neighboring state at this moment. Titled
foreigners have honored us witli their presence. Royal princes
have traveled our Southland, but never—never in all our history
—have we had visitors that liavo meant so much to us ns these,
our honored guests of today, who, year after year, pour their
golden streams of pounds, marks, francs and florins into our
markets in exchange for the one greatest of all staples that our
red hills produce as no other soil in the world can do.
It seems that away back in the creation of the world, Provi
dence, in its goodness, mixed elements in our hills and valleys
that were denied to all other sections of tho globe.
China once had n monopoly of the tea-growing of the world
—tea caddies without Chinese hieroglyphics were considered spu
rious. But whnt nowf India grows somo two hundred million
pounds a year—thousands of miles from China and vastly unlike
it. Ceylon is now noted ns the finest tea-producing country in
the world, with its one hundred and sixty million pounds of tea
a year, much of it so fine and delicate that the cup wafts odors
of its mother country’s red rose leaves. The Dutch colonies,
thousands of miles from cither India or Ceylon, now yield fifty
millions of pounds of tea a year. <
The nearly a billion population of theso three sections make
labor so ohpnp that only n few years ago the yield of tea was so
great that the 3 pence n pound that could be bad for it did not
pay to pick it from the bushes,
Holland once had the honor of growing in her colonies the
finest of coffees and enjoyed almost a monopoly. What now!
South America has so far robbed her of the trade that Jnva cof
fee is almost a mere name, and the production of coffee there is
now but a trifle.
South America was once the nbsolute home of rubber—Para,
to the world, meant rubber. But now it is rubber everywhere.
Leopold is a Croesus by the thrift of tho Fecus tree in his African
possession, nnd even Ceylon is now rnising it.
In every avenue in which men have directed their labors in
behalf of the great staples of life, they have found tho counter
part of soils and climntic conditions that were needed to compete
with sections that originally gave thesp staples to mankind—ex
cept in the ease of the cotton plant.
Millions upon millions have been spent upon it in efforts to
grow it in other countries. England has been untiring in her ef
forts to provide a source of adequate supply for her millions at
home, as well as her billions in the Far East.
But alns, nlns! for with what thrills of pride may wo not look
at the magnificent brick housed mills, even on the hanks of tho
Hugh in far Calcutta, and think that the snowy cotton that is
being spun nnd woven into cloth to clothe tho bodies of those
three hundred millions of people came from our own good Dixie
Land—probably from the grand old state of Oeorgin.
Nearly every country with tropical or semi-tropical soil or
with colonies in the tropics, has, from time to time, endeavored to
mako cotton grow. During the war of ’61, wo recall that when,
as a result of tho neglect that was forced upon our cotton fields,
thero was nlmost a cotton famine, otir friends across tho sea, al
most in despair, held a conference trying to provide means
whereby they could secure relief. But either at this or n subse
quent conference, the. South’s supremacy in that field was ac
knowledged, nnd so far ns can now be seen, the known world has
no spot where sufficient cotton can be grown materially to affect
our unequalled superiority in this greatest of all necessities of
life.
Egypt is the only place where much ci\n bo done—but her to
tal output of 800,000 bales is but a tenth of ours, nnd Egypt is
only as tho Nile spreads, while the South is as the sun shines and
the rain falls.
And now with all this, there would be no vitality without the
markets of the world and their pillars, our good friends here to
day, who represent tho whole world in their lino. We stretch out
both hands to you, brothers—our hearts have gono to you long
since.
As we can raise the cotton ns nowhero else on God’s green
earth, so you, who have come to see us in onr homes, have
brought to us so much of our prosperity by the creation of thrift
and prosperity Among your own people so that they have pros
pered and multiplied and needed the staple that we are so glad
to give you.
We have learned from you—you hnve profited from us.
We, the youthful nation, always in a hurry, inelined to trust
everything to mechanical methods, are prodded by your moro
careful, painstaking ways, nnd are spurred on ta produce for our
selves as good as we hnve to buy from you. Whore you can, you
adopt our machines in certain lines, and we arc gradually work
ing to a harmony between ua all that will give to our people on
both nides of the sens the greatest comfort for the least money.
When we want fine wool weaves, we must go to you. When it
conies to 170’s in cottons, Europe is the adept. But when you
want the cotton, come to us. We need your pntronage—wo
have the goods for you, and the closer wc can get to you in our
business dealings, the firmer will be our love nnd friendship for
each other.
