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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5. RWL
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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A Nil NEWS stands for Atlanta’s own.
lag Its own gas and electric light
plants, as It unw owns Its water
works. Other cities do tbl> and got
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once. TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS
liellerea that If afreet railways can be
operated successfully by European
cities, as they ore. there Is no good
why they can not lie
T». But w
before we arc ready for so big
’ ’ Ting! Stir
So anxloua are the Georgians
to come to Texas they no longer
nop to ask the railroads for re
duced rates.—Houston Poet.
Whnt n sorrowful thing It Is to
Georgia to see her sons coming back
from Texas by the foot rail.
The Atlanta Georgian has an
editorial on "Walt." Editor
Graves ought to know that time,
tide and political opportunities
wait for no man—not even a
newspaper man.—Alpharetta Freo
Press.
Maybe time and tide may he Impa
tient, esteemed contemporary, but you
may wager your circulation list that
the politician will "wait" on the peo
ple. He Is "obleeged to."
And did we apeak of The Albany
"Herald” as The "Newsf" Well If we
did it must have been because In our
childhood days the old "Albany
News" under Carey W. Stiles was
the towering paper of the southwest,
and The "Herald" under Colonel Mc
Intosh Is so gallantly occupylpg the
aume position that the confusion of
names was natural. This is not an
apology but an explanation.
Now It comes that John Tem
ple Graves Is afraid that a panic
is going to swoop down upon us.
Too had! We thought him the
last mortal In the world to "flop"
10 the pessimists.—Greenwood
Journal.
You are a good editor but a bad
reader, Colonel Williams. No note of
business pessimism has Jangled
among tbe cheerful harmonies of this
paper of sunshine. We have protest
ed every pessimistic wall from Rocke
feller down.
Editor Max Hamberger, of The
Mobile Herald, Is busy writing
Flitters to state papers explaining ’
that a certain widely copied art!-
clo which appeared in The Herald
recently advocating temperance
and depicting the evils of the liq
uor trafllc should have been cred
ited to The Atlanta Georgian.—
Birmingham News.
This leaves us In a maze of some
uncertainty. Was Max ashamed of
the article or was he too honest to
appropriate It? An explanation Is in
order.
Colonel Pendleton. In response
to a letter of Inquiry from one of
the Northern papers asking
Roosevelt's strength In this sec
tion, says "the Populists and
John Temple Graves am for him."
Why this exclusion?—Sparta lati
nise!! to.
The venerable Colonel has but re
cently conceded that the Populists
hare educated our modern Democracy
and perhaps this last comment Is a
prophecy of a continuing education.
The Colonel Is such a dear old
prophet.
Colonel Graves has now nomi
nated Major Hemphill of The
Charleston Xtwa and Courier for
president. This reduces the - list
of the colonel’s unnomlnated to
Mike Connolly. John Wesley
Gaines. Grover Cleveland and us,
with the convention nine months
away.—Houston Post.
The complaining note In the con
cluding line of this comment falls to
touch ns. • Colonel Hemphill has
earned his nomination by tils mod
esty. Upon (he first symptom of re-
1 a-nance ou the part of Its paragraph-
er we will nominate The Poat—for
something.
THE COTTON FLEECE AND UNIVERSAL PEACE.
With the large business and commercial suggestions which wrap
j around the great International conventions now' holding Atlanta's hospi
tality, there loom An larger reflection which concerns better things than
coramerco or money.
When the International Press Parliament met at St. Louis during
the World's Fair, the last day of the session was glvon over to a general
Interchange of good feeling and the expressions of whatever sentiment
may have been stirred up by the assembly and by the great environment
In which It was held.
Twenty-aeven nations were represented In that parliament and each
representative let out his heart and the heart of his country to his fel
lows on that day. ,
And every land, speaking through Its representative, breathed the as-
' sentiment.
Not a man who mounted the platform from the first to the last of
the great program which consumed the entire morning failed to lift his
voice toward the aspiration of universal peace.
