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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
TUESDAY, orTonnn s. iot.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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OUIt I I.ATI OIIM; Till-! (JKOItGIAN
AND .NEWS stands for Allontn’o own-
Ins Its nwo gna sod electric light
plants, as It now owns Its water
works. Otbrr eUtes do this anil Set
css ns low os Ct) tents, nltti o prullt
to the eltr. This elr.Sd It*, done at
oner, Till’! OEUUtiU.S AND NEWS
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eitersted Sim IBSTSlIi Irjr Enroprao
cities, as they are, tlirro Is Do (total
reason why they eon not- lie so oper
ated hags- Out we Jo not believe this
ran Its done now. and It tnoy be same
years Iwfote we nre remtv for so Ids
so undertaklno. Still Atlanta should
set 1U far* In that direction NOW.
There's many a slip twist the cup
and Upton.
“Taft Party Moves," proclaims The
New York Sun. giving due Importance
to a weighty matter.
The coat of living is increasing, pro
claims a news item from Washington,
D. C. My, tills Is so sudden.
The bankruptcy of Mrs. Borer’s
model restaurant only goes to show
thnt good cooks aren't good business
women.
nesplto rumors to the contrary,
Ml-.iliter Wu la to be cordially wel
comed to Washington and no ques-
tlons asked.
Tho woman suffragettes in England
have split up Into two (actions. Give
the ladles a little time and there will
be more.
, The son of the king of Slnm has en
tered Htrvsrd. Tho origlnsl “Brown
of Harvard" will have to take a back
sent now.
The Boston Herald thinks we are
In need of a school for laughter.
When laughter becomes an art Its
chief charm Is gono.
In a Pennsylvania town a crazy
woman went to see a football game
ond suddenly regained her reason.
"Ms a desperate remedy, warranted to
kill or cure.
| Another auccessful nlrshlp has been
Invented, this time In Germany. It'a
propelling i»wer Is probably the same
as the others—hot atr.
I Tho new ■ typewriter trust Is con
trolled by capitalists, but no mere
mnn will ever boss a typewriters'
union.
Eighteen brides were gathered at
one popular Lenox, Mass., hostelry at
one time, last week. The grooms
were there, too, but they were not
noticed.
Tho crown prince of Servla Is said
to he trying to wake up Paris. Wait
till he hits New York’a groat white
way and It will be him to wake up and
take notice.
The Baltimore Law School has ex
cluded women students. It has been
ascertained that women studenta car
ried off most of the honors. But of
course this Is not the reason for their
exclusion.
Abbas II, the present khedive of
Egypt, Is an enthusiastic motorist.
But he has nothing on old Ramcses
II in his ability to follow modern pur
units; for we ore aasured that Ram
oses'was a great old grafter.
An exchange notes that sbme popu
lar authors, make great fortunes out
of their books and adds that geniusea
do not atarve these days. The logical
sequence of these two statements Is
not dear.
. When the Count Ldealaui Szech-
etiyi, Gladys Vanderbilt’s betrothed,
gave her a welcoming smile upon his
arrival In Newport, she "returned It
with a hundred per cent Interest."
Those foreign noblemen always de
mand high rates of Interest on Invest
ments In American girls.
THE SPINNERS—THE BOILERS—THE CARRIERS.
Atlanta's hospitality Is taxed to an Inspiring measure In tho care of
three great national conventions in a single week.
The great Cotton Spinners' Assembly came first, and has had the
first fruits of tho attention both In vocal and substantial welcome, due
to the premier Industry of tho South.
The National Convention of the Boilermakers, made International by
the presence of so many Canadian delegates, touches an Industry Vita] to
the material Interests of tho age, and brings to us a body of sturdy and
Intelligent men before whom Atlanta desires to put her best foot for
ward, and for whose entertainment we can not do too much. Tho Boiler
makers have paid Georgia the compliment of choosing for their chief ex
ecutive one of our best and most popular citizens in the person of Hon.
M. P. Cole, of Newnan, and with our fellow-citizen as Its president this
notable organization lays especial and personal Interest upon our hospi
tality and attention.
