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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MUMJAI, LIBUCMIJEK 23.
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Ing. Neither does It print whisky or
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gas is low as CO cents, with s prufl.
To the _cltr. This should he done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWH
believes that If street railways can be
Operated sttccetsfnlly by European
eitles, an they art. there la no good
reason why they can not be so oper
ated here. Rut we do not bellero thin
can be done now. and It may baaomo
Final rail for shoppers.
Here's the end of the Cortelyou
boom. Tom Platt comes out for him.
Admlrsl Dewey Is 70 years old and
Is still able to get down to Shoomako
erfi every day.
It Is taking Mrs. Elinor Glyn much
longer than "Three Weeks” to ex
plain what she meant by It.
Ah Illinois judge thinks women are
losing respect for men. 'Mako It some
men, and we'll accept the statement.
Zanesville, Ohio, la uaing egg* toy
currency. It (hey are the storage
kind, they will prove, an elastic cur
rency. *
Mayor Rayburn, of Philadelphia,
thinks "Roosevelt needs spanking.”
He Is hereby delegated to attend to
the Job.
Rprv-'l haa routed McCartney. At
least Thu Herald paragrapher has
fled to the wilds of ,Thomasvlllo for
tome cause.
Thomasvllle Is getting real citified.
It haa Just elected live aldermen who
are opposed to cows roaming the
streets.
Tho people who have been giving
advice about shopping early will pro-
coed down to the atores now and get
In the Anal scramble.
Chairman Tawney probably means
It about rigid economy, but Just wait
until the hungry boys begin ramming
their bands Into the treasury!
Tom Lawton has gone In on a big
powder deal. It's dollars to dough
nuts that If the thing blow* up Tom
will be Just out of the danger zone.
The way that Hughes boom Is grow
ing how Is painful to some other folk
vrhef think a better man than the New
Yorker can be very eaatly located.
Democrats In congress are against
a third term for RooaevelL It might
be added that they arc also against
a first term for any other Republican.
A Baltimore man says that by the
use of radium a woman can keep
young and beautiful for a hundred
yean. That will prove good newt to
the chorua.
An emergency bill for <50,000 was
rushed thru Just before congress
adjourned to buy seed for dlz'.ribu-
tlon. Trust the boys to look after
their, fences.
Here Is evidence that the day of
mlradea has not passed. The stove
mskera’ association met in Birming
ham recently and did not put up the
price of stoves!
Be cheerful and polite and all
things will go right.—Baltimore Amer
ican. With a bunch of antj things
coming down on us In a few days
we will do our best
Even tho Oklahoma haa a blind
senator It isn’t as bad as some states
whose senators have good visual or
gans, but won’t see the Interests of
their constituency.
To the Paragraphers' Union: Let's
declare an armistice on Bailey, of the
Houston Post thru the holidays.
Bat everybody might be thinking up
the most horrid things to say about
him on the morning of January L
THE PLAIN FACTS.
The.Neal Bank has been placed in the hands pf the state
bank examiner for liquidation, which means, in everyday talk,
for its affairs to be settled tip and its depositors paid.
The most we can do is to explain, in as plain language as
possible, how this happens and what will be the end of it. We
say plain language, because we want the nine thousand people
who have placed thejr hard-earned savings in this bank, as well
ns the thousands of others who have savings in other banks, to
understand the simple, everyday facts as nearly as we can write
them. .
No bank keeps on hand all the money that is placed with it
by depositors, for if it kept it ail idle, it would be unable to earn
anything with it, and would not be able to pay J'nu any interest
for leaving it there. The bank takes your money in small lota
and pays you, say 4 per cent for it. It then puts together thou
sands of dollars and loans it to wealthy men and companies, who
give the bank deeds to. property, or bonds or something that it
can keep to sell in case the man who has borrowed the large
sum of money can not pay it back in time. This of course is “se
curity,” and these men pay 5 and 6 and sometimes 8 per cent for
the use of the money. ~
The Neal Bank did thi* same thing. Its officers, so far
as known, did nothing that the law forbids their doing, but did
what they ought not to have (lone. They invested so much money
in Cuban lands and in mining enterprises in Alabama that may
take some years to work out, that when financial depression came,
they had not enough investments in “quick” assets to give them
what money they needed. And if they had opened their doors on
Monday morning instead of turning the bank over to the state
bank examiner, they might have had calls for much*more than a
million of dollars, with only a little more than two hundred thou
sand with which'to meet them. In that case just the few strong
men who could elbow their way to the windows first would have
^gotten theirs, and the weak would have suffered.