Again nnd again anil again, we welcome you, and may peace
forever reign between the nations of the world, and more espe
cially between those of the friends who are with us and our own
good land. '
THE TWO OENT FARE AND JUSTICE.
The two-cant faro Is cither right or wrong.
It Is either a very great Injustice to the railroads or It Is a piece ot
tardy justice to the traveling public.
It It either true that this rate ts seriously nnd unjustly damaging to
the business of the railroads throughout the country, or It Is so far
within the limits of profitable transportation that It ahould have been
adopted In behalf of the people a long time ago.
Now the problem of economic atatesmanshlp on the part of commis
sions and of pnbllc officials Is to find the truth between these two alterna
tives.
Of course the only clear and definite way In which this matter can
be settled Is In on accurate and painstaking Investigation Into the reve
nues and profits of the railroads and the oaseoament ot fares In pro
portion to the just profits which they are entitled to make upon their
real Investments In these great enterprises.
Meanwhile It Is Interesting to the discussion to note the result of
this experiment In other states and other sections of the country because
unless conditions are totally different, what hatf been practicable and
fair In other states ought to be practicable and fair In this state.
Now despite the railroads' outcry against the 2-ccnt faro laws passed
in the various states, reports show that wherever they havo been given
a fair trial they have resulted In Increased travel and enlarged profits.
Attorney General Hadley, of Missouri, states officially that at the Kan
sas City union depot not only has the passenger business through Mis
souri been greatly augmented, but tho cash receipts under tho two-cent
fare law enforced during July and August was actually 22,000 per month
In excess of the receipts for July and August of last year. And oven a
larger per cent of profit Is recorded under the two-cent law In that great
terminal station at SL Louis.
Reports from Illinois and other states where the lower rate has gono
Into effect. Indicate without exception that travel has Increased. In most
cases where figures are available the railroads' earninga have either
held their own or are much larger than before the reduction. At the
same time tho roads have Instituted tho moat rigid economy In the con
duct of their trains, and these two facta taken together make It certain
that tho railroads, far from being losers by the new rate, will actually bo
gainers. A singular Inconsistency la reported In connection with the
Missouri law. When the state was endeavoring to obtain a reduction In
freight rates, the officials of the road complained that they were making
nothing from freights and that nil their profits camo from the passenger
department. The Missouri law-makers took them at their word and cut
down passenger rates and now the railroad men Just as earnestly assert
that they havo been making nothing from their passenger fares and that
all their profits come from freights) ,
It would be difficult for Wall street to surpass the brightness of'this
contradictory testimony.
Tho Georgian will keep a close eye upon tho reliable reports of the
operation of the two-cent fare and will give the truth as It finds It, for
the edification of the public aa well as for the convenience of public
officials.
THE VINDICATION OF THE POPULIST.
"In our opinion tho Populists have fought their battle and
practically won It. Not by direct victory, but by the peaceful
lino of rducatlng the Democracy to their views.”—Atlanta Geor
gian Editorial.
To this paragraph The Nashville American made the single soten-
tlous editorial comment: "We would deny this If we could."
Tho Macon Telegraph, quoting editorially, remarked: "There Is
moro truth Iq this than wo like.” , ,
And now comes Tho Washington Post with the following more elab
orate but equally emphatic Indorsement: *
Thero Is much In our political history of tho past double dec
ade to Justify Mr. John Temple Graves In the declaration.
In 1896 tho Populist party accepted the nominee of the
Democratic party for president, and four years later tho Demo
cratic party accepted as its candidate the Populist nomlneo for
president.
It Is related with much verisimilitude that a traveler In
Mlssuc many years ago cam9 upon two snakes In a struggle.
Each had the tall of the other In its mouth, and after somo hours
of powerful endeavor each succeeded In swallowing the other.
Something very like that happened to tho Democratic and Popu
list parties In 1896 and 1900. And our friend John Temple
Graves could cite a case in point If Tom Watson is a lamb he
has been swallowed by Hoke Smith, the tiger; but then may It
not be written that Mr. Watson Is the tiger and Mr. Smith the
Iamb?
Jerry Simpson supplanted John O. Carlisle aa a Democratic
leader when William J. Bryan was preferred ovor Grover Cleve
land. If Henry O. Turner were olive today aad In the superb
majesty of Ids grand character and splendid abilities, Tom Wat
son could beat him for congress before any constituency of
Georgia.
