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) Idqublooi NS A THRILLING NOVEL OF MYSTERY, | TRAGEDY AND A STOLEN FORTUNE By EDEN PHILLPOTTS AND ARNOLD BENNETT THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1006. THE GREATEST SALE OF THE SEASON The big 1 Crockery and Chinaware sale went off today in great shape at the King Hardware Co., 53 Peachtree street Hundreds of ladies were de lighted at the great bargains. This sale is a bona fide closing-out sale. Every piece of Glassware and Crockeryware will be sold. What we want is to get the goods out regardless of price. Come in tomorrow early and take a few of these sacrifices. K5NG HARDWARE CO., S3 PEACHTREE STREET. , (Copyright, 1906, by Eden Flilllpotts nnd Arnold Bennett) CHAPTER XIII—Continued. A Discovery. Philip waited perhaps live seconds. It became a moral and physical lmpos- elhlltty for him to wait longer. He tied, run headlong down the grand italrrase of the Devonshire, because the lift was not attending his conven ience, nnd disdaining the aid of six purlers, shot Into a cab. He still held the notes loose ih his hand. His adventures between the stage door of the Metropolitan Theater antf Josephine's dressing room could not hare been adequately described In less than live columns Of the Courier, had to defy the stage doorkeeper, malestlc personage who hod once said. • to an undersecretary of state snd who was reported to buy a public house or so once a quarter out of the Ups he received from aspirants to the hands of the queens and princesses of the Metropolitan’s two stages. He out distanced two commissionaires detailed oil for pursuit, lost himself, found him self before the footlights—happily dur ing an entr'acte—Invoking the assist ance of the mistress of the ballet—a kind, fat old thing whose triumphs dated back to the Third Empire—and Itnally had to arrange matters with, a call boy and Josephine's dresser, who was also by a curious accident Jose phine's aunt. Josephine, In the famous dressing room lined with mirrors nnd littered with expensive frippery, pots, pans, bouquets, torn envelopes, boxes, pretties, curling Irons, music, over turned chairs and photographs, was perfecting the work of nature. She glanrdd sternly at Philip, pencil In hand, and Indescribably glorious as to peignoir. : Well!" she said. "I call this cheek;' that's what I call It. If you think you're going to nthke peace on Tony's behalf, old boy, you're mistaken, i you ran. go and tell him 1 said so." A gas jet hissed among the electric light*. I don't care twopence for Tony. It’s more Important than Tony—" "Thnt's enough," sho made a gest- e. "How much have you given auntie to stop outside? Call her In.” Philip approached close to her. "Don’t be silly, my girl,” he said harshly. "In the first place let me tell you I’m on the staff of the Courier, and In the second place, have you seen these notes before?" He laid them before her on the splashed, untidy dressing bench. She was daunted. She stared vague ly at the notes, "How uu a Know If I've seen them before?'" she grumbled. "I've seen many a hundred pound note In my time." "You gave them to Tony at midnight on Tuesday," he said. “And what tf I did?” . ."They’re stolen notes,” he .replied, and breathed the single slnleter word "Pollexfen.” "If you want to know, then," said Josephine, who was recovering her ground. "I just didn't give them to Tony on Tuesday at midnight, I gave him two notes, but they were old notes and these are new.. So there!” How can you prove that?" Mr. Sinclair can prove It." Who Is Mr. Sinclair?” Mr. Sinclair Is the assistant cash ier. He cashed a check for me on Tuesday afternoon, and he gave me the notes.” "I must see Mr. Sinclair.” “Oh, you can see Mr. Sinclair, all right. 