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'inHi a j iiAiviA arAmUlAiV AiSlJ JNKWJ5. ?T THE ATLANTA GEORHiaN LAND NEWS) Published Every Afternoon (Except Sun lay) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 25 Wp«! Alabama fit, Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Retest Thrw Monlh. L25 One Month « Bj- Cirrlnr. Per Wt»k -JO Tnlrplinim, ' m.rrt'-T r'! depart- men's I-ong distance terminals. i for all territory ontil If mo bar, any trnnble getting THR GEOROIAN ANT) NEWS, telephone the rlrmlatlon department find hare It promptly remedied. Telephonee: Ilell ©J main: Atlanta 4401. StilHterfhere deilrlng TUB f» EOR- til AX AX p NEWS d!v. I.'ln :e»| it. net notify this office on the dat* of expira tion i otherwise, It will bo continued at the regular ftthaerlptlon ratea ontil slop Is roeelrfd. iddr It Is desirable that all rooitnonlca. Ilona Intended for puhllestlon In TIIR nttonoux ANT» NEWS be llmlled to MS worda In length. It it Imnerstlre i hat they he signed, ss en evidence of good faith, Rejected mannacrlpte will lint be returned unless stamp* an sent for the purpose. TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or ohjectlonnhls advertis ing. Neither does It print wbliky or any Honor ads. OPR PLATFORM: TfTB GEORGIAN AND NliWS stands for Atlanta's nwn- Iiirr Its own gas and electric light plants, ns II now dwns ftg weter works. Other cities do this anil get gas ss low as CO rents, with a profit to the dry. This shstiM ho tloue at oner. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes Unit If street railways esn ha ops ra tad ancccsatullr by European rith-s. as thee are. there it no good red non why they esn not be so oper ated bere. Hot we do not believe Ibis ran be done now, and It mar be some Onr Trade With Germany. An Interesting comparison Is fur nished la the figures showing ths tot.il commerce of the United States with Oermnny in the months, of July, August, September and Ootober of several years past On an average for the periods given, our exports to Germany have exceeded by one-third our Imports from that country. Tho figures as compiled by the Depart ment of Commcrco and Labor are os follows: Total commerce of the United Mates with Gcrmnny In the months of July to Octo ber. Inclusive, IK! to 1»W. Only twelve more days to do your Panta Clausing. , John D. Archbold is turning the' light on Standard Oil. Tlut General Funston can not swim the sands out in Nevada. Now York state Is still misrepre sented In the United States senate by Depew and Platt. Ben Tillman doesn't propose for any new man like Jeff Davis to mo nopolize the calcium. Four national banka are preparing to put $854,000 new currency In At- lanta'a Christmas hosiery. Innovations are alow to tako hold In Baltimore. The Sun hotly stafeads the right to eat with a knife. Anyway, white paper Is too expen' atvo to think of using the CongreS' atonal Record aa cord wood. The Flsb-Harrlmnn row Is fast ap proaching the stage when nothing short of a libel suit will settle It Each province and every city In China lias a different tael. That Is a queue to Chinese characteristics. Several paragraphers have openly and flagrantly violated the ban against Hobson's bellicosity, since the new baby’s arrived. It Is estimated that 500,000 foreign ers have returned home In the past ■lx months, taking with them $150,- 000.000 In good American money. Several tigers will be located In Georgia after January 1, without legal objection. The state It getting popu lar as a winter resort for circuses. "Six Ponco City boys got 100 quail, 13 geese, two ducks, 1$ rabbits and one coyote In a 24-hour hunt” No, that did not occur In grandoldtexaa, but In young Oklahoma. When you e«e our searchlight rest ing steadily on the office of The Houston Post for 9 hours, the ob server may know that Bailey haa lo cated that 12-foot Brazos collahl. Every time the prohibition forces move on a new stronghold of the whisky Interests, Uncle Henry Wat- terson throws a lit. By the way. Uncle Henry la the busy old boy these days. The Cleveland Leader remarks that "It's getting so now that the trans-At- lantlc liners load up with gold as bal last." It might have added that It also serves as pretty good ballast for the old ship of slits. A VOICE FROM SWEET AUGUSTA, LOVELIEST VILLAGE OF THE SAVANNAH. From tho banks of tho soothing Savannah comes a voice of com* mendatlon for Tho Georgian’s plea for the village. While not having In mind the Quiet and serene village of Augusta, It might have been taken as the model for the placid and ideal small town. Writing from the hurly-burly, the rush and roar of a great city like Atlanta, tho wearied mind turns lovingly -to the village life of Augusta, where