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1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER ft. THE ATLANTA 6E0R0UN (AND NEWS) Published Every Afternoon (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 25 West Alabama 8t. f Atlanta, G; Subscription Rates: Throe Months One Month By Carrier, Per Week . ..$4.10 •ill Smith A Ttiowp.nn, advertising rep- rrernutlrre for oil territory outild. of rMan Offle* .... Trtlione Bnlldlng. Now Yorlt Office .... Brunswick Bid*. If ron bar. *mr trouhlc getting THR OKtfBOIAX A Nil NEWS, telephone the rirculnHon deportment ond horo It promptly remedied. Telephone.: Bell 4K7 main; Atlanta MOL BabscrlPere drelrlne TIIB GEOB* QIAN AND NEWS dlneontlnueil mast notify this office on the oat. of expire, lion; otherwise. It will be eontlnned at the rranlnr subscription ratea nntll notice to atop I. reeelred. In orderltnt A ch.a»e of address, plr.iie (tr. the old aa well aa the new addmi. liKOUlilAN a.nii Anna im ntniien io 300 word. In leiifth. It Is Imper.tlr. that they I* signed. a. an evidence of «nod faith. Hejeeted monaserlpU will THU OROBOIAX AND NEWS prints no nnelean or objectionable nilvertls- Inf. Neither doe. It print whl.ky or any liquor ndi. OtlR PLATFORM: TIIE OEOBOIAN AND NEWS .land, for Atlanta's own- Inc If, own im» and eleetrlc light plant,, a. It now own. It, water work.. Other rttles do thl. and get an, low a, 00 rent., with a proltt aaaralaa saee* . , rltle^ aa I her are, there la no itood re, non why they can not be ao oper- ntocl here. Bnt we do not betlere this eon be done now. and It may ba adma year, before wo or. ready for ao Ida an nndertokln*. Still Atlanta ahnuld act It, faee In that direction NOW. Progress of The United States. "Statistical Record of the Profrenn of the United States. 1800-1907," la the ' title of a publication lust lesued by the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor, and while com posed exclusively of columns of figures, the record of progress which It shows . for the United State# and Its Indus tries and commerce la extremely Inter- rating. Among the many Intdsqitlntt facta which It presents la that the money In circulation In the United States on July 1, 1907, was <1.773,000, against 12.711000 In 1I0S and <1.410,- ooo on the corresponding dnte of H97. a decade ago. Deposits In savlnka banka are set down at <1,495,000, against <1.290 In 1900 and <1,001,000 In 1107; the total deposits In all banks, at <13,- 000,000,000 In 1007, speaking In round terms, against ill,<50,000,000 In 1005 and but <5,000,000,000 In 1507. The public debt, less cash In the treasury, 1* given at <571,000,000 In 1907, against <944,000,000 In 1004 and <057,000,000 In 1997; and the per capita Indebtedness, 110.15 In 1007, agslmt 511.45 In 1006 and <11.75 In 1107. The annual Inteieat charge of the public Indebtedness on July 1, 1007, Is given at 21 2-3 million dollars, agnln.t 133,350,000 at the corresponding date of last year and 141-3 million* at the corresponding dais of 1107; and ths annual Interest charge per capital, 35 ctnta In 1007, against 22 cents In 1005 and 41 cents In 1907, a decade earlier. The merchandise Imported Into the Country Is given at 1,434 million dollars In the fiscal year 107, against 1,217 millions In 105 and 7(5 millions In U97, having thus nearly doubled during the decade; while exports of domestic mer chandise are set down at 1.(54 mil lion* In 1007, against 1,711 millions In 1004 and 1,012 millions In' 1507. Man ufacturers' crude materials Imported are given at 447 millions In 1007. against 415 millions In 1904 and 191 millions In 1597; manufactures for fur ther use In manufacturing, at 274 mil lion dollars, against !!(, millions In the Immediately preceding year and II mil lions In 15*7, a decade earlier. On the export side, crude materials for use In ntanufacturlng are given at 501 mil lions In 1007, against 500 1-2 millions h. 1004 and 207 millions In 1507; manu factures for further use In manufac turing, at 250 millions, against 221 mil lions In the Immediately preceding year and 92 millions In 1507; ond manufac tures ready for consumption, 401 mil lions In 1007, against 410 millions In 1904 and 211 millions In it97. The records of production are also encouraging. While the flgures of pro duction are In moat casts stated by calendar years and can therefore be given In this publication only for the calendar year loot, they chow In nearly all cases an Improvement over the Immediately preceding year. Pig-Iron production for 1I0< Is given at over 25 million tons, against 21 millions