And with equal heartiness Is this especial Interest extended to the
National Letter Carriers, who came to Georgia upon the Invitation of
thfelr popular president, Paul Lindsay, who Is ono of Georgia's own. Tho
Letter Carriers are the last but by no means the least of tho great bodies
who are In simultaneous convention In this Capital City of Dixie. The
Letter Carriers come near to tho hearts and convenience of the farmer
and tho agriculturist everywhere. 1
It Is the rural mall carrier and the cheap newspaper which have con
verted the people outside tho cities Into the freest and most practical
'democracy In tho world. It Is the little rural mall delivory wagon which
brings tho country and suburban people Into touch and sympathy with
the day's doings, nnd makes every man of them as wise to know, as free
to think and as fearless to vote as any constituency In the world. The
rural mall carrier Is the agent and evangel of information nnd of liberty.
He has revolutionized politics, and put the demagogue to shame. He Is
the friend of the newspaper, and the evangel qf literature for tho coun
try homo.
He Is worthy of a great welcome to Atlanta, and Is worthy when he
goes back to work, of all the wages which the government can pay him,
and of all the consideration which Is due him from the people whom he
so truly serves.
Atlanta opens her wide arms In welcome to all her vital guests
today, and during this convention week It should be remembered that
the hospitable repute of this gracious city rests at last In the hands of
her Individual citizens.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT ILLUSTRATES INTEREST IN
THE COTTON OP THE SOUTH.
The assembling of the great Cotton Spinners’ Convention In Atlanta
has afforded to tho government of our country, to President Roosevelt
nnd to the state department, an opportunity to give to the South a dis
tinct and practical evldance of the good will which the administration
entertains toward the South and toward Its Imperial staple.
Amidst n great whirl of Important duties and events—with an an
nual outing for the chief exeeutlve. and with great business and Interna
tional visiting on the part of the cabinet, the president and the state de
partment have not failed to keep In view the Interests and importance of
this great Industrial assembly In the South.
The state department has summoned to Washington the highest
consular agent of the government within Its reach and has deputised
him to accompany the cotton aplnnors to the South and to represent the
government In the effort to cooperate with Atlanta In the extension of
hospltollty and to do his full share In endeavoring to bring Into closer
understanding and better relations the cotton spinners and tho cotton
producers of tho world. ,
Major Church Howe, tho American consul goneral to Canada, was
chosen for this very Important work.
Major Howo Is q man of wealth and culture. After many years'
connection with the railroad and Industrial development In the West and
for eleven years «n eminently and highly satisfactory representative of
tho government In tho consular service In Italy, In Antwerp, In Sheffield
and In Canada, he has Just been appointed without solicitation the consul
to the great Industrial city of Manchester, England. Manchester ranks
noxt to Liverpool ns a commercial consulate and has enormous connec
tions' with the cotton Industries of the world.
Major Howe Is a man of large means and of nmplo culture and no
consul In tho goneral service enjoys more thoroughly tho confidence and
regard of the state department than ho.
This Is the gentleman whom the administration has deputized to rep
resent the great and generous Interest which our great government feels
In the South and In tho development of Its Imperial staple. Ho came to
Atlanta with the first Installment of the cotton spinners and has been
from first to last a tactful, effective and delightful co-operntivo host to
Atlanta and to Georgia In tho entertainment of our representative nnd
distinguished guests.
It Is very proper that the people of Georgia and of tho South should
understand nnd appreciate the great and timely consideration which tho
government has shown In sending Major Howe to this assembly.
It Is an evldonco of the great kindliness which the government feels
toward tho material development of this section of its territory.
It Is an evidence of the Interest which the president nnd the secro
tary of atato feel In the development of the groat staple which makes tho
chief riches of the South.
Major llowe's visit hero will doubtless convey this gratifying ex
pression of the administration's interest in our people In their most vital
commercial point.
tt will undoubtedly have an Impressive effect as well upon our visit
ors here who will feel dignified by this evidence of official notional Inter
est In their deliberations, and it will quicken tho zest which they feel In
coming together with the cotton growers of the South.
And, moreover, it will undoubtedly be an additional education and
equipment to the new consul to Manchester to have enjoyed this brief and
Intimate association with both those who make cotton and those who
spin It for the markets of the world.