the lowing klne graze In tho thoroughfares, and tho citizenship sinks to sleep at twilight, undisturbed by tbo multitudinous nocturnal noises of a city llko Atlanta. % • That The Georgian's editorial on the small town haa won the favor and commendation of Tbn Augusta Herald, Is something worth while. The Herald Justly says: "Washington, Charleston and Louisville are not in the same class with Atlanta,” Of course, it is not the habit of At lanta or its papers to gloat over its leadership as tho greatest, biggest, best, llrest, busiest city In tho country, but this recognition of the fact from tho esteemed Herald is gratefully acknowledged. We can but meet such a spirit of fairness in the same way. Though some may claim that wo are stretching things a bit to pat The Herald on the back, we freely and without fear class Augusta along with Griffin, Jcsup and other villages of similar commercial importance. Whoa Augustans tire of village existence, they run up to Atlanta to have a day or so fling at real city life. ADEQUATE SALARIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. The latest Issue of The Journal of Labor contain, an editorial force ful and algnlflcnnt relating to the position of the Atlanta Typographical Union, No. 48, regarding the present salaries of public school teachers of the city. The Issue Is one of great Import not only to the teachers them selves, but to the vast army of children, whoso early training Is committed Into their hands. It Is absurd to expoct to socure or to retain the best talent In the public schools of the city when pitiful and Inadequate salaries are paid the teachers. It must bo understood that years of study and preparation have been necessary to qualify these teachers for their duties, which represent a certain financial expenditure, often made at a great sacrifice. The class of work ranks necessarily with what Is most Important and elevating to all degrees of citizenship, for It means the laying of tho moral as well as mental foundation for the children, who In future shall direct a,id con trol tho destinies of the state. Every laborer Is worthy of his and her hire; the greater the moral and mental responsibility the more adequate and commensurate should.bo the salary. An economy which strikes a blow at the proper conduct of the public schools of the state or city Is short-sighted In the extreme and must oventually result In a serious and permanent Injury to the' schools and to the children of the city and state. Tbo quostlon should not bo “bow small a salary can the teacher live upon?" bat, "how much is the position worth?" Atlanta Is too rich and prosperous a city to practice the niggardly economy represented by the pitiful salaries paid her public school teachers. Tho future welfare and well-being of tbo children of Atlanta largely depends upon the funda mental training received In the public schools. And this training Is worth far more than Atlanta Is paying for It. CLAYTON TAKES INITIATIVE AGAINST THIRD TERM. Hon. Henry D. Clayton, representative from the Third congressional district of Alabama, created decided Interest on Monday, when ho Intro duced In oongress a resolution directed against the Roosevelt third term boom. Mr. Clayton doclaros In his resolution that “to break down the bar riers against perpetuity of tenure In the presidential office Is fraught with gravo peril to republican Institutions.” Tho resolution also ottes the example set by Washington and other presidents who retired after their socoud terms, although urged to accept renomluatlon at the hands of dominant political parties. Mr. Clayton I, said to have the sympathy of 8peaker Cannon In tho spirit of his resolution and hopes that many Republicans In congress will vote for It, provtdod an actual vote Is taken by the hoilso. Mr. Clayton's resolution is especially significant at this time whan tho popularity of President Roosevelt throughout tho South Is unprece dented In tho political history of the country. It 1« to bo regarded oae of tlio first guns fired In the approaching presidential campaign, and Its eChoos will be heard In many sections of the republic. Mr. Clayton Is a Democratic national committeeman from Alabama and will be an Influen tial factor In directing the next Democratic presidential campaign. It look, aa If the remarkable popularity of Roosovolt In the South was tho Inspiration of Mr. Clayton'a resolution against the third term boom. 1 HOW TO LABOR AND TO WAIT. A study of success conditions among the really successful men of our age reveal* two vary remarkable things. First, that thoso who have made great success of their lives early In youth recognized the fact that they were cspablo of great possibilities, and, second, that