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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TI E^JMY, SKJ’TKMHER 11, 1905. DOUBLOONS A THRILLING NOVEL OF MYSTERY. TRAGEDY AND A STOLEN FORTUNE By EDEN PHILLPOTTS AND ARNOLD BENNETT (Copyright, 1906, by Eden Phlltpotte am! Arnold Bennett.) CHAPTER XII. Thn Bank Note. The police, even aided bjr the mon' arch of Scotland Yard, made no uaeful discovery that day. They had no point from which to begin. If Mr. Varcoe had only given the leant and vaguest hint to hla aMlatanta, the enquiry per haps might havs been more success, ful. He had chosen otherwise, how ever, and he waa now paying, If he had not a Ire dy paid, the penalty of vain glorloua pride. As for the Journalists, they did no better than the police: but then they were hampered by the police, whereas the police were not hampered by them. Philip, as the newly appoint ed representative of The Courier, moved with hla satellites regally up and down the house. He had conceived a preliminary and extremely compre henslve plan, and he began at once to carry It out, though he did not hope for Immediate results; he had forty hours before the next ordinary edition went to press, and If any unusual luck happened to him within twenty hours there would still be time for the epe- i lot Sunday edition suggested by Lord Kaslng. Hla photographer and hla tnme grammarian, who was also ■ stenographer, he regarded as two beau tiful new toys. In the execution of hla plan, knocked at John Meredlth'a door. The hour was noon. "Who's there r' cried the wonderful voice of Meredith, and Philip noticed In It a tone of almost excessive.alarm. "It's Masters," Philip replied. "I wnnt to have n talk with you, if you can spare the time." No reply came and Philip knocked again. "Did you hear?” he questioned. "I—I can't talk Just now," Meredith replied, and Philip seemed to detect tears In the voice. "Shall you be In for lunch, may ask?" Another pause and then an agitated response! "I don't think so; I may be." Philip walked to the bead of the stairs, undecided what to do. He had set hla mind on an Interview with John .Meredith, not necessarily for reproduc tion In The Courier, but tor hla own enlightenment. The young man's sing ular demeanor on the previous night, at mention of Captain Polloxfen's brother, had remained In Philip's mind with special clearness. Anri the matter of the blind presented features of the most extraordinary Interest. Moreover, he Mill felt strongly that Meredith was In need of assistance, and he wished to render that assistance. As he stood In the shadow at the head of the stairs he heard a door very cautiously opened, and then n soft, rapid atep'along. the corridor, Meredith appeared In hat and overcoat, and Mer edith had evidently not expected to And Philip In tho path. He gave Philip one furtive look of pathetic dismay, hesitated, and then rushed past him down the stairs w'lthout a word. Philip, dumfounded, descended after him to the street. Meredith had has tened out, turned to the right and up the alley, half running. At a discreet illstnnce he was followed by a man who detached himself from the staring crowd without hindrance from the po lice and whom Philip knew for a detoc- tlve. Difficulties with his private photog rapher afforded some distraction to Philip's mind. Meredith did not comp to lunch. But Mrs. Upottery, to the surprise of all the world, did come to lunch. Bhe was In profound mourning, Her voice faltered, and she hid her face In the black-bordered handker chief. "Certainly," said Philip. "Certainly. I wasn't aware—” "It's at B—Brompton," sobbed Mrs. Upottery. He assured her that he would attend the funeral, and he waa about to cx- cuae himself from troubling her fur ther when she astonished him by say. Ing, aa aha wiped her eyes: "What do you want me to tell you? He replied eagerly, "I want you to begin at the beginning and tell me everything. I'm sure we ahall come aeroas something that may lead to clew." "Here?" she queried, looking around, and, not waiting for his answer, ahe said, "Yes. Corns and sit near