It only remains for The Georgian, after a personal acquaintance and
a most Instructive conversation with tho consular representative of tho
government, to say that the state department could not have selected a
more tactful and talented medium through which to express the admin
istration's Interest In our affairs, or one better calculated to cooperate
with the great design of establishing the happiest and heartiest relations
between the two great elements handling the cotton of the world.
THE MARCH OF PROHIBITION.
The prohibition people, and those so Inclined, nre watching with
great Interest the result of elections In cities and counties of other states.
The results of these elections are straws which show, or seem to
show, the direction of the wind and to prophesy the scope of the further
progress of this great reform.
In Florida the returns of last week were rath- • In favor of the anti-
prohibitionists. Escambia county. Including the city of Pensacola, voted
wet by 600 majority, and Franklin county by a majority of 21. The
county of Putnam voted "dry.”
The prohibitionists had better lock In Alabama. Elections were held
In Talladega and Tuscaloosa counties, and the results wo are told wore
beyond the hopes of the most optimistic prohibitionist. Every best In
Talladega went dry, the total majority for prohibition being 1,138, while In
Tuscaloosa the prohibitionists won over adverse conditions by a majori
ty of 400. Butler and Pickens counties had previously voted for prohi
bition. and elections are now nearly at hand In Lowndes, Lee. Calhoun,
Wilcox, Bullock, Jefferson and Etowa^ with every promise of success
for the prohibitionists.
The Birmingham News, from which these statements are taken, la
the champion of the prohibition cause.
It predicts that next year the whole state will go dry, and fervently
adds its good wishes tif the prophecy.
"ALWAYS FIGHTING."
It scetna aa If John Temple Graves, of The Georgian, and
Colonel Pendleton, of The Macon Telegraph, are both claiming to
set forth the principles advocated by the Democratic party. Both
these men are lighting each other. Now will some one tell us
which one Is orthodox?—Greenville Vindicator.
The question of orthodoxy Is difficult In an era so tangled aa this.
The facts, however, are these:
Colonel Pendleton la a natural conservative Republican, coerced by
his environment and by his Interest Into ail affiliation with a “modern
Democracy" In which ho does not believe. Bat ho Is an everlastingly
loyal old fellow who will stand by his "folks” and swallow his "crow”
even If he makes a grimace as It goes down.
The other party Is a Democrat by tradition and Inheritance—d Dem
ocrat by creed as well, who believes In that essence of ancient and mod
ern Democracy which Is the reign and tho welfare of tho body of the
people—and ho 1b ready to move to that great) central end of Domooracy
If he has to ride over tho heads of the time-servers and the politicians
and the bosses, and to follow tho lead that Is likeliest to carry the real
genuine Interests of tho real Democracy to triumph in legislation and In
execution. That's the difference as we seo tt.
But fight Colonel Pendleton? Not so. Taken altogether we like him
better than wo do any editor In Georgia.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Th© Georgian here record* eneh day
pome ecuuoniic fact In reference to
the opwnrd progress of the Booth.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Last week the Manufacturer*'
Manufacturing Company of Gastonia,
5.oo0-*nlndlc yarn mill. The hnlldlnr
i* Itocord reported the Incorporation of the Dunn
itonln, N. (\, and stated it* purpose to build ft
- ..... ding will he pi*lined for n capacity of 5,000 spin
dle*, nut only 4,(ttD spindles wJJI In* lnstnlJed at first to manufacture yarns. An In
crease to the total capacity will l»e made In the future. This company s author
ized capital stock I* $200,006, and Its paid-in capital Is $100,000. The plant will be
operated by electricity, the supply to be furnished by the Southern Power Com
pany of Charlotte, N. C.
The Ella Manufacturing Company of Shelby. N. C.. which was reported last
nlonth by the Manufacturers' Record as Incorporated with a capital »tock of $100,-
000, Is now preparing to Iiejrfn the erection of necessary outbuilding*. Contract
has been awarded to the Whltln Machine Work* of Whltlnsvllle. Mas*., for the
spinning machinery and to the Draper Company of Ilopednle. Mass., for the looms
for weaving. Electricity will probably be the motive power, nnd the mill prod
uct will be convertible cotton good*.