The bank examiner will be the referee between the bank and
its depositors, lie will simply take all the bank owns and sell it
out piece by piece, getting the highest price that can be had for
everything and paying everybody alike.
Now why should Huch a thing hnvc happened? And why won’t
it happen to other banka? Well, this la why: The Neal Bank was
a “family bank,” the stock being owned practically in its en
tirety by four ladies, to whom it had been left by its former own- (
ers who are now dead. The men who ran it owned but n few’
shares each* just enough to comply with the law in becoming di
rectors and officers' of the bank.
They took the money of the depositors and invested it in pri
vate enterprises, at their own discretion, without having to consult
large boards of directors of business men, such as other banks
have.
No,othcr bank in our city is run under similar conditions.
In practically every other ease, the,stock is actually owned by
large numbers of business men, and managed by men chosen by
these direjj owners. And no other bank in the city would think
of investing its funds in such property ns the Neal Bank has seen
fit to do, although things like Cuban lands promise big profits.
The Neal Bank’s liquidation does not affect the other banks
. of Atlanta in any' way whatever. N
Then, too, the Neal Bank has not charged off its bad debts or
) its losses^-it'hns carried on its books four hundred and fifty
thmisnnd-clolWrif of securities or nssets that have been worthless
for a long time. In other words, they have been four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars worse off than they admitted they were in
their published statements.
But now about the future, and what tho people will get out
of it. The owners of the bank’s stock have to give the amount of
their stock and more to the depositors. They must suffer.
The bank owns property and investments that will, no
doubt, sell for nearly all they owe. It will take time, of cbnrso,
some of it from three to five years, but moat of it can! be had
much Earlier than that.
The Cuban investments are claimed by those who handled
them to be worth three or four to one the money invested. Thoro
is no way of arriving at a definite knowledge of this at tho
present.
We do know, however, that such investments as the pyrites
mines in Alabama can not be other than valuable, since the ma
terial is in great demand at $6 per ton, while the mines place it
on cars at $2, and the L. & N. B. H., as conservative ns it is, spent
something like $400,000 to extend its lines to these mines.
There are only two or three other mines of* this kind east of the
Rockies.
Be as patient as you can—life has trials enough for any of
us. These men have made a mistake—they have made a mistake
that may cost them practically everything they have, in the
world, while the people who had their money in their bank will
get a great deal, possibly all, of it back.
Let's keep cheerful and remember that our prosperity is
founded on the crops and the fields, and that wo are far better off
than many other sections of the'"country.
The Neal Bank is in the hands of a man who has served the
people for many years, ami is the choice of the public at large,
lie is not an appointee,or the favorite of a|iy one, so we may rest
easy in the assurance that whatever is being done is being done
by a man who holds his place by the vote of the people whose
money he has been called upon to care for.
HE FINAL VERDICT OF A SCIENTIST.
Every great scientist stops, puzzled and baffled, on the. extreme limits
of the frontier of Investigation Into the stupendous and eternal mysteries,
There Is a line sharply and distinctly drawn at tho end of every human
life, beyond which only the eye of faith can penetrate.' The man who
makes existence wretched by a restless craving for an explanation of
those divine truths which God has seen fit In His wisdom not to reveal to
humanity with all of his study and research ultimately must acknowledge
himself defeated when he reaches the boundary lines separating the finite
from the Infinite. The tremendous forces of the universe which can not
be explained nor apprehended by the human mind will ever and always
prove the Insurmountable barriers whloh can never be leveled by the
puny, pitiful onslaughts of men whose mental vanity Is far In excess of
their Intellectual development. At a time when occasional denomination
al Iconoclasts attempt to ruthlessly destroy the simple faith of the vast
majority of the people It Is refreshing to chronicle the final verdict con
cerning auch things rendered by Lord Kelvin, who has Just died and who
ranked as one of the greatest scientists of bis times.
For many years, quite half of a century, Lord Kelvin’s life was given
up to the Investigation of science as manifested and developed In many
branches. During the past summer. In August, at n meeting of the British
Association, I,ord Kelvin was a venerable and conspicuous figure. Listen
ing to the skeptical testimony of bis younger confreres, he unhesitatingly
announced "that while man knew much relatively, he knew nothing abso
lutely.” Thus he,,was forced to admit, after more than fifty years of clos
est study and Investigation, that the genius of man Is helpless and Im
potent when confronted by the mysterious power of the infinite.
