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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER ».
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ated here. Hilt we do not believe title
can he done now, and It may he some
years before we arc ready for an big
an undertaking. Still Atlanta should
act Ita fare In tbnt direction NOW.
Appendicitis U one of those luxuries
that has to be cut out these times.
It will be very easy to jump aboard
the water wagon In Georgia on Janu
ary 1. lseap year, you know.
Aa the lit drawa near the joke* are
moitly dry, saya Editor Pleasant Sto
vall of the 'ateamed Savannah Presa.
It la a auro thing that the judge
who advlaed a young man to throw
his mother-in-law out could not have
been married.
A good-natured woman always
makes a bachelor feel that her sex
has been greatly maligned by the mar
ried men.—Washington Post.
After reading Mr. Cortelyou's state
ment we are convinced that he has
been near enough to the presidential
bee hive to hear the buxzlng.
In devising an elastic currency, says
the Indianapolis Star, congress should
avoid that kind of elastic that lets go
and bits you between the eyea.
At a banquet on her recent visit to
England tbe empress of Germany
wore (1.250,000 worth of jewels.—
News Item. Of course, ahe wore It
dress, tod.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch opines
that "no blue law was ever writ in
Indelible Ink.” Some estimable persons
In little old New York are beginning
to think the very opposite.
Is It realty true that the baggy pa
jamas have been removed from the
legs of the eagle on the new gold coins
and a tight fitting union suit substi
tuted? We'll wait ahd see.
JOHN JOHNSON OF MINNESOTA.
President John Johnson!
How does that sound? N
Homely enough, doesn't It?—plain as an old shoe. In fact Hits yon
honest-llke, and makes you almost feel a quick, strong hand-clasp that
might go along with It.
Well, stranger things have happened!
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, went to Washington the other day
to attend one of those Gridiron dinners that the big newspaper guns give
every once In a while. They try you out at those dinners. If yon are
trying to be somebody In the world, they look your credentials over
mighty closely and then put you over the hurdles to bring ont the soft
spots In your make-up. If you "stack up.” If you "stand tbe gaff”—this Is
the way they put It In Gridiron parlance—why, you'll do—that's all. ,
Well, Governor Johnaon attended a gridiron dinner. He's the man,
you know, that Colonel Henry Watterson hatl up his sleeve so long as a
dark horse for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. That didn't
make It any easier for him on the gridiron. Governor Johnson was called
on for a speech. He made It. and those who heard It liked It. They not
only said so. but they showed It. The biggest men of the nation were
there and they gave him the glad hand. Speeches made at Gridiron din
ners are not reported In the newspapers—that's about tbe only mercy
shown the victims. But If they were particularly good or particularly
bad, echoes of them get out the next day. Governor Johnson's came under
the first head, and the next day hit xtock began to go up.
Charles H. Grasty was one of the biggest of the newspaper guns
present. He Is publisher of The Baltimore News, one of the successful
newspapers of the nation. Writing to his paper of the gridiron dinner,
and p|rtfculariy of Governor Johnson and his speech, he said:
Governor Johnaon attended the Gridiron dinner. He made a
speech. A barnyard rooster never goes through that experience'
without losing his toll feathers A mere prairie phenomenon
would have been exploded. A demagogue would have been found
out. Any word of buncombe would have made the gridiron slzxle.
A new man has arrived. Cannon suw him and jumped across
the. table to erect him. Foraker wrung hla hand. 'Harry New,
Republican chairman that He In. ran to meet the man coming
from Minnesota to greater things. Roosevelt-Tafl editors, like
Nelson, of Kansas City, pressed around him. And as for Demo
crats—men groaning under the Bryan yoke and looking for deliv
erance—they fairly went wild.
Hero la a Democrat without demagogy. A leader whose head la
not In tho clouds. A sober thlnicer with the saving grace of huntor.
A i Ight-doer whose temperature Is perfectly normal. A young man
of sensoned judgment. A man of the people who looks well In
evening clothes. The posaecraf of that greatest gift of the gods,
sense—which means Judgment and taste—but all the while a virile
son of the West with every red corpuscl; Intact,
This Is not one man's enthusiasm: It Is the unanimous verdict
of a set of mon 'rained to slxe up other men and cold-blooded to
tho point of cynicism. The Supreme bench of the United States Is
not less subject to emotion thin these singed cats of Journalism.
IL Is something to be a Democrat who Is a two-times whiner In a
strong Republican state, hut that does not matter so much to them.