In 1905 and 0 1-3 millions In 1(97. Pe troleum production Is given at C 1-5 billion gallons, against 2 1-1 billions a deesde earlier. The number of cotton spindles In operation In mills of the Northern states, 15 2-1 millions, against 13.9 millions In 1117; and of tbs South ern states, o minions, against t 1-4 millions In 1(07. Evidence, of activity among the manufacturers are ehown by Increased Importations of material used by them. Crude rubber Imported during the fis cal year 1007 amounted to 77 million pounds, against 57 1-4 millions tn 1904 and 35 1-1 millions In 15*7; raw silk imparted, .nearly It million pounds, ■gainst 17 millions In 190( and less than I millions In 1(07: while many > ther articles used In manufacturing thow material gains over the Imports • 1 last ysar and largt Increases when compared with those of a decade eor- WHAT GOVERNOR SMITH HAS DONE. The Georgian's readers could well draw a lesson from the contro versial attitude of our two contemporaries at this time. The Constitution and Tho Journal are keeping up a sort of running Are In referenco to the governor’s promises, the railroad commission, each bther, and so forth. . One of tho strangest things about such controversies is the fact that it Is presumed that the reader of each paper has read what the other has said, which, of course. Is not the caso, and unless the statements being answered were reprinted with the answer. It would seem little more than a correspondence carried on through tho pages of tho respective papers. The Georgian does not comment on the matter at this time with any idea of interfering with the daily exchango of compliment* by its contem poraries, but to remark a few remarks and then preach a little preach. The Georgian did not'aupport the friend of cltbor of our friends for office, since we set out to have no political favorites in our Journalistic career. So, we speak unbiasedly. But to say the least, we believe it to be ungenerous In our friends of The (Constitution to. attempt tb depre ciate the extent to which Mr. Smith has. carried out his promises. So far as we are concerned, If we measured our opinions by our busi ness yard-stick, folks might expect us to take sides with our morning con temporary, because their criticism is against our more direct competitor, The Journal, and its acknowledged candidate—our present governor. We can not do so In this case, however, tor although The Journal and we ex change spoiled eggs occasionally, events have shown that they supported a good and great man for governor, anti they deserve the credit that Is due them for It No one can honestly say that Mr. .Smith has failed to achieve more of the things promised in his campaign than any man we hare known In public office In a generation. Oovernor Smith probably never can seem as fair and honest and wholesome to those who opposed him as he does to his friends—he could never expect a wholesome, steady support from the opponents to his po- ' iitlcai success. But in an age like this—an ago of optimism and prog ress—when all the world Is akin and at one for the uplift of humanity, it is hardly right, since the people have selected a man for their chief magistrate, to do less than accept their choice and spend ail our effort In building with him and In clearing the briafi from tho path of state that the welfare of the people at least may have an opportunity to push along. Mr. Smith has not carried out all his promises—very true. We know of very few who bad any Idea he could do so in so short a time. Even some of those who were most anxious for him to carry them out have weakened at the knees since the stern work began Just because the medicine has griped a little, and they haven't the foreslghtedness to stand It till the result Is accomplished. Some of the governor's good friends In Georgia who were lying awake nights worrying for railroad regulation, now, simply because In retaliation the railroads have stopped their work temporarily, are finding no words sufficiently harsh to criticise him tor doing what they asked him to do. Such men are sometimes labeled "weichers” and “croakers” as they are laid on the shelves of the cata combs of time—they don’t count much on whosever side they are. Some business men, merchants and others who psy the freight, are also croaking. Gentlemen, do you doubt that Governor Smith Is fully aware of the value of the railroads to us? Do you believe that a man who has been in the homes of every one of Georgia's counties and stud ied the needs of the stato as he has been able to