Men of science are Incapable of solving and unraveling the Inscrutable
and unfathomable laws governing the universe of God.
When Lord Kelvin came to die, after those long years of arduous
study, he gave as his final verdict this significant statement, “Proofs of
an Intelligent and benevolent design He all around us.”
No man who has been a conscientious stndent of science and revela
tion could honestly hold any other position. The littld he has discovered
Is pathetically small and insignificant compared with th%\ tremendous
knowledge he never could attain.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgiad here record* each day
tome ccouomlc fact la reference to
the onward progress of the South.
BY
J08EPH B. LIVELY
Special to The Georgian,
Jackson, MIm.. Dec. 23.VTbe following new Industries have been organized In
the state during the past few daya and will shortly submit their charters to the
governor for approval:
People'* Berurlty Bank. Pontotoc, Pontotoc county. ■ Capitalised at $25,000; J. A.
Salmon. J. E. Atkinson and others.
Farmers' Union Cotton Warehouse Company. Ackerman, Choctaw county. Capi
talized at 910.000: J. T. Sargent. A. ulnuton and other*. *
Moore's Healing Hnrlngs Company, Raleigh, Meriwether county. Capitalised at
$5,000; W. E. Moore, B. F. Ilnrrlson and others. 1
Brandon & Daniel ,Telephone Company, Brandon, Rankin county. Capitalized
at $10,000: V. A. Russell, W. H. Patrick and others.
Vicksburg Democrat Company, Vicksburg, Warren county. Capitalized at $10,000;
J. .1. Davis. W. O. Sharp and others.
i Mr. A. J. Lovelady. mentioned recently as Interested In n plan for forming n
mill company In Ball Ground, Ga., has now effected formal organization as the
Ball Ground Cotton Mills, with the following officers: President. A. .1. I,ovolndy;
vice president, C. M. Wofford, and general manager. Frederick A. Abbott. The
contpnuy has begun grading, preparatory to laying concrete foundations for the
buildings, which will Inrltide the main structure, 75x320 feet, two stories high, with
* * ror “ “ “ * '* ‘
in
slderntlon In January,
lie 2.40 Indigo denims o _
tlons when the plant Is completed.
THE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT
(From The New Orleans World.)
The prohibition movement Is sweeping over the land like a wind.
The sheriff of Nollnn. Kan., emptied forty-eight hundred bottles of beer Into the
sewer the other night.
Carrie Nation marches and countermarches, her hatchet, standard of the
crusade, clicking like an Instrument.
She caroms on Birmingham, cushions on Lsural and Meridian and shoots
down on New Orleans.
Boom, boom, boom! The guns of prohibition marl
Washington, D. C., Is now the center of r attSck.
Absolute prohibition, with the stamp of government approvst. would make tre
mendously for a sweeping victory In the states.
All society Is stirred—from the dregs to the foam, and tavern-keepers shiver
where thoy sit. *
Singularly enough, It Is the dregs and the foam that constitute, In the main,
the opposition.
The dreg* of society want their “growler;" the rich their champagne and Scotch.
The groat middle clnas Is bnvtng Its Inning.
With a few exceptions, merely confirmatory of the rule, the prohibition move
ment represents the activities oi the general average.
Wherefore Is the prohibition movement formidable.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREWT CORNERS
A man carrylnff a club and wearing
(he badge of a special officer and who
•old he wae a policeman for the Kress
five end ten-cont .tore wae held cap
tive In a lunch room In Alabama-»t.
Saturday afternoon by the chef until
the proprietor came and consented to
order hie releaae.
The policeman ordered two fried
egg., but when he found that they coat
ten cente each Inatead of five centa,
declined to make payment and attrted
to walk out. But the chef put hla back
agalnet the door and kept It ahut until
one of the waitreaeee brought the boss,
who paid the extra ten cente.
The policeman, who declined to give
hla name, said:,
”1 never heard of paying more than
five rente for a fried egg."
S. H, Hardwick, paaaenger traffic
manager of the Southern railway, ar
rived In Atlanta Monday from Wash-
Ington. Mr. Hardwick le on hi. way to
Montgomery, where he win apend
Chrlstmaa with hla family.
DEATH OF SENATOR MALLORY.