They rub elbows and sit at meat with president, cabinet ministers,
ambassadors and all tlie rest. But John Johnson, modest, self-
poised, keen-witted, clear-minded and good to look at—coming to
Washington with an official record behind him without a flaw at n
rime when every eys Is straining for Democratic timber—well,
they all think he’ll do.
Governor Johnaon hasn't quite a national nnme, bnt It Is getting that
else pretty fast Ills life’s history Is short but full of action. Here Is a
brief sketch by one newspaper:
John A. Johnson wss born Ht 1881 In St. Peter, Minn., where
he has alwuys lived. Hie parents were bom In Sweden. At the age
Ilf 12 the care of the family devolved on him. and tho triumph of
Ills early life Is an Inspiration in that region. He entered a print
ing office, learned the trade, became an editor and is one yet. with
a leave of absence serving as governor. Keeler & Johnaon publish
The St. Peter Herald, n weekly In h town about ths slxe of
Griffin. Oovernor Johnson hat served seven years In the Na
tional Guard, and attained tho rank of captain. In 1804 he was
elected governor by over 6.000 plurality, while the Republican plu
rality for president was 161,000. 'In 1906 he was re-elected by a
plurality of over 76,000. Title In a state In which ordinarily the Re
publican majorities run from 20.000 to 100,000. He la a Presbyte
rian, knows nothing of sectionalism, and Is not filled with ambi
tion to reform the universe. Tho n Yon Yonson, he Is a thorough
American, and would bo more apt to carry two or three North
western states, Minnesota and Wisconsin especially, than any other
Democrat who could be named.
Wireless messages from the fleet,
which Is now oft the Florida coast, In
dicate that everybody aboard Is per
fectly happy, and tbnt Admiral "Bob"
Is still able to cuss. Toklo papers
please note.
The Pensacola (Fla.), merchants
evidently believe that advertising
pays. The Evening News of that city
is out with a Christmas edition of 72
pages, 412 columns. Just chuck full
of well-displayed ads.
We wish to deny, on good authority,
that Sftnta Claus Is going to cut
out Chicago thlx year. Some heart
less scribe started the rumor, declar
ing that the Windy City girl had the
advantage over all other cities.'
We trust that the Marquis of
Queensberry rules will not be tbe
fssblon In congress tbla session; but
tbe little episode of Thursday leads
one to Imagine that several gentle
men at least are for the rough and
tumble plan.
In Atlanta tbe Republicans have
throe factions—Formker, Taft and
Cortelyotr—and they are making It
hot for each other.—Jacksonville
Metropolis.
Yes, but Sants Claus has the call
on all of ’em Just at present. *
The cotton world will hear with re
gret that Colonel Henry G. Hester,
superintendent of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange, was run down and
badly bruised by an automobile In
that city on Thursday night, and
while his injurlee are not believed to
be dangerous, his friends In all coun
tries that handle cottoh will feel anx
ious and wish him a speedy recovery.
Colonel Hester’s connection with the
Now Orleans Cotton Exchange for
many years as superintendent, secre
tary and expert statistician on the
tnorement and distribution of cotton,
has given him s world-aide reputa
tion as it reliable authority on this sub
ject. b
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VIRTUE OF FORGETTING.
The men who are making the beat success In life today are tbe men
who are keeping their "forgetcrles" In good running order.
Disagreeable things remembered clog the machinery of life and pre
vent progress.
Men who remember Indignities and Insults Invariably become brood
ers over their wrongs. Their minds are hatcheries of discontent nnd
peevishness, with which none oan hope to rise to great heights.
Balloonists tell ns that the higher they rise abovo tbe earth the
stronger tho optic aerve seems to become, and they are better able to
discover the proper relationships of things below. Tbe higher a man
rlnet' In his ability to forget disagreeable things the more clearly will ho
sco that life hns more sweets than bitter wrapt up within It.
The ability to forget Is no less great than the ability to remember.
Doubtless It Is true that nuns forget "forever and for aye," but It certain
ly Is true that the remembrance of the bitter Is softened and sweetened
by heroic souls, who are determined to live In today and tomorrow ratbpr
than In the past. If men can train their memories so that noble verse or
splendid music Is perpetually In their minds outside the hours of their
business, It Is also true that thsy send to the llrabo of the unregarded
the disagreeable experiences that they are apt to pluck with the choice
fruit from the tree of life.