tho full realisa tion of these possibilities was not to bo the work of a day, a year, or even ten years' time. '-Tficy seemed to realise that between them nnd the evontuatlbn of their hopes and dreams there must bo a long strotch of years, years that must be full of preparation, toll and patience before the much-to-be-deslrei consummation might come. . Not In a day or a week does the whoat sown In October come to Its full harvesting time. Bstwoen seed sowing and harvest there must bo time for germination, unfolding blossom, rlpenlqg grain. Nature, when ■he would give to man her greatest blessings, gives them to him by the way of patient waiting and slow development. Mushrooms grow In a night; It takes tho full storm and shine of a hundred year* to develop tbo date palm. But the mushroom fades with the morning light, while the palm tree lives a blessing, a benediction for centurtos. Coal in the mountain Is there after long centuries of decay of fern leaf and tree. Not until It has been compressed by the compression of ages, the turn and the overturn of long drawn out periods, Is coal per fected to beoome the friend of man In tho twentieth century. The grain of sand In the shell of the oyster Is transferred Into a pearl only through long years of waiting In Its prison confined. Through what long arduous processes must iron ore pass through be fore it becomes t\e steel, capable of withstanding all kinds of strain and weathar, when It gives the time of day to the explorer In the northland, or the adventurer In the tropics. All over the face of nature, all through life, are wrltton tho words of tht poet, "Learn to labor and to wait" A boy Is Just a bundle of possibilities,- that Is all. A young man is Just a prophecy of what he may bo If, using his tal ents wisely and well, he comes to years of manhood and strength. Orest characters and great achievements do not leap forth full-orbed, as Minerva Is said to have loaned forth from the brain of Jove. They do not spring at n bound Into full completion as Mothor Evo Is said to hare sprung forth from the side of Adam. The cllmatte period In a man's life la not boyhood, nor yet In youth, rarely middle age. The majority of men whom tho world delights to honor rarely reached their climax until comparatively late In life. Their youth was a prophecy; thejr age the fulfillment of the prophecy. We are deeply lntereited just now In the various forms that teleg raphy Is assuming. We have passed through the experience of the sin gle message on the wire, the double and the multiple message. Now wo are at the threshold of wireless telegraphy. But Morse, the father of modern telegraphy, was fifty years of age before he could convince the American people that there was anything in hi, proposed telegraph. William Carer, the great missionary to India, at the age of thirty, was still a cobbler on the bench. At forty he had not yet mastered Sanskrit and the Bengalee. At a time when many men regard them- aelves as too old to do much more he waa advancing to a professorship In College of Fort William. Then came the glory of translating the Scriptures Into a number of Oriental languages. He gave as the aocret of his success, "I can plod.”. He waa content to labor and to wait Benjamin Franklin waa practically unknown at the age of fifty. At the age of seventy he had the honor of placing his name upon the Dec laration of Independence. At eighty-two he was a delegato to the con vention called to frame a Federal constitution. When he was called from the scenes of earth tell at the age of eighty-four be had Just begun to work In his harvesting field. He gave this bb his rule: "To go straight on doing what appears to me to be right, leaving the conse quences to Providence." Tho life of Button, the great naturalist, reveals tho same characteris tic of willingness to wait At forty-two ho had not yet published "Nat ural History.” Not until ho was sixty did appreciation of his prowess as a naturalist come. At seventy he was still working on "Epochs of Nature." His success he gave In these words. "Genius Is patience.” Today, young man, you are full of ambition. To you, as Darwin sug gests pf the young eagle, there Is the desire to uso your wings. Good for you Is It that you have tbo deslro to aspire. Well for you If you learn to labor and to wait, for out of the patient continuance In well doing will come the achievement that glorifies all, "Learn to labor and to wait.” Growth and Progress of the New Sooth The Georgian here records eneta day tome economic fact In reference to the onward progress of tho .South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY Special to The Georgian. Jackson. Miss.. Dec. 10,—The following new Industries