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XJOXi TA OJ^OttUxAiN' AJNi> NEWti. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN CANO NEWS) Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY it 55 West Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. Telephones rnnnertln? all depart- ”enfs. Lone distance terminals. Smith fc Thompson, advertising rep* reeentatjres for all territory outside of Georg Is, Chicago Office .... Tribune Building. New York Office .... Brunswick Bldg. C• r.UMU1 A.> AAJ» n, iricjiuviiw the circulation department and hare GIAN AND warn I 1 notify this office un the date of CJpIrs- tloa: otherwise, It will be inntlna.d it the regular suhserlptlon rate, until noliee to mop la received. in ordering a change of address, please giro th. old ai well aa the new oddreaa. . It la dealrabl, that all communion- llona Intended for pnbllenllon In THI GEORGIAN AND NEW* be limited to MO word* In length, tt la Imperative that they be signed, as an evPlettee of goad faith. Rejected manuscripts anil not be returned unless stamps nra sant for <ha purpose. TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS print, ao unclean or objectionable Advertis ing. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads r ._nls. as It now owns Its water worlts. Other cities do this and get gas as low ns r> cents, with a profit to tho Htr, This should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes that If street rnllways ran bo Moisted successfully by EuroDCnn cities, as liter are, there Is ao good rensn-i -hr tli.y enn not be to oper ate Mnt tre do not believe this or- now, and It may bo some News of the cat In meat prices Is a long time reaching the butcher. A Western man who stole $10,000 worth of leather Is In the skin bust ness, all right. Cigarettes weaken tha heart action. The head action Is weak before the habit Is formed. The husband who gets an alarm clock for a Christmas present baa reason "to vlow with alarm." Now peanuts are going up In price. Will a boost <n the price of circus tickets follow as a natural sequence? "Women could get on with half the clothes they wear," observes a fash ion writer, but neglects to say which half. "Silent" Cortelyou has demonstrate ed his ability to talk when the ne cessity arises, and straight from the shoulder at that. "Mayor believes raise Is proper," say headlines Id The Boston Olobe. When be sees the other fellow's hand he may not think so. A bullet fired during the Clrtl War woundod a Whltfleld county mnn last week. As a long distance runner thnt man fs entitled to some attention. It will be necessary for this coun try to stagger along without congress from this date to January 8. After that time congress will stagger awhile. If there's anything that arouses the Ire of Uncle Joe Cannon more than talk of trimming the tariff, tt Is the mere mention of an Appalachian for est reserve. Those two old men who had spent forty-odd comfortable years In Sing Sing had reason to complain when they were turned loose In Merciless Manhattan. Wo need some live poets.—Boston Herald. If all the poets In the coun try don't shoot their output Into Tljp Herald sanctum after that Invitation they are dead ones. The Milwaukee Sentinel wants the "stutr that made her famous" put un der the ban by the paragrapbers' union. Agreeable here, as that Is the only place we can put It In a few days. Although President Roosevelt de clares that he will not be a candidate for the presidency again, Walter Wellman says he knows better. Walt's fancy Is In the dirigible, whether he ever gets there or not. If The Houston Post accepts The Rome Herald's Invitation to a banquet at which all of the paragrapbers are expected to supply the things they have been boosting, Roman, may ex pect to view the finest collection of canned goods ever shown In one lot Jack McCartney has malicious In tents. After browbeating Rowell, of The Rome Tribune, about the onion as a love potion, he Is now trying to Inveigle The Georgian paragrapher Into an onion eating contest with Tom Bhope, of The Dalton Cltlxen. Aa a respectable married man. we firmly decline to mtx-up with any such a degenerate collection of old bachelors. £ DO YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS? Do you believe In Santa Claus, tho grey-halred saint of universal childhood? Now, do say that you do, for all the little golden-headed Tin ker Bells who bring flashes of light and the sound of melody In our homes are Just eager to know tha truth. Of course If you have a heart and a soul,' which havo ever felt tho glow of faith In something beyond and outside of your own puny self, you must still believe In that myste rious personality which represents a limitless capacity to make happiness and to cause our dreams to come