Peace spoke from the English editors who were there and peace
from the strong men who represented the German race. Peace spoke
from France, peace from Spain and reciprocal peace from America which
had Just finished with Spain a declnlve war. The Russian and the Jap
following' fast upon each other and even In the throes of that great war
of modem times, voiced In their utterances the dream and aspiration for
the time when the battle flags would be furled between tKh countries and’
tbe angel of peace would hover once more above the carnage of war.
No' meeting so eventful, no spirit so significant Illustrated the great
St. Louis Fair of 1904.
And the same suggestion falls like a benediction upon the close of
this great commercial congress In Atlanta.' Here, too, we have 53 for
eign citizens mingling with the Americans of our present day. With our
own country re-unlted In sentiment, In sympathy and In fact, we present
to the nations a united front and a harmonious republic.
The Hague tribunal recently In session has pleaded once more to the
world for universal peace. And now while England and Germany and
Russia, and Austria and Portugal and the other countries are resting In
hospitable welcome under the shadow of our Star Spangled Danner, it
should offer a new and happy suggestion to cement that spirit of peace
which Is the hope and the promise of the world.
And we feel sure that this Is the spirit In which the convention comes
and the spirit In which the convention will go away.
The Emblem that brings them together Is thd snow white staple of
the South, and as Its fleeces unloose to the winds of the world they carry
In their color and In their softness the fit suggestion of universal peace.
What better message can America send back from Ita sunny, southern
cotton fields to the commercial nations of the world, that In the peaceful
spirit of development and trade around the whlto emblems of Its cotton
fields there lives here that same feeling whose touch always brings ap
plause from the hearts and from the bands of men?
And from the warm and Impassioned 8outh as from the colder but
equally loyal North, there goes back to all the lands whose children are
gathered here today, that we too, In our hopes and aspirations look for
ward with the eye q( prophecy and of hopo to that great and noble day
of which the English Laureate sang:
“When the war drum throbs no longer,
And all battle flags are furled,
In the parliament of man,
The federations of the world."
THE PERIL OF REACTION.
Mr. Watson strikes a note in his last Jeffersonian which sounds very
much akin to a recent editorial In The Georgian.
Mr. Watson sees, as we do, a very serious danger In any Impulsive
reaction from the spirit of gennlne economic reform which has moved our
modern and definite Democracy. To our eyes the menaco appeared
against the whole spirit of tbe people's demands In tbe, backward drift
to apathy and commercial slavery. Mr. Watson In his editorial points
tbe serious threat to tbe Integrity and effectiveness tof the Democratic
organization. His lino of thought Is Interesting. Hear him:
"Reform within the dear old Party" Is on trial In Georgia—
on trial for Its life.
Take care what you do, Mtssrs. City Editors of Democratic
dallies! '
You are playing with Are, when you tell the country people
that they must wait patiently another generation, or eo, for
\ those Reforms 7 which, last summer, were scheduled for arrival
In June, 1907. Now, you toll us to be patient: "Rome wasn't
built In a day," etc. Why, oh why! didn’t you pipe- that tune to \
the Country-folks last summer?
Why didn't you remind us that It required six hundred
years, or such n matter, to build Imperial Rome?
Why didn't you then say, "Let well enough alone?"
That's what the Old Oang said, last year. Pray don't pur
loin the Old Gang's ammunition chest.
. If there Is nothing for the Legislattire to do now, there was
nothing to complain of a year ago.
That's the casq, In a nutshell.
Do you ask, "What Is It that anybody wants done?"
The 'Jeffersonian respectfully refers you to your editorials
of last year.
LISTEN! • .
When you make It possible for men to smile scornfully as
they refer to the unredeemed pledges made last summer, you
give a black eye, a fatal stab, to the policy of "get your reforms
inside tbe Democratic party." . ■,
If you don’t quit this astonishing talk about “letting well
enough alone," and of “Rome wasn't built In a day,” you will
make It utterly Impossible for Bryan, or any other Democrat, to
ever be president.
Mark what we tell you. Gentlemen.