And the Populist party, having swallowed tho Democratic
party, took a big bite out of the Republicans. Tho rate bill Is
tho legitimate child of the Populist party. The balf-bllllon fiat
"basic money" of our currency Is the Populist sentiment In the
O. O. P. Should Governor Cummins got to the senate, will he
not bo of the elect and sit as one of the Sanhedrim? Is Senator
Aldrich a Republican? Then, what la Senator La Folletto? Is
Senntor Smoot a Republican? Then, what Is Congressman Sara
McCall?
Mr. Graves Is right—the Pops have achieved nearly all their
ambitions. The Hon. William A. Peffer says he returned to tho
Republican fold because the G. O. P. had turned Pop.
Well, then, with all this granted, who ta there to-deny that tho spirit
and method of onr modern Democracy ta more vital with life, and vigor
and reform than ft has been within the quarter of a century?
And what has served to draw us closer to the people than this body
touch of the pooplo themselves?
The day for depreciating, the Populist ta at an end.
THE MANUFACTURERS’ EXHIBIT.
“Made in Atlantal”
That ta a stamp borne by manufactures of more varieties than
most men In Atlanta know, and a stamp that advertises the city and Its
resources In an effectual way. That Atlantans may know what ta made
in Atlanta and that customers In the market may learn whero home
made wares may be purchased at homo prices, tho Atlanta manufactur
ers' exhibit has been planned.
The exhibit will be held at the great auditorium at Ponce DeLeon
Park, beginning October 21, and will continue for two weeks. Manager
Richard 8tewart announces that he hopes to Include In the exhibit every
article, large and small, manufactured In Atlanta, produced by Atlanta
men and Atlanta capita).
Atlanta makes many things. A glance at the classified list In tho
city directory will reveal a small portion of her varied Industries.
Thero are big manufacture! which everybody knows, but there are hun
dreds of the little things of life which bear tho “made In Atlanta"
trademark with which the public 1a unfamiliar.
An exhibit such as It planned by Mr. Stewart will be an exposition
In miniature and will serve to put home manufacturers inore closely In
touch with home consumers than before. And it will be a proof to tho
world of Atlanta's claim to Industrial greatness.
Should tho manufacturers respond to the Invitation to make displays
at the exhibit. It ta hoped to make the show an annua) event. The ex
hibit will begin during the second week of the Georgia State Fair, when
thousands of out-of-town enstomera will be In the city, and will serve
to introduce Atlanta manufactured goods to tho people of the entire
state.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Th# Georgian her# record* etch day
some economic fact In reference to
the onwsnl progress of the Booth.
' BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Fla., th* capital of Fascncoug
tor "In agriculture. Some few rei
ter the big frees# of J BUM. i
.. . _ _ n«»» agu. m, tw or IflOf# #X3Ct, fOP
some rear* after tb# !>lg fr##s# of 18M-1S96, on# could bar# Imught any
farm* here for on# fourth tb# prtc* of today. In fact, many placet In nnd about
I>ad* City w#re detected bjr their owners twesuae they thought not* even * living
could b* hm! where the orange one* bloomed and produced and then was destroyed
In • alnrle night. Now. however. *11 ta changed. Those who were driven away
hr despair and discouragement hare returned and all In activity and contentment.
Moat section* In Florida nave aome one apeclalty of crop production, but Dade Cftjr
*n«l surrounding country aeem to have several. Tolttcco under shade, vegetables
under cover, and peach orchards are the leading Industrie*, rat some fine orange
groves are still Bending golden fruit to market. Dade t’lty Itself, which formerly
consisted of nrdlunry wooden building*, la fiat changing to brick and concrete
structures which woul.j I* a credit to mueh larger cities.
nnd this will bring the people who enterprise and the people who operate thoM
enterprises.
■‘Molt of these enterprise. will bo manufactories, of on, kind or another. wltb
big weekly or monthlr pay rolls, which will ln>vre . flu.h loci circulation and
t brisk local trade In nil branch*, of business
"Th. drat, and for ».HO* time probably, the largest of thro, esterprite*. will h*
a cotton mill, of probably 8180.W) capital,—., a aurtrr-onc (rntlrmnn already Urg.-
ly Interested bora preparing to put In Itno.IWO of tbo .mount, while nnnthor locnl
capitalist agree* to put In iiO.OM. nnd n third gontlomni'. from n neighboring town,
already largely Inten-.tcd In eotlon manufacturing and pre.ld.nt of n cotton mill,
425.00®. making already In alrtt for the raterprf**. « .