me. I'm rather deaf." "Now, how did you first become ac 3 ualnted with the Captain r Philip emanded, obeying her, and trying to feel aa much like a Journalist as he could. She turned on her chair to face him her lips trembled In the effort to ar ticulate; a terrific sob escaped her, and she fell against him, seeming partly to lose consciousness. Then, as If ashamed of this weakness, she some how found her feet and sank back on her chair. "Brandy,", she whispered. "Get me some brandy, young man." Sho was breathing heavily. Philip, vastly disconcerted, raced from the room.and called a boy, and, after some dslay, brandy was obtain ed and administered, and he assisted Mrs. Upottery upstairs, finding her very heavy and unwieldy, especially on the basement steps. "Thank you, young man,” she said. You nre the first person who has been kind to me, since hla—his—" "Don't talk," said Philip, "If It up sets you.” "I cannot talk of If,” she answered, 'But I can write It all down and I will do It. It will calm me. I will do It to night, this very night." He thnnked her. “And may I use what you write In my paper?” "Yes,” said Mrs. Upottery. "It's _ very rich and successful paper, Isn’t It? "Very,” Philip agreed. "Well," the lady said meekly, "they must give me a hundred guineas for what I write. It will be worth that, Philip waa thunderstruck. "A hun dred guineas I” he muttered. ‘‘Yes,’’ said Mrs. Upottery. "Of mrse not for myself, young man. I shall give It to the Sailors’ Homo at Southampton, where once my poor- my poor—” Tears silenced her. Philip consented. He had enrte blanche. At 7 o’clock precisely he re-entered the Brent building. "Which floor Is Lord Naslng's room on?" he demanded of the lift-boy. "You can't see 'Is lordship,” the boy answered. He was a tall, loutish lift-boy, grad uating In the Brent school of manners, to which Philip was not accustomed. He therefore took the boy’s ear be tween his fingers and thumb and press ed the second finger Into a particular spot behind the ear. In five seconds the lift was wafting him upward. "Now show me Lord Naslng's door," sold Philip. "I’m not vory good at ge ography." "I darn’t leave the lift," the boy pro tested. Come," said Philip, The boy came. And now knock at the door for me." The Boy knocked. , "And now run awny to your lift, and remember to know me next time I come." V! ** a *l*' I There was no reply to the knock, tory meal with Innnlte gravity, re- However, ns he had a definite appnlnt- factory meal with Innnlte gravity, re fusing, however, the tapioca pudding —perhaps on account of Its flippancy. She spoke to none of the remnant of people at the tables, and none dared toi address her. She was sterner here even than at the Inquest, and men mar veled anew that aueh frigid and antique charms had bewitched Captain Pol- lexfen. who was a sailor and probablyl therefore a connoisseur In charms of] all countries. Philip, who had esten nothing, mark ed Mrs. Upottery for his lawful prey. lie had never In such brief part of his life as had been devoted to silken dal liance. achieved astounding victories ant tha young, but among elderly la dies he had always been a favorite. There was something In his eyes that nppealed to elderly ladles, and ho had mi Idea that that something would not In vain appeal to Mrs. Upottery. He waited for her to rise, meaning to fol low her out, but she did not rise. In stead of rising she took a small book from her pocket and began to read; It was a prayer book of the Church of Kngland. One by one the guests de parted, and at length Mra. Upottery and the young man who meant that his eyes should appeal to her were left alone together. Her eyes wandered from the prayer book and were acci dentally caught by hit. She was In Ms net. “Mrs. Upottery!” he addressed her earnestly, with a serious smile. "Young man!” Her tone was deep and formidable, but not unfriendly. Tm sure you’ve been fearfully both ered and worried by all sorts of peo ple this morning, but I'm charged with a special mission of Inquiry by a big dally paper, and I wondered If you « oiild—” He stopped. "If I