The death of Senator Stephen Ruaaell Mallory, of Florida, after a pro-,
longed lllnraa, early Monday morning, remove! from the national senate a
strong and useful member and a representative devoted to the Interett of
hla section and of hla constituents. He succeeded Hon. Wllkerson Call In
1897 (re-elected In 1908). after an exciting political fight which Involved
week< of balloting .n the Florida legislature.
Senator Mallory was born In 184J and when only sixteen years of age
entered the Confederate army. In the spring of 1883 he was appointed
midshipman In the Confederate navy.
A few months after the close of the Civil war young Mallory became
a atudeut at Georgetown College, D. C., and after hla graduation taught
a data at Georgetown College.
Mr. Mallory after being admitted to the bar at New Orlean* In 1873,
removed to Pensacola In 1874, and began the practice of law. Very early
after hla removal to Florida, Mr. Mallory became a conspicuous factor In
the politics of that state, filling many poattlons of treat and responsibility
with great distinction. As national senator from Florida bis term would
not have expired until March, 1909. HI* death precipitates an Interesting
struggle for senatorial honor* among prominent politician* of Florida.
Senator Mallory was a man ef strong, sturdy character; of attractive pep
sonallty and waa a loyal and honest statesman. the son of Hon.
Stephen R. Mallory, secretary of the Confederate navy, be occupied a
unique and Interesting position In the senate of the United States.
SLEEP FASTERS.
“Sleep fasting matches, before the law
S at s stop to them, took place frequently In
Me country," sebl a specialist In Insomnia,
Yes. back In the '50s and '60s sleep fasting
was ns popular a form of sport ns football.
Champion sleep fasten were Idolized by the
girls !u hoop skirts and waterfalls. The
ordinary youth who had to sleep once In
twenty-four hours wasn’t one, two, throe
In those days.
AV, C. Woodford, of San Francisco, .was
• champion of oil the sleep fasten. In
the famous contest of I860 this man kept
awake for 188 houn am! 48 mluntei—more
than a week. lie was s little, thin man of
a nervoua tempenment.
"Henry K. Jackson, of Detroit, held
tho next beet record—144 hours ami 17 min
utes. Third came Adolph Mueller, of Mil
wnukee, whose record was 142 hours and 57
minutes. These men are alt dead now.
"Why were sleep fasts so popular with
our fathers? Besides their unhealthfulness
they were tame beyond belief. What, when
ypu come to think of It, could be tamer than
watching s lot of meu keep nwnkc?"—New
Orleans Timet Democrat.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Washington, Dec. 23 The following
orders have been Itsued:
Army Orders,
Ksdisko Lodge Electe Officers.
At a recent meeting of Kadlska
lodge. No. 218. Order of B'rttli Abra
ham, the following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year:
President. Gus Berman.
Vice president, 1. Springer.
Financial secretary. M. Govrunsky.
Recording secretary, J. M. Tenen-
baum.
Treasurer. L. Pfeffer.
Trustees, J. fichaul and M. Morris.
Finance committee, J. Jacobs and P.
Risen.
Physician, Dr. L. C. Rouglln.
Inside guardian, X. F. Wolfe.
Outside guardlen, 31. Sevclovitz.
Conductor, H. Pollock.
Deputy grand master of state of
Georgia, Frank Revaon.
Navy Orders.
Commander L. J. Clark, retired, de
tached Adams, when placed out of com.
mission, home; Lieutenants E. S. Jack-
son and H. 8. Dodd and Ensigns H. S.
Klbbe, C. C. Moses and F. V. McNair,
Jr., detached Adame, whpn placed out
of commission, home wait orders;
Lieutenant H. E. Lackey, detached
Wilmington, to home.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—December 19, Tennessee
and Washington, at'AcapuIco; Panther,
at Trinidad. December 20. California,
at San Diego.
SAILED—December fo, Culgoa, from
Santa Lucia for Trinidad.
TWO KIND8 OF TROUBLE,
Ueneath. the big lamp's crimson glow
He raclie Us little- brain each night—
He wants so many things that, oh—
He itoeen't know Jnel what to write,
ilia fancy wander, here and there.
He tries an hard to nick a few—
t'ntll at Issr In dnnili despair.
He aterfn his eh l Id I rh dream anew,
"Dear Sandy Klawe,” he write*, amt then
The vision comes of Toytand'a host—
Amt so. perforce, he stops again.
And wonder* what he wants the most-
1.1 like to have a roekln’ chair,
A little one that's Ins' my ilae—
And then I want n Teddy Bear.