You are driving nails Into the coffin of “Get-your-Reforms-
Inslde-tho-Democratic-Party."
Mr. Watson Is right. The cry of the "organized Democrat" to every
honest protestant for thirty years has been “Work your reforms Inside
the party.” If the trial Is made and the fiasco results, subsequent re
forms will be Inevitably worked outside "the party,”
TYRUS COBB OF GEORGIA.
In this age of wonders when the Empire State Is sorting out and ex
ploiting Its extraordinary productions. It la utterly impossible to forget
the recent rise to glory of Tyrus Cobb of tho Detroit team.
The critics declare that Ty Cobb Is tho one man who carried the now
famous Detroit bsscbsll team to victory. He Is recognized without ex
ception as the best base runner In either league and Is regarded by ex
perts the best base runner tlje game ever saw.
Ho has led the American League In batting and Is regarded the all-
around most promising young baseball player In America. .
And he Is a Georgia boy. pure and simple—with his thews and
sinews, with his alert mind, with his eagle eye and with his dauntless
energy—all the products of the red old bills of Georgia. With the sin
gle exception of Hobby Walthour, Ty Cobb Is the most famous young
fellow engaged In the athletic sports of America, and at the present mo
ment Is sharing the limelight of expectation and of repute with Geor
gia's greatest bicycle rider In the world.
Moreover, Detroit Is looking to this youthful light-haired Georgia
boy who has not yet cast a vote, as the strongest sod .moat substantial
reliance for cspturlng the baseball pennant of the world.
The Georgian, In the full spirit of an age In which wonderful bodies
vie with wonderful brains, salutes this distinguished and promising
young cltlsen of the state.
THESE FOREIGNERS SPEAK OUR TONGUE.
There are fifty-three foreigner!! attending the Spinners’ Convention
In Atlanta.
Every Individual man of them speaks the English language fluently.
It It doubtful If fifty-three representatives of foreign countries as
sembled In convention In any other country of tbe world would be able
to speak the language of that land so well. x
This accomplishment Is a tribute to the virile force of onr American
Institutions and to the prestige and repute which our great country
bears among the nations of the world. Alt the people of all- the lands
look to America and tbe man who contemplates travel or commerce or
Invention or Industry or war, finds it necessary to study our language,
which la the language of onr mother country, In order to be a gentleman
of the world.
Major Church Howe, the new consul to Manchester, who has been
so long In the consular service In Italy, tells The Georgian that the Eng
lish language Is s.token almost generally among the Italian people. He
explains this fact by the equally interesting statement that CO per cent
of the Italians who come to America go back to Italy. That as soon as
an Italian can earn a thousand dollars In this country, he can go back to
Italy and Im? rich upon the Investment of that sum. where living is so
easy and the commodities of life so cheap. In going back to Italy It Is
also stated as a fact that the Italian immigrant does not go back to his
native language, but resolutely prefers our own, and for that reason our
American tongue Is current in large measure among the middle classes
as well as the nobility of the kingdom of Italy.
We aro quite sure that when this great convention return^ Us rep
resentatives to their several homes there will be carried an additional
Impetus to the respect and admiration felt for the American republic
throughout the world.
IS AN EXTRA SESSION “FOOLISH?"
Colonel Thomas E. Watson does not agree with his ally of The Jour
nal that It would be a foolish thing for the governor to call an extra ses
sion of the legislature. Says the Thomson statesman:
Why so?
The Atlanta Journal can not deny that, on the whole, the
work done at the regular session was an extreme disappoint
ment to the reform element, which united to make Hoke Smith
governor. The Jeffersonian made due allowance for the difficul
ties under which the new administration labored, and gave due
credit to Governor Smith for his strenuous energy In wresting
from an adverse legislature the little that was done In tbe way
of reform.
The Candler-Overstreet hill Is a good law, If propefly en
forced, but It Is nothing, otherwise. We did not favor the In
crease In the number of commissioners, nor do we now think
that the Increase was either nocessary or wise. In that respect,
wo thought the senate was right and the administration wrong.