do, has any Idea of trying to annihilate the great arteries of our trade and Industrial up building? Do you think he would allow himself tb become an enemy to this greatest branch of our Industry? We do not—and any man who stops to think seriously will conclude the same thing. Listen a minute; Everybody knows that to cut off Atlanta's and Georgia's railroad progress would be the snuffing out of our candle of commercial life—that Atlanta proporty would return to acreago, and our buildings be crows’ nests. Have you, then, ever heard that practically all Governor Smith has Ig In Atlanta property? Do you know ho Is now erecting a magnificent store building on the corner of Pryor street and Auburn avenue? And that the element of selflehnesa, If nothing olse, would bring to the surface that first of nature's laws, self-preservation, and cause him to stop before he- had wrought any of this ruin we hear about? And do you realise that euch regulation os Is being attempted with railroad Interests generally can but look severe to the railroads' themselves, since thoy have so long had their own way and have all but ruled the people who now are trying to rulo themselves and the rail roads a little? And don’t you know where the five billions and more In railroads that Mr. J. J. Hill talks about, came from, and that railroad tracks are not being laid In south Georgia simply becauso the people are good looking, hut because the freight Is there and the future is there for the road that pioneers? It is always the case with men who really do things in thl* life that they are damned if they do and damned It they don't, and we think tho governor should feel very much encouraged oyer the Infallible signs that he Is doing something—men finding fault because of what he has done, others becauso of what he has not done. The criticism that tho tour millions of dollars havo not been restored to the people from tho railroads Is undoubtedly more of a taunt than any thing &sc. There Is little doubt but that, with rates regulated as they are really being regulated, with service more regular, with some one to say that the shipper shall havo cars for the peach crpp that be haa la bored hard through the year to produce, with Inspection of tracks that will lead to the avoiding of accidents and the loss of many human lives, there will be restored to our peoplo .many times four millions In not only money but peace and happiness In' our homes. And now about the little preach—Governor and The Jotirnal, we hear, and that on pretty good authority, that you do not look on your defeated opponent and your neighborly contemporary with all the magnanimity that great big men and Inatltutlons that you are should do. We read in tho rules of politics that it is not right to forgive, and that It Is always wrong to forget. But that waa the old way—the antique mothod, the stage coach era, and wo are living In a grand and awful time, when our words travel to the end* of the earth on the lightning, when we speed our bodies through space like the shooting of comets, and whon men more nearly unite for the uplift of the race then has ever been known before. The whole world le changing—Is getting better. Thought Is healthier— life is longer—homes ar« happier -men are richer—all goes more smooth ly because men know themselves better. Twenty years ago the United States had 82,004 men In prisons—today we have twenty million more population and only 81,000 In prison. The world 1* getting better—and why not all help It along? It Is ungenerous, we believe, that the criticism should have arisen— It le to be regretted that It should have been answered—with bitterness, too. - Let every man live op to the best he has In him—let us spend every energy to drive the ship of life before the gales that pursue us and let us make every lick count But b> the strength that In us Is, let ue forego the momentary satisfaction of humoring our feelings, justly or otherwise, when the spare thought end the energy eo consumed could be dedicated to the higher things of uplifting and educating our race. This Is a-new era, gentlemen. Ood help ue to blot out the past and to clasp hands over the years that lie between, tnat we may grow In the knowledge of the truth. - CONVOCATIONS OF GREAT RELIGIOUS BODIES. Two great militant religious organizations arc now In session In Georgia. At Carterevllle the North Georgia Methodist Conference con vened on Wednesday and Is being attended by many remarkable men, lay and clerical, representative of the religious and business Interests of the