That wlnkn ami blinks bis little eyee.
'1 want n little* wagon, too. 1
To haul my Teddy Rear nbont-
for these are things I know that you
Stuet see that I esn't do wlv’ out.
* ,»;bt a top that hums and atngs-
1 feet like I eouhl ery tonight,
I want io many, many things,
I lust eau’i think of what to write.” y
Poor little tot—we pity you—
No wonder yen feel bad tonight—
No wonder that your soul Is Idne—
So 3IAXV THINGS thst you ean’t write.
So many things—and there are some'
who, like yon, can not write at all:
For them no bear, nor top nor drnm
At I'hriitinss will await their cal™
IJkc you. they write "Dear Sandy Klnwr'
L»» y°>* they gather rlelona bright-
Their list Is blank, but not hccinse
They hare so sny things to write."
So ninny things—why onlr one
Would tl(t tTicm up to Paradise—
Rat they know when thetr dream la dan*
That ftsnty hnen t got the nrice.
—Grnatlnud Ptce In The Tennesaean.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING €0.
CORNED ALABAMA AND BROAD STS.
S OMJI of the most important accounts in this bank
have grown, while here, from small beginnings.
This bank invites small accounts and ogives them
every possible consideration and attention.
THE PARMENTER MILLIONS
... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. . .
(Copyright, 1907, by Arthur W. Marchmont.)
By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT.
Author of "By Right of Sword,” “When I Was Czar,” Etc., Etc.
Synoptia of Provlous Installment.
Olivo Audi n newspaper paragraph a
noun.-lee that George Purvis, the forger,
to tie given bis liberty and ticket of lesv
Hbe puts the paper where Mrs. Merrldew
Stone Mseone Nome Officers.
The following officers were elected
for the Stone Masons’ union. No. 24,
at a recent meeting:
F. R. Slater, president.
J. H. Hulsey, vice president.
J. B. Lafltte, recording and cor
responding secretary.
G. Patton, financial secretary.
J. M. Orr, treasurer.
J. T. Fox. deputy. ,
L. Oarrltte, alternate.
31. Blackstdek, sergeant at arras.
... ... The latter becomes greatly ag
Rated and nlmcat faints. She sends for
her son. From n secret post Olive hesrs
their conversation. The 3Ierrldews decide
that Gilbert shall go to London nod take
with him the papers stolen from the for
eign office. Olive feora they will discover
that some one has tampered with tho pack
age.
■‘An’ It’s a glib tongue ye have wld
them promises.”
"You try me,” he protested.
"I will that same. Pin just wolld wld
that tooth again and am goln' to ask
off for a half hour. ‘ Take me a little
walk.”
"Of course I would. You know that.
But I have to go out for Merrldew to
take a telegram.”
"Ah, now,” cried Olive, shaking her
head. "An' sure, didn't I know ye'd
folnd some excuse. Go wld your ould
tllegram, but don't aek me to belave
ye."
“It's true ae gospel. You can see It
for yourself."
"Get awns wld your loles, Just de
cayin' a girl wld 'em.”
'Here It Is. Look. 'Taunton, Mark
ham street, Mayfair, London. Bringing
It up this morning.' There, can't you
believe your own eyes 7” -
"Ybu beloved yours too readily last
night,” she retorted, sharply. Then,
an If partially satisfied: "It looks all
rolght,” and she smiled up at him. ,
"It Is all right; leastways In that
sense. But It's all wrong In another.
Look here. Motile, we'll have that walk
later on, and I'll tell you things that'll
make you open your eyes. That Is, If
you answer a question I mean to put
to you as I want you to answer It.”
"Arrah. It's you that knows how to
make a body curloue, Mr. Dawlelgh,”
Dawlelgh?'' he repeated, In
sinuatingly.
“William,” she said, dropping her
voice and her eyee after a swift glance.
ThaYa better. Now I must be off
he'll be mad. Not that I care. I've
had enough of him and his fantods.
But I'll tell you all about It after
words."
He went off then at a run and Olive
returned upstairs. She had learned
what she wished to know, and from
Dnwlelgh's hints she was to learn a
good deal more. Its was clear that Mer
rldew' was taking the stolen paper to
.Mrs. Taunton, no doubt for.lt to be de
livered to somebody else.
She learned nothing more that morn
ing. Merrldew left In his motor car.
and It was therefore certain that her
trick had not been discovered by him.