true. The silvery locks of dear Santa Claus do not signify old age or senility, although there Is no biography which tells of the time and place of bis birth. He Is just as active, virile and buoyant In this wonderful twentieth century as he was when the children of long gone generations awaited his coming on Christmas Eve. He finds bts wsy around this great world of ours at the Christmas tide in his marvelous sled Just ns readily ns If steel rails and electric wires did not form an almost Impossible net work over hill and dale, through forest and glen. Of course Santa Claus does not need spectacles—and he does not wear a monocle—for he lives In the sweet and tender light of children’s smiles. His queer little cam—al ways tied up In a crimson muffler, for Sftnta Claus Is the very embodi ment of the spirit of Vinter—are ever open, ever alert to the sound of children's happy laughter. The ono human thing that is free from suggestions of geographical lines, as you know. Is tho fresh, spontaneous laughter of childhood. No child laughs with a brogue, nn accent, or a dialect, and latitude and longi tude are unknown factors In tho subtle melody of a child’s laugh. So long as these sweet, alluring things shall be, so long will good Santa Claus reign without a rival In the affections of children who lisp their prayers at mother’s knees, and In those of either children, who at the blessed Christmas time, catch the echoes of the merry prattle of their own little ones who have now grown Into man's and woman's estate. Santa Claus’ reindeer, with their spreading antlers, may have walked "two and two" out of the ark, when It rested on Ararat's crest aftor tho flood subsided, but who cares? The gift of eternal youth Is theirs and they are too busy to bother with family records or chronological tables. Each year tho rhythmic patter of their tiny hoofs will be beard on your root on Christmas eve If your heart keeps young and true and your ears ore still attuned to the faintest whisper of God's own messengers. Santa Claus finds his happy way Into tho homes of the rich and the poor alike; Into the palace and Into the cottage, wherever children have been sent to brighten and to bless. He Is a queer, irregular distributor of gifts, but his Justice and fair ness ere nover questioned oven by the modern cynic, who has lost belief In all things divine and human, save his own pitiful little mentality. Sometimes the dolls Santa Claus carries down the chimneys of cottage bomos aro not dressed In silks and satins; do not "go to sleep," and can not say “Mama” and "Papa," but to the sweet little curly-haired girl who empties her bulging stocking before the December sun has peeped over tho hills It docs not matter. The Incarnate cherub has In her arms tho doll she wrote for and the first test of her unconscious faith has met with a beautiful, adequate fulflllment. Santa Claus Is not a myth, but a reality; - not a fable, but a fact. Does not tho greatest government on earth recognise his personality and his mission and has not the postmaster general given specific direc tions ns to tho distribution of his mall? The life of that child fs peculiarly pathetic and incomplete which has not been Illumined with an unquestioning, unfaltering belief In Santa Claus. Without the mysterious joys of anticipation ou Christmas Eve,, tho richest child has lost ono of the most exquisite phases of earthly hap piness. Woe bo to him who wilfully destroys the beautiful Ideal person ified In good old Santa Claus. Little Tinker Bell found the sweetness and light of life ebbing nwny because of a waning faith In fairies and the beauty and melody of child hood Is endangered by the Iconoclastic touch of modern pagans who strive to destroy the exquisite Ideals which lift humanity close to the diviner things of tho universe. The little Tinker Bells, who make spots of glory along the prosaic pathways of life and who twine themselves close to our hearts, want to know If you believe In Santa Claus. Of course you do If you havo a soul big enough to hold a faith that Is as pure and as unquestioning as that of a little child. THE DEATH OF GUYTON M’LENDON. The heart of the entire state goes out In tenderest sympathy to Hon. and Mrs. S. Q. McLendon In the untimely death of their splendid young son. Just entering upon tho beginning of young manhood, which teemed with promises of a future of unlimited achievement, this only child has fallen on sleep while tho day was still fresh and beautiful with the buoyance of childhood and the clamor and striving of later days had not yet been dreamed of. Descending on both sides of. his family from an ancestry represen tative of what was most deserving of emulation and 'most notable of ac complishment In tho social, logal annd political life of