Sterling witnesses to the truth that men can forget their grievances
are the books thnt have been written In Jails by noble martyrs for what
they believed to be the truth.
Forgetting how tbe AthenlAns < had mistreated him, Socrates, In the
dingy dungeon of Athens, perfects his time-defying Doctrine of Immor
tality.
Resolving not to brood over tbe Injustice with which he has been
treated Galileo, In prison confined, makes his prison cell a schoolroom,
an astronomer's chart room, and sends forth hla theories that stand the
test of the longest and latest research of modern astronomy.
Forgetting the Indignities he had received at the bands of the English
crown, Bunynti gives to the world his Immortal allegory, which has been
translated Into all known tongues and dialects, nnd has a circulation sec
ond only to the English Bible.
Forgetting his blindness and his poverty, Milton gives us “Paradise
IjOSt."
Determined that hla life shall not be embittered by harsh treatment
received at the hands of his enemies. Cervantes gives play to his delicate
wit and shafts of humor, and roams with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
the world around.
Epictetus, as a slave boy, was maimed for life by the cruelty of the
master to whom he had been sold. Asked If be could be happy with a
lame leg, he replied: "Do you think that because my soul happens to
have one lame leg that I am to And fault with Owl's universe?" Is It any
wonder, with a spirit like that, he should rise above sordid, morbid,
memories and come to be one of the world's Greathearts? In summing
up the story of that noble life, Browning, the poet, says: "This Is his epi
taph: Epictetus, a slave maimed In bis body, a beggar through poverty
and dear to the Immortals.”
Suppose some one has slandered you, forget It. You are too big a
soul tm feed your thought on rehashed slander.
Suppose you have been treated with Injustice by niggardly men, who
are unable to see great vistas In life, forget-tf. Man's Inhumanity to man
Is proverbial. The years will reveal the true character of your work.
Suppose scheming politicians have succeeded for the time In under
mining your work, forget It. If you have built on foundations of truth
and honestly performed your work, it will stand eternal.
Ah, rtiends! Lite It too short to cherish the mean things. Too short
to brood over unkind words. Too big with opportunity _ for splendid
achievements to grieve over the wrongs and Injustices which seem to be
your portion.
In the garden of your life plant rdsemary trees, whose perfume and
flower will sweeten not alone your own remembrances, but be sent forth
by tb* wild* "f T:"- !*» e-d b-sn'lfy other lives.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georginn here record* ench day
iome economic fact In reference to
the onward i>rogre*s of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
The Accompanying list, clnveifled a* to state* and cities, nbowg the more Impor
tant ne\r Industrie* established In tlie South during the week ending December,
and the figures of mnftaffzaflon Indlent* that the Investment movement In thl*
section 1* Mntplr hncked by the coin of the realm. In the list from Oklahoma, for
instance, will be seen n $1,000,001} navigation company, a $100,000 construction com
pany *M*a three oil companies with llttUJOO each, bonifies a $209,000 medicine factory.
’’«Tex*« are reported n rntm/ of new concerns, among “*
iff.
them being a $800,000
hardware comign^.
_ cotton
compauy In
—■— — - .. .arfety a
machinery company, n $150,000 Inmber company and - -
S Among other large Inreatnn nta in tbe Honthem state* during tbe week are
mining company In Alabama; a $100,000 lumber coinpfiiiy In Arkansas; a
II In Georgia; a $300,000 coal and coke company aud n $400,000 lumber comp.*./
Kentucky; a $100,000 oil company In Louisiana; several manufacturing companies In
Missouri; n $100,000 cotton mill lu North Carolina; a $500,ooo Investment company In
Virginia, and n $100,000 brick nnd tile company In West Virginia.
^^Alabanm—-Mobile. $10,000 tobacco cornttany; Birmingham, $300,000 mining com*
Arkansas—Helena, $100,000 lumber company; Newport. $5,000 warehouse company;
Knobel, $12,000 cotton gin; Fort Smith. $10,000 asphalt company.
Georgia—Koine, $12,000 granite nnd marble company; $40,000 cotton mill.
• - •*■ «. .. ■* too coal and coke company; r—■■**- **’’ ~
lumber company, $5,000 laud
> lumber company, $5,000 Inud company.
,000 electrical manufacturing company; Monroe, $15.-
wley, $100,000 oil company; Lake Charles, $25,000 turn*
Louisiana—New Orleans. $23,t
000 spoke factory, saw mill: Crowley,
her company.
Missouri—St. Louis, $150,000 Investment company, $10,000 Investment company,
$18,000 niantifncluring company; Holden, $20,000 chemical company; Kansas City,
$20,000 manufacturing company; St. Joseph, $25,000 stove and foundry company.
North Carollua—New London, $100,000 cotton mill; Tnrlmro. $10,000 hardware cora-
Oklahoma—Oklahoma City, $100,000 construction oompnny: Guthrie. $1,000,000 nav
igation company; $200,000 medicine factory; Muskogee, $l0O,OOO oil company; Tulsa,
two $100,000 oil companies. •
Texas—Houston, $60,000 land company, $100,000 naval stores company, $200,000 ma
chinery company: Dallas. $30,000 Implement company; Beaumont. $15,000 lumber com
pany: Gdriuan, $15,000 light and power company.
Mrgjnln—Alexandria. $75,000 Ice factory; Draper, $25,000 milling company: Rteh-
nlond,^$500.000 Investment company; Norfolk. $15,000 wharf and warehouse corpora-
‘ * wtirkii.
tlon, $100,000 land company: Chrl*Uan*hurg, $25,000 lime
West Virginia—Sbepput'dstown. $20,000 > development company; Wheeling.^$50,000
Charleston,
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STS.
D O YOU recognize the value of good banking
connections? In every department we are pre
pared to serve you in a satisfactory manner. Small
accounts desired as well as large ones. Four per
cent interest paid on savings.
The Right Kind of Old Maid
ISSSSSSSSSSStSSMSSSStSSSI
KOM tbs hour that she Is old enough
to understand tbe term, every
lias an unconcealed dread of !j
an Old maid. In her uilud tbe name
la connected with a peevish prude whom
chlldreu fear and young people chid men
tnaka fuu of.
No greater woe nnd disgrace can befall
har, tlie Imagines, than to be sn old maid.
But that nort of old maid Is out of date,
tny dears. She was not a happy woman,
nnd no wonder; for no one took any Inter
est In her, which was no great wonder, as
she did nothing to make herself Interesting
or beloved.
In her place baa come the old maid of
modern days, w*ho ia n brisk, capable, wide*
-awake woman, making a place for herself
la the world and doing much to redeem tbe
term, “old mold," from being one of re
proach.
Marriage Woman's Best Career.
I am n firm believer In matrimony—bnppj
matrimony, I mean—as tbe l>est of all ca
reers for women. But for one reason or
another all women can not marry.
Home of them never meet tbe right man.
Home of them prefer single blessedness.
Perhaps there are not enough men to go
round.
At any rite, the fact remains that there
does got retire to a cottage with a cat and
a canary and make herself disagreeable to
her neighbors.
makes friends with young nnd old, anil
men admire tier prodigiously, und wonder
why In the world she never married.
She probably has her hours of loneliness,
but she la determined to wrest whnt good
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
A brisk-moving, alert-looking negro
started across the capital ground*
Wednesday afternoon. He met two
others. - i ri
"Buy, is either eif you boys got change
for a $60 bill?” he asked.
Both denied 11 politely, but flrmly.
"Whst?" was the astonished reply.
"Ain’t you niggers got any money, at
nil?"
"I*e got 812,” said one.
“I got 82," said the other.
"Well, look heah," said the alert ne
gro. "You fellers gimme dat money,
an' I'll run right In here to my boaa 1
olflce—you knows Mr. Grlffln, don't
you?—an* git change far dts $50, an'
come right back and pey.you back.”
He took the money, walked Into the
Washlngton-st. entrance to the capita!,
and right, out of the Hunter-at. aide.
After etnndlng around a half hour, hla
victims became uneasy, and Anally
went Into the building to make In
quirin'.
But "Air, Griffin's" man and their 814
were missing for fair.
Traffic 111 Brood-kt. was blocked for
ten minutes Friday morning while i
negro driver of the J, K. Orr Shoe Dom
pony picked up an assortment of la
dles' shoes that had been sown broad
cast In the middle of the street when a
street car struck the wagon loaded with
shoes.
The negro driver paused In collect
In? the shoes long enough to explain:
"Dat ole mule Sal got skittish and
■ouldn't git out of the wny of de car.
Dp ear kept coming end she kept stand-
in' and rle car kept coming and she kept
standln' and de car kept coming nnd
she kept standln' till de car side-swiped
' > wagon and busted de box of shoes."
While coupling cars on the Central
of Georgia railroad at East Point
Thursday afternoon, Frank McLeskey,
a train hand In the employ of thnt road,
had his hand mashed. He was brought
to the city and given medical atten
tion. Altho his hand was badly lacer
ated, It was found amputation would
not be necessary.
Marion M. Jackson, a well-known
member of the Atlanta bar. will deliver
an address Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at the Young Men's Christian
Association on "Cltlxenshlp In the
Kingdom." Music for the service will
be furnished by tho association or
chestra, wtth a violin aolo by George
Collins. Air. Jackson la an Interesting
speaker. An Invitation la extended to
alt men to be present.
• The Ten" will be the guest of Gov
ernor Joseph AI. Terrell at hla apart
ments In the Lenox on Friday. The
paper for the evening will be by Sam
D. Jones, on "Christian Science," be
ing the tenth In the seriee of "Studies
In Comparative Religions."
WHAT HE WOULD DO.
Tbe
jlrls, i
mothers.
lint If you do not marry, don't feet that
your llres nre wasted. Make up your
minds to he such line old maids that every
on, will admire you and seek your society.
Hera's an Old Maid Worth While.
The Onest woman 1 know Is nn old inald.
She liras In s large city not far from new
York. She Is the most loved sad the most
proudnent rromnn In her native city.
Women consult her on nil matters.
Young girls go to her with their lore s f-
fairs and men think highly of her opinions
In every wny.
Don't spend all ynor time In going to
dances and thinking of young men nud
dress. ,
Fill your minds with all tbe knowledge
thnt you can. It won't lie assy to learn
nfter you grow older. Keep your hearts
---• — —- 'tlnd. 1
"old mnjd," from
The more' bright nnd lovable you make
yourself now, the happier you will lie la
later life, whether married or single.
If you know any old maids just cultivate
thetr acquaintance and see If on the whole
they afe not bright and cheerful women.
There mny he u few silly ones who enn
not grow ofrl gracefully and who will per
sist In dressing like young girls and belmr-
Ing la n kittenish manner before men; hut.
fortunately, their type la dally growing
rarer.
The right kind of old mnhl Is n self-re
, acting, Intelligent, up '
commands the regard
who know her.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OP VESSELS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
That wise ord tender editorial
Wednesday's Bern
»ay:
leorglan prompts me to
Army Order*.
Washington, Dec. 20.—Lieutenant Colonel
Ammon A. Augur, Twenty-fourth infantry,
upon arrival from Philippine* to Fort On
tario. Iflrat Lieutenant Earl II. Hrun*. as
sistant surgeon, from Philippines, April 15,
lo Han Fninclaco.
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel IL Jones, to
ntriu.’tlon work Vancouver barracks, vice
raptniu <'tinrloa II. -Marlin, Second Infan
try; Captain Wllllnni 8.* Graves, Twentieth
Infantry, to general recruiting service, fo
Los Angele*. vice Major John W. Heard,
Sixth cavalry, recruiting officer, lo charge
recruiting station, lioxton, vice Major llo-
ratio il. nickel, TneUth envaf
Novy Orders.
Lion lent! nt 1C. A. Brook*, detached recruit
ing at Memphis, to charge recruiting station
at Chattanooga; Lieutenant 1. E. Has*,
detached recruiting at Chattanooga, estali
Huh recruiting station at New Orleans.
Panned A»nl*uint Surgeon C, II. DeLoney,
detached recruiting at Clmttnuooga, to re
cruiting station at Chattanooga.
Paymaster W. I.. Wilson, to liurean of
navigation, special temporary dirty. Pay
master's Clerk It. M. McCrory, resignation
accepted to take effect January 20.
Movements of Votsdls.
AURIVBD—December 17. California at
Han Fmnehioo; December 18, Pnnfher and
Cntgoa at Santa Lucia. MarcelliiM at Trial
dad. Alexander nt Guam, Htandlsh at An
napolis.
HAILED—December 17, California from
Mare Island for Han Francisco, Glacier
from Hunts Lucia for Trinidad; December
18, Panther from Culgoa for Triu
S I* from llnmptou Roods for Lenu
lontgomery to be rumuilsaloncd January f
at tisvy yard. League Island.
* PARAGRAPH ER8, ATTENTIONI
(Home Herald.)
Tbe gustatory editorial Is a development
of modern time*. From n perusal of tbe
papers one might think thnt the editors eat
to live. Ench one has bis own hobby. We
lieg to suggest thst n meeting of rood fsd
dlsts of the pres* he called for some time
during the coming apflng and that each
editor bring hla own particular pet brand of
fodder for the grand banquet that will
terminate the proceedings,
Of course the logical place to hold this
meeting Is itemnrknhle Home. The bracing
North Georgia air will put nn edge on tlu?
paragraphical appetite that will make the
Hhsence of tho anteprandial cocktail go
untouched. Then thing* grow In more pro-
fusion here than elsewhere. Of course
everything cun not lie found nt one
of the year, hut the missing links
kept on h e or In cans, nud brought forth to
deck the festive lioani ^
The Herald bus written to Vice President
Fairbanks asking him to In* the guest of
honor ajul bring n Jar of buttermilk, to
wipe out tbe stain left by the cocktail tnero-
ry. The o.ratio Jim Kerin ha* a entbolic
ppetlie and flits about from delicacy to dell-
aw Sn EngMsh sparrow, hut Just uow
THE PARMENTER MILLIONS
... A Slitting Novel of Lotie, Conspiracy and Adventure. . .
(Copyright, 1907, by Arthur W. Mnrcbmont.)'
Synopsis of Previous Installment.
Jack calls at Sllvcrheach null *—* "Mol"
Ished at the likeness of tho servant --
awesthenrt. Olive continues to make be
lieve aha la an Irish girl, lint determine*
to slip n note to Jack before he leaves to
- ‘ 1 in the meantime, however.
a........
By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT.
Author of "By Right of 8word," "When I Was Czar," Eto„ Etc
Irish brogue had betrayed the fact
that she tvas not what she had ap-
poured.
What the paper was which she had
thrust so mysteriously Into Ills hand ha
knew no more than why she had so
acted, and when Dawlolgh appeared at
the end of the path and the girl waa
Obviously frightened, he jumped to the
rough and ready conclusion that she
was flying from him and needed help
"Now, what does It all mean?" he
asked aa soon as the sound of the man s
footsteps bad ceoaed.
That Jack should not have recognized
her while she was standing there with
her heart beating so wildly, passion
ately eager to throw her arms round
his nee!: and every love Instinct ram
pant within her, at first astounded and
then amused her.
She answered In her richest brogue,
"Rhlir* VriitR hnnni' ln"
J specialising OR prunes, nnd enn bring
covey of the Washington kind. John
CSC. of the Georgian, wilt he expected
to coBtrlbnte a mess of Georgia collnrds.
llenry McIntosh can bring hog and hominy
from Albany, tor ile.xiert Ihore will lie
Texas strawberries from The Houston Post.
A wore of Georgia editors pin their, faith to
yarns, watermelons, peaches,
persimmon Iwr, cane Jnleo nnd
. , ... pleasures. We ourself will
furnish oulon*. und Remorsernl Howell has
agreed to contribute plenty of moonlight. If
showed to clump hla molars uu more anb-
atsntlnl fond.
The Idea Is one easy of execution, and we
know all the boy. are wondering (hat they
dbl not think of It before. I.ot us push the
thing along so that lieinarknhlo Come mar
become the recuc of socli a gastronomic
saturnalia as has not lieen witnessed since
tan-ullns ruined the dtgnstlou of tho adident
Homan,
As ahe came to the gallery which
ran round the well of the broad stair
case, she heard his Voice raised In an-
K "1 believe you've lied to me, Mr. Mer-
ridew. You know she Is not dead, and
you are hiding her somewhere for your
Infernal purpaaes."
"I have made every allowance for
your natural exasperation. Mr. Fen
wick: and It was because I knew that
it affected you so closely that I told
you candidly nil I knew. But there are
limits to my endurance. You had bet
ter leave the houie."
•T do not believe the atory you have
told me.*
•T can only give you my word. You
asked me for Information about AIlss
Parmenter. and I have given It to you.
I assure you that both my mother and
I are as anxious as you can be to And
out whether she Is still alive.”
"Then give me the name of the place
where you say you saw her last."
"If I thought It would be of the-least
assistance to you, and If I did not know
that my agents had made every possi
ble inquiry Into the matter, 1 would
do to with the greatest pleasure. But
absolutely nothing more can be done."
At this the last vestige of Jack's tem.
per took flight.
"I will find out the truth In spite of
you and will eifpose you for the scoun
drel you are," he cried.
"Do what you please, air; but you
had Better first clear your own name.
Here, you fellows there, put this man
out, and then send Dawlelgh to me,"
and Merrldew turned on his heel and
went back Into the room.
Jack left the house then, and Olive
ran down by the servants’ stairflase to
get out to follow hint. At the bottom
Datvlelgh was waiting, to her Infinite
exasperation. She hatl no time now for
fooling, or Jack would get away before
she could catch him.
"Have you put It safely away?" he
asked with a grin. “It's taken a long-
Ish time"
Ye wouldn't have me put It away
tvldout trying how It looked, would
ye’l" she asked, smiling, and wishing
with all her heart that the other serv
ants would come to tell him that Mer
rldew wanted him. She dared not tell
him herself for fear he'd guess she
hud been listening to what had passed
In the hall.
And you like It?” he nxked fatu
ously. "But that’s nothing at all to
what I'll give you—”
"Whisht now. Would ye have the
others all hearin' what's atwean us?"
Would those loitering idiots never
come? ahe thought.
"Is your face troubling you again.
Moilier* he asked, seeing her look of
w ofry.
"It's Just mad It's drlvln' me."
Then the man came In search of
Dawlelgh, and «tjp. was free.
In another second ahe waa out of the
house, scudding at full speed down the
drive nnd casting anxious eyes ahead
lor her lover.
She saw him at length, and Just as
Shttre. your honor la"-
"That'll do with tho brogue," ha In
terrupted.
Then to hla Intense surprise ahe gave
a little cry ns ahe threw her arms
around him, pressed her face close to
his and kissed him. *
For the moment she could not say a
word, and then, half-taughlnc and half
In tears, she exclaimed I "Oh. Jack,
you dear great stupid, do you mean
you don't know me?"
"Olive! My darling!"
For a time which was Just sheer ec
stasy to them both, no more was said.
No words were needed. He held her
strained close to Ills heart and show
ered kisses upon her lips and cheeks
and brow and eyes—any spot that was
largo enough to tako a kiss; and she
clung to him trembling In silent rap
ture,, her face upturned as tears of
delight welled slowly from her eyes and
great passionate sobs of emotion con
vulsed her.
At length with a smile she drew
away. "Arrah, be alsy now, wld ye.
or ye'll have me wig off wld yer clum
sy ways. Sure It's Mollle O'Brien you'd
be afther tratln’ In this way. Isn't It
ashamed of yesllf, ye are. klssln'
strange girls lolke this, whin all ths
tolme your own colleen has been brak
in’ her heart for a sight o' your dear
face an' the feel of It, too,” and again
she kissed him, and laid her head on
his breast with a happy sirh.
"Now, we must be sensible,” she said
next. "Oh, Jack, what do you mean
byicomlng here and making me ao weak
aa all this?"
"My head Is still in the clouds," he
laughed. ‘Tm Just mazed. Why, they
told me you were dead, Olive."
"I know. I heard them. Thay think
It. too. But come farther away from
the drive, or some one may hear us,"
and clinging close to his aide as they
"'"Iked, she led him to a spot where
they could talk freely.
"Now, my dearest, I can't stay more
than a few minutes and you must just
let me tell you all I can cram Into the
time wlbiouf interrupting to ask any
questions or tcold or anything. First,
you are cleared about that robbery of
the papers. Merrldew waa mixed up In
It, and he brought them hare; I found
them, and Mr. Casement has them. But
site caught sight of. h*m ha pauea* f or H t(m , you mu>t not anything.
SlZt to"w back to thi S “hen Th -" e arrMt * ,n ^ndon-thnt of the
clenched Iris fist angrily nnd resumed
his walk.
In a part of the drive where
. —. r -f»*nt nuNfl-
, , at v,,,r sane is ssas'e tUltlfftllljril h*Vt» *(| (tji
hazard a part of it in giving employ- a wtlllnsacaa to Mdurrilie for the
ment to men who arc "down and out.” cntcrtilnutent fund. The hors w.ll all have her arm —
t would put them to work at what they »««}»- !«*•»« hoc>»*<>£« Ot. hi* aide he was completely pus- i .Upped'into'n~d«r he met her
thick laurel hedges ran on either side
and offered her no chance of getting
away from him Into the shrubbery. So
she slackened speed, keeping well In
the shadow of the bushes, nnd then
beard footsteps In the distance behind
htr coming rapidly from the house.
She darted up behind Jack, Just as
he reaohod a path which would serve
her purpose, and without a word caught
his arm and thrust Into hla hand the
little note she had written.