"The uwemory land, and mill iStn hare already bran (.looted nnd the prlra
(greed npon. and we li-'i-* tan to note further derelopmcnrn which luck a little mow
drill! to complete. But that we will hare the mill worn, highly prohnhle.
"Following thl*. then, In n tobacco company, packing boon, and cigar manufac
tory, largely brought uIhmI by ration of prohibition In our city nnd Hint., nnd th.
determltmd nurpore of thr cotnmnnlty to get ts * henefltn which thlg Inn
'•Watch Italnbrtdg* grow now. for the next Hr. years.”
t law nhnll bring.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capita! , . . . . $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial accounts invited.
4 rH Interest, compounded twice a year, is
/O paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure
SYNOPSIS.
Frank (tbe horn) ami Reginald Bracebrldft
(cimixIiir) meet Mine. Vern Mlnvlnaky, n
lien 'it! ft;l woman, at BfiiOgn. 81io f* At
tacked by a foreigner il)r. CnrI Mneller).
the latter demanding that she surrender p
him **a bit of nnper nnd a stone." He
claim* bo him tbn missing fragment nnd
that "the others were then In the hotel.
Frank rescues her and Is given a pnekng#
with pernitalaon to open It when be flunk*
tbe right tlms haa com*. A telegram on
nouncea the sudden death of Reginald«
father. Frank I* made executor of the es
tate. Reginald fa charged with forgery, nod
calls upon Frank to aav* him front arrest.
A mala rushes Into the room nnd
maid hi. wlfo Is dead and that he Is chitr*
ed with her mnrder. Frank sod Uegtnnl
leave the house by a secret p«smc« and
reneli the Brnenhridge country borne oa
Island. They embark In an airship.
arm. in Ohio near the place where tms noc-
or lire*. 8y)rls Thurston, prsttf daughter
if a Judge In Ohio, ts brought Into ths story,
>r. Mueller fall* In love with her. He seems
:o know her brother, n pointer, who reside*
abroad. Hylvln, Dr. Muellor and n girl
friend visit "The Hollow.- nn old hous*.
said to lie haunted.
Raymond Thurston returns horns tinex-
—HI— brother go for a walk
and niei*t Haall, who quarrels with Roy
mornl.
The following morning Roth rrltchnrd fs
found In tbe woods near tbe Thurston home,
unconscious. When she recovers conscious
ness. her mind Is nppnrently unhinged with
som# horror. Raymond Thurston Is found
In thf' studio, shot through the heart.
. fiylvf* suspects Basil of tho murder of
hM^brotber.
of health. " Nnrso Msion npowers on- the
^ ene. nnd It develops that she nnd Dr.
ueller nre greater friends than appears on
th# surface.
Moeller and 8ylvla ar* married In New
York.
Rose Thuraton Admits she told s falsehood
to shield Rnsil from suspicion of having
IkjjuSSr, Von ring **'0 meet Ethel Crewrell.
who I, (topping with bln wife, return,
home nnexpeeteflly .nil approach*, tbe
houee nnntmerreil In order fo neeertnln If
"the road It eloor." lie np>l Bint Ore.-
well meet nnd «he brands him nn "Dr.
Newell, of Blnck Horae Inn polnonlng
fnnie."
Ilnsll Thuraton ratnrnn horn, nnd de
mand, to MO Sylvia. Mueller telln hi, wife
,be must not m* her eon.In. Kuth I'rltch-
nrd return, to mu,clou.no,,.
She nreuse* Mueller of the mnrdrr of n,y-
ond. 80 does Bull, who den. Into the
. HUM In time to hear the girl', word*.
Mueller enrape* during the excitement. Syl
via la convinced of hla guilt. Frank flrnce-
' 1 arrive* with detective* In aetrch of
Nufao Maaon and Mueller deal
J nlrahln amt oocnpe. carrying with
them Reginald llmeehrldre'a ehlld. Reginald
return* to New York from Franc*, nnd lio-
gin. squandering tb. money wltb which hi,
cousin supplies him.
CHAPTER LXXXVIII.