But, after all. that was a detail; anil while'the two additional
commissioners will cost the state, each decade, a big pile of
money which could be spent to better purpose, we were not dis
posed to harp on the subject.
But when The Atlanta Journal objects to the extra session
on the score of the expense, and characterizes It as "foolish," we
cannot help smiling at Its attitude. Atlanta politicians don’t
seem to mind the expense when it comes to creating more well-
paid offices; but when those who think that the pledges made
to tho people ought to be kept In good faith, even If we have to
re-assemble the legislature, why, the Atlanta politicians sudden
ly become as parsimonious as though they themselves were ex
pecting to pay the expenses.
What an absurd subterfuge It Is, to say that we must not
give the people what wo promised them, because It will cost too
much! Would wc have dared to talk that way last summer?
Which {Imply Illustrates that men even In the same cause can not
always agree and that the only honest thing Is for each man to gay what
he thinks- 1
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records eneb day
ftotno economic fact In reference to
tbe onward progress of tbe South.
1 BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Tho Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index aaya In Ita Issue for this week:
"The coming to j^ie South from eleven countries of the Old World and from
»w Kttglnnd of spin iters and capitalist*, who are attending a cotton conference Jn
Atlnntn and Who will make a tour oMhe cotton belt, Illustrates an Inevitable
and uninterrupted tendency. Mills for spinning cotton hare l»een coming and will
come In Increasing numbers to the South to find their proper and logical places In
the midst of cotton fields. In growing volume, dollars follow dollars Into this sec.
tlon, attracted by tho certainty of aubftantJnl profit from tbe development of re.
sources which In their variety and Holmes* arc unsurpassed. In Georgia and Al-
a bn urn this development Is little short of wonderful. Week after week new Indus-
trlsl plants are established, municipal Improvements projected and upbuilding con
tinues steadily. Tills week The Index reports the forrantlon of a company, com
posed of Georgia and New England capitalists, with cnpltal stock of 1300,000, to
build and operate an fnterurhau electric railway 60 mites in length. Another com-
pany organised by the same people will btilld ami operate a gas plant, creosotlng
plant and a plant for the distillation of rosin and turpentine. A company organ-
laed In nn Alalwmn nty during the week will establish an electric lighting and
power plant, developing n water power, lmlld and operate nn electric railway,
use electricity In mining ojjeratlon* n«d later will build nn Ice factory. The defi
nite projection of these enterprise* Illustrates what la being doue every week In
Georgia and Alabama.
"Among other Industrial plants reported by The Index this week are cotton
factory, gvlncnuga. Ala.; canning factory, AlbertvIUo^ Aljbj Jet-factorIc». ( A 11 mny,
oil
rime factory. Hnntavllle. Ain. There la great activity In construction lines. A M0.-
port club hduse, Brunswick. Gn.; f10.000 business building. Andalusia, Ala., and $10..
0M residence, Atlanta. Un., are Illustrative of eonstructjtin of that character plan
ned. Others are churches. Corrtele, Go., and (Vdrtrtown. Gs,; street and sidewalk
paving, Newnnn, Gn.. and Columbus. Gn.; school buildings, Dublin, Ga., and Mon
roeville. Ala.: railway terminals, Bessemer, Ala.: apartment .boose and $13,000
warehouse. Birmingham, Ain. Two cltlta are to hold elections upon the liana nee
of Improvement bonds. Among the contract awards noted are ateel bridge, Mon
roe county, Georgia; $13,000 library, Marion, Ala.; $38,000 courthouse. Harris coun
tv. Georgia, and $740,000 lock construction work on the Tom big bee river. In Ain-
laiina. A land company has lH*cn organised at Tlfton, Gn.. to develop town sites.
Illustrative of Increasing land values, two building lots In s smith Gfprgln town,
which were bought ulne years ago for $50. were sold .last week for $4,600.’