But she had reckoned without. his
anger. Ready to suspect anything at
such a moment and In sttch a place,
the Instant tho note waa In hla hand he
grabbed hold of her drase and detained
The footsteps behind were drawing
rapidly nearer.
"You are followed." she said excited
ly, In a low tone, forgetting all about
hrr brogue.
"Hullo. The Irish girl without her
Irish,” eald Jack In the same low tone.
"No, you don't go In that way, please,"
nnd hla grasp tightened.
'Come down here and let them pass,
whoever It is. Quick. 1 muet not be
seen.”
She let him lead her Into hiding and
together they rtood, hla hand still hold
ing her tight, snd waited until the
steps came close and a man's figure
showed Indistinctly through the gloom
at the end of the little aide path down
which they were hidden.
Olivo recognized Dawlelgh.
CHAPTER XLIV.
Love Beata Resolve.
Dawlelgh paused at the mouth ot the
K th, and Olive thought that he had
?n following her and had seen her
turn Into It. He did come two or three
yards along It; but paused again, re
traced hla steps, and set off running In
the direction of the lodge gates.
In those few seconds of suspense
Olive knew that all her carefully laid
plans were threatened with Collapse.
She had been very brave and resolute
throughout, and wonderfully resource
ful and self-reliant; her Indomitable
Courage had risen to meet emergency
After emergency; and she had gloried
In the fact that she had won through
all by her own strength and Independ
ence. •
But her love for Jack was a great
part of her nature; a deep, strong and
living force In her; and now ahe was
thrilling ard trembling with emotional
delight In the mere fact of being once
again In hls presence and feeling the
touch of his strong, nervous hand on
girl you recognized among the others—
were my doing; I can’t stop to tell you
how 1 found out everything, but Mr.
Casement will tilt you now,” and In
the same brief manner she told him of
Merrtdew's conduct; that he believed
ho had murdered her, and that after
her escape she had come to Sllverbeech
ostensibly as a servant, but really aa a
' P &e listened, breathless with Interest,
astonishment and rage, and at first
was for going straight back to the
Manor to have It out with Merrldew.
But Olive declared that this woud ruin
everything and In the end calmed him.
aud succeeded In winning him found to
promise that he would flo nothing to
Interfere with her plans. Ha was hard
to convince, but her qulot, firm In
sistence prevailed In the end.
No one had a susplcon that she wss
other than Just Mollle, the Irish girl.
she told him, and the fact that even
hi himself had been mistaken waa the
proof thnt the was In no danger. Be
sides) both he and Mr. Casement now
knew wha/e ahe was, and even If ahe
were dfecovered by Mcrrtdew they
would be able to come to her help.
This was the argument which won
him round, and when they parted He
had promised her faithfully that no act
of his should betray the fact that he
khew her to be even alive.
’■But why couldn't you have told me
that?” he asked. "It has been a ftsrrlble
time."
"Because I couldn’t warn you against
Sirs. Taunton, Jack. She would have
guessed your secret In a moment, even
If you had not told her.”
"By Jove, I never thought of that.
Of course. I've seen her often and
have spoken freely of It all."
"Don’t see her again. She'll notice
the difference Instantly. You had bet
ter not go back to London."
"tVhaj a devil of a woman! I won't
go near her again,” he said, quickly.
"Yes, bht you must have an excuse
or she’ll suspect. Talk It all over with
Mr. Casement."
"He'a deep, too. Never let on a word
about you. Even told me there were a
couple of letters for you and asked
what I thought he had better do wlrit
them.”
"They must be from Selma Ham
mond. Jack. Tell him to open them,
and If they ore, to get the girl some
where within reach. She may be neces
sary. And now, dearest, I must go or
I shall be mlesed." ,.
It took some minutes before Jack
could tear himself away, and then Oily*
returned to the house, hoping to get m
unseen.
But Dawleigh'e Jealousy had been
aroused. He had caught a glimpse or
Olive In the drive, and Just aa she
price for their time and their skill, and I “S,!:'
iVT?1* P<>tb *J t-r?. 1 * 16 * l „ ll ,, rou bflnx jeer fjirorilt '"mess'
. because of hla firm resolve to get to I been, hinting that ahe had been meet-
• I the bottom of the strange conduct of I Ing some other man. _ , _
thl* cheer sodd-rt Hr— f'c h-r c-r'ir*"-d in Tomerfew's G*"'C 3, h