the South, this re markable youth waa worthy of the race from which he came. Combatting the Inroads made by physical suffering, Hon. S. G. Mc Lendon has set an example of personal heroism In meeting with daunt less courage the ^erlous and distinguished duties which have been as signed hint In controlling the destjnlbs of a great Btate. He has endured with fearless fortltudo the Inexplicable dispensations allotted him, aud this last and greatest affliction will prove but another test of hla strong and heroic personality. In this unspeakable bereavement when words are absolutely futile and meaningless the sympathies of the people of Georgia go out to him and to Mrs. McLendon with a sincerity end a tenderness which can not fittingly be expressed. MAY INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF-THE MEDICAL CORPS. Congress will probably enact legislation at this session to Increase the efficiency of tho medical corps and expand It, provided that congress does not get too angry at dictating to It wbat bills should or should not be passed. At feast the trend of things now Is In that direction, and Its officers are encouraged over the outlook. They have been fighting long and bard for legislation of this nature and at last seem to be In sight of tt. Chairman Hull, of the house committee on military affairs, expressed the belief recently that the hill which be Introduced would be reported favorably from the military affairs committee, end that the house would pass It. The bill has sufficient support in the senate to make It likely It can be passed It It reaches that body from the house. The bill pro vides one brigadier-general, sixteen colonels, twenty-tour lieutenant-col onels, one hundred and ten majors, thirty captains, or first lieutenants, with mounted pay. Promotions are to be made according to senlqrity. lieutenants to be subject to examination and are to be promoted to cap tain after'three years' service. Other officers are to be examined by a medical board preliminary to promotion. PRESIDENT DIAZ TO VISIT ENGLAND. Preliminary arrangements for the holding of the Mextean National Exhibition at the Crystal Pelace In London from May to October next year have now been completed. For some time past a commissioner has been on a visit to Mexico for the purpose of obtaining the views of the Mexican government and the people on the subject. In all parts the scheme hts received the heartiest support The president of the repub lic himself has taken the keenest Interest In the matter and has Intimat ed that If his health permits, he will visit England during the exhibition. The exhibition will comprise a concrete display of the actual achieve ments of private enterprises In the republic. The exhibition will be mainly by corporations, firms, and individuals who have direct and vital interests to advance, and by committees,* districts, and companies 'who are especially concerned In the Introduction of greater capital, new and essentia! business forces, and the widest possible extension of commer cial and financial relations with other countries. The great atm will be to Illustrate the Immense Industrial development that hat taken place In Mexico during recent years, and to bring before the British capitalists and Investors a representation of the great opportunities offered by the vast and richly endowed states of the republic. Growth and Progress of the New South Tlie Georgian here records each day »ome economic fact In reference to (be onward progress of tbe .South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY GROWTH AM) BROGUES*.. .. < GROWTH ANT) PROGRESS.. • At n recent meeting In Sulphur, Okbi., of the board of director! of the St. Louis. Springfield. Oklahoma nu«! Western railroad plans for Iteglnnlng construction were outlined and a report made to tbe board concerning financing the road. Tbe coiftnauy bns twen Incorporated for $7,760,000. ami tbe proposed line of route for the rend is from Salllsnw, Okln.. to McAlester. c’oalgate, Sulphur, Okln., and Lawton, passing from the eastern part of Indian Territory down through the aoutn- central portion, then west to Lawton. In southern Oklahoma. Flxty miles of tue.atoO miles of right-of-way hns nlready been granted hr.the property owners. It Is expected that tlx- construction work will Ite started within tbe next six months. 