The Orecleyvllle Cotton Mills of Greeley vllle, 8. C., will be organised with a
capital stock of $150,000. for the purpose of building a cotton cloth mill of 10.000
spindles and accompanying loom*, to ihc operated by steam power. J. E. SIrniie,
of Greenville, 8. L\, will be the urcbltect-eugineer for the plant. Officers of the
compnuy have not been elected, and the enterprise Is In charge of T. W. Boyle,
chairman of- committee. About $50,000 has been subscribed, aud the company ex
pects to begin construction next April or May.
The P. If. Ilanea Knitting Company of Wlnston-fthlem, X. f\. has completed Its
new mill. This new plant Includes n four-story 80xl05-foot Imlldlng equipped with
automatic sprinklers and overhead system of steam heating. Ccntract for the
knitting machinery has l»een awnrded. aud when the equipment Is In position the
company's present dally output of 400 dozen garments for underwear will be dou
bled. Electricity will be used for flower, being distributed throughout the mill to
electric luctort.
THS 8TORY OF TWO POEMS.
(By Orantland Rice, In The Nashville Ten
nessean.)
Ambrose Bierce, tho literary light ami
erttic, ventnres the opinion that CI©<—
Sterling's poem, *A Wine of Wizard .
printed In September's Cosmopolitan. Is the
greatest American poetical structure ever
containing so murh poetry and so little t
flight or Fancy, and while It Is much too
long to be anything like fully quoted, a
few extracts wll give somo Idea of Its
weird architecture:
For this the fay* will dance for elfln cheer
Wlthlu a dell where some mad girl bad
flung - '
A bracelet that the painted llxnrda fear."
Dull Area of dnnky Jewels thnt have bound
The brows of linked Ashtaroth around;
or bushed at fall of some disastrous night,
When siiusct, like a crimson throat to
hell,
n cavernous, she marks the seaward flight,
Of homing dragons dark upon the west."
‘Tnrestlng Hydras, wrought of bloody light
Dip to the ocean's phosphorescent caves."
’‘Baton, yawning on his krnz^n arat.
Fondles n screaming thlug his fiends have
flayed."
Beside a cauldron vexed with harlot's
blood.
The stars of that red sign which spells
Hnlls-
!n which dead Merlin's ape hath split
A vital squat whoso scarlet venom crawls
To ciphers bright nnd terrible.”
the 'tomb-throned eebolugs have
censed.
The bine-eyed vampire, sated nt her feast,
Sinlle* bloodily against a leprous moon."
Mix years ago tbe editor of The National
Mngnstue wrote James Whitcomb Riley,
equestlng bis selection of the prettiest
tocui he find ever rend. Iii direct contrast
name of tbe
fliory:
He'd nothing but bis violin,
I’d nothing out my soug;
Vet we were wed when skies were blue,
Aud summer days were long.
Aud when we rested by the hedge,
Tbe nnd ns came nnd told
How they had dared to woo and win
When early spring was cold.
We sonic times *up)n*d ou dewberries
Or slept among the buy;
But olt the farmers’ wives at ev®
Came out to hear us play
The rare old tunes, the dour old tuuea;
We could not starve lor long
While my man had his vlollu *
A ml 1 my sweet love toug.
•The world has aye goue well with us,
Oul man, since w* were one.
Our homeless wanderings down tbe Jane—
it loug ago was doue;
Lose who wait fu~
. bouses and for
Till youth's sweet spring grows brown aud
acre
Aud love ond beauty pine.
Will never know the Joy o£ hearts
That met without a tear
When you hud but your violin,
And I a song, my dear."
If It Is possible for any two things to be
absolutely uud hopelessly opposite, the
above two contributions must be Hated In
ibis class. . u ,
One is n monument of complexity aud
grandeur, built from the mystic. The other
is a inomiuu-ut of simplicity and lyrical
beauty, bum from the heart.
Aa to which of the two should rank ns the
greatest poem, there Is no doubt at least
as to how the great mnss of the public
would Judge-and IUley's choice would uot
come out second best.