Later on she promised to go for a
walk with Dawlelgh In the evening.
But In the afternoon a telegram sum
moned him t^ London, nnd thus the
walk was postponed, and the Informa
tion she had hoped to gain during |t.
They did not return that day nor the
next, A telegram came for Mrs. Merrl
dew which excited her Intensely, but
what It was Olive could not find out.
She had been In a condition of great
nervoue refttlessneee ever since she had
read the paragraph about the release
of Purvis, and Olive could only specu
late as to whether the message had
any connection with that.
But on the following evening Merrl
dew and Dawlelgh returned, and from
the latter Olive soon learned enough
to give her a clew to what had hap
pened.
Dawlelgh was divided between furi
ous angor at Merridew’s treatment and
hie anxiety to get Olive to promlee to
marry hint. She led him on very skill
fully, and. Seeing that he was so bit
ter against his master, she affected to
take the latter’s part aa a handsome,
honorable gentleman who would not be
angry without a cause, and so put
Dawlelgh on his defense. —
Then he poured out his story amid
abundant abuse of Merrldew. The sub
stitution ofi the dummy for the real
paper had been discovered, and Merrl
dew had not hesitated to accuse Daw
lelgh of the trick. Once started, the
valet went on to denounce Merrldew as
a thorough-paced scoundrel, saying
that he knew so much that his master
dared not quarrel with him, and that
he could fore* him to give him any
money he chose to demand
But Olive could get little that was
definite and considerably astonished
the valet by telling him she did not
credit what he had said, but that If It
were all true she would not be mixed
up in It with any one who talked open
ly about the prospects of blackmailing
his master, and wound up by refusing
to listen uny longer nnd threatening to
tell Merrldew what he had said It he
orrled her with any more.
"We Oirish -stand by our masters
hether they do right or wrong, Mr.
Dawlelgh," she declared, with her head
In the air. ”An' If you don't lolke the
service you're In, you should lave it.
An' as for waitin' to git marlred tilt
ou've made some money In that way,
t Isn't Mollle O’Brien who'd Iver be
shtandtn' by your side before the pralet.
It’e disappointed I am In yez, Mr. Daw
lelgh, an' ye may aa well know It now;”
and with that last thrust she left him.
That night she overheard part of a
conversation between the Merrldew*.
The mother declared that It was im
possible that the paper could have been
inmpercd with at the Manor. She told
where she had hidden It, and was pos
itive that no one had a suspicion that
any such thing was even In the house.
It must have been changed while In
Sir*. Taunton's keeping, or else llic
wrong paper had been stolen In the
first Instance.
Merrldew- was bitterly angry. He
wae equally positive that Mrs. Taunton
had nothing To do with It, and even
hinted that his mother, in her fear at
liuvlng the thing in the house, had her
self made the exchange. In this strain
they wrangled for an hour.
Ther. she asked about Purvis. He
answered with an oath, and added that
ho had sent a cable to Chicago which
would reach Purvis on leaving prison
together with money to take him across
the Atlantic. But his thoughts were
all of the mysterious change In the pa
per, and he continued to harp on the
subject, repeating his belief that in
seme way Dawlelgh had found out/
about It and had served hurt this trick.
He had always suspected the valet of
lx Ing a spy ofi him
All the next day this condition of
storm continued. Merrldew had a se
ries of quarrels with everyone with
whom he came In .contact, hie mother
spd the valet in particular. And In tho
afternoon, when starting for a fide In
lUs ear, he abused the chauffeur for
sohte trifling fault, and ended by
knocking the man out of the car and
starting alone.
Mrs. Merrldew's nervous unrest was
increased by all this until s’ne was re
ally 111, She_lay on the couch In her
room prostrate and miserable. Olive
contrived to be chosen to take her tea
up to her, and when she saw the mis
erable, hunted look In her eyes she
could almost have pitied her. The for
tune which she had schemed to get had
done her little good indeed, thought
Olive.
"Wouldn't ye have the doctor,
ma’am? Or Is there nothin' I can get
yer?"
"I am not III, girl," was the cross
reply. 'T haven't slept for a night or
two through nepralgia. That's all."
"Would I be bathin’ your face again
ma’am? It did yer a power of good
the other mornln’."
“Yes, get the eau de cologne.”
She fetched It and bathed Mrs. Mer-
rldew's forehead. "You have a gentte
touch, girl, for all your roughness."