'Auntie!'" She opened the door, and stood facing Philip, her hands on her hips, breathing hard. “You shall soon see Mr. Sinclair,” she repeated, "and Mr. Talke shall see if I am to be Insulted In my own dressing room like this!” "My dear young lady.” said Philip,. Tm not insulting you. Tony told me he’d had those notes from you—" "Well, he’d no business to chatter,” said Josephine, sharply. “He's like a blessed magpie.” "Wouldn’t you sooner have me here than the police?" Philip smiled, "Why, I'm doing all 1 can for you." “Oh. of course," ehe murmured. Then Mr. Sinclair, In ,one of those amazingly perfect evening suits that only the minor officials of fashionable theatres sesm to ba able to afford, de' ferentlally entered. He confirmed Josephine's statement. Further, he took Philip to his office, and showed him a memorandum of the numbers of the notes handed by him to Miss Fire on Tuesday after- The Prudential Insurance Gnmpany of America Home Office, Newark, N. J. AKERS & SKINNER, Managers for Northern Georgia, ANNOUNCE The removal of their offices from the Second Floor Prudential Building, to 37 N. Forsyth St., Ground Floor Prudential Building. ROUND TRIP And Cheap One-way Rates -TO- CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST Round trip Summer Excursions from all point. East to Pacific Coast and Northwest until September 18th, with epeel.l etopover privileges, good returning to October 31st, 1908. CHEAP COLONIST ONE-WAY TICKETS TO CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST FROM AUGUST 27th TO OCTOBER 3UL 0«e the eplendid through servlco of the SOUTHERN PACIFIC from New Orleans, or UNION PACIFIC from St. Louie or Chicago to deitlnatlon with Steamship Lines to Japan, China, etc. Round trip tickets account Baptist Convention, San Francisco and Los Angeles, on sale from Sept. 2d to 14th, final limit October 31st. WRITE ME FUR RATES AND INFORMATION. J. F. VAN RENSSELAER, General Agt., 124 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. R - 0. BEAN, T. P. A. noon; they did not correspond with Philip's notes at all. Philip. left the theatre and passed Tony entering. And each was think ing so hard that ntlther recognized the other. Philip walked slowly to the Corner House. He believed in the hon esty of Josephine Fire, and equally, of course. In Teny’s honesty. There re mained two explanations of the almost Inexplicable. Oxwlch was one possi ble explanation; but Philip could not conceive Oxwlch as an accomplice of thieves and murderers. Philip himself was the other explanation. Had some one entered his cubicle while he slept, and substituted two of the Pollexfen notes for Philip’s? It was Inconceiv able, for Philip had left his pocket- book where John Meredith kept -the key of his room—under the pillow— and he was a light sleeper. Then- He made his way Into the Corner House. He climbed the stairs and went to his room. After turning up the light the first thing he saw waa his lost little black bag, lying on the bed. He sprang to it, and opened It The finger-marked stone was Inside, with the pajamas and other things. He ran Into the corridor, and by chance en countered one of the. boy attendants. "Who did my room today?" "Me, sir." "What's the meaning of that bag on the bed?” It was under the bed,” said the boy, made sullen by Philip's threaten ing tone. "I thought you’d kicked It under without knowing. So I put It on the bed for you to see. CHAPTER XIV. Dactylography. At dusk on the following afternoon, which was Sunday afternoon, Philip was curled up In the office of Mr. Hll- gay like a spider awaiting Its prey. He had woven hla web and he waa ■till expecting a genuine fly, though hla patience had already exhausted It self. Mr. Hllgny, happily for Philip's plan of campaign, bad been visible, a broken figure, during the middle hours of the day. Mr. Hllgay was still not quite persuaded that he had escaped brain fever. During the earlier half of the day Philip had employad himself In mak ing experlmenta In the recording- of flngermarka, convinced at he he had merely to obtain the Impress of the first Angers of each man lodging In the Corner House. But to accom plish such n delicate. Invidious task without nrouslng suspicion was a mat ter which would have offered difficul ties to a more Impassioned Journalist than Philip. He spent the chief portion of the morning In a series of experiments with paint and paper and varnish, left In the corridors by thi professional house painters who had stormed and occupied the house. And after several hours he had prepared two sets of slips of plain green wall paper, one slightly covered with white paint halt dried at a Are, and the other lightly covered with varnish half dried at a Are—the kitchen Are. Lunch was over by the time his slips were ready. He then, with the privity of Mr. Hllgay, who during his brief appear ance seemed ready to allow any oqe to do' anything, removed the doorknobs from the Inner front door and the outer front door of the house. Both these doors, of