Educating the Horae for War.
iTbe Circle.)
From the earliest time# the horse has
been a poteut factor In war, aud today
bit education la a delicate aud serloua rnat-
, u mi.
■ | 1,000,
w ... airy and artillery to put
her colossal tore©* in the field; France re
quires probably 750,000, and even Great Brit
ain has needed as many as ao,OUO-lu her
serious predicament In South Africa while
she wan rtghttmr the Boers. Altliongli Bug-
land In pence time mounts only two-thirds
of her cavalry, her horse bill amounts to
about 1400M0 a yenr-a figure which may-
lie multiplied by four or live for the Ger
man army. In most countries, omulbus.
farm nnd domestic horse* are registered
•a lielng available in time of war lor mis
cellaneous service, nnd for this anything
from WO.OOO to $150,000 a year may be paid
by a military nation. Franca spends up
ward of $600,000 a year on horses for her
great armies. As a general rule, the re
cruits are five years old and coat $200 etch.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Washington, Oct. 7.—Th. following
order, have been ls.ued:
Army Order.,
Major Clarence P. Townsley, coast
artillery corps, to command Fort Bar
rancas, also of artillery district of
Pensacola: Flrat Lieutenant Rudolph E.
Smyter, Fourteenth cavalry, from St.
Louts to his regiment; First Lieuten
ant Robert McC. Beck. Jr., Twelfth
cavalry, from Jeffersonville to his reg
iment.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral A. R. Couden, addi
tional duty as president special board
OH naval ordnance, navy department;
Commander F.F. Fletcher, detached na.
val war college, to duty os member
special board on naval ordnance, navy
department; Commander J. M. Foyer,
retired, to bureau or navigation: Lieu
tenant L. S. Cox, Jr., detached Han
cock, to charge navy recruiting sta
tion, New York; Lieutenant M. J. Mc
Cormack, detached navy recruiting sta
tion, New York, to Tennessee; Ensign
D, P. Wlekersham. detached Nebras
ka. to Weft Virginia; Ensign A. F.
Carter, detached We.t Virginia, to Ne
braska.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—October 3, Mariett, at
Newport. October 4. Kanshan, at
Shanghai.
SAILED—October 4, Caesar, from
Cape Cod Bay for Philadelphia; Ten
nessee, from Newport for Hampton
Roads; Hopkins, Hull, Stewort, Whip
ple. Lawrence and Worden, from New
port for Norfolk.
Panay. Paraguay and Aryat placed
out of commission today at naval sta
tion at Cavite. Rhode Island and New
Jersey finally accepted by department,
October 2.
UOJ horse, (or
In the course of a recent case before
Mr. Justice Darling the judge declined
to make a requested ruling, saying that
If he djd so the court of appeals would
gay be was wrong. Counsel having
expressed disagreement with this view
the Judge said: “Well, you know the
court of appeals as well as I do, per
haps better, for you see them at work,
while I only see tVm at luncheon."
To which ihe barrister dryly replied:
Your lordship sees them at their
belt."
COMPLAINS AT SERVICE
OF RAILROAD TICKET TAKERS.
To tbe Editor of The Georgian:
I hare a complaint I would like to hare
pnt In your valuable paper In regard to
the poor sorrlce the ticket collectors arc
giving the public on the t'cntrnl of Georgia
railroad. I erune In from Athens recently.
While In the imsseuger shed nt Mneon. 1
notleeil the conductor of tho train enmiminl-
cntlng with n mute. I learned thnt the tick
et collector hnd brought her from Atlnntn to
Mneon when she nbould hare been cnrrlcd
from Atlnntn to ('nre Spring. The conduc
tor notified tho ticket collector of bln mls-
‘ ike, nnd bud him take the youug Indy
rer to n hold.
On boring Mneon tho next morning, I wns
IHlnsouger, nn wnt nlso this little mute,
he ticket collector came through, nnd I
snw him lift her ticket. 1'renontly the
conductor of the train camr, nnd I snw
her writing something tn him, nnd 1
the conductor sny something to tho tl
collector, uud tn n few minutes be guce
her ticket bnek to her. I motioned her to
let mo see her ticket, nnd. on rending it,
I found it rand from Atlnntn to Cnvi
Spring.