state. In no portion of the South has Methodism flourished more than In Georgia. It has made Itself (pit at every crisis In tho history of the state, and has, through the influenco of the many wonderful men who claim membership In Its fold, been one of the dominant factors In the elevation and development of the citizenship of the state. A gratifying feature of tho reports made on Wednesday at Carterevllle waB the announcement that nearly one and a half million dollars had been raised during the past year by Southern Methodist* for domestic and foreign missions! Tho forty-first session of the North Georgia Conference now being held at Carterevllle will rank In Importance with any meeting of this great reli gious body held In tho past At Valdosta the Georgia Baptist Convention met on Tuesday with large and representative delegations from various parts ot tho state. Ex-Governor Nortben, of Atlanta, was re-elected, to preside over this splendid religious convocation and each day sees much work accomplished for tho good, not only of the Baptists of Georgia, but for all grades and classes of people who come within the beneficent In fluence of this great religious denomination. A remarkable fact connect ed with the history of the Baptist and Methodist churches In Georgia Is the unusual number of statesmen and jurists In this state who have been faithful members of one or the other of these denominations, and who havo carried into public life the vital, loyal faith aad the aggressive un daunted power which mark the adherents ot both of these great religious aggregations. The Georgian 'extends heartiest greetings both to the Baptists at Val dosta and the Methodists at Carterevllle and bids them Godspeed in their - glorious work for the moral upbuilding of the state. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgina here record* each ilnj tome economic /net tu reference to the onward progress of the South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY Tho New* and Observer, of Raleigh. N. C., Issued with It* regular edition of November 6 a supplement of seventy-two pages In n very attractive form that Illustrates the progress of th?»t state Industrially nnd eouimerelnlly which alto gether presents one of the most Illuminating stories of what one Houtbcru statu nss accomplished that has ever been given to the public. ..For Instance, the ststo show* n growth In Its agricultural products from 1W0 to of $o0,000,000. the present volume being $100,000,000, while tue Increase In manu facturing products for the same period rose from $40,000,000 to orer $100,000,000 at 121 factories with a combined on pita I of <5,006,000 nud mi annual output of $8,600,000. A corresponding development Is shown In the lumber industry, with great arena reclaimed from unproductive nnd seemingly worthless lands, into those of tho highest value through trucking Interests. All portions of tus state share In the general progress shown, with no one sec tion or locality prospering at the expense of others. The principal lines of Indus try and advance are Indicated In these sources) Tobacco, cotton, furniture, horti culture, resorts, lumber, life Insurance, Are Insurance, truck farming nnd banking. The News and Observer has rendered tho entire state a most rslunblo service In this publication. GEORGIA WOMAN IS STIRRED BY HER NATIVE STATE’S RECORD To the Editor of The Georgian: A few Sabbaths since I, nn Atlanta wom an, making her home Jn Alabama, sst in a grant gathering of Montgomery people to hear Seaborn Wright's temperate speech on temperance. Aa the atory of Georgia's tri umphant cleansing was unfolded there swept over this Georgian such a flood tide of love and pride for and In "The Red Old Hills'* that It could scarcely be sup pressed then nnd there. I wanted to shout aloud and claim "kinship" with such men— for had not tho same hills given us all tho breath of life? I thought of the motive liehlnd the found ing of our colony; the oppressed had* ever found a shelter there. 1 thought of the grim struggle of reconstruction days—nnd again the trumpet tones of Gordon, fit Ben jamin Harvey 11 Ml and their brothers mug In my ears as they called the sons of Geor gia to the defense of her hills and homes. T thought of—and beard with nn ear that only a woman possesses— those cries for protection thnt so lnteiy roused her sons; and again Georgla'a men. led by a paper consecrated to nil that will tuuke a people great, responded to thnt call. I waved unr bond to Montgomery friends on<1 or Id, "That'# the nay *« do thluga in Georgia! I—hope—It'a the way—we'll do thlnge In Alabama!" I could not sleep on that speech. I needs mnstegpress the gratitude nnd appre ciation of one Georgia woman's soul to her gallant brothers: and my little verse I re spectfully, gratefully dedicate to The Geor gian, Its bravo proprietor, Fred I,. Neely. an«t Heaborn Wright, who atand for all that gallant army of true men who bore the brunt of the battle for purity. TOCCOA C’OZAItT. A Tribute to Georgia* Breathes there a Georgian with soul to dead Who uever to himself bath said: "Here, on theae beloved bills of red— Thute 'Red Old Illlla of Gc4irglA'— S ere wee I, above all mortals bleat, urtured by Nature's richest breast, ere, my Infant footsteps pressed The 'Red Old Hills of Georgia!'" lias be not felt thnt thrill of pride— Tho' o'er the world so flue and wide lie wandered—yet some subtle tide Hwept his thoughts back to Georgia? O native laud, so rich, so free! Mv heart Is thrilled with ecsfacy When I think on nil we owe to thee; () dear "Red Hills of Georgia!" Thou haven of the poor, oppressed. In other lands dismayed, distressed. Thou gntberedst them to thy sheltering hrenst! Thou brave "Red Hills of Georgia!" Then, when Old Albion sought to try Thy metal In a furnace, nigh As- heated as the one where once did sigh Three 'tllcted souls (before tho days of Georgia). Thy patriot hand so Arm did stand That Tyranny forsook tho land, Aud Pence nnd Plenty, hand In hand. Maintained the Hills of Georgia! Ho, to this present happy day The light of Freedom full doth play, Keeping all ovlla far away From our loved "Red llllls of Georgia." f iL, „„ leorgts Free from the stain upon thy brow! Intemperance shall not own thee now. For ao thy aous mode solemn vow, O strong, pure llllls of Georgia! To gnrner now the ripened sheaves To feed the hungry Inteinp'rnnco leaves; To weave anew what History weaves To thr glory, “lied Hills of Georgia," Thla Is the duty we owe to thee. Thnt all the world tnny enlightened be By thy blessed lesson of purity! Hear, safe Hills of Georgia! O let thy child this tribute bring— I«t rapturous pride thy praliea slug. While thro' thy groves rich chorals ring For tho "Red Old llllls of Georgia!" PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS T" A peculiar law tn California which Clvea the governor the power-to de clare any number of legal holidays, has tied up the courts In San Francisco, and as a result Attorney Alex C. King, who went there to assist In the de fense of Pat Calhoun, Is back In Atlanta on a short vacation. He, arrived here Saturday, but will return In a short time. Mr. King Is well pleased with the outlook for the former Atlantan nnd San Francisco traction magnate In the court*. ”1 am aatlafled with the situation.” said Mr. King, “and w* expect to win out. The matter Is complicated be cause of the politics In San Francisco. The Labor Union party, although de feated at th* last election. It active nnd thla feature muet be watched In the trial. Mr. Calhoun haa fought the labor unions and In the street car strike completely won out. Of course that made him many enemies and the pos sibility of a man on a Jury who would be prejudiced by thla, will be guarded against. But the outlook seems good to me.” In explaining the peculiar Jaw which gives the governor the right to name a multitude of legal holidays, Mr. King suld at the time of the earthquake and lire the governor Issued a proclamation declaring holidays ond for a considera ble length of time things were tied up. When the financial flurry first .tailed, a trust company got Into trouble and to help the .situation the governor de clared holidays and banking business was temporarily suspended and the ho! • Mays are still In fore*. As soon as they are declared off Mr. King will return to the coast. J. B. Robson and & lUvere, of the real •stats firm of Robson A Rivers, .04 W llllan) Schl.jr Howard, wdlcltor feueral of DoKalli county. h»T. son* for four day. nsbtuf at Colons!’. Ul.nd. ns.r ItaT.no.b. They wsre w.U prspsrrd «■ far as B»hln* tickles was soncernsd sad report* front ths Ssbln* grounds Isd them to expect much lack. J, V. Bred, state secretary of the Toon* Men's Christian Assoctstiou: W. A. Rns- gon.r, general secretary of ths local rail road branch, nnd hla nnnlntnnt oevretnry, E. E. farnlert. left Atlanta Wednesday nl*hl C r Washington to attend the thlrty.aUth ternatlouaT convention of the association, which will convene In thnt city Friday morning- The sreoclatlon will lie In ses sion Sr. days. L A. Boyd, general manager of tho Ba- ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Army Order*. Washington, May 20.—Captain Harry C. Ilnrnes, coaat artillery corpa, from general hospital, Washington barracks, to proper aMtton. Scry rant.Major John A. Ditto, second grade, coast artillery corps, to Fort Moul trie* Captain William A. Burnable, Fourteenth Infantry, from Columbus barrack* to bis regiment prior to R* departure for the Phil ippines. * Navy Ordtrs. Rear Admiral J. M. Miller, commissioned. Captain E. J. Dorn, retired, to command naval atntlon, Guam, additional duty In command .Supply. Commander A. F. Fechtler. to board of Inspection and aurvey, Washington. Lieutenant F. D. Burnt, to Brooklyn. Lieutenant F. M. McCoiunion, detached Brooklyn to command Hull. Lteuteuant E. Woods, (leUched null to Alabama. I.leutcnnnt T. L. Johnaon, detached Mis souri to Dei Moines. Lieutenant F. It. Freyer, detached Dea Molues to Mlaaourl. I.leutcnnnt G. C. Sweet, to bureau of equipment. Movements of Vessels. Arrived—November 18: Nebraska at San Francisco. Balled—Noveml>er II: Rocket, Washing- ton. for Indian Hoad. November 20: Rnln- bow, Galveston and Chattanooga, Vladivo stok for NngasakL MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS. Capital . . •; ... $200,000.00 Surplus atid Undivided Profits $600,000.00 Commercial Accounts Invited. Four Per Ceht Interest Paid on Savings. THE PARMENTER MILLIONS ... A Stirring Novel of Looc, Conspiracy and Adventure... j (Copyright, 1907, by Arthur W. Marchmont.) I iHtfinMIMIMHI >«•*»,•«•*•#*•••*•■ •*••*•••*•••«»,« By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT. Author of "By Right of Sword," “When I Wa* Czar," Etc,, Etc. Irish sod Charleston railway, and former ,'hlrf train dl.|Hilrh.r nnd master of train, for tho Ronhounl lu Atlanta. rearheil At lanta Tburoilay morning and will attend nerrral daya horo with friends. The Ita- lolgh and charleston railway la a part of the John Mkelton Williuu system of rail way >. whic h. It It nld. will become In the near future on* of the leading trunk llnea of the Booth. Judge Braylea It having a hart time get tint it Into tho hreda of bit regular euato- more that th* probation nr.tom for Ine briate, hot not Itoeii adopted In order that those charged with drnakcnnret may re cap* punlumrnt for the tliuo lieln*. Whon nn Inohrlnto la I'rought before tho recorder and tolla him that ho wishes to reform the recorder arenroa him that the probation law can not be uned Juat to re- cape a tine. “I will bo glad to too-yon reform,'' he telta the defendant, "and I am willing to give you a chance, hut f put yon nn proba tion with the atriot nndoretanding tut If yon are brought np before me again on n charge of ilruukrnnere I will give you » days In the oily rhatogaag.'' Probation officer Ceogter keep* k record of nil cun. to tell him her aoiiroe of Information, resent, her apparent lack of confidence In hlui. Jack tells the foreign miniate house. Olive is snminotusd before them. Olive was In dismay. To face Jack alona would bo bad enough. He would certainly recognlzo her. -But to sub mit to a searching crosaflre of ques tions from the minister himself would almost Inevitably end in her contra dicting herself and possibly being given In charge. Jack must have told his chief some thing of what she had told him on the nrevlous day, and thus suspicion had been aroused. You needn't look so scared. They can't cat you,” suld Mrs. Qrlmston. “But you must go up. You've brought It on yourself, too, for it seems you bolted juet now when Mr. Fenwick tried to stop nnd speak to you. Don't stand messing about there in that way, but run and put on a clean apron and come up with mo at once. You mustn't be a minute. We can't Keep him waiting or he'll be mad.'' CHAPTER XXIII. Under Suspicion. A more disconcerting development than that which Olive was called upon to meet when Jack and his chief sent for her to be questioned It would have been difficult for her to conceive. Discovery was unavoidable. Even If Jack did not recognize her—and It was all but certain that hejvould—she would be detected as an Impostor who had got Into the house by fraud. It was one thing to tell a straightfor ward story to an unsuspecting house keeper who hail been prepared to hear nnd accept It; but It was quite another thing to stand rigid nnd searching cross-examination at the hands of clever men who were full of suspicion. Moreover, the news she hot< told Jnck was so serious and the power and In fluence of his chief so great that If not recognized her arrest on some charge would be certain. She would then be