A PLEA FOP 7HE TEACHERS
To the Editor of The Oeorglan:
Ever nines my earliest recollections
I have been Interacted In. the public
echOoU of Atlanta—not only because In
them did I receive my education, but
because my father waa one of the
founder* of the system, and until his
death a member of the board of edu
cation.
It la, therefore, but natural that I
take more than ordinary Interest In an
Institution which hns meant so much
to me. and ftel that I have a right
to pen my thoughts In behalf of the
teachers who are being so unjustly
treated. In Insisting upon the frequent
normal classes with longer hours than
ever before, the board of education and
superintendent seem to forget that the
teachers are not mere machines and
that their power of endurance can not
last forever. Their rlghteoue Indigna
tion hns been aroused.
If Incompetent teachers have been
elected, 'tie the fault of those In author
ity. Something Is radically wrong
somewhere. It Is a gross Indignity to
subject teachers to the humiliation of
being treated aa children, when many
have given the best years of their Urea
to thla work. There was a time when
young Atlanta received Instruction
from teachers who were not equipped
with college education, and still we can
point with pride to-the result of their
teachings. In my own clase of twenty-
three who were graduated eleven have
been teachers at some time or other.
At present five hold responsible posi
tions—Mrs. A. T. Wise, assistant prin
cipal of the Girls' High School; Miss
Anne Wallace, librarian of Carnegie
Library; Miss Hill, associate teacher
of Girls* High School; Mias Long, as
sistant principal of Edgewood Avenue
School, end Mr*. Elisabeth Fry Page,
a noted newspaper writer. All are wor
thy tributes to the faithful teachers
who were elected to their positions be
cause of merit and not for political In
fluence. At present good teachers are
scarce and In demand, and I have It
from good authority that many are pre
paring themselves for more remunera
tive and less grinding positions.
When one considers the patient, con
scientious work the great majority of
our teachers give In return for ex
tremely poor salaries, how can men of
such Intelligence as the members of
our board of education Justify their
consciences by demanding more of
these teachers? C. M. P,
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
IS RIGHT THIS TIME,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Iq your l.aue of October 7 was an aril
■ te from the facile and fluent pen of tbe
al-»re able tllapenaer of the King's Eng
lish. eoneernlng Ibe matter pf wearing of
monrnlns. hi that article opposition wn,
taken to the demand of fa.blonf that
mourning should lie adopt,-din dress by tela
tires of deeeaied people when death cams
to ,neh people aa a blessing more than
a calomlly—«ueb a, were Iniane or Imbecile
or otherwise hopeless sufferers. I wish to
cordially Indorse the sentiment expressed
and to s,ld thereto.
In a Christian Isnd and amon Christian
people, where s fsltbfnl follower of Jeans
dies, and Is gone, os Christiana ln)l*ve,
to the eelesttni home of the good, the
event should not lie rnmmemorated by blaek
caskets, black funeral ears, black horses
and blaek vestments, but rather all para
phernalia of sorrow should be set aside
and a cheerful east he given tbe occasion.
drape I
r of ci
around It. Long faces and long
should not -
been lowered to Its earthy reeling place.
I can see one occasion for mourning and
somber funerals, and that Is the occasion
of tbe death of a person who Is not a
Christian—one whose soul Is doomed f» tbe
agony of lost souls. When such a person
dies, then It wotdd he proper to mourn,
end have a mournful funeral, for aneh
aa rrrnt Is the saddeet of all In human
history, and there ta no crepe of dark
enough shade nor eeakrt of so somhrr bu
ss to properly memorialize an event so ca
\Y. O. HITLER.
ARMMAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington, Oct. Lieutenant-Colonel
William I*. Evans. Eleventh Infantry, from
Fort Slocum to his regiment In Cuba.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ell I). Hoyle, Sixth
Field artillery, to command Fort Slocum.
First Lieutenant George W. Wlnterburn,
Ninth cavalry, front general hospllaj, I'r*.
sldlo of San Frnnelseo, to proper station.
Captain Guy V. Henry, Twelfth cavalry,
from Washington, to monnted service school
at Fort Riley.