Thin young Indy.hml been rnrrled from At.
Inntn to Mneon nnd returned nil on uccount
of tile ticket collector’! not properly rand-
The Bracebridge
... Diamonds.. .
A c "Shrilling Sion,> of Mystery
and Adventure.
SYNOPSIS.
Frank (the hero) nml Reginald Brncebrldgc
(cousins) meet Mine. Vera Blavlnskr, a
beautiful woman, nt Saratoga. She Is at
tacked by n foreigner (Dr. Crfrl Mueller),
tho latter demanding that she surrender to
him "a bit of paper and a stone. Ire
claims he has tlio missing fragment and
that^'tb* others were then in the hotel.
Frank rescues her cud Is given a P*C, 5*
with permixlBOO to open It when he tulnK r
the rlarlit time hna come. A telpgrnni an
nonnees the sudden death of Reginald I
father. Frank Is made executor of the es
tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, ana
call* upon Frank to save him from arrest.
A nialil rushes Into the room nud tells Reg
inald Ids wife 1* dead nnd that he Is epare
ed with her murder. Frank nnd Reginald
leave the house by a secret passage nnu
reach tbe Bracebridge country home oa
Long Island. They• embark In nn airship.
Reginald Is sent to France. Frank warns
that the physician who attended Reginald s
wlfo resembles Dr. Mueller. He hires a
fnrm In Ohio near the ptaco where this doc-
dor lives. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter
of n fudge In Ohio. Is brought Info tho story.
l)r. Mueller falls In love with her. lie seems
to know her brother, n painter, who resides
abroad. Sylvia. Dr. Mueller and a girl
friend visit "The Hollow," nn old house,
snId to be haunted.
Raymond Thurston returns homo nnex*
S/I via nnd her brother go for a walk
and meet Basil, who qudrrcls with Ray
mond.
The following morning Ruth Pritchard la
found In the woods near the Thurston home,
unconscious. When she recovers conscious
ness. her mind Is apparently unhinged with
some horror. Ravmond Thurston Is fouua
In the studio, shot through the heart.
Sylvia suspects Basil of the murder of
her brother. .
Sylvia prepare* to visit Florida In search
Nurse Mason nppenrs *■*
. It deve*
Mueller nre greater
Rose Thurston admit* she told a falsehood
to shield Basil from suspicion of having
murdered Raymond. ^ „
Mueller, fearing to meet Ethel Creawell,
who Is stopping with bit wife, returns
home unexpectedly and nppronebes the
house unobserved In order to ascertain If
"the const Is clenr." lie and Miss Cret-
well meet nnd she brands him ns Dr.
Newell, of Dlack Horse Inn poisoning
fame." 1
Basil Thurston returns home nnd de
mands to see Sylvia. Mueller tells bis wife
she must not see her cousin. Ruth Pritch
ard returns to consciousness. .
She nceuses Mueller of the murder of Ray
mond. So does.Bitsll. who steps Into the
room In tlmo to bear the girl s wonls.
Mueller escapes during the excitement. Syl
via Is convinced of his guilt. Frank Brace
bridge arrives with detectives In search of
Mueller. Nurse Mason and Mueller steal
Frank's airship and escape, carrying with
them Reginald Bracebridge'* child. Reginald
retdrns to New York from France, and be
gins squandering Ute money with which his
cons!u supplies him.
were put off at Expert
non wns Efttontou. causing them a delay
of twenty-four tmnrs.
This Is an Imposition on the people, nnd
should In* brought liefore the railroad com
missioner*. In order that better service may
1h* given tho traveling public. TUI* little
mute was Miss Emum Rodgers, of Ctmlele,
A TRAVELING MAN.
ONLY ONE VOTE RECORDED
AGAINST SCHOOL TAX.