Th. Bnroneu.
Ho lifted hln hand and .topped Frank
at once. “I know nothlnr," he nald.
“She wan (Imply one of the'thounanda
of guentn we havo here In the coume of
tbe year. They come and go. They
are of many natlonalltlen. A kin* trav
cling Incognito may be .topping here
without my having any knowledge of
hla Identity. That ha* often happened.
Or It may be on aaoaaaln—a fugitive
from juntlce playing hla game boldly.
How can we know?"
Quite ao," Frank replied; "but. n*
I undcratand, th* baroneea won atop-
plng here for aom* time. Have you
ever noticed her?"
The manager at once am lied and
ahrugged hla ahoulderg, -
"Aa for that, oh, yea, (he la a very
beautiful woman, and one could not
help noticing her. And then, too, eh*
ha* (topped here on aeveral other occa-
•tone."
"Alwaya alone?"
"With her mold; oh, yea. alwayg."
A aiiddcn thought struck Frank.
"Do you know the name of the
maid?" he asked. Again the manager
shrugged hla shoulders.
Sir, what a question to ask me!
I beg your pardon." Frank-hastened
to say, "but I have reasons for wishing
to know the name of that maid,
there any way of ascertaining?”
"Possibly tomorrow, perhaps." and
he looked at hla watch. The movement
was significant.
"I won't detain you many minutes
longer." Frank said. "It Is late, I know,
and but for my deep anxiety In the
matter I would.have deferred (hi* In
terview until tomorrow. Permit me.
however, to ask Just a question or two
more. Had the baroness many visi
tor* T’
•None, to my knowledge,” he an
awered. "So for a* my observation
went she lived a very quiet and almost
secluded life. Indeed, her menle were
generally nerved In her own apart
ment*. I particularly noticed that.”
"Ah! thank you, nnd now for a final
question—the most Important of all.
Was *hc, while living here, molested at
all by the attentions of a young man?
Was such a circumstance even reported
to your'
He pondered for a moment, and then:
"Yes. I remember now. He was for
ever prowling about and lying In wait
for her. She complained, but I could do
nothing, though I warned him off the
premises myself, for he bribed the
servants right and left."
Frank at ohee took Reginald's pho
tograph from his pocket and handed It
to him without a word.
"Why,” said ho, "this 1s the young
fellow himself.”
"Precisely; the young fellow whose
body was found In the baroness’ Sara
toga trunk at Cleveland. Now, sir. you
will understand the meaning and Im
portance of my Inqulrlee. You can no
ong*r doubt that a crime was commit,
ted In tills hotel, and I trust that to
morrow you will grant me any facility
for continuing my Inquiries among such
of your servants as may be able to
throw some light upon the baroness’
movements Just prior to her departure.
Thle In your presence, of course."
lie at once arose and extended his
hsnd. “It shall be done, Mr. Braoe-
brldge.” said he. "For my own sake as
well as yours. Will 11 tomorrow suit
your convenience?"
"Perfectly." Frank replied, and took
his departure with a certain sense of
elation.
A moment later he was passing
out to the street, when, quite casually,
he espied a man In the cafe, sluing at
one of tbe little marble tables, who, at
that Instant, was lighting a cigar. The
flame of the match Illuminated hla fea
tures, and Ilka a flash the scene at the
railway station and In the gardens of
the Casino at Saratoga came back to
Frank. This wns In very deed the man
the baroness had told him was her hus
band—the men who had been- seeking
her address at this very hotel not an
hour since, tho man whom Frank was
seeking—Carl Mueller himself.
Watching the Enemy.
At first Frank was astounded at th*
audacity of the man In showing him
self In ao public a place. Then ha
realised that Mueller had cleverly dis
guised hhnself with Innumerable little
touches.
"He need only fear my recognition,"
Frank thought, "and he Is probably
cunning enough to realise that I am
not seeking to hand him over to the
authorities until after I get what I
want from him. He knows as well as
I do that It will be a personal en
counter to the death between us when
we meet again."
So saying, Frank moved to a seat
out of range of Mueller's vision, but
from which he could watch every
movement of his enemy. Suddenly
Mueller pulled a packet of papers from
his pocket and, selecting one, pe
rused It greedily, his teeth grinding
with anger as he read.
"The missing portion of the map,"
Frank thought with exultation.