8t. tonla, McAlester, Colligate, Halllsaw, Sulphur, Mnakogee, Oklahoma City and other towna are r •■presented In the liody of Incorporator*. W. A. Squires, president of the North Texas and oklabomk Promoting Com pany, which is promoting the 8t. Loula, Springfield, Oklahoma and Western, nas re ceived from New York a telegram saying hla proposition to finance the line had been accepted. The road "ill be built from Stlllsavr via McAlester and Sulphur to Lawton. The Ray wood Company of Texts, a corporation organized for growing and mar keting rice, hns beep cnnrtrred with a capita! of $750,000. This company's Interests were purchased nearly n year ago by Eastern capitalists. Edwin D. Lowe, of Bos ton. Mass., arranged the sale. The principal offices will be at Houston, Tex. The land owned by the company comprises 24.000 acre* located la Chambers and Harris counties. The charter Is merely a reorganization of tha company. Including the gentle men from Massachusetts among the stockholders. Edwin D. Lowe, of Boston, Is tbe principal stockholder. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STS. S OME of the most important accounts in this bank have grown, while here, from small beginnings. This bank invitee small accounts and gives them every possible consideration and attention. ! THE PARMENTER MILLIONS : ... A Stirring Novel of Lotie, Conspiracy and Adventure. . . ;■ (Copyright, 1507, by Arthur W. Marrhmont) By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT. Author of "By Flight of Sword,” “When I Was Czar,” Eto., Etc. I Husbands Should Be Well Fed IIHMMMIMIMMMlOlMtlli By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. T HIS article fa, for young housekeep ers and brl<les-to-lK*. I want to lm> press on them the Importance of keeping aa good n table aa their husbands* menus will penult. Not the kind of table where Saratoga chips and candied violets abound, but Juat good, plain, wholesome living. When a young man marries he doubles hU responsibilities. Before marriage he had only hliuself to think of. If he failed to make a living, he was the only one who suffered for It. But after marriage It la vastly dlfferciV lie has undertaken to maintain a home and to support a wife. There Is always a certain strain on him. It Is absolutely necessary that ho keep hold? Tfel man who i* pal properly fed !■ bound to lose vitality. If be has Indigestion from badly cooked food ho can not do good work. As a rulp. when you see an anaemic, un healthy looking man you may be pretty suro that he docs not get proper meals. Rule That Works Both Ways. Tbe woman of the family considers her self abused when she Is expected to pro vide luxuries on an Inadequate allowance. Well, It la a poor rulo that does uot work and Jangling nerves? When a woman marries her first and most Important duty Is tbe care of her PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS All kind, of commotion ,wa» caused In Rich’* department etore Friday by a large rural looking man. with a kindly face and twenty slip, of paper. The clerk, quit work and rushed up to get a look at him, while the customer* were eo excited that they left the very best bargain counters. He was large* red-faced and Jolly looking. And his dress wa* such that the saleswoman, whom he first asked for a pair of sock,, brought hut a large old-fashioned woolen pair. He refused them and took some costing 81 per pair, which made the ealeswoman open her eyes. “I'm afraid I'll have to get you to give me a lot of change," he said, pro ducing a fat wallet. "Oh. that’s all right," Mid the sales woman, smiling. Th* customer laid a bill on the coun ter. The girl gasped, then let out a little squeal. Th* girl at the next counter ran up and saw a 11,000 bill lying on the counter and the customer putting nineteen of Its kind back Into his wal let. The news that there was a man with 820,000 In cash in the store spresd like the wind, and It was all the floor walk ers could do to open a place large enough for the atranger to get out. Emmett Reynolds, of the cigar stand In the Piedmont Hotel, leaves Saturday for hla old home In Augustu. Mr. Rey nolds will remain with his relatives un. til after the holidays. Preparations are now being made by the Butchers' Union, No. 442, for a ball, to be given on New Tear’s night In the Turn Vereln Hall. The program has been mapped out by a committee of the union, and the Indications are (hat there will he a large crowd present to celebrate the entrance of the new year. The following committee has charge of the affair: E. W. McHugh, chairman; Walter Baer. Pete Brown and Edward Buchanan. sn who Is married to a very clever man. They ire well to do and tho husbands works very bsrd. I hare often wondered why he looked eo thin end listless. Offer I dined at hla house I knew tbe reason. A worse cooked dinner I hare teldom eaten. It waa easily seen that tho wife took not the least Inter est In tho house or table. “Beefsteak," he said wearily, when the meat was placed upon the table; "this Is the fourth time In succession we hare had it." If She Hates It, Why Try It? “Yes,” hls wife answered Indifferently. "I can't think of nnytblng else. I hate marketing." Sooner or later that man will brehk down and a selfish, locspabls wife will be to learn to l>e s fair housekeeper. If she hates housekeeping, why marry nnd undertake It) Poor housekeeping means waste, and tbe itrnragnnt wife la not living up to her a load __ Thera Is no necessity for being mere housekeepers and nothing else, hut attend to your home dutlea first, nnd then If you have leisure tnke up the outside Interests and accomplishments. If yon ere a good, conscientious wife you ere doing your full share In building the family fortunes. Make s comfort! husband to come to and Instead of loitering'In clubs, etc. Itcmember thnt a good wife fa the great est blessing any man can bare. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. OR. WICKER ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR, Special to The Georgian. Rome, Ga., Dec. 21.—The municipal campaign opened today with the an nouncement of Dr. R. H. Wicker for mayor. He announced no ticket for alderman, but merely announced hie platform, and aays he Is subject to the Democratic primary, which will be held about the middle of February. There will be other candldatee. Among those mentioned are Major R. T. Fouche, John M. Graham and Thompion Iillee. MOST OF COTTON PICKED EXCEPT IN THE DELTA. Special to The Georgian. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 21.—Report* from over the stste are to the effect that less than the usual amount of cotton Is being marketed as the Christ, mas holiday season approaches, altho merchants stale that they are enjoying the usual volume of business. Very lit. tie picking Is In progress In any part of the state. The harvesting of the crop Is practically at an end. except In some sections of th* delta, where It rarely happens that sit of the crop Is gathered, owing to labor scarcity. Masons Elect Officers. Special te The Georgian. Adel. Ga., Dec. 21.—Masonic lodge, No. 810, has elected the following offi cers: Dr. R. C. Woodard, worshipful master: R. F. Jackson, senior warden: 8. P. William*. Junior warden; T. M. Holland, senior deacon; A. A. Webb, Junior deacon; H. L. Parrish, secretary? J. W. F. Woodall, treasurer; O. M. Spence, chaplain; W. B. Harris, tiler. East Point Election. In the municipal election held In East Point Friday. J. T. McKenzie was elected mayor over hts two opponents. D. O. Duggan and O. E. Simmons. Hls vote ws* much larger than the com bined vote of hls two opponents. O. E. Connell. 8. C. Owens and R. F. Thomujon were elected councilman. Army Orders. Washington, Dec. 11.—First Llentenunt Charles C. Harman. Jr., from Eighteenth to Third Infantry; Flrat Lieutenant Clar ence LeR. Cole, ntalatant surgeon, from Fort Thomas to Jefferson barracks, for temporary duly. Navy Ordara. Captain O. If. Peters, president narsl examining board, te examine and grade pa. prrs of candidates for appointment aa boat, swains nnd gunnera. nary department, Washington. Commander J. P. Parker, de Inched Florida home, Walt ordera. Commander F. F. Fletcher, additional duly In connection with general board, Washington; Lieutenant A. P. Craft, de tached nary department to Montgomery; Lieutenant W. S. Miller, detached naval tor pedo atatlon, Newport, to duty, asslatant to luapeetor of ordnance, Brooklyn. Movamanta of Veaieli. AltUIVED—December 19. Waap at nary yard. New York. Prairie and Adama at League Inland. HAILED—December 18. California from Han Francisco for Magdalena Bay; Decem ber 19, Wasp from Ynnkrra for nary yard, New York, Florida ordered placed out of commission, nary yard, Norfolk. Adama ordered placed out of commlailon, nary yard. League Island. Craven placed In re serve, December II, nary yard. Norfolk. CARD FROM MR. J. R. SMITH. To tbe Editor of Th* Georgian: My attention has been called to two pub lished reporta Indicating that Mr. Mlko Ersklne had defeated me for member of the health board from the First ward. I think that Ibis report Is eu Injustice to both Mr. Ereklnc end myself. I bare known Mr. Ersklne ns a neighbor nnd friend for many years, anil with ray knowledge of him. I am •atlstlcd thnt-he will make an able and ef ficient officer and I wlah to congratulate him upon bla election. I am satisfied that Mr. Ersklne will slate, both prlrately and publicly, that I was not a candidate In op position to him for the position to which he was elected. I any this without conferring with him. 1 say it because I did not even know thst there was to lie nn election held until Councilman Baskin called me over the telephone two or three hours before the election caine off and stated that be waa Interested In the rlrctlmt of Mr. Ersklne and that my name hail been mentioned In opposition. I indicated to Mr. Baekln that were I elected It would lie Impossible for ine to serve, and tbat It would give t reat pleasure to see Mr. Ersklue elects