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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. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sun^y) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 2* West Alabama Bt., Atlanta. G*. Subscription Retest One Tear Mx Month *-W Thr## Months 1.2 s Rj Carrier. Per Week M Telephones connecting all depart* nenta Long distance terminals. reaenta tires for ell territory Georgia. Chlraro Office ...... Trlbnne Rolldlna New York Office IriifWl 9mm* It ywi bare anj trouble gattloa TI1K ilKORGIAK AND NEWS, telephone the circularise department and bare B.1WJWTWk J**™ 1 notify ftsl. office on •top I. Ipt nwrol. In ordering n change of address, please giv* tb. oil) as wall §■ the n.v It t« it..lr..tilw that .11 romunmlc*- •Inn. In-c >ledfpr mjMImrtoo la THB DltolllilAX A Nil N'HWH be limited to TOO wnr.l, In length. It li Imp.r*tlrs lb.' they be *l*n.*l. ■■ an evidence of (nod faith. Uejivtefl niaousrrlpta will i»>t ho ..tunind n.lcu .tamp* hr. Hit lor thr purpose TUB Ut.OltUIAN AND NEWS prim, no UDeiemi or objectionable sdrcrtls- loir. Neither doM It |>rlut whisky or uujt liquor ado. turn ri.AITOUJI: TUB tlBOKGIAN AND NBWH .tunda for Atlsuta's own. lap III ona gs* mul electric light idanla. a. it now own* It. water work.. Other cUb-s do thin and get " low as CO cent., with n prollt liellrnw that If .irret railway. c«n bt CprrRlod successfully by European ■ Itle*. ua rhoT are. there I. no good reason why they ran not lie ao oper- 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.