course, opened Inward. Secondly, by means of small slips of wodd nailed to the floor near the hinges, he fixed both doors permanently ajar In such wise that an aperture of three or four inches was left between each door nnd door frame. Thirdly, he affixed a perpendicular slip of paper covered with half-dry paint to the out er side of the Inner door, and a slip covered with half-dry varnish to the outer side of the outer door. And he argued thus; “Any person leaving the house, the handles of the doors having been thoughtfully removed, must Inevitably flrst of all put the Angers of his right hand on the outer side of the Inner door and pull the door toward him In order to go out. He may or may not leave a good Impress of his Angers on the palnt-coverad slip of paper. But mint will certainly adhere to hla land. He may or may not be angry, but he will certainly proceed, and he will repeat his action on the outer side of the Vtuter door, and will thus leave a second set of Anger marks In white mint, on the outer door. I shall thus lave two sets of marks for each out going person. As the doors open Int ward, Incoming persons will have to push the doors Instead of pulling them, they will thus be forced to touch the same pieces of paper, but In the reverse order.” T EXCURSI IIliftCi Hint nm, vuiiriuvnu M »>V w ms. flrst that he possessed In the bit of broken eewer pipe an authentic Anger- mark of Captain Pollexfen’s murderer, and, second, that the murderer was still Inhabiting the house. Being of a profoundly* practical nature. In the English manner, he did not permit his mind to be too much troubled about the history of the little black bag be tween the |noment when he lost sight of It on the Tuesday evening and the moment when he saw It again on the Saturday evening. He guessed that Varcoe must have discovered It , and left It, by accident or Intentionally, In his bedroom on the Friday night. This having been divined, he centered his Interests exclusively on the Imprint. He did not even trouble to answer the feverish Inquiries and demands which from time to time during the day he received from various members of the editorial staff of The Courier. Now, Philip was not an expert In the science of flngerprints. It may be doubted If he knew that It had been christened dactylography. He certain ty was not aware of the method of classifying Anger prints Into the four main divisions of arches, loops, whorls and composites. Hs did not dream that arches might be simple and tent ed, loops ulnar and radial, whorls sin gle and double, and that composites were susceptible of not less than four clearly deflned divisions. It may be questioned If he had the slightest Idea that Scotland Yard has a record of nearly a million Anger prints and that the system of Indexing this vast dic tionary of criminal biography Is one of the wonders of the world. It Is be yond doubt that he had not read the earned work of the celebrated Five Towns specialist, Henry Faulds, for that work had not then appeared. What he had read, on Its publlcatlAn soms ten years before, was Mark Twain's '•Pudd’n'hend Wilson." In which the Immortal and adorable author of "Life on the Mississippi" hod the charming caprice to explain the science of dacty lography at considerable length; and his recollection even of that unfor- gettable romance was not by any means free from vagueness. He hod reasons for not going down to Scotland Yard and demanding there the aid of the supreme expert In dactylography. Finally, the day being dominical, all book-sellers' shops were closed. He had therefore to rely solely on the Anger mark Itself, and hla common sense or gumption. After various trials and sundry dyeings and washings of his own Angers, he decided that the Anger mark on the fragment of pipe was that of a right hand flrst Anger, not of a thumb. This fact Ailed him with hope, for a reason which will presently be seen. He further argued that the hand of the criminal must be short and stumpy, with broad flat Anger tips; and moreover that It was not a hand lately accustomed to hard manual work, for the natural ridges on the skin were Indicated with extra ordinary clearness, whereas the epi dermis of a laborer's hand Is either worn to smoothness or wrinkled In ar. tIAclal furrows. To establish the criminal’s Identity vice; and, after affixing the flrst two pairs of slips, he joined one