hie Important position. I presume the gentlemen who rated for me simply did It complimentary, and with the fall knowledge that I was In no sense of tho word a candidate eeeklng polltlcsl prefer ment. This certainly must be true, for neither of ths gentlemen conferred with me, either before or efter the election, with reference to the matter. I make this state ment at the requrat of some of my friends and In order that jnstlrr may he dene to all concerned. Very truly yonre, J. R. SMITH. Atlanta. Ga.. Dec. 11 Christmas Entertainment. A presentation of Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol" will be given at the Central Congregational church on the night of December 28, with a cast of church members that promises to be Interesting. Everybody Is Invited to be present, and each one Is asked to bring some sort of a Christmas present The entertainment Is for the benefit of city charities, and the things received from the audience will bo distributed among those In Atlanta In need of a lutle cheer on Christmas. Cuba's Good Sugar Crop. Havana, Dec. 21.—Governor Magoon Is Informed that statements have been received from several sugar mills that every hundred nrrnbae of cane will yield one srroba of sugar more than Inst year. This Is a gain of 28 pounds of sugar for everq 2,800 pounds of cane. To Issue Bonds for Fair. Jackson, Miss., DOc. 21.—At a meet ing of The board of directors of the Mississippi State Fair and Industrial Exposition held her*. It wa* decided to Issue bonds In the sum of 810,040, or whatever amount may be necessary to make the 1008 exposition far ahead of all previous events. Synopsis of Previous Installment. Olive reveals herself to Jack whllo the lat ter la maxing bis way ont of the grounds at Hilverlieeeh. He Is astonished and agrees to permit her to continue her disguise. Mer- rldew'a valet follow* her to the house and accuses her of meeting another man. Olive let him talk as long as he would, In order to see what hls sus picions were and whether he had an Idea that it was Jack whom she had seen. Satisfied on this point, she let him see another side of her charac ter. /She first forced a few tears and then fiew into a passion. A flood of angry Invective poured In a torrent from her lips, all In her richest brogue, and with a threat that she would never speak to such a spalpeen again, she appeared to break down nnd burst Into tears as she pushed him one side and went up to bed- Eager though she was to learn what the Merrldews said to one another about Jack’s visit, she did not leave her room again, that night. She was too agitated to do her work coolly, and she dared not run any risks. Catching sight of the present which Dawlelgh had brought her from Lon don, she picked up the newspaper In which It had been concealed nnd was tossing It aside when a heading caught her attention, and she began to read It. It waa the report of the discovery of a great forgery, and In writing It up mention was made of other great forgeries, nnd at the close there was a paragraph about George Purvis, with hls name In large type at the head. He was to be released at once, on ticket of leave! In a flash' the thought occurred to her to use this to test the effect upon Mrs. Merrldew. It was her work on tne following morning to clean her mis tress' rooms. She would find the para graph In the morning paper and ar range It so that It was sure to be read by her, and then observe the result: She knew Mrs. Merrldew's habits so well that It was easy for her to place the paper In a spot where It would be sure to attract her attention, and she was busy sweeping out the adjoining room when the mistress passed through from her bed room. "Can not you do your work with less noise?" she asked Olive sharply. "You go about your work like an elephant." "Sure, I beg your pardon, ma’am, thought Ol was as silent as St. Peter's cross, savin' the rlference to such holy man." Your broom keeps knocking the skirting and the furniture as If you were beating a tattoo all round the room. You’ll do no end of damage In that way. You must bs more careful If you want to stay here. Mind that.” "It's that sorry I am, ye'll not know there's a mouse In the room, ma'am, for the future; hut I was hurrying to get done before you should be up, ma'am.” "Wall, don't make such a clatter. A well-trained servant doesn’t need to make a quarter of that noise over her work;” and with that she passed on Into her sitting room and shut the door. Olive went on with her work very quietly and then followed. “Will I be cleanin' the bed room at onst, ma'am" she asked very humbly. "Or will finish what I’m at first?" I don't arrange your work, girl. Do what Mrs. Cooper has told you." She had the paper In her hand and spoke very sharply, annoyed by th* Interrup