compelled In self-defcnec to avow her self; and In such n case she would have to tell all she knew about Merrldew and his colleagues In order to explain her strange conduct. - , . All this flashed through her thoughts as she stood washing her hands; and then her eyes fell' on her Jacket which sho had laid down clone by, after com ing In from an errand on which the housekeeper had sent her on her own account. In a moment her rcaolve was taken. Snatching up her hat and Jacket, she thrust them under her arm ond stole oul toward the area door. In the passage she met the scullery maid, a good tempered girl, who had bfcen rath er friendly. •' "Hullo, Dutchy, where are you off to? Out?” » "I want to put these out of the dust In a cupboard," and she opened the dwr of one that was close to them. The girl laughed. "Rummy plac*- for your hat. I say, I want to speak to you. Such n lark. Last night—" "Oh, I leave my gloves In there” broke In Olive, pointing to the still room. "Fetch them for me, Susan. I am In a hurry. Mrs. Qrlmston Is wait ing for me." "All right," was the reply as th* girl turned nway. ^ . The moment she hsd disappeared Olive ran to the area door and opened It. Pausing a second to pin on her hat, she ran up the steps. At the top was one of the footmen. “Hullo, going out at thl* time of day?" he said In astonishment. “Mrs. Orlmston send me," answered Olive, with a little ehudder at the false, hoods she had to tell) "You might be her own maid by the use she makes of you” replied th* man. who seemed Inclined to atop her. “I hurry," cried Olive, and slipping post him, she walked away at a quick rate. Aa she reached the nearest corner she glanced back to make aura she waa not being followed, and then itt off running. 8he knew that her absence would be discovered almost Immediate ly and that her flight would Inatantty arouse all manner /of suspicions. Thus her flrst Instinct was to put as great a distance as possible between her and Cromwell Gardens. But In a few second! she perceived the foollehncsa ot running;' and, al though she felt like a hunted thief and her heart was beating fast In fear, she compelled herself to slacken down her paco to a walk. The next comer was a small street, and as she turned Into It she caught sight of two of the footmen from the minister’s who came -running out of Cromwell Gardens. Her heart gave a great throb of fear and she gave herself up for lost But fortune favored her with a chance and her own wits helped her to take ad vantage ot It. Over the fanlight of one of the houses was a card "Apartments,” and ths outer door stood open. She ran up the steps, rang the bell, partly closing the, front door, and stood back behind It out of sight. The servant was a lung lime before she answered tha bell, and. In the In terval. Olive saw one of the footmen run past the house. "I wish to see the apartments,” she said to the maid. After a curious stare the girl admitted her reluctantly, and without leaving her alone, called to her mistress. The mistress appeared to share the servant's suspicions and Olive thought she was to be turned out at once. She Invented a tale to the effect that her mistress had sent her to see the rooms and at length overcame the woman's prejudice sufficiently to be ehown them. She declared they would suit her and completed her victory over the landlady by offering t» pay a de posit If the rooms could be reserved until her mistress could come and see them on the following day. In saying this she took out her purse and let It be seen that there was plenty of money tn It. For more thsn an hour she stayed there, asking Innumerable questions on the ground, that her mistress was ex tremely particular; and, as a sort of conscience money, she gave the woman n sovereign, saying she would write that night to decide. Then she glanced at the clock and gave a little cry of dismay at finding It so late and asked that the servant might call for a cab. She waited a few seconds at the door to make certain that no one wns about, and. Jumping Into the cab, she told the man to drive her to Victoria station. With a feeling of consummate satis faction at having been able to shake off pursuit she took a ticket to Brlx- ton and made her way to Ajax street. But even then her anxieties were not over. Anna Hartmann was at home, and she uttered a cry of astonishment at seeing Olive. "Where Is Karl?” was her flrst ques tion. "1 don't know. Anno. I have not seen him." "Not seen him? What can you mean? He has gone to see you, to get news.” “Gone to South Kensington, to the