To the Editor of The Georgian
The spirit of Mnysvllle Is Indicated by the
result of the vote for public schools In
the election held Monday, September 3),
when only one vote wo* cast tignlnnt the
tax for public schools. This I* a flne tittle
town, possessed of n high-class eitlxenry,
and Is thoroughly alive to every moral
and educational Interest. Only last yenr the
town voted bonds for a school building,
nud bad erected what Is considered by high
authorities the best building In a town of
this size In Georgia, and one much-traveled
man has pronounced It the l>est he has seen
tn n town of this size In teu states—and It
Is his business to visit school*.
to those of . some of the larger town, of
tbe ntnte. Tbe nobtlm.nt for tbo nrhoul
in iHHintlful, anil wb.n the grant fbronx
of children raaraheri down tbe atreeta Mon-
tiny, wtih banners floatlns nml tbe legend
loirne nloft, "Vote for the future of Mny.-
vllle nml tbe Children." tbe entbmdnnni for
the nebool wan abowu by a ahouer of bat-
lotn.
The town contain* nearly 1,00) inhabi
tant*. all white, with the exception of a
dozen or two, nnd In growing Hteadlly,
several new residences lielng under con
struction at tbln moment. A residence
erected every two weeks In about tbe rec
ord for tbe lnnt year.
Tbe mercantile Interests of tbe town are
a s ntnble basis nml tbe field of trade
i constantly enlarging. Dirt In lielng
moved now for the eractloti of three blind-
■oim* brlrk stores. Altogether, the ntnte of
tho town In excellent, nnd its spirit enter
prising sink prugresntre. G. E. 1L
Mnyovllle, tin.
“This gentleman wishes to ask you
a few questions. Be sure that you
speak the truth, else you may gst Into
serious trouble." 1
With that she curtsied again to the
manager and theh to Frank, and stood
waiting his first question.
"Of course," he began, "you know
the Baroness Slavlnsky?"
“Oh, yes, sir—rooms 42 and 43." And
she glanced at the manager, who nod
ded acquiescence. "She was here about
threo weeks, and went away a few daye
ago.”
"Had she a maid with her?”
"Oh. yes, sir."
"Her name?"
"Suzanne—ah!” and she shrugged her
■houldera. "I know not her family
name. Tho baroness always called her
Suzanne—I know nothing more."
Frank smiled to reassure her and
said: >
"That Is quite sufficient. Suzanne
will do. Now, to your knowledge. Had
the baroness many visitors?"
'No. sir."
You would know. I suppose?”
Certainly—the rooms she occupied
are under my own supervision."
! am pleased to hoar that," he said,
_.J It narrows the inquiry. She had a
few visitors, then, If I may put It In
that way?” ,
"Very few. sir, to my knowledge—fine
or two, perhaps."
Revelations.
5n many occasions?"
xo. Two I should say at the ut
most." . . ...
"The same party on each occasion?
"Yes."
"Man or woman?”
"A man—quite a young man."
Frank whipped Reginald's photo
graph out of his pocket and held tt up
for her Inspection.
"Docs that look anything like him?"
he asked.
"The very man.”
"Look again," he said. "Be quite
sure about It."
"No necessity." she replied. "I know
the face In an Instant."
"Why!"
She colored up and looked - toward
tbe manager, who simply said:
“Go on—tell the truth. You have
received tips from the young mnn—
thnt does not matter. It Is the truth
now thnt wo want."
She brightened at that.
"Well,” said she, with a deprecatory
gesture toward the manager, "you must
remember the gentleman yourself, sir
—always about the place trying to see
the bnronesB.”
"Quite so! Quite so! I gave him
warning not to loiter about the hotel,”
said the manager, thrown just a bit out
of his usual equilibrium for the mo
ment. "Oh. yes: nnd that Is the young
mnn you refer to?”
"There was never any other,” she
said.
"Oh!" said Frank, pricking up his
ears, "are you sure of that?”
"Well, sir, I never saw any other.
What more can a woman say?"
"Quite so. And he gave you tips oc
casionally?'
"Yes, sir."
"What for?"
With that she looked Frank up and
down and curled her lip In a way that
made him feci uncomfortable.
"What for?" she asked.
"Yes." he said In a most severe man
ner. "What for?"
"Well," she replied, "I should thfnk
It would go xvlthout saying—he was
mad after the baroness, and thought I
might be able"
"Just so-ijunt so," Frank Inter
posed. "I quite understand. But she
did admit him on two occasions, you
, „
“Yes, sir.”