would what?" she positively smiled In her turn. "If you would mind telling me the whole history of your relations with tlie lote Captain Pollexfen." "I have been botht red and worried," ■-.lid Mrs. Upottery. "And tomorrow Is his funeral. I hope you will go to It, as a mark of respect." ment. Philip entered. The room was empty. One electric light burned over the great round table. By way of Il lumination there were also the dull yellow horlxontol rays of the electric beater In the fireplace; they showed to advantage the pattern of the carpet. Philip roughed* loudly. "Who nre you?" said n valet coming noiselessly out of an adjoining room. "My nams Is Masters," said Philip. "And I have an Important appointment with Lord Naslng at 7 o’clock.” "Well. I should advise you to hook It." said the valet. "Listen, my friend." rhlllp was be ginning. when Lord Kaslng strolled In to the room In the wake of his man. He was tying n white necktie si the summit of n broad alp of shirt front. "You're there!” said Philip, relieved. "I thought It was very strange If you'd forgotten me.” His greeting so affected the valet that the valet disappeared Into the next room to conceal his senss of hu mor. Lord Naslng dropped the ends of his necktie. Then, having considered the situation, he laughed. There was nothing else to do. "Oh!" said he. "You'rf the young man that's got charge of the Corner House affair." I am,” answered Philip very drily. He had been called "young mnn" Just once too often that day, and laird Naslng was the final offender. What have you done." Are you engaged for dinner?" Philip asked him, as If at the sword's point. "N—no," said Lord Naslng, quite unused to these tactics from his legion aries. "Well." snld Philip. "Come along and dine with me at the Savoy and I’ll tell you there what I have done. I'm too exhausted to talk till I've got some Burgundy Inside me.” Silence reigned for a space In the council chamber. •straker," Lord Naslng called. •My lord?" the valet appeared. 'My coat. Mr. Masters has been good enough to ask me to dine with him at the Savoy.” "If you don't mind," Philip added, "we'll go to the grill room, as I am not dressed." He was strangely enthusiastic In his new profession. He reckoned that he was succeeding. And certainly his exit In company with Lord Naslng from the Brent building gave currency to a rumor among the Innumerable staff that he was. The reception of the pair In the grill room of the Savoy, where Lord Naslng was well known, amounted to a triumph. Philip ordered the wine, and drank moet of the first bottle be fore the peer could begin. "And now," said he over the soup. "I’ll tell you what I’ve done. Well, I've spant about a hundred and eighty pounds.” Lord Naslng arrested his spoon. "You’ra a costly luxury," said his lordship. “No wonder you ask me to dinner.' “Not at all. I’m cheap. In return for that trifling sum I've secured long signed article by Mrs. Upottery— It will be delivered tomorrow—giving the entire history of her relations with the dead man, and also his Interviews with signed statements from thirty- one out of the sixty boarders In the house. I've also secured a long article from myself of unique Interest. And look here!" He tumbled a heap of rough pho tographlc prints from his pocket. "Here aro photographs of the house, the sewer; the captain's room, where the murder was probably committed the stairs; a group of boarders lunch; the crowds In the street; sep arate portraits of forty boarders. See this photograph of Mrs. Upottery Also these photographs of policemen and detectives. Never before, 1 fancy, has a newspaper had photographs of detectives In the act of detecting. And here, photograph of the Volga—the captain's last command. Also a col lection of portraits of Olralda." "Good!" said Lord Kaslng. "Good. But where’s the murderer?" "All In due course," Philip replied. All In due course. I have only been at work ten hours.” Suddenly Lord Kaslng laughed. "What's the Joke?" Philip ventured to Inquire. "I was Just thinking,” Lord Kaslng answered. "Supposing you are the murderer—you might me, you know!