of the boy servants on duty In the little office In a state of mind that amounted almost to glee. His stock of prepared slips lay near Mm on Ibe labia and the Anger-marked fragment of pipe waa put out of the reach of the boy ser vant! on the high mantelpiece. His whole heart was In the experiment, so much so that he utterly forgot his promise to Mrs. Upottery to attend the captain’s funeral, and merely snorted at a telephone message from Sir An thony to run down to the Devonshire mansion and discuss the situation. ■He watched eagerly for some one elther to go out or come In. The whole world of human beings seemed, how ever. to have formed a conspiracy neither to enter nor to leave the Corner House. Never had the entrance hall been so quiet. Even the detectives and the journalists had deserted It. A num ber of Sabbath sightseers were parad ing to and fro In the street and gas Ing at the house with mouths open ai If to swallow It. But there was no other sign of life. The bo» attendant E FQRJR, DELEGATES Griffin Council Waves Flag From National Council For Members. Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 12.—The thir teenth annual grand council meeting of the Junior Order of United Ameri can Mechanics convened here yester day morning with about 100 delegates present. The meeting was opened at 9 o'clock. Practically all of the grand council officers were present The morning session laated until 3 o'clock, at which time the members were taken for "trip up the canal" and given a barbe cue dinner at the locks at about 4:30 o'clock. There were four boatloads of people who went to the locks. During the session yesterday there was a flag and banner presented the Griffin Council, No, 4, for receiving the largest number of members In their lodge during the week of May 17. The contest was for the entire United States and Griffin took both prizes, one being a very Ane ling and the other a banner. The two pieces cost 1100. The presentation' of the banner and flag was by Junior Past National Coun cillor W. E. Faison, of Balelgh. He presented the emblems for the grand council of the United States. Dave Ballsy, former mayor of Grlf- An, waa present and received the flag and banner, and thanked the grand council for the same. During the course of the meeting yesterday there waa a very Interesting speech made by secretary ' and man ager of the funeral and beneflt and beneflclary degree, Stephen Collins, of Pittsburg. Hla speech was the main feature of the morning session. There was very little business looked after yesterday and the real business of the session will come up today. The officers for the ensuing year were nominated yesterday but they will not be elected until today. The only Au gustan who has been nominated Is Dr. J. R. Littleton, for the grand repre sentative's place. There are a num ber of other members who hfive been nominated and It will be hard to tell which one of the number will get the place. Rome will possibly get the next grand council meeting, as there has been a very cordial Invitation exl the body from that city. , The barbecue at the locke yesterday afternoon kept the delegates out of the city; the entire afternoon as It was nearly 9 o'clock before they returned. The meeting will close late this af ternoon, but a number of the delegates will remain In the city a few days af ter the meeting Is over. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE SESSION OPENS SEPT. 19. MILLIONAIRE FIGHTS TO WIN SACK SONi BOY’S WIFE OPPOSES New Haven, Conn., Sept. 12.—A struggle In strategy with.Edwurd Nor ton, the millionaire tin plate king of New York, on dine side and Mrs. Jo- sephlne Norton, his pretty cloak model daughter-in-law, on' the other, began today. The rich man has entered suit against the poor girl, who, after ardent wooing, consented to become the seetpt bride of Edward Kenneth Norton, his 19-yonr-old son, a Yale student, for tho annulment of the marriago, while the young woman has sued him for alien ating her husband’s affections. DIVISION ORGANIZED IN WAYCROSS, QA. Special to The Georglun. Waycross, Ga., Sept. 12.—Mrs. C. F. Conley, of Manchester, Va., A. G. V., president of tho G. I. A. B. of L. E.. has organised a division In Waycross, with sixteen members. Tho following officers were elected: Mrs. H. S. DuBose, president;, Mrs. H. B. Lee, vice presi dent; Mrs. J. W. Lyon, secretary; Mrs