Major Iloel 8. Bishop, FUlh cavalry; Cap
tains J Haranl .Schlndet. Math Infantry:
Henry I). Todd, Jr., roost artillery corns;
William J. Snow, Sixth Held artillery: tiro.
T. I'ntterson. roast artillery corps, and F.
II. McCoy, Third cavalry, aldra de camp to
army war college, November 1.
CnpUIn Alfred B. Putnam, corps of en-
S users. from First battalion of engineers
> Chattanooga.
Navy Orders.
Commander W. 1. Chamber!, te bureau
of ordnance.
Lieutenant p. F. Boyd, detached Colo-
redo, home, wall orders.
Movement of Veeiele.
Arrived—ttciober 4: Rocket at Norfolk.
October 8: Ajax at Bradford, R. I.; Ten-
ueeaee at Hampton Rootle. October S: Ohio
tt Touipklnscllle: Prairie at Newport; Hop-
klti. Whlpple \\ onion, Lawrence, Stewart
and Halt at Norfolk.
Kall.il—October I: Maine, from Cepe Cod
Day for Lrogue lalnmtt Kentucky,, from
Cape Cod liny for Norfolk: Mayitnre?
from Cape Coil Bay for Washington: Ohio,
from Cnne Cod Bay for navy yanl. New
lock; Marietta, from Newport for navy
a re. New York; I'rnlrie. from Boston for
wport; Nero, from Bradford for PhUa-
drlnfila: October g. Missouri, from cape
Cod Bay for Boston; Kesrsarge, from Cape
Cod Bey for League lelend. **
The Bracebridge
. .. Diamonds.. .
A ‘"Shrilling Story of Mystery
and Adventure.
SYNOPSIS.
Frank (the berm and Reginald Itrarebrldgc
(constn.) meet Mme. Vera Skivlnsky, a
beautiful woman, at Saratoga. She fa at
tacked by a foreigner (Dr. Carl MUfjieri,
(!('■ hitler demanding that she fmrren’
him "n bit of paper and a stone.'
clnlms ba baa the missing fragment and
me. A telegram nn-
death of Beglnnld’s
father. Frank Is made executor of tbe es
tate. Reginald Is charged with forgdty. and
rails upon Frank to save him from arrest.
A maid rushes Into the room and tells Reg
inald bis wife Is dead and that be Is charg
ed with her murder. Frank and Reginald
leave the house hv a secret passage and
reach the Bracebridge country borne on
Long Island. Tbev embark in an ntrshlp.
Reginald la sent to France. Frank learn*
that tbe physician who attended Reginalds
wife resemldes Dc. Mueller, wile biros n
farm In Ohio near the piece where this doc*
tor llres. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter
friend visit "The
e*M to be haunted.
Raymond Thurston returns home unex
pectedly and Is greeted by h!s sister during
Ibe temporary absence of her flunce.
Sylvia and her brother go for a walk
and meet Bnall, who quarrels w
n,'ll.1.
Tbe following morning Rnfh Pritchard Is
found In the woods near the Thurston home,
unconscious. When sho recovers conscious
ness, her mind Is npparentlv unhinged with
some botvr~ ” ’ *—*
In the stq .-. ...
Sylvia suspects Basil of the murder of
her brother.
Sylvia prepares to visit Florida In search
of health. Nurse Mason appears on the
scene, nnd It develops that she and Pc.
Mueller nre greater friends than appears on
York.
Bose Thurston admits the fold a falsehood
to shield Basil from suspicion of having
murdered Raymond.
Mueller, fearing’ to meet Ethel Creswell.
who Is Slopping with bis wife, returns
home unexpectedly nnd approaches the
house unobserved in order fo uncertain If
"the coast Is clear." Ho nnd Miss Ores-
well meet nnd she brands him «« “Dr.
Newell, of Black Horso Inn poisoning
feme."
ard returns to consciousness.