Mueller rose and left the cafe. Frank
following as closely as he dared. He
perceived that Mueller had dropped a
paper. Frank clutched it quickly, but
did not have time to examine It, for
he did not wish to lose sight of Muel
ler. He put It In his pocket, and then
rushed In pursuit of the man.
Looking right nnd left, he caught a
glimpse of him buying a paper at a
stand, then he saw him leap Into a
passing cab.- The horse's head was
turned In Frank's direction, an east
erly one, and as the cab dashed by he
saw the number. *410, and at once
made a note of It.
Frank then returned to the Hotel
Manhattan. Jn the vestibule a bellboy
stepped up to him and said that the
manager would like to see him In hla
private office.
"Gertalnly," Frank said, and th* bny
led the way. The manager rose as
Frank entered. He was as shave ns
on the previous occasion of their meet
ing—though with a difference. The
difference was tangible, but difficult
to describe.
"Ah! Mr. Bracebrldgc," said he. "I
learned that you were here once again,
and am pleased to see you. I heard,
with great regret, of your cousin's
death, but tonight In tho papers I rend
a curious thing. You, It would ap
pear, carry the dead body of your cou
sin to Clevelnml In a trunk, and to
day I am told you send the same body
from Boston to New York. 1 do not
quite understand It. Pardon me, but
It places me In nn awkward position
as to delivering up th* poor young
man’s baggage."
Frank lost his temper at once.
"Oh, Indeed.” he said. "Is there any
thing owing to you?"
"Oh. no. no!”
"You accepted my cheek, I believe,
on payment of my cousin's account,
thus releasing his baggage from any
Hen you might otherwise have had
upon It.”
"Oh. quite so."
"Well, that Is all there 1s about It.
Th* rest can not possibly concern you.
I thought you were a belter man of
business." and with that he turned oh
hla heel and strode away.
A Discovery.
tot * moment, as'he mounted the
stairs, he feared that Reginald's be
longing* hart been removed from the
room during hla absence. That, how
ever, proved not to be the cn*e, nnd.
switching on the electric light, Frank
betook himself at once to a diligent
and exhaustive search through some
half dozen or more trunks, suit cases
and what not.
A hunch of keys found on the body
at Boston enabled him to do this with
out difficulty.
The long quest ended In two discov
eries—one of minor Importance, to-
wlt: a number of empty Jewel cases,
bearing upon their blue velvet Inte
riors the name Tiffany, the other, how
ever. proved to be of tremendous mo
ment.
In n miniature writing desk he found
a half sheet of the official notep'aper
of the hotel where the baroness had
stayed, upon which waa written In a
handwriting he recognized at a glance:
"The baronese will give you ren
dezvous at 10 this evening. Be prompt
and bring the diamond necklace oa
agreed. I will meet you In the corri
dor.—Suzanne.”
Frank felt the cold perspiration
breaking out all over him as he read
this precious eplatlc.
"He had not, then, been mistaken
after all. The baroness was a guilty
woman. Reginald died a murderer!
And the diamond necklace! Where
wa* it?
CHAPTER LXXXIX.
New Evidence.
Punctually at eleven the following
morning Frank put In an appearance at
the hotel, and wa* nt once shown Into
the manager’s room.
He wa* receive!] with more urbanity
than hod been displayed tho evening
before, and even rose aa he entered,
pushing a chair up beside hla own nnd
with a bow begged him to ho seated.
"Tht* matter," said he. "has greatly
disturbed me, and 1 have been bually
engaged the whole morning making In
quiries which may, or may not, throw
light upon the unfortunate business and
be of service to you.
“You can quite easily understand
that with the ceaseless coming and go
ing of people In a great establishment
like this tho Individual movements of
guests receive little or no attention.
This, however, I have already men
tioned to you. Well. I havo sifted euch
evidence as t have been able to gather
and It Is my purpose that you should
receive the evidence at first hand nnd
make such use of It as you may think
fit."
With that he rang the bell. Not
many seconds elapsed before a servant
appeared at the door.
"Send Lucllla Lafarge to me at once,"
sold the manager.
There was an Interval of silence and
then a typical Fix ach chambermaid
entered the room nnd curtsied to the
manager, while casting an uneasy look
In Brecebrldge's direction. It was plain
to see that she was not a little i>er-
turbed. Then, eald the manager In hi*
sternest manner—and It really was very
stern Indeed:
Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian.