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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) Published Every Afternoon (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At !5 West Alabama St, Atlanta, Gil Subscription Rates: On. Year $4.50 *u Months’. Three Months ................. 1 *5 On*. Month 45 trier. Per Week’.. 10 Telephone* connecting *H d*P»*t* ni^nts. Long distance terminal*. i for all territory onti If you have any trouble setting THE GEORGIAN ANT) NEWbU'telephone the circulation department and have it promptly remedied. Telephones: Kell -t:>."*• main: Atlanta 4401. .Subscribes! desiring THE OEOR* GIAN* AND NEWS discontinued mult notify this ofTIce on the date of explrft* tlon; otherwise, It will be continued at the regular subscription rates until notice to atop la received. In ordering s change of address, please give toe old ss well as the pew address. It Is desirable that all communlcs- tlons Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to m words In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, ss an evidence of good faith. Rejected manuscripts will TnB GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable advertis ing. Neither does It print whisky <or any liquor Ada. OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS stands for Atlanta’s own- ing Its own gaa and electric light plants, ns It now owns Its water worka. Other cities do this and get gas aa low a» 60 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes that If street railways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they.sre, there is no good reason why they can not lw M oner- sled hgre. But we do not believe ibis can be done now, and It may be some years before we are ready for so big nn undertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its foes In that direction NOW. Buy Locomotives Elsewhere, Several of the French railways have recently had tp purchoso locomo tives from builders outside France In order to secure early delivery. The requirements of railway! have been so great that the French locomotive, works arc quite full of orders for n long time ahead. Following on recent orders placed by the Parle-Orleans railway In the United State* and Ger many, a locomotive building firm in Iterlln, has N now under construction some four-cylinder compound locomo tives for tho v Weatem Railway of Franco. Tho Rome Tribune Is running Joe Brown’s last card aa a aerial. It may be Heavenly Houaton, but it sot scorched badly by a pretty warm Are. Introducing bills for public build- Inga doesn't by nny meant signify that the buildings will be built. "Listen to your wife,” advises Gov ernor Glenn, of Ncjrth Carolina. How are you going to help yourself? After lostpg the Republican con vention at tho last minute, Kansas City must feel like the little boy the calf ran over. "Wo dreamed last night wo saw an ocean steamer anchored at tho Au gusta ( wharf."—Augusta Herald. Awake, ye sleeper, awake. HOW TO BE HAPPY. Tho desire for happiness Is universal! Tt Is an Instinct that Is Inherent In every human heart, and many are the methods pnraued through which -men seek to como Into that rare condition of mind, happiness. To tho end that she may be happy, a mother In India will cast her dearest children Into tho muddy river Ganges. In the pursuit of happiness Saint Simon stood upon a pedestal In the early centuries for years and years. He stood there on one foot, through summer's heat and winter’s cold, hoping, trusting that by the presenter tlon of bis body before' high heaven and standing in an awkward posi tion he would find surcease.from the sorrows of life and poppy flowers of peace that should lull his soul and make bis Ufa a perfect hymn of de light. American Indians in the olden time danced around their camp Arcs, shouting and singing, cutting themsel^s with knives and stones, lotting the blood flow down upon tho rocks, only desisting from their mad methods when they could whirl or stand no more. Modern day Ameri cans, some, of them, dance and Jump to tho tune of Money Musk, and throw themselves loto mad frenzies In pursuit of tho dollar; work and toll until every drop of blood In their bodies jingles to the tuno of merry quarters and halves, and then, exhausted, lie down by the side of their treasure, only to And that the gold that they worshipped has brought las situde, destruction of spirit and forsaking by friends. Happiness is not to be found In tho externals of life. Man mfty be possessed of the greatest wealth, and yet the contract ing of his heart whon he remembers how the wealth has been accumu lated does not bring delight, but, on the contrary, pain to his spirit and dismay to his soul. Happiness Is a condition of being, founded on the recollections of n well-spent life, loving deeds In the todays of life, and visions of service In the days that are to come. Sometimes we say that tho things of this world produce happiness or unhappiness, as the case may be. Speak wo falsely whon we say that? There Is nothing In this or the other that In and of Itself can make for happiness. It Is our attitude toward these things that makes our pleasure or our pain. You remember the essay of the little boy on pins. He said something like this; “Pins are tho most wonderful thing In the world, and they have saved millions of lives. Amen.” Then when be was asked how pins had saved life In so many cases ho naively made reply, "By people not swallowing them.” In like manner, our refusal to bs debased, discouraged 'or disheartened by nny outward circum stances will make largely for the pleasure of life we so much desire. It was one of the wisest men of the ages who, surrounded by howl ing mobs, hooting and Jeering enemies, with the certainty of beheading staring him In the face, said: “None of these things move me. I have Teamed In whstsoeveV state I am therein to bo content." Happiness Is, therefore, the spirit's attitude toward Ufe. Happiness, true happiness, Is found In a right attitude of the mind toward tho things that perish In tho using, and toward the things that abide forever. , In the marriage ceremony used by many a preacher of evangelical faith there Is this clause, which he reads to the couple standing before him: “To be happy there must be a consecration of each to tho other and of both to the noblest ends of life." ^ Here Is the secret of happiness In a nutshell: Conseoratlon of man to man: In other words, service for men as they require brotherly service. Consecration to the best things of life, the achievement of character and tho well being of nil with whom we como in contact. Happiness through sorvlcs! How simple It Is, yet how few are will ing to walk In the simple path that the ages have beaten and demon strated to be true. Would you bo happy? Live truly, act nobly and love thy neighbor ns thyself. England proposes to establish court ing halls to promote matrimony. Thnso English chaps are the slow buys. Over here the question Is popped any old place. In passing we would like to observe that 'possums fed on Georgia collards are bigger, fatter and more finely flavored than the marsupial! of any other state in the union. A department for teaching courting has been Inaugurated In the public schools of Greenfield, Illinois. Down here efforts are confined to suppress ing natural tendencies in that line. There must be aomethlng to it The following headlines appeared on the front page of one edition of The Phil adelphia Telegram: "Aileep In the Street;" "Walked Out Window In Sleep." They are trying to separate Colonel lurk Chinn from one of bis Jobs up In Did Kentucky. Has the colonel lost the gentle art of shooting straight tlius tamely to aubmlt to being ripped loose from real money? If Tho Richmond Tlmes-Dtspatch wants a walking delegate for the Paragraphera' Union, It can have Its pick of Georgia editors after January 1, when the new anti-pass order gc^s Into effect. The Rome Tribune and The Rome Herald are engaged in a deadly duel over the question of whether or not :he onion Is the food upon which love lourlshes. Rowell Is for moonlight, McCartney for onions. If an editorial In The Post Is to be tredUed, there are more, bigger and •under nocturnal noises In Heartless Houston than can be pitoduced by the tlr-vated, aurface nnd subway car* mblned In Malicious Manhattan. NEW ORLEANS MORNING WORLD. On Monday, December 9, Tho Morning World of New Orleans was born—a handsome snd lusty youngster In the journalistic family. In physical appearance, In general make-up of news, features and odltorlsls, It differs from the conservative typo of Now Orleans papor as widely as It Is possible to conceive. Tho World throbs with life, with pur pose and with that human touch that brings n paper close to the heart of a people. x - To begin the publication of a now paper In a Hold already occupied by powerful and firmly established Journals, Is no small undertaking, but If the Initial number of Tho World Is an earnost of the course to bo pur sued, there can bs no doubt of Its success. The first lssuo consists of twenty-four pages, packed with advertising, and filled with Interesting matter. The circulation Is placed at 40,000. \ Tho destinies of Tho World rest In tho hands of J. M. Levoque, the brilliant young man who made Tho Harlequin famed over a continent He brings to It wide experience, youth, vigor, nnd a mind keen and scln- tillant. He knows bis New Orleans and he knows his people. If dynamic force counts, then Joe Leveque, surrounded with a staff of able co-labor ers, will make The Morning World n potent Influence In the field of Southern Journalism. His opening words ring true: "A newspaper must bo trusted. It need not strut so as to give the impression that It can never bo wrong, but all must feel that always It Is trying as hard as It can to be right and suc ceeding, within human limitations. "llnmum got oft a fine saying for circuses, but It doesn't ap ply to a newspaper which Is before the Intelligence and con science of thousands of people three hundred and sixty-five times a year. "A circus which folds Its tents after tho show may tool the ‘ people, but a papor which performs every day of tho year can not. "Tho Morning World does not believe that the 'people love to be humbugged.' The Morning World does not believe that the people can bs fooled. Tho Morning World believes that tho great heart of humanity loves truth nnd right and honors It. , "The Morning World Is convinced that truth Is Invincible— ‘ that there Is nothing else so mighty. Tho tnith which limps along In beggar's rags today la tho Imperial monarch, robed In gold, of tomorrow." FOUR FORTS TO GUARD ALASKA. Upon request of the war department. Major William H. Sage, adju tant general of .the Department of the Columbia, has compiled a report on the relative positions of tho different forts In Alaska. The report In cludes the distances between tha forts, the time necessary to make thq trip In different seasons of the year, and the cost of travel. The dis tance from Seattle, Wash., to Nome'Is 2,741 miles. This Journey is cov ered in summer entirely by steamer and In winter the steamers from Seattle stop at Valdes. The rest of the trip to Nome Is mede by dog team via Fairbanks, Gibbon and Kaltag. % It requires from lorty-BreJo sixty days to mske this trip. Tho first boat leaves Nome for Seattle'sbout June 15th, and the last about Oc tober 15th. St. Michaels is 113 miles down the coast from Nome. It re quires ten hours to make this trip In summer by water, aud In -winter dog teams are used. Nome Is the northern terminus of the Alaskan military telegraph system and Is connected with SL Michaels partly by land lines and partly by wireless telegraphy. Fort Egbert, the further most frontier army post, la 1,475 miles from SL Michaels. During sum mer months from June to October there Is communication with SL Mi chaels by boat. In winter the trip Is made by dog sled. In the northern and more Inaccessible part of Alaska there are four forts—Fort Davis, at Nome; Fort SL Michaels, Fort Gibbon and Fort Eg bert. These are all on the Yukon river and hare communication by boat with Seattle. In winter the only communication with these forts Is by dog-tied from VaMez to 8kagway. Fort Llscum, near Valdes, is 1,673 miles from Seattle, and 417 miles from Fort Gibbon. Fort William 8. Seward, near Skagway, Is 1,136 miles from Seattle and 476 miles from Fort Eghert- firowth and Progress of the New South The Georgian here records each day BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index says In Us Issue for this week. “Including definitely projected enterprises Involving the Investment or nun* dreds of thousands of dollars, the Industrial progr*-** In Georgia and Alabama daring the past seren days would be Interesting and gratifying under any circum* stances, but demonstrating, as It does, that the recent financial flurry did not binder In the least the development In these two states, the showing Is a notable one. The total minimum capital stock of "new corporations for the wsrtj^togetner with the Increases In capital stock of existing corporations amount to $896,000. A railroad company has begun Improvements at Decatur, Ala-, that win cost over <500,00). At tintnbridge, (in., a railroad company will Invest more than <100.000 In terminals. A rail mill will be rebuilt at Ensley. Ala., nnd dally capacity Increased from 1,000 to 2,000 tons. It will be operated night and day to Jill orders How in hand, one of them being for 150,00) tons. Albany. On., hns voted $70,000 of mu nicipal Improvement bonds, and Bessemer, Ala., will Issue <82,000 of bonds for the same purpose. An election will be held at Athens, Ga„ upon the issuance or 1100,000 of Improvement bonds and Dublin, Ga.. will vote upon a proposed Issued of <40.000. Pike county, Alabama, will sell $50,000 of road Improvement bonds pre viously voted. . . ' . “Among other Industrial plants to be established, The Index reports the fol lowing: “Plant for manufacturing machines for marking bales of cotton nnd other com modities, by $100,000 company, Augusta, Ga.; power plant, Columbia. Ala.; Ice fac tory, Augusta. Ga.; flour mill enlargement, Huntsville. Ala.; plumbers specialty plant, Gadsden, Ala.: cooperage plant extension, Dublin, Go.;_saw-mills, Utapat- rlck, Ala., and Dublin, Ga.; tnlnfug operations In Union nnd Towns counties, Georgia, and extension of raining operations In Tallapoosa county, Alabama. “Tho following projected construction shows uninterrupted upbuilding: “Steel bridge, Etowah county, Alabama; church to be completed at cost of 111,- 000. Dublin, Os., nnd church to be repaired at cost of about $10,000, Mobile. Ala.; court house Improvements aud addition. $10,003, Seale, Ala.; Masonic buildings, Brswton. Ala., and Savannah. Ga.; Pythian castle, August*. Ga.; road Improve ment In two counties: school buildings. Ohoopeo, Ga., Birmingham, Ala.. Athens, Ga., Dublin, Ga., nnd Bessemer, Ain.; sewers, Athens, Gn„ Dubliu, Ga., and Bes semer, Ala.; waterworks system extension, Dublin, Ga. “Illustrating land values, 34 acres were sold at Itayle. Ga., for $37.50 per acre and 5.300 acres sold near Camden. Ain., brought $46,000. One Investor purchased about 100,000 acres of land In Union aud Towns counties, Georgia." PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS T can’t make a good speech against a pretty woman; the sight of a woman In trouble always appeals to.me, and whether they are guilty or not, lt'e a hard job for me to prosecute them, To tho average man It would appear that twenty years spent as a prosecut ing attorney, added to several years more spent In ordinary legal practice, would so deaden the sensibilities of a man that he could prosecute men and women, old and young, good and bad. Just and unjust, equally with relent, less vigor. But not so In the case of Solicitor Charlie D. Hill, of the superior court, and It was while discussing the case of a pretty young woman, now pending In the court, that the solicitor gave voice to hie sentiment In regard to women In trouble. "I could have made a good speech for Evelyn Thaw," continued the so licitor. “The sight of that poor little woman In distress would have^touched my heart until I could have made a speech without any evidence to back it up. I hate to prosecute a woman, any how, and when 1 have to do It It makes me feel ten times worse than the de fendant could possibly feel.” not be the object of a story whose point Is against him.elf. He keeps s lot of One chickens. Recently only s few of them bare been laying and he decided that If they didn’t «ur - '“ they would bare to furnish meat. his wife his purpose. "Dot I don't want to kill tbs hens that nre producing fresh eggs," he said. "Watch them carefully end from the umnhcr which ere not doing their dnty we'll select two for dinner.” The wife pointed out two delinquent hens. Tho West Ender got hts hatchet ami dr- cnpltatod them. The post mortem showed thnt'the hens wonld hsre contributed nbout a dosei * " " mltted West Ender .are he wll. .... chooses for ARMY-NAVY ORDERS • AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Charley Simmons, of South Carolina, was talking about boarding houses at the Ma jestic. He remembered hts youth In n boarding house !u a small town. The price of board from time Immemorial had been $10 n month. The boarders were startled one day by the landlord’s announcement that, because of the Increased prlco of pota toes, he had been compelled to raise tbs rate to $12. was the only boarding house In the county, hey wisely decided to remain. “And from that day on we didn’t have titocp on Blinmons. Harry J. McCuc, of the American Steel and Wire Company, of New York, a well- known Atlanta business man. Is 111 at St. Joseph's hospital with typhoid fever. He was taken «lc'~ -• * •- — —•* little the worse for drink, got on a West End car Tuesday nlgnt ana mm his nose bloodied because he was polite. When a lady got on the car thr/blg man arose effusively nnd offered her bis sett, lie retired to the rear of the car, where another big man was reading his afternoon pnper. More ladles got on the car, snd the man reading the paper sat still. The other man thought that very rude, so ho reached over and punched the sitting member with bundle. Up rose the man with the sent aud hand- Army Orders. Washington, Dec. 11.—Captain Guy V. Henry, First csralry, is designated mem ber of cavalry board, Fort Riley, vice Cap tain Stephen M. Kocherperger, S'ecoud ettv airy. First Lieutenant David McC. McKell. coast artillery corps, from cost artillery school to artillery district of tbs Chesa peake for assignment to duty with a com pnny at Fort Moproe, Va. ^ \ Major Pierce M. B. Travis, Eleventh in fantry, to array retiring board at Washing ton barracks, District of Columbia, Decem ber 20, for examination. . Navy Orders. Rear Admiral R. M. Berry, detached as commandant navy yard nnd station, Nor folk, Va., December 17 to home. Lieutenant II. E. Cook, detached c mand Shubrlck, when out of commission, to temporary duty In command Tlugy. Midshipman \V. C. Nixon, detached Ken tucky to Tlngey. Midshipman X. F. Connor, detached Shu brlck to Kentucky. Movements of Vessels. Arrived—December 7: Whipple, Hopkins, Hull, Stewart, Lawrence aid Truxton at San Juan. December 8: Yorktown at Mare Island, Saturn at Shn Diego, Wasp at New burgh, N. Y., California at San Francisco, Craven and Dahlgren at New York, Mis souri, Vermont. Rhode Island and Choc taw at Hampton Roads, Kentucky at New port. December 9: Maine at Hampton Roads, Standlah at Hampton Roads, Are- thasa at Lambert Point, Adams at Ber muda. Salted—December •: Nebraska, from Bremerton for San Francisco; Yorktown, from San Franclsc^jto Mare Island; Samo- set, from League Island for Delaware break water; Abarenda, Mom Norfolk for Bio de Janeiro; Marcellu^Bpm League Island for Trlnidod; Craven mm Dahlgren, from New port for New York; Kentucky, from New port tor Hampton Ros^s. December 9: Arethusa, from Norfolk for Lambert Point; New York, for from Cavite . Stockton and Norfolk) order nnd chaos S ed, men yelled for illy prevailed. The polite tnan refused to Iran *- *■ »el lurid wor .... ilm the hefty hand. C. C. McLain, of 27S Houston street, re cently put the following want •«* In the ^“Wanted—273 Houston street, first-class colored servant to cook and do general house work. Prominent church members religious sent, runuli nld societies, pastors' auxiliary asaortatlon., bands of willing helper. and tin- lifer, bad mined so many good rooks for Mr. McLain tbnt hr derldrd to take a new Ucfe and one wbose sorlat position In the churrh nut require Much a great amount of her More than onre ho hnd rome home to •pner to Hnd that owing to n reception lug tendered an evangelist somewhere tho above advertisement. brought result. In the shape of one large, enpabledoofelng colored woman, who Marri ed that she could uot get Into tho rhnrcb meettnx. If she tried, nnd she bad no Idea of doing that. THE MURDER OF POLICEMN J. A. MANIER. To the EdUor of The Georgian: Th. Independent. In common with W per cent of tho negroes of the rity. regret, this public calamity. The negro racial henrt of Atlanta goes out, Drat to Mrs. Mauler In thla hour of her Irreparahlo Iona; aceondly, goes out to the snpremney of the law which waa assaulted by the red-handed mur derer who struck down the persona,! of the law In the personality of the dead po liceman. iJist, we nak that the entire race be not Judged by the conduct of the brute supremacy of the law. The Individual who roalsta or assaults tho constituted authority of the law In tho exe cution of Its supremacy la the common en emy of nil tho people nnd ought to be per- tnnnently disposed of Jtl.t ns soon ns the Inw ran demonstrate Its rigor and strength. Ninety per rent of tho tdaek peoplo of thla community, like Itartow Blackman, stand for law nnd order, nnd arc aa rendy aa he was to bring the violator' to Justice when tho opportunity presents Itaclf. Per sonally the Independent wnnld lie delighted to are every negro church and society In the city take up n aubstnntlnl testimonial for Mrs. Mnnlcr ns nn expression of our racial grief at the death of her husband. Every negro whom we hare henrd ex press nn opinion of tho character nnd de meanor of Policeman Mnnlcr bna sold ho wna one of the moat humane nnd gentle man on tho force, and this expression com ing from a people who dislike policemen moat only operates to lunko his murder the more brutnl and cowardly. The race Is entitled to tho Iwneflt of tho good conduct of Itlackumn nnd associates, and our neighbors should rake no step that smacked of racial hatred. While not taking a aland for the sale of whisky, wo look with dlafaror upon tho proposition to rloae the hegmrimra because they sell whisky to ne groes. This la no time for spite and re- venue, and he who agitates such a policy Is the enemy of all the people and ought i promptly suppressed. If the bars nre to be closed they ought to lie closed upon moral grounds and not upon racial feelings, ro close the negro burs nnd leave tho white bars open would Intensify the racial foci- Ing. nnd Atlanta ciu not afford to take any step calculated to inar tho public peace. It Is not fair to make every negro who drinks suffer because one brute committed murder. Why uot give us the turnout of ilul.tcrcd and enforced I .or the protection of a.. . not In the Interest of a part „. „„„ to dose the ncgra luir. wonld not keep them from drinking, but would open ud new avenues of crime. The fundamental Involved la not the per- tonality of "Block abort," The character and usefulness of the race la tho Issue. Not that we alt deaerre to I* Judged by tho "Hllflt Hnnris" nf *h> ... • MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STS. ESTABLISHED 1330. Capital 7 $200,000.00 - Surplus and Profits...... $600,000.00 Banking in all its Branches l=== ■■■■—- j THE PMMENTER MILLIONS l ... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. . . (Copyright, 1907, by Arthur W-. Marcbmont.) By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT. Author of “By Right of Sword,” “When I Was Czar,” Etc., Etc, Black Sports” of the race who aro hopelessly In the minority, but sentiment Is so crystallised against u« lhat public opinion Is more Incline?! to measure us by the worthleasupis of "Dlsck Sport” than by the worth of Illacknran. Aa a ra.-o we have absolutely no patleneo with the “black sports;" the only thing we are Interested In la the building up of n useful and ro. mwctable character among our neighbors. The law Is supreme and every violator ought to be made to feel Ita prowess. while we think hut little of the more- mont to financially reward Dlockrann for bis heroic deed, we folly appreciate the fact that encouragement from our white neighbors will do more to develop our use- fulness than any other agency. Blackman only performed his duty, aud-moncy does not compensate for the execution of n ,S''V*Vir .White the donors menu well, their philanthropy may have a eon- traey affect upon the negro people. The race muat be taught and impressed to stand on the aide of law and^trder purely ont of lore foe the law and Tta supremacy. \>a without the hope of any other reward than the protection of the low In the sustenance of Ilfs and tho accumulation of property. Money e.n not compensate Blackman. The consciousness of having performed' his whole duty when the opportunity came for him to serve his country la pay enough for any man. Money can only minimise the bravery of Blackman s valor on this occa sion, ohd the ran. will lose what It needa “■not. t!» confidence of Its nelghbora. It bite the nmdnct of Blackman In no senae ntones for "Black Sport'." crime? the rice can largely console itself In the thought Synopsis of Previous Installment. Olive pretends that slio hns been rendered unrnnseloua by the drugged food. Mrs. Tilley Is completely deceived, and Olive overpowers her. She makes her former guard drink the drugged milk, nnd in a few minutes Mrs. Tlsley Is dead to the world. Olive then changes clothes with the wonmn. nnd nwnlts the coming of Gil bert Mcrrhlew to carry bis prisoner to the deserted mine shaft. When he does come Olive finds that he Is the worse for drink. He forces her to bid him In carrying the unconscious form of Mrs. ITIsley out of the house. . The delay goaded Merrldew to pas sion. With a volley of oaths he or dered her to go on at once, nnd with her henrt bentlng fnst she turned to ward the back of the house nnd stum bled along the narrow passage. Not seeing where she was going, she trip ped over a step up Into the kitchen and nearly fell. This drew a laugh from him and a curse at her clumsiness. But even when safely In the kitchen she did not know where to look for tho door, and with a sigh of fatigue she leaned against the wall. He was too engrossed In the work and too confused with drink to enter tain a suspicion of the real cause of this Becond delay, and knowing the way, he growled out a word of fresh abuse and himself went first to fhe door. The moment they were out In the air Olive had .her plan. The woman’s life must be saved, even at the risk of discovery now. She could trust herself to escape In the darkness. The drink had rendered Merrldew much less formidable as an opponent, and once away, she would be able to run both much farther and much faster than he. n they had gone a dozen paces or Wt ve stopped and began to breathe heavily, as if In great distress, and groaned In assumed pain. Walt," she panted; and let the wom an's legs rest on the ground. He grumbled again at this. But the fresh air was helping tho liquor he had taken to affect his brain, and he could scarcely stand upright. He-"'let his burden slip from him, nnd Olive, bend ing down, quickly snatched the veil away from the face. "What are you doing now?" he mut tered thickly. She put the lantern down close to the face as If she had allowed It to fall. The dim light was full on the features, and she Intended him to see them clearly. Then she uttered a wild scream as of fright.- "Look! Look! Look!" she cried, pointing wildly at the face. “I am afraid!" And with another wild scream she threw her arms above her head and rushed away. He called after her, sullenly at first, then In loud, ringing tones of violent anger, and started to pursue her. But he ran no more than half a dozen yards when he tripped and came to tho ground with a thud, the sound of which was the last thing In Olive’s ears as she ran round the house, gained the rough roadway at the front and darted along It In the darkfiess. She was free, free. FREE! The thought was like wine In Ita In toxicating delight. Her prayers had Indeed been answered, and she had been spared from the dreaded resort to any violence. She had been able even to secure that the wretch who had planned to take her life should not be sacrificed on her account. And as she ran she sent up her grateful thanks to Providence for her safety. SJj* was free! That was all In all at that moment. She had not the slightest inkling of where she waa. The road was all strange and, as she knew, was full of danger spots to. those who tra versed It in Ignorance. But she paid no heed to thla.. The Power which had come to her help In her hour nf dire peril would not let her perish In that of her victory. She hnd always been a good runner. Her old life In South America had been hardy, and she had carefully cultivated her strength In many ways. And now she sped over the rough road at a rapid pace which, her persecutor would have been taxed Vo equal, even had he been In a fit etate to follow. But ehe was soon assured that no one was following her. She stopped once or twice to listen Intently, putting her ear to the ground. But there was not a sound of a footfall. And when she was assured of this, she stopped running, and walked on with the quick, vigor ous stride that was always her wont. It was very dark on the moor, but thle did not trouble her. She had had to face dangers -too real and present to.feel concern at any which were only in prospect. Moreover, she reflected that In that lonely region she was not likely to meet any one; while. If she did, no one would think of harming her In her poverty-stricken dress. She come at length to k read, which she took to be from : which they had turned when she had been brought to the lonely house on the moor; and she turned In the direction oppo site to that by which Merrldew had come In the car. Then she recalled hie careful de scription of the district—t?iat the house really stood In the center of a district as wild and barren as that through which they had driven and that there were no Inhabited houses In either di rection for many miles. Even .'f that were true. It should not ainrm her. How many milts they hal covered without ipeetlng with the sign of a dwelling, she could not tell, but she would walk on until she came to ore. 1 She estimated the time te be about 10 c clock, and It would t)ot be light until nbout 4. 3lx hours. She had often walked for os many hours-with nothing iike the need which pressed her now, and ehe would trudge on until tho dawn. By that time she Would have covered a distance of rome twenty miles; quite far enough to rendor her, free from ah fear of pursuit. Her heart was buoyant and her spir its hlgli, and she faced the difficulties before her with the stern resolve to overcome them. She plodded on sturdily, but made far less ■ progress than she had hoped. The road was very difficult to follow in the darkness. Several times she stray. id from It Into byway paths and had to retrace her steps at the cost of much time. One of these mistakes Involved a delay of some two hours, during which she wandered round and round cn the moor before she found tho read again. She recognized that she was thus using up her strength In the dark to no purpose, and was also running a great risk of falling Into some one' of tiie disused workings. Thus the next time she went astray she hunted around until she lound the shelter of some bushes and lay down to wait for tho light. She was soon asleep, and woke as the gray dawn was breaking over the moorland. The reek of smoke was In her nos trils, and. In some alarm, she started up and looked around her. The smoko came over the brow of a small hillock on the side of which she lay. Getting to the top of this, she saw it was from tho smouldering embers of a house a few hundred yards away, from which the wind was blowing straight In her direction! The house had been gutted by the fire and only the walls were standing, bare, gaunt and black. A little cry escaped her as she recognized it as that In which she had been Imprisoned. In the dark she had strayed from the road and all the night she had wan dered apparently In a circle. Instinctively she hid herself In some bushes and stared at the house In be wildered alarm and amazement,' almost ns if expecting Merrldew to appesr and come In pursuit of her. But the Instinctive panic soon passed. There was not n sign of life nbout the place. She kept her eyes strained on It for an hour or more, while the light strengthened and the sun rose. Stealth ily nnd with the utmost caution she gradually worked around to a point from which she could see. the back of the house, and was thus able to assure herself that not a soul was anywhere near IL She thought once of going right up to It; but abandoned the idea. There was nothing to be gained by any closer In spection; and there might be some risk. So with the same caution she got back to the road and >et off on her Journey, full of perplexed speculation as to the meaning of the fire. Was It accidental or Intentional? Had Merrldew, In hls drunken stupidity, up set a lamp? Or the woman Tlsley? If so, had either of them, or botji, per ished in the flames? Then a terrible solution occurred to her. Hod Merrldew been so Intoxicated as to continue In the belief that It was the woman who had fled and that Olive lay there at hls mercy? Had he gone through with the deed he had planned and hurled the woman to her death down the mine and then returned and set Are to the house willfully, thinking at the same time to kill the woman, hls accomplice? She would have hls llfo In her hands; and Merrldew was vll. enough to plan such a delivery. The thought sot her shuddering. Un intentionally, she herself had been In part the cause of the woman's death through the exchange of dress. Earnestly and fervently she prayed that that might not be the answer to this problem of the fire, , CHAPTER XXXVIII. Friends in Nesd. Infinitely disturbed By the thoughts which the discovery of the fire had roused, Olive walked steadily through the dawn for several miles before she passed a single Inhabited cottage. Mer rldew had been right In.hi* description of the district, and the fact Increased her thankfulness for her escape. . No one was yet abroad, and as there waa Just a chance that she might be connected In some way with the fire on the moor she was anxious to put as great a distance ns possible between her and the house before she even ask ed a question as to where she was. Then she came out on to a high road, and a mile or two further on saw a sign post. The letters were nearly ob literated, but she made them out to be "To Bodmin.” The distance was given, but was too faint for her to decipher IL Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian. who has illifracril us, bat measure us by I lhat one of Its number apprehended anil tbe roodeet of Ilartow Blackman and hls I tSw’SImSm’of the''in** 0 ' hlm law associates, who promptly captured the brute j .114 our duty In this trying hour nnd «n<l th'Urpred him Into tbe h.nmU of the [ will do It ovenr time If tbe opportunity pro* law. Langunne * «»» not nawxuro the depth S *entx 4tiSMf. 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