Ruth rritch-
Mueller escapes during the excitement,
rials convinced of his guilt. Frank Ilrnco.
bridge arrives with detectives In senreb of
Mueller. Nurse Mason nnd Mueller steal
Frank’s airship and esenpe. carrying with
them Reginald Rracebrldgws child. Reginald
returns to New York from France, nnd be
gins squandering the money with which his
cousin supplies Dim.
"I am afraid you will not term It
llffht," said he. "However, It will be
for you to judge”—and he rang the
bell araln. Within a few minutes a
doorman put In an appearance, and the
manager explained that he was sta
tioned at another entrance to the hotel,
nnd knew his cousin very well, and
further suggested that, to simplify mat
ter*, FTank should at once show him
Reginald’s photograph.
He did so, and the result was quite
extraordinary. The man's smile as he
glanced at It stretched very nearly from
ear to ear.
Oh. yes. he knew the young man well
enough, but. It was equally plain that,
aa yet, he knew nothing of the hideous
business now under Investigation. He
Imd seen the young man half a dozen
limes a day for several- weeks, but not
since the baroness left the hotel, nnd
he grinned again. This waa all trivial
epougn, but when Frank asked him
when he had last seen Reginald hut
reply was Indeed a "staggerer.”
"Why," said he, after barely a sec-
olid'a reflection—“why, It was the night
before the baroness went away—about
halt-past 11 or perhaps a little later.
He suddenly came rushing through tho
corridor, slipped a dollar Into my hand
without saying a word, and I saw him
hall a cab at the corner of the boule
vard and drive av/ay. I have never
seen him since, sir.”
Was he In evening dress?” Frank
then asked.
"No, air. In a business suit.”
"Thanks. That will do."
When the man had left the room
Frank fixed hla eyes upon the manager.
He evidently saw they wove full of
perplexity, for he merely shrugged hla
shoulders and said; •
'Well, there you are! What do you
make of It?”
"Nothing.” Frank said, aa he arose
and reached for bis hat. "I am a« much
In the dark aa ever."
So am I," eald the manager, rising
In turn. Frank thanked him heartily
lor hla courtesy, and a few minutes
later found himself In a state of abso
lute bewilderment on the streets again.
He was about to take a seat In a cafe
when a cab drove up and a gentleman
and lady alighted. Al the driver waa
gathering up the reins to drive away
Frank auddsnly eapled upon the panel
the number 8410. He shouted at once
to the man, and the next Instant was
an oceupant of that cab,
chaIpter XCI.
New Clews.
Straight ahead to Central Park." he
aald, wishing to gain time for "further
reflection.
With that the driver cracked hi*
whip, and away they sped, until at last
Frank leaned formard.
"Drive me," he said, "to some quiet
cafe you may chance to know about
here. I want to have a private chat
with you.” ,,
He at once Blackened speed, faced
around and gave the occupant one all
comprehensive glance up and down and
then, seemingly satisfied with his In
spection, said:
"Good,” and Immediately turning
down a side street, he shortly pulled
upVit a dingy little establishment and
descended from hie seat. Frank Jump,
ed out at the same moment.
“Thla place Is all right." said he. en
tering through the open doors. "I
know the owner," and nodding pleas
antly to that personage, who stood be
hind the bar, he led Frank to a table
In a corner, well out of earshot of the
other customer*.
'To begin with, what will you drink?"
Frank naked, beckoning to a shabby
little waiter who stood at the bar.
"Seltxer," eald he.
Frank ordered a highball and when
these had been served he aald:
’And now to business. About half-
past 10 last evening you picked up a
fare Just outside the station and drove
in this direction. He was a man with
a beard, and a foreigner.”
The cabman looked steadily at him
for a moment across the table, and then
aald:
'•What of Itr
"To begin with, 1 should like to know
the name of the man. Could you tell
me?"
•And If t could r
"It would be to your pecuniary ad
vantage," Frank answered. "ThatV
all.”
"Very well, but unfortunately I never
saw him before In my Ilf*.”-. I
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tell me to what address you drove him."