Cromwell Gardens bouse, do you mean?'' cried - Olive In blank amaze ment. "Where else should I mean? What Is the matter, Rosa? You ore as white as a sheet.” Olive fell into a chair and stared at her In overwhelming dismay. "I have had to run away from the house. They suspected -niL” and she described what had occurred that morning. "He will be arrested," cried Anna, and began to cry. It wns extremely probable, ot course; apd Olive was divided between pleas ure at being, relieved from the embar rassments of his wooing and concern at what might be the result to them selves and to her plans. For a long tlitie the two women dis cussed the matter, neither oCJhem be ing able to extract the allghteet com fort for the other. "We must let tho others know,” de clared Anna at lost. But nothing can be done to Karl," said Olive. "He has done nothing.” "He will bs arrested and we must tell the others," repeated Anna, with German doggednesa. "They will take steps. You have managed very badly to get suspected.” "How could I possibly help it? I couldn't go to them and say, ‘You must not suspect me,’ could l?” "We must tell the others," said Anna again. "You have bungled things. You have got Karl Into trouble,” and there waa now a distinct note of anger In her voice. He was the only sodl In tha world she had to love, and th* thought of his bring In any danger troubled and tried her beyond endurance. "I did my beat. I could do no more," retorted Olive. You do not car# for him or you would not sit there so calmly when he Is in danger like this. I have always had my doubts. If you loved him as I do you would be In tears as I am.” "It Is not my way to weep. But tell me where I can go to tell the others nnd whom I ought to tell, and I'll go at once." No," cried Anna, angrily. "You shall not go. You may have done this on purpose. We do not know who you are. You came with a tale, and you won round Karl because you are pret ty; but pretty looks are not sverything. You shall stay hers until some on* comes, nnd then we can tell them.” This hint of treachery waa very dis concerting. and the Intention to prevent her leaving angered Olive and rather alarmed her. You are foolish, Anna,” she said, checking her anger. "If I had done what you hint, should I have come back here? I do not wish to go. But do not repeat such things to me or Karl will be angry," "Ah, you think you can twist him rouad your Anger, eh? But they are not all In love with you. Remember that. If Karl gets Into any trouble you have done It, and you shall answer for It." 1 "Well, then well wait until some one comes, as you say, and we bad better wait without more talking." and when Anna retorted angrily Olive refused to reply. She wa* extremely ■ uncomfortable none the leas. If any of the men took Anna's view of the matter It wa* quite possible that awkward consequences might follow. The situation threatened to develop Into one very like that nt Cromwell Gardens, where she would be questioned by those who Were full of suspicions of her good faith, and any examination under such circumstances would be fraught with much more dan ger and embarrassment than had she remained to face Jack and his chief at South Kensington. An hour or two passed In thla way. and then Rosensteln and a companion arrived. Karl had asked him to come, as there wa* likely to be news, Anna told him what had occurred, giving not only the facts but her own opinions Interspersed with copious tears. "Why did you not lot some of u* know at onfo?" he Baked, looking very gravq at the III tidings. "I would not leave her and could not bring her with me.” declared Ann*’- She was growing more and more bitter with Olive as the time passed and no word of her brother came to ease her mind. , "You nre stupid, Anna," said Rosen steln. This appeared to be a sort of accepted maxim with them all. "If you had any reason for your thoughts, would the Frauleln have come back here?" "I asked that very question and of fered to go anywhere and do anything I could.” put in Olive. Without replying, Rosensteln took his companion out of the room and pres ently returned without him. “I have sent to Gideon Stawford." he an nounced. "I win wait here until he returns with Instruction*. We may meanwhile get news from KarL" Anna Immediately commenced a voluble restatement of her side of the matter; emphasising the faet that they did not know anything about Olive ex cept her own statements. This had an effect upon him; and be was beginning to question Olive cloeety, when Kart himself returned. Continued in Tomorrow’s Georgian-