"That's what my dear ould mlther
used to say whin I rubbed her for the
rheumatics, ma’am. Ah, she was a suf
ferer now, It you lolks. Was ye Iver In
(‘Ireland?”
"Don't worry me,” said Mrs. Merrl
dew testily.
Olive went on bathing her face with
out speaking, and In the silence they
heard tho sound of wheels on the grav-
el of the drive.
Mrs. Merrldew sprang up on the in
stant. “What's that? Go and see. At
once. Never mind anything else. Go
and see,” she cried excitedly.
“Sure, It'e only a cab, ma’am." said
Olive, going to the window.
“Yes, but who Is In It? Go and find
out and come and tell me at once.
Quick, quick- Do what I say and don't
stand staring there like a booby.”
Olive hurried out fit the room, ran
down the front flight of stairs and
looked Into the hall.
The cab driver had just set down Ido
passenger, and the two were wrangling
about the fare. The quarrel ended by
the passenger turning away with an
cath and entering the bouse with a
shambling, dragging step.
Olive had a good view of him as he
came up the steps. An old man of
powerful frame, but bent apd bowed,
end wearing clothes that were new and
Ill-fitting; coarse features, clean sha
ven, wearing a wig which had no sort
of color relationship' with the bushy
gray eyebrows from under which peer
ed a pair of small brown eyes, rest
less, furtive and hunted in expression.
Old, harried, lined and repugnant as
the face was, Olivo recognized tt at
once as that of the man whose photo
graph she had found In Mrs. Merrl
dew's deck—George Purvis—and It sug
gested a resemblance to some other
face she had seen recently, but could
not place.
"I want to see Mrs. Merrldew—Mrs.
Rachel Merrldew." said the man. The
use of the Christian name confirmed
Olive in her belief.
"What name shall I *ay?" asked the
footman.
"Never mind the name, my man.
Take my message.”
"I will see If my mistress can see
you," and he put him In the little room
where visitors of uncertain position
were left to wait,
Olive went down nnd met the foot
man. "That’ll.be the glntleman I was
to take right up to her the minute ho
came," she said, and waited while
Purvis was fetched. She walked up
In front of him.
As she opened the door Mrs. Merrl
dew aeked eagerly: "Well, what wse
itr
“Sure, here Is the glntleman, ma'am.
This way, »or."
She made way and Purvis stepped
forward.
"Well, Rachel,” he said.
There was no reply. Mra. Merrldew
had fallen back unconscloye.
CHAPTER XLVI.
.Husband and Wife.
The stroke which Olive had dealt by
tringlng Purvis straight Into the pres
ence of Sirs. Merrldew had gone right
home, and uttering a little cry she
knelt by the unconscious woman and
set about restoring her.
Pitrvle looked on with a grim, flam
smile, then sat down to wait for the
return of consciousness. "It's only a
fainting fit from joy at seeing me. Let
her abide a bjt, my girl. She'll come
around all right," he said presently.
"It’s deadly III she I*. «or. She’s been
ailin’ badly -this last day or two." re
plied Olive. "Oh, my dear mistress!
"Ah. got wind In some way of the
pleasure In store for her," he said dry
ly, and grinned.
"An' It’s mesllf that's caused this by
brlngin' you up wtdout warnin';" and
Olive wrung her hands. "Sure, It’s dis
charged I’ll be."
"No, you won’t: I won’t give you
away. Perhaps you did me » good
turn, not knowing It. That’ll be *11
right.” He spoke very confidently.
When Mrs. Slerrldew time to her
self, shuddering and trembling. Olive
redoubled her attentlone, feeling, It
must be confessed, a consummate hyp
ocrite and extremely uncomfortable
when Mr*. Merrldew thanked her In ft
gentler tone than she had ever been
mown to use. Her agitation was al
most piteous to witness, and at to*
sight of Purvis, who had carefully
placed himself so that he would be th*
first object she would see, her terror
and dismay were such that »h* *11 “tit
fainted again. , „
Then she sent Oliv* away, first tell
ing her to say nothing of what h»“
curred and that It had no connsetton
with the stranger’s presence. Olive an
swered with a voluble promlee:
running from th* room hurried to tne
’"Take your time. Rachel.” she hoard
Purvis say. "Get over your delight
seeing me again. We shall havs lots ot
time to talk now.”
There waa a long alienee. Then Mrs
Merrldew asked: "Did that giri k**J
anything?" The tone was very w*
and nervous. *
Continued In Tomorrow** Gtorfl»*»v