Ho grinned.
should Ir 1 could d0 thati but why
Frank 'took a bln from hla pocket and
pushed It toward Mm. •
"That Is my answer. There will bo
more to follow If in any way you can
assist me In finding out what I want to
Know.”
"Is It a police matter?" he asked, now
keenly alive to the business possiblll-
tit* of the interview,
. "No. Tho police have nothing to do
with It. It Is purely a private concern
of my own." ....
A Meeting.
"Well." aald he. quietly pocketing the
bill, "I will tell you all-1 know at pres
ent. The gentleman directed me to
drive to the Hotel Madrid; Arrived
there he bade me wait for a few mo
ments and went Inside.
"A man who wto evidently waiting
for him leaped up from a table as he
caught sight of him. They both came
outside and seemed excited, the pair
of them. They talked In some language
I couldn't understand a word of. and
then my fare took a lot of papers from
his pockets, looked through them once,
twice, three times, then began to stamp
nnd swear, as I took It, at a terrible
rate. Then the other began, and I
thought for a moment there was going
to be a row. But suddenly my man
turned and pointed to the cab. With
that they both leaped In and I was told
to drive to 549 East Twenty-sixth
street."
“And you dropped them there?"
"Yes. I drove away and thought no
more about It."
"Would you know the men again?"
“Yes, among a thousand. With all
their pawing an the sidewalk I couldn't
help but notice them. Then, too, I got
Interested. It was plain that some pa
per was missing from that lot in his
pocket (Frank smiled secretly at this),
and what I thought was this: He fan
cies he has left that paper at home and
is taking the other chap to look at It.",
"So, that being the ease, tho infer
ence In that the first man Is living at
No. 549 East Twenty-sixth street?'*
"Precisely,” said the cabby, with em.
phasls. ‘ *
"So that he may occupy a flat there?"
"Exactly. That Is my Idea,"
Frank reflected n moment. Then he
said: "Well, In that case, there ought
to b* some way of ascertaining his
name and possibility of keeping track
of his movement*.”
The cabman laughed.
"It Is very odd. sir," he said, "but
my brother-in-law Is Janitor at No.
649."
“Good!” Frank exclaimed; "th»n you
can be of service to me.”
"I am not so euro,” he answered.
“The trouble Is we had a row a few
months ago and are not now on speak.
Ing terms. If I ventured there he would
turn me out of the place."
"That Is a pity. Is he your sister's
husband ?" -
"Yee."
•Well, what about her? I» she, too.
In the quarrel?"
"No; oh, no."
‘Well, could you not manege to eee
her outside somewhere?"
"I waa Just thinking about that," he'
answered, and from the cunning look
In hie eye Frank could well see what
was now uppermost In his mind.
He unfolded two <20 bills. These
were placed on the table before the
cabman.
. "Are you prepared to make an honest
deal with me?"
"Yes," said he, eagerly.
"Well, that Is my card," Frank said,
producing It. "I am a lawyer, practicing
In this city, aa you will perceive, and
there Is nothing In'll:!* case to compro
mise you In any nlrapo or form. For
private reasons of my own I want to
learn all 1 possibly can about this man."
He nodded vigorously,
"I quite understand, sir,” aald he.
"Now," Frank added, “I know the
number of your cab. but that Is Insuf
ficient. Have you any oblectlon to glv.
Ing me your name and address?' 1
“Not at all, elr—why should I?” and
after a diligent search through his
pockets he produced a soiled and crum
pled envelone and handed It tb Frank.
“There you are,” said he.
Upon the envelope Frank read:
^ "John Vail, 47 Beeknum street, New
"That Is my old mother's handwrit
ing," eald he, "and I tell no lies with
that before me.”
As he had n rather honest face Into
the bargain Frank at once said:
"Very weR. I nm prepared at once
to hand you this 840. In addition to the
15 I have already given you. You will
divide thla money between yourself and
your slater In any way you think III.
If you fulfill your part of the agree
ment to my satisfaction I will aend .
you 8100 more.
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