have been organized In the state during the past few days jaud will shortly submit their charters to the governor for approval! Co-operative Cash Grocery Co., Hattiesburg; Perry county. CaUtallzed at $10,* 000; J, A. Frazier, F. II. Ilartman, nnd others. Adams Brother* Lumber Company, Pelahatchle, Rankin county. Capitalized at 120,000; J. J, Wilson. P. It. Adams, G. EL Adams, and others. Gatearllle Realty Company, Crystal Springs, Copiah county. Capitalized nt $10,000; I). W. Gates. J. w. Grantham, and others. Greenwood Mattress Company, Greenwood* J.efloro county. Capitalized at $25,- 000; W. T. logins, N. S. Wright and others. Pouml-KIneannon-Likins Company, Tupelo. Lee county. Capitalised at $10,000; V. C. Klncsnnon, T. F. Elkin, It. L. Pound, nnd others. Amendment to charter of Itnnk of Madison, Madison Station, Madison county, increasing capital stock to $20,000. HnntSTlIle, Ain., Dec. 10.—The Merrimack Mnrtpfncturlng Company Is Install* Ing a consignment of nbout $00,000 worth of new machinery In Its mills near this city. The naw machinery Includes n large number of new Draper looms. The ca pacity of the plant la being Increased. -* Twenty new cottages have !»een finished by Contractor B. L Patterson for the nse of tho additional operatives that will be employed by the mill. The aame con tractor Is now engaged In enlarging tho capacity of Merrimack’s warehouse. The Huntsville Hallway, Light and Power Company Is receiving new machln* etjr. Orders have been placed for a duplicate power plant at a coat of about $40,* MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO., CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STS. ESTABLISHED 1880. Capital $200,000.00 Surplus and Profits $600,000.00 Banking in all its Branches PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS Attorney Hunt Chipley, one of the most able corporation lawyers In the Southern etates, has tendered hie resig nation as general counsel of the South ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com pany and on January 1 he will become a member of one of the most promi nent lnw firms In Now York. In tendering hi. resignation to the company Mr. Chipley does not leave the telephone field, for ho and his firm will be the advisory counsel of telephone companies throughout the United Slates, dealing specifically with the re latlons of telephone companies and cor poration commissions In the various states. Mr. Chipley has hsld the posh tlon of advisory counsel of the tele phone company for the past seven years. Ho will be succeeded by Judge II. E. IV. Palmer, assistant to Vice President W. T. Gentry, and Brutus J. Clay, who Is already connected with tho legal department of the company. J. Fred Lewis, political and editorial writer on The Constitution, who has been very 111 from an operation for appendicitis for several weeks. Is able to bo at his desk again. Mr. Lewis' friends In Atlanta and over the state will bo pleased to learn of his restoration to health. He Is one of the beet known and most popular newspaper men In the state. Captain J. H. Flythe, commercial ngont of tho Seaboard In Augusta, was In Atlanta Monday attending the meet ing of the outside freight men of that road. Captain Flythe has many friends In Atlanta, one of whom Is Assistant General Passonger Agent Janies J. Pul. ler of the same road. They were both stationed in Columbia, 8. C„ several years ago. After an absence of several months spent at his old home In the New Eng land states recuperating from a long Illness. Fred R. Saul, one of the beat known Jewelers of Atlanta, has re turned to the city and resumed his position with the Kiser Jewelry Com pany In the Kimball House block. Councilman Charles M. Roberts has returned from Washington, where he attended the National Rivers and Har. bora Congress aa one of the Atlanta representatives. Mayor Joyner, who also attended, went to New York for a few days, and Alderman Hlrech to Baltimore. "People who live In a boarding house will appreciate this ono from Harper's Weekly.” remarked Alonso Effingham, of Milwaukee, at the Aragon. "Just listen." Anil he rend: "A scientific friend of mine has drawn up a boarding house geometry that strikes ms as being noteworthy." says a youth with a third-story “front." "Some of hts definitions run aa fol lows: "I. All boarding houses ore the same boarding houses. "S. Boarders In the same boarding house and on the same floor are equal to one another In the mattgr of price, but not In the matter of outlook. "8. A single room Is that which has no parts and no magnitude. •'«. The landlady of a boarding house Is a parallelogram: an oblong, an an gular figure which can not ba described, but Is equal to anything. "S. All the other rooms being taken, a single room Is said to be a double room. "Among postulates and propositions the following are worthy of considera tion: "1. A pie may be produced nny num ber of times. . . . , •'J. A landlady may be reduced to her lowest terms by a series of propo elttona. . , „ *$. A bee line may be made from one boarding house to another. "4. The clothing of * boarding house bed. although' extended Indefinitely In both directions, will never meet. "5. Any two meals at a boarding house are together lean than one square meal.” ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELa William 8. pares, ordnance department, from f ' Held armory. Philadelphia, to relieve mmi Haranel f/off, ordnance department, as li spector of ordnance, nt works of Midvale Steal Company. Second Lieutenant Ernll CortrlH. mounted ■ervlco tcboolf Fort Riley, to bUn Fran* cleco, to take first nrnllable transport for Philippines. Join bJ» regiment Captain Raymond II. Stephen*, Twenty- third infantry, to Washington barracks gen oral hospital. ' Navy Orders. Captain A. Miirlx, supervisor of naval auxiliaries, Atlantic coast, headquarters In New York, December 30. to duty aa member of lighthouse board, department of com merce and labor, Washington. Lieutenant Commander W. W. Rash, to charge navy recruiting station, Oklahoma City, December 23, Lieutenant Commander C. M. Knepper, detached bureau of equipment, navy depart ment. Lieutenant H. F. Yates, detached Georgia to duty connection Chestor, with view of being ordered at senior engineer officer of that vessel when commissioned. Lieutenant L. I. Wallace, detached charge navy recruiting station, Oklahoma City, to Pennsylvania. Movements of Vessela. Arrived—December 6: Virginia at Hamp ton roads. December 7: Illinois, Alabama. Kansas, Kearsarge, Connecticut, Iowa nnd Georgia, at Hampton Roads; Prairie, at League Island; Ajax, at Norfolk. Sailed—December 7: Kentucky, Boston, for Newport; Vermont, from Tompklnsvllle for Hampton IlOads; Maine, from League Island for Hampton Roads; Choctaw, from Washington for Hampton Ronds; Brutus, from Baltimore to Rio de Janeiro; Nero, from Ilrnford for Rio do Janeiro. December 8; Wasp, from Peaksklll, N. 1’.; Rainbow, Galveston and Chattanooga, Shanghai, for art rubbered skyward 7 Well, you hate Robert G. Rennnn, a bright, hustling and euergetlc yountf CM* ■go man, to either thank or cosa for It. ft la hts fault that those aeroplanea are flying high up In the air doing advertising stunts and causing unsophisticated Atlan tans to stop and gate upward. ..... Mr. Hetman Is president of the Aerial Ad vertising Company of Chicago and Inci dentally the inventor of the contrivance which keeps the big advertisements floating thousands of feet In the air. These are not kites, bnt aeroplanes, and ao well do they work that the government has pur chased many of them to use with the sig nal corps or the army and (a the depart- rhlefa U attracting IPI«*t of to bacco and Governor’s Cup Coffee. These Ada are shown on a Mr sllkallne canvas and at night a big searchlight Is tamed on the floating banner, bringing the tobacco and coffee ads Into prominence to all "rublwr- neckt.’* The Walker A Tipton Cotnpaay was one of the first to adopt the new adver tising method. . . _ "be sente device wes used by Rostock his big trained wild animal abow and be secured these patented aeroplanea from Mr. Keanan. Mr. Itennnti now hns one of his crews on top of the Empire build ing manipulating a etrlng of aertkdanes for the Walker-TIpten Company of Atlanta. Mr. Reiman ha* Jtmt returned from Lon don end Paris. where be hai several crews *t work, end dropped to Atlanta from Chi- e*«ro to ,-rof th'nrv running here. WITH PRESIDENT REMUS. (From The Nashville American.) The recent visit of Uncle Remus to the white house has brought him more Into the limelight than usual. Ho remarked that if he were president lie would hare a regi ment drilling and two bands playing in the white house grounds all the time—which would bo more unlike Uncle Remus than anything he evor did. The Washington Herald thinks, that If he were president, the white house would look like tho old homo down on the farm: "Ho would hare a garden in the back yard—a big one. at that. He would rnlso snap beans, okra, cnltards, Irish potatoes, roasting ear*, tur nip greens. beets, parsnips, radishes, lettuce and the like, nnd off to one side he would hare nn aaparnguit bed. lie would have a big cow lot down toward the eorner of the back yard somewhere. Nothing could in- ducw him to do without that cow lot. If he could not have It he would not have the presidency. Doubtless he might menage to — along with as few as six bovine*—but less. Then lie would have chickens, plenty of them, but they would have to keep out of the garden, on pain of dlshon oroide discharge. Dally shipments of water- ground meal would come In from Georgia, to keep the corn bread and dumpling* up to the famous ‘Dude Remus' standard." - Bless yo' soul, honey, dc.v’d Ik* mighty iris golns on ’bout (lot ole white house, _ 11 be bound yo; Icaatweya dat whnt It’d ‘pear to dem city folk* what ain’t reely know nothin' ‘bout livin’ In da country, whar dey bd* aaunre an’ bans fur brekfus ebary winter mawnln’ an’ whur dey ain't no mo* ebanst to find dlshyer taiele** stuff der keen In do town slo’ dan dey Is fur ole Mister Itnhhlt to keep be feet rutu glttln’ stuck on a Ur baby. rnrle Remus would devote more time to to collnrd patch than to affairs of atate. here would ba rows of popcorn In front of Jio executive offices, nnd down where the bear pit and the bobcat bouse are now the ■by and timid guinea would lay her speckled egg*. There would be • trusty rifle Jn the rack over the door, there would ba plenty of wood and kindling In the corner near the fireplace; there would be a barrel of cider alongside of a barrel of apple vinegar In the cenar; there would he walnut* nnd hickory nuts In the blna. sage nnd llfe-ever- ! ,a ^L ln €. antf « re<t mollen nnd dried •umpkln along the Joists, apple* hurled In be oat bln, and awny back nnder the Blue loom In a dark corner a keg or two of ap plejack would ba found, uot for puhllca- lion, bnt a. aa evidence of good faith. I nele Ilerou, would kaoir bnw to ran the whit, house and the government conld run BOSTON AN IRISH CITY. Boaton la proportionately tho moat IrlA ettg- In America. It haa alio more folk of Irlih descent In it than Dublin, the clilef cltjr of Ireland. An Irishman can be counted on to rote. Of the rote of Boaton, politicians claim that 6} per cent la lrl,!i. Thera la no approach to inch n proportion among the greater cities of the United Stetca, nor any other city of Irlah-popu- lated New England. Bostoa, besides, la one of the most foreign cities of the conn- try-aomewhat teat ao than Chicago, bnt J“»> the equal of New York, (if about MI.OOO people In IPX), only IA.M0 were of netlye parentage, and nt lean one-half of thete were thtol or fourth-generation rte- scendantl of tbr Irlab. With the Italians it nit otl.ee f'«1K..IL» ik. r.-.u tlm dty roach** well to.... the total.—From nn article . .... grtld^of Boston In Collier's for November ii.pvr cent of ■Mayor Fits- LETS BE HAPPY, lata *>• happy! let's l K - happy! Let the Joyous about reaouaif— UappmtM w. know a contagious. Let ua spread It all arousd. If wa're blithesome. «ny end Joyous, \\ e make others feel SO too; Lot ua. then, ilo nnto others Aa we'd have them to ua do. Clearly It la our duty To lie hippy at we go: For. It we ore always cheerful, Tho.e a pound na will bo .n, —n. i THE PARMEN TER MILLIONS ... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. . . (Copyright, 1307, by Arthur tY, Marcbmont.) By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT. Author of “By Right of Sword," “When I Was Czar,” Etc., Etc. Synopsis of Previous instalment. Olive becomes suspicious of certain nets of Mrs. Tlnsler nnd llerrldew nnd when her evening meal la hronsbt she inspects It vory closely. She is convinced that the tea 1 —d. She .makes ns If to ( Merrldew Is In the room. latter she arms herself with nn Iron bar front her bed, determined to attack Merri ll e\r If ho comes to carry her to the de serted mine. She awaits the coming of her eoemles. The door was opened very stealthily. To Her relief Olive saw that It was the woman. She paused by the door, first peering In and holding the lantern behind her. "Have you finished, miss?” The ques tion was little more than a whisper at first, but when Olive did not reply It was repeated In a louder tone and with more confidence. The lantern was put down and Mrs, Tlsley advanced Into the room, closing the door behind her. At fir.st she did not eee Olive, but presently made her out, and then crossed the room to her side and looked closely Into her face. Olive did not open her eyes and breathed heavily. She felt her hand lifted, and when It waa released she let It fall listlessly. An oath of satisfaction slipped out of the woman's lips and she shook Olive by the shoulder. “You sly devil, you’ve taken It all right Curse youl you'll woke up presently, and then"— She got no further than that for the next Instant Olive had caught hor by the throat, and with a dexterous twist threw her on the bed, and field her down. Caught thus entirely by surprise, the woman had no chance In the strong hands that gripped her throat and squeezed It till the breath could not pass. But that was not Olive's Intention. She was at bay, fighting for her life, Raising the Iron bar, she stood over and sheJiad a further task, the cowering wretch and threatened to beat out her brains If she dared to ut ter a sound; and then taking the little Jug of milk, she forced her to swallow It. In dire fright, the woman tried to resist, but Olive held to the task until, little by little, much ns ehe would have forced It on an animal, the whole con tents of the Jug had been drunk. Watching her Intently, she saw the drug tako effect: and aa soon as this was apparent, she stripped the woman' outer clothes off, and, tearing off her own, changed dresses with her. Shn made the change as rapidly os possible, but It took so long that she paused a dozen times In fear that she had heard Merrldow coming up to the room. Despite the woman's unconsciousness. It was no easy task to put the clothes upon her, and when Olive had finish ed there were a hundred signs which to a woman’s eye would havo Indicated the deception. But Olive calculated that Merrldew would bo to the full a* excited as sho was herself, and In the darkness the trick might pass successfully. Fortunately Mrs. Tlsley had been wcnrlng a shawl over her head; and Olive put this on cunningly so as to conceal the greater part of her face. At this point her plans were chang- -J. The Idea of her violent resistance by striking Merrldew down hod been repugnant from the first, and now she suw another way. She would keep her u upon by her In case of bar ruse being detected, but would only use It In the last extremity. Her first thought In changing dresses with Mrs. Tlsley had been merely to Increase the chances of catching Mer rldew unawares, nnd so have a better opportunity of striking him down. But now she saw a way that won In finitely less distasteful. If her ruse succeeded and he waa misled Into mis. taking the two, sho would let him con tinue In that belief until they had left the house. Again she set herself to consider what he would do when he came and found that his victim was now at hta mercy. He was a powerful man and quite capablo of carrying her unaided the short distance to the.mine shaft. She would not be expected to follow, as he would probably bo unwilling for her to see the actual murder commit- ted. That would be her chance to leave the house and fly. She had thus every thing to gain by continuing the decep tion so long as possible. With this thought to urge her, Olive set to work to do all she could to les sen the chances of Merridew’s discov ering that the Insensible body was really that of hie accomplice. In addition to the dress she had put on the woman, the now put on hor Jacket and bat and fastened a thick veil over the featuree. If a question was asked about this, she could easily explain that, as she was supposed to be walking when she fell down the shaft. It waa necessary that she should have on her walking clothes. This addition, especially the veil, ren dered discovery Infinitely less probnble. and Olive held the lantern to the pros trate figure and surveyed the result with great satisfaction. Then another touch occurred to her. She turned the lantcm lower, until tho light was so dim that nny one accus tomed to the dark would be scarcely able to tee anything at all by It. AU was ready at last. But when Merrldew did not come, the delay ren dered Olive restless and uneasy. He might have told Mrs. Tlsley to go down and tell him when all was right, and In that case her absence might start his suspicion. She epent a few moments In adding to her own disguise, holding the dim lantern up to htr scrap of a mirror as the adjusted the shawl so as to conceal her features most effectually. Then, the delay started yet a new fear. The woman might recover con sciousness and all would be to do over again, with Its terrible uncertainty and possible failure. She might even have to have recourse to the more distaste ful course of the sudden attack upon Merrldew. And at that she went and bent over tho 'woman, listened to her breathing, felt her pulse—feeble, flick erin'- nnd uncertain—and lifted her hand and watched It fal! flaccid and helpless and nerveless. Then, nt »he ‘-es-ri 1 -n-rement below. A door was opened nnd a heavy tread came out Into the passage. “How long are you going to be up there?" called Merrldew, with an oath. With a start of pleasure, Olive no ticed that the voice was unsteady and the speech was thick. He had been nerving himself for the grim work of the night, and had drunk too much. He would be the less likely to see the trick she had played, and she felt a little thrill of delight and encourage ment With her weapon in her hand she crossed to the door and opening It slightly, called, "Ready now,” with as close an imitation of the woman’s voice as she could assume, seeking to make her voice thick and stumbling as with drink. "What the devil's the matter with you, you old fool?” cried Merrldew. "I suppose yoil're drunk again, ns usual,” he muttered as he began to mount the stairs. Olive set the lantern down by the dobr and crossed to the bed. taking care to stand well In the shadow. Merrldew came up, swearing to him self at the narrow stairway, and when he reached heavily against the door, sent It flying wide open and staggered clumsily Into the room. “Hush!" whispered Olive. “To the devil with your hushing,” he replied. "Where are you?" “Hefe." "Is It all right r "Yes." Olive spoke In the same whis per, so that her voice was the more likely to pass unnctlced. “Why the devil don't you have a proper light?" he grumbled. Next he picked up the lantern, held It high over his head and crossed the room toward her. Then suddenly he stopped with a start and let out a sharp oath. Would he recognize her? Her fin gers closed on the Iron bar, and. ready to strike him down at the first sign of. recognition, she waited with bated breath for hie next movement. CHAPTER XXXVH. Murder? When Merrldew stopped so suddenly In his approach to the bed by the side of which Olive stood In such high- wrought suspense, she believed that he had noticed something which had reused his suspicion, and the second's pause before he spoke again was like an hour. s He broke the silence with a laugh. •'Why, you've dressed her for a walk,” he said, and swore with Intoxi cate^ good humor. Ho had been drink ing much more heavily than she had thought. As he stood gazing down at the still form on the bed, the lantern swayed and wabbled in his hand, and he hod to steady himself by the table. "Is she right off?" he asked with a hiccough. "Dead," whispered Olive. He started and reeled slightly at this, not understanding her. "Do you mean you’ve overdone it, you old fool?" At that Olive took a bold step. Stoop. Ing os If to uncover the face, she whls. pered nngrlly. “See for yourself.” He stretched out a hand hastily anil stopped her. "No, no. I don't want to see her. Stop that," he cried. She growled nn Incoherent retort under her breath nnd drew back. ‘ He pauned and stroked his forehead as if In some doubt. But Olive was certain now that he had not a shadow of suspicion that all was not Just os he saw It. He was stupid with drink and his wits were muddled. This was all In Olive's favor; but now It had o result on which she had not calculated. He was too unsteady on his legs to attempt to carry down the woman by himself; and' diiqly he realised -this. He set the lantern down on the table and -bent over tho bed. "Come on. You must help carry her." Sho was to help In her own murder! With a shudder of disgust, she drew back and mumbled a refusal. This angered him, and he swore at her viciously. “Do what I say at once. Do you think I’m going to let you off your part In this? We do It together, or— you shall go first to make a soft spot for her to fall on," and he laughed with drunken brutality. Still Olivo hung bock; but he grew so violent and threatened her so loudly that sho feared he would wake the woman and thus discover everything. That must be. prevented at any cost Puting restraint upon herself, therefore,' Olive bent down and took the woman’s feet while Merrldew put his arms uqder the shoulders. She's not so heavy, as I expected,” h» muttered. Then: "Take the light, some how,” and Olive picked up the lantern i she passed It. f Light though the burden was, Merrl. dew stumbled several times under It, and they got down the narrow stair case with difficulty. Once he nearly let the woman fall, and swore as ho regained his foothold. Olive had gone down first, and when sho reached the bottom she did not know which way to turn. Sho had never been at the back of the house, and the dim light of tho lantern was not sufficient for her to see the way. She kept along the passage as If to go to the front door. "Where are you going?" growled Merrldew. "The back, of course, you fool.” Dlrely perplexed at this and Infinite ly distressed by having been thus forced to take port In the fearful deed which was to be done, Olive stood still. It was no part of her scheme that the woman, wretch an shn wan, and vilely as she had treated her, should pay for > that treatment with her life. That she had lent herself readily to the scheme of murder was no Justification for Oliva to help in sending her to her death. Yet to drew back now meant In evitable discovery and certain recap ture. In helping Merrldew to carry down their burden, she had had to leave the weapon In the room upstairs, and she was thus defenceless, Crtntinu-d In Tnirurrow's G--rnl-o-