— what a scoop It would be for The Courier In the end!" "Yes, wouldn't It!" Philip concurred, At the end of the generous but rapid meal he asked for the bill, and opened his pocketbnnk to get a bank note. He unfolded his bundle of notes. The note that first met his eye was one for too pounds, which constituted rather less than half of his entire fortune. He rend mechanically the number and date; "E-34 *87068 London, 16th May, 1904." And the room began to rock and the world to be unreal. The num ber of the notes handed to Captain Pollexfen by his employers on the fatal Tuesday had been published every- where. And this note was one of theml Philip knew the numbers by heart. He commanded himself, discovered a fiver, put the other notes back Into his pocket-book, and paid the bill. CHAPTER XIII. A Discovery. Philip's departure from the Savoy grill room was' accomplished with the Irreducible minimum of formality; and the cloak room attendant had a nar row .escape of being maimed for life, merely because of a slight tendency toward ritualism In the delivery of the Journalist's hat and coat. Aa for Lord Kaslng, abandoned with such breath taking some ono pitched the bed hang. Ings Into the middle of his supper table as far less astonished than he. Lord Naslng's sole comfort was a moral cer tainty that Philip muat be the criminal himself. Philip bounded Into a cab. and told the driver to drive. In an un mentionable manner, to the Devonshire mansion. Hs drew ngnln the pocket- book from his pocket. Happily the cab was the last word of civilisation In cabs, and had a small oil lamp fixed in Its Interior, so that Philip could ex amine the bank note thoroughly and at leisure. Kbt only was there no mis take about the number of the note, but he had another note for a hundred pounds, and that also bore one of the ndvertlsed numbers. He thus held In Ills possession two of the notes which the shipping firm had paid to Captain Pollexfen on the day of the latter’s murder. Ko wonder the hand trembled and he forgot for the moment that he was a Journalist and therefore “Ipso facto" Imperturbable! Oxwlch, who might with advnntage have started a school of Imperturbabili ty for young Journalists opened to him on the fifth floor of the Devonshire mansion. "Sir Anthony In?" "Yes, sir. But he’s expecting—” “I must see him Instantly," said Phil ip. "Instantly!" Oxwlch had a great power of grasp ing a situation. "Certainly, air." And without anoth er word he escorted Philip to the draw ing room. Sir Anthony was walking nervously to and fro, an unrivaled chrysanthemum In his buttonhole. He Jumped an the door opened. "Say, Tony," Philip spluttered out. "Look here, old man." Sir Anthony stopped him with a rapid flow of words. "Awful glad to see you. But you can't stop here. Josephine has dined with me down below In tne restaurant, and she's Just gone for'a-moment to see Kitty, and then she's cotqlng here and we're going to try over one of her songs, and then I have to drive her to the Metro, or she'll be late. She comes on at 9:SO. It'a a fearful bore, but what can I do? See you afterwards. SAY RED ROCK' SAY IT PLAIN A HIGH ENDORSEMENT FOR ROCK. The Commander of the Government troops, stationed at Chickamauga Camp, has issued an order prohibiting the sale of ALL Soft Drinks at the camps, except Lemonade (made with lemons on the ground) and Ginger Ale, which, of course, means RED ROCK, ‘ v Uncle Sam has been doing a little investigating which should be pro tection to the general public. POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLECOMPANY "* e °fi!W T ' e " THECONIMERCIALCABLE COMPANY. CLARENCE H. MACKAY, Preiideel. J, 0, STEVENS, Sk’j, WM. H. BAKER, V. P. AG. M. 1 CLARENCE H. MACKAY, Frd 1 ALBERT BECK, Sec'y. GEO. G VJ Iklrnt; RDuffi #'.wj * R A M 1 n The Pnxtnl Teleyraph*Cable Company transmit* and dell re rs tills mensage gnbjcct to the terms mill f<nnlilluii> ftrllitcilon tlic back ofUiU lilmik. Received at Main Office, No. zg So. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. f Telephone ssqoJ. 112BM.R0. 14 Collect 1237p Hagan & Dodd Co., Atlanta. Rush carload assorted quarts excellent drink. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 8, ’06 and pints Red Rock, People appreciate this Winter, Loeb & Co. daughter, Mra. Appleby had a son, aa aoon appeared. "And what are you doing In town Tony demanded, with a pitiable effort to be Joyoua and enthuslaitlc. It's poor Horace,” hla slater re plied, sinking with a sad sigh, but gracefully, Into a chair. "He's unwell again. He telegraphed for me this morning, and I drove to Crewe and caught the eleven express. It doesn't seem to be anything serious, but really something will have to be done. For his age—14, Mr. Masters—he's wonder fully advanced. In fact, his teacher can't keep him back. He tells me he waa going Into permutations and com binations next week! Just Imagine that! But-his constitution won’t stand It. And I fancy there's something In the air of Blackheath. I shall have to take him away. He looke on you aa qulto a second father, Tony, dear, and as I—'" Oxwlch ehowed himself In the door way. He said nothing. He merely In terrupted the dlecourse by gaslng at Sir Anthony In a fashion which Indicated alarm, regret, Impotence, and entreaty, Dleturblng sounds were to be,heard In tho corridor. 'And as I—” Mrs. Appleby vivacious ly resumed. "Half a second, Mildred!" Tony said, almost blushing, and hurried out of the room, only half shutting the door. Philip and Mrs. Appleby regarded each other, Philip being burned up with a suppressed fever and nearly light headed. ‘And ae I nlways consult dear Tony these—'• Mra. Appleby recommenced, with n siren's smile. 'Just sol” said Philip, and left her In order to follow Tony. Sister, Indeed!" he heard an Irate voice. "Then why should your silly Oxwlch keep me out?” And his eye caught the last elx Inches 'of Jose phlno's skirt aa she whisked magnifl cently out of Tony's fiat. Tony gaxed blankly at PhUlp. wleh completely shut the door on Mrs, Appleby. "I must go after her Immediately; said Tony. "In your place, Sir Anthony, I should delay twenty-four hours," Oxwlch re marked, In low, respectful tones. ‘Impossible, Oxwlch!" •If not forty-eight—If not forty, eight!" OxvYlch pursued. "Pardon the liberty, Sir Anthony—" "See here!" cried Philip, careless of being heard, and brandishing his notes. You paid me these notes on Wednes- day morning. Look at the numbers. Take them and look at them. I tell y A WHOLE FAMILY AND SHIPS CREW F. E. PURSE THE PRINTER PRINTING OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS ^ * 16 1-2 E. MITCHELL ST. ATLANTA, GA. *h? don't care for fifty Josephines,' said Philip, producing his pocket-book, "llow do you explain this?" The door j opened again. I "Here she Is." Tony whispered. ("Skip, my son!” He glanced at the | door and his face suffered a great ! change. It did rot merely fall; It fell to pieces. "Mildred?" he exclaimed. "My darling Tony?" twittered a lluf- j fily dressed and maturely handsome j woman, who Moated across the room In ' a maxc of chiffon, and then took Tony ; by the neck. After which, on percelv- ling Philip, she gave a little "Oh!” of I coquettish surprise. "My friend. Philip Masters," said Tony, disengaging himself. "Phil, this Is my sister, Mrs. Appleby." I'm always delighted to meet my Tony's friends." Mrs. Appleby assert ed. sailing down upon Philip. It was at once evident that she con ducted her existence exclusively In the superlative degree. There are many such women. They Invariably remain stationary at the age of 18, spend the largest possible sums on costumes, and fight eternally against embonpoint. Their husbands are usually dead, and If they have not a wondefful young sqn they have a wonderful young Sir Anthony obeyed, somewhat awed by bis friend's virulence. "Well?' Sir Anthony Inquired. "What? Are they forged?' "I wish they were!" Philip answered. And he explained. Sir Anthony, not unnaturally, wna difficult to convince, but ufter Oxwlch hnd consulted two different newspapers and ascertained that the numbers were Indeed those of two notes belonging to the murdered captain, the baronet was at any rate reduced to aatoutuled exclamations. By that time they had retreated to the dining room. "Oxwlch,” he demanded, at length, "where did we get these notes?" "From Miss Fire," Oxwlch replied, full of finely controlled emotion. "We had no other hundred-pound notes. Miss Fire repaid them to ua on Tues- day night. You will remember, Sir Anthony, that you expressed surprise." "I'd lent her a monkey to get her aunt's husband out of a difficulty, or some rot or other," Tony said quickly to Philip. 'That was last week. And on Tuesday she told me ahe only need ed three hundred, and she gave me two hundred back." "What time was that?" "What time was tt, Oxwlch?" "About midnight, Sir Anthony." "It Is I who must go after her then,' said Philip. "And at once!" "I'll go with you," Sir Anthony mut tered excitedly. "This Is a most serious thing." "Serious?” Philip cried. "Why, It’a the key to the entire situation! Come on.” He snatched the notes. "It will be difficult to neglect Mrs. Appleby. Sir Anthony," said Oxwlch. "She Informed me that she had not yet dined.” "Oh! Conf Go and tell Mrs. Ap pleby, Oxwlch, that—No. I’ll go my self." He rushed to the drawing room. (Continued In Tomorrow's Georgian.) and WHISKEY HABITS cured st home with out pstn. Book of par* ttcafar.v sent FKRK. B. M. WOOLLEY. X.. ta, Ua. Office 104 N. Pryor Street. Yacht With Former Ameri can Iron Magnate Goes Down. Sydney, N. S. W, Sept. 11.—Arthur J. Moxham, former president of - tfie Dominion Iron and Steel Company and the Loralne Steel Company, his wife and two children and the entire crew of the yacht Adele, In which they were cruising off the coast of Labrador, are believed to have perished when the yacht foundered. Details of the disaster are lacking, but the men who are responsible for the story of the yacht going down are positive It was Adele, as they had seen her but a short time before, and after the sinking of ths "unknown" yacht they were unable to find the Adele. Mr. Moxham was an Englishman about 60 years old. The greater part of his life was spent In the United States, and from his boyhood he was a success In the Iron Industry. He waa at Johnstown during the great flood, where he was engaged In the Iron business. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. THE SOUTH'S LEADING MILITARY COLLEGE-PREPARATORY HOME SCHOOL, GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY COLLEGE PARK,GA. Limited to 80 boarding pupils, with ten teachers. Special preparation for Southern colleges. Graduates accepted by colleges without exami nation. Parents cordially invited to visit and Inspect, tho school before entering their sons elsewhere. COLONEL J. C. WOODWARD, A. M„ Pres. COX College and Conservatory CROWDS ATTEND GENTRIES SHOWS Performance Is Best of its Sort Ever Seen Here. Children and grown-ups find peren nlal delight In the tented performance, and In the doings of educated animals humanity finds keen delight. Ample testimony for corroboration of thla tact was found Monday In two crowds that tested the capacity of Gentry Bros.' tent at Jackson and Old Wheat streets, aft ernoon and night. At the afternoon performance hun dreda were turned away because room could not be found tor another person without seriously hampering the work of the animal performers. The press agent's promise of "bigger, better and grander than ever" waa verified to the satisfaction of everyone. Gentry Bros, have accomplished mar vels In training horses, dogs, elephants and monkeys. Ko one can watch the wonderful work of these dumb crea tures without marveling both at the Intelligence displayed and the Infinite patience of the trainers In bringing about such perfection. There are many new features this year. The bell ringing horses, who pro duce "Home, Sweet Home," the marvel ous grouping and evolutions of the beautiful Shetland ponies, the ponder ous tricks of the elephants, the work of the canine family—all add to the pleasure of the performance. The fam- ty of Japqnese acrobats, father and three Sons, the youngest a tiny chap, are the best ever seen here. Two performances Tuesday will close the engagement In Atlanta. The afternoon performance begins at 2:30 and the evening at 8:16 o’clock. Injunction is Granted. Rpeclal tpThe Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. II—United States Judge C. D. Clark has granted restraining order preventing J. R. Jetton, etate revenue agent, and D. S. Osborne, trustee of Franklin county, from assessing for taxation the leaae hold rights of 160 or more persons do ing business on the reservation of the 'diversity of the South at Sewanee. fine village of Sewanee le situated upon land of the University, Delightfully aitusted in a beautiful suburb of Atlanta, with most salu brious climate, COX COL* LEGS Slid CONSERVA TORY offers many advan. (ages to students from any _ part of America. * Sixty.fourth session Uill be * in * 8c P 1 ' "‘E. '9 06 . j it 11 h as Instructors f rout American nnd European universities and conservatories. Broad courses of study, high standards, fine patronage. Music, Painting, Elocution are specialties, Cnnservatory, under distinguished dl- rectors, has 9 teachers, jo pianos, pipe organ. Building equipped with all modern com-cnl- encea; many improvements made recently. For catalogue and illustrations, address ADIEL J. MOKCRIEF. President, or WILLIAM S. COX, Manager. BAINBRIDGE VOTES BONDS FOR SEWERAGE Special to The Georgian. Balnbrtdge, On., Sept. 11.—Cltliens of Balnbrtdge yesterday voted to Issue 336,000 worth of 5 per cent bonds, the proceeds to be used In putting In a sewerage system. The survey has already been made nnd work will begin aa aoon as the bonds are eold. GERMAN STEAMSHIP ENCOUNTERS STORM 8peclal to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 11.—The Ger man steamship Tansa, which arrived Monday from Bremen, encountered a hurricane 360 miles from Savannah Friday and Saturday. The wheelhouae and bridge were carried away and the ahlp whirled In a circle. Bhe was car ried forty miles out of her course. She was warned by the barometer to prepare for a storm. ROOSEVELT SAVES GIRL FROM CELL WANTED A BOOK-KEEPER AND STENOGRAPHER . WHO HAS ATTENDED THE SOUTHERN SHORTHAND ATLANTA, GA. ^ Tho Leadlna Business School ot the South any. Kecalvea from two to nve applications drily for office assistants, En- dorMd by Governors, Senators, Banker*, professional and business men. lta Dip loma ta a aur* passport to a good poeltk Enter now. Catalogue free. Mention tt Washington, Sept. 11.—President Roosevelt has commuted the life sen tence of Llzxle Cardlsh, an Indian, 16 years old, who was convicted on an ar son charge. While a student on Me nominee Indian reservation she fired the school one night, under the Impres elon that she would not have to at tend school any more. The president has commuted the sentence to Impris onment In a reform school until the girl Is 21 years of age. Crisp or Soft Hot or Cold Grape=Nuts Delight the Taste and Nourish the Body.- SHOWS BIG GAIN mdilngton. Kept. 11.—Domestic trn«l»* •■incuts iii July nnd for the first sewn months of tin* current year show In the aggregate decided gains over eorre*|HUi<l‘ * ••••■« ‘"I'tv ui am I, ww, (U July. nui.iuuteil to 7,780,687 bale*. 4,808,302 «*f which arrived at gulf and 2,972,296 at At lantic port*. Hecelpt*. du 1904, nggregat 1903, 7.131,178 bale*. ... - ing interior southern towns cotton receipts ceived during the _ 1004-1906, and 4,756.936 •irespondfng in 1903-1904. mse period la REQUISITION PAPERS FOR CHARLOTTE MAN. ("harlotte, N. C., Sept. II.—On the strength of a requisition warrant from Governor Glenn, A. Abrams, a clerk lit a local clothing store, has been placed under arrest here and will be carried to Marlon, where lie Is wanted. Abrams Is alleged to have married a woman- child In Marion In June, the girl being under sixteen years of age. . Think They Eloped. New York, Sept. II.—Thomas Kean. 27 years old, brother of John Joseph Kean, who la now In Moyamenslng prison for stealing a boy In Philadel phia, le missing from hta home at N;’- 987 Park avenue. Edna Ring, a pret ty curly-haired blonde, living at the same apartment house, also Is missing. It la believed they have eloped.