tion. "Sure. Mrs. Cooper tould me to ask yez, ma'am." "Oh, go away, and don't bother me about It. Finish what you're doing first. Anything. I'm surprised you should be tpld to ask me such ques tions." Olive withdrew, carefully leaving the door slightly ajar, and made a pre tense of sweeping, while she listened eagerly. She heard a quick rustle of the pa per; then an exclamation of concern; followed almost directly by a low cry. She opened the door and peeped In. "Did ye call me, m’am? Sure ye’re III," she cried, and crossed to Mrs. Merri- dew, who was lying with her head on her arms stretched out on the writing table where Olive had put the paper. She looked up as Olive approached, and her face was gray and drawn with fear. “I’m feeling faint." she murmured. “Oh, God!" Olive ran through Into the bed room and fetched some eau de cologne. With this she bathed Mrs. Merrldew’s fore head and temples, uttering many little expressions of concern and offers to call for help; and In this way restored her Just aa she was on the verge of unconsciousness. “Tell Mr. Merrldew I must see him at once,” said Mrs. Merrldew as soon as she had recovered sufficiently to at once.” Olive ran to Merrldew's room and told him the mistress was "III, lolke death, giving the message with many grasps and sobs and holding her hand kerchief to her eyes as if crying bltter- lj. She did not wish him to see her eyes. He asked tbe cause, but could get nothing out of her, so great was her agitation; and, taking alarm, he hurried to hts mother's room. As soon as he was gone Olive ran to the secret recess. "What's the matter, mother? I could get nothing out of that wild Irish fool" she heard him say. "George Purvis Is to be freed at once, Gilbert God help me, It will ruin everything. What are we to do?" Released ot once!" cried Merrldew In a voice no less oglteted than hls mother s. How do you know?" "It's here.” Olive heard the rustle of the news- paper as she gave It to him; anil waited breathlessly during the pause while he read It. CHAPTER XLV. George Purvis. In the silence while Merrldew was reading the paragraph about the re lease of Purvis and Olive was waiting so eagerly for what waa to follow, she overheard the housekeeper calling her. To be caught away from her work might start suspicion, and she dared not run the risk. Bitterly chagrined at thelnterruption and Intensely disappointed, she slipped out of the recess and ran to find Mrs. Cooper. To explain her absence from the room she told of Mrs. Merrldew's Illness, and then set to work to con tinue the cleaning. The housekeper fussed around giving a few directions and went away. In a moment Olive was at the door between the rooms, listening with strained ears to what Was passing on the other side. They were talking In low tones, how ever, and only a word or two here and there reached her. Merrldew was reas suring hls mother and appeared to be explaining that It was next to Impossi ble thnt Purvis should find them, and that It would be easy to put him on a wrong track. Mrs. Merrldew’s replies were quite Inaudible, and a long whispered con versation followed, the failure to hear which gritted Olive's teeth. Deter mined to risk a return to the recess, she slurred' over the work, put tha things hack In their places, and whisk ed a duster over them to make it ap pear that she had finished. “Get It at once.” Merrldew was say ing as she ranched the recess again. "I muit catch tho 11 o'clock express. I shall send the cable to Chicago from town; and It will be back long before he Is liberated.” "I shall know no peace till he's on the other side, Gilbert. I’ll go and get It." As Mrs. Merrldew left the room Olive heard some one else enter. "I want you to take this wire, Daw lelgh. I am going up to town this morning nnd shall probably bo back tonight. If I wnnt you. I'll wire.” Olive was divided between the desire to know the purport of the telegram and eagerness to hear more of the con versation between the Merrldews. She decided In favor of the former, and, leaving her hiding place, ran down stairs after the valet. As she reached the hall she taw that the door lead ing to the unuaed wing of the house stood open, and In an Instant guessed what It meant. Merrldew was going to Uks the stolen papers to London and hls mother had gone to fetch them. Her trick would be discovered either at once when Merrldew saw them, or later when they were delivered to the peo ple for whom they had been obtained. There would be lively tlmea at the Ma nor house. She caught the valet Just as he was on the point of starting and offeetd great surprise. With a toss of her head she made as If to pass him. "Aren’t you going to speak to s fel low?" he asked. ‘Shpake to yex. Is It? 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