"The first was when?'
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night ago, perhaps.”
"With her long?”
"How should I know? WelL come
to think of It, I do happen do know—
about half an hour."
“You chanced to be waiting outside?"
"Just by accident."
"And he gave you a tip?"
"Well, It was his custom always,
sir.”
''Just so. Did he appear cheerful?’
No, sir. Ho was In a bad temper-
swore dreadfully, and eald he would
never como Into the hotel again."
"Oh, Indeed! But he did come
again. Now. about the second occa
sion—was he cheerful then?”
"Well, he seemed to bo—he rushed
up the stairs and never noticed me, for
Suzanne was standing outside the
baroness’ door, and as she beckoned to
him he tore away as though he had to
Catch a train and disappeared Into tho
room. That Is all I know about It I
have never laid eyes on him since. The
baroness went away the next day"
With Suzanne?"
"No; Suzanne told me she had left
her place to be married.”
"To Blbi?" Frank asked, at a ven
ture.
CHAPTER'XC.
A Surprise.
"I think she did say Blbl, but I am
not quite sure, and the maid reflected a
moment. "Blbl? Yes, I think It was
Blbl, after all.”
This so staggered Frank for a mo
ment that he could think of no further
question to put to her, so realizing the
awkwardness of the fact, he eald:
“Oh—ah—yes—I am very much ob
liged, miss. That will do, thank you.?
But as she was leaving the room he
added, “One moment," and sho faced
about again. "You, of course, have
been many times In the baroness' bed
room—had she much of a wardrobe-
dresses and all that?"
"Oh, splendid dresses, elr—wonder
ful! Such silks and aatlns and laces!
It was enough to turn one's head.”
"H’m! That will do,' good morning,"
ho eald, with his brain In a sudden
whirl. "Good Lord I" he added to him
self. "Shall I ever get to the bottom
of this accursed mystery7"
Meanwhile, the manager had rung
the bell again, and the carriage agent
of the hotel stepped Into the room.
"What this man has to say," re
marked the manager, "will doubtless
Interest you very much."
Looking at the man closer, Frank at
once recognized him aa an attendant
he had often seen at one of his clubs.
Observing Frank’s fiance of recogni
tion. he nodded.
"How do you do, Mr. Bracebridge?’
said he.
"Pretty fair," Frank answered, "but
worried over this business. You know
all about It, I suppose?"
"Yes. sir. It Is In all the papers, and
astonished me very much, I can assure
you.”
"Why?" Frank asked, somewhat sur
prised at the answer.
"Because I don’t see how such a
thing could have happened—not the
night before the baroness went away,
anyhow."
“And why?"
"Because she was not here that even
ing. At least, not between 8 o'clock
and about 1 the next morning.”
This was startling Indeed.
"How do you know that?"
"Because a closed carriage came here
at 8, Into which she entered. She re
turned In that same carriage about l In
the morning.”
Frank turned with a look of amaze
ment toward the manager, who nodded
and smiled.
"I thought this would surprise you,"
Bald he. "It does me."
When he had fairly recovered his
breath he looked the carriage agent
straight In the eyes.
"Can you swear that it was the
baroness?' he asked.
"Absolutely, sir," said he. “One
couldn't make any mistake about such
a handsome woman as that.”
"How was she dressed?'
■Very plainly, Indeed. I remarked
that particularly."
"As something unusual?’
“Very."
"Did you tee anything of the bar
oness the next day?”
“Yes. elr. On two—well, three—oc
casions. She went out In the morning
nnd did not return until between 8 and
9 In the evening. Then she came down
stairs and naked me to call a cab. I
did «o, and uaw her big Saratoga
trunk and some Land baggage put Into
It; but as this took up ali the room
1 catted another, and the two drove oft
together. That Is all I know about the
affair."
Frank was too bewildered by this
time to ask any further questions and
the man withdrew from the room.
"I am more puzzled than ever,”
Frank said to the manager when they
were once more alone. "Can you throw
any further light on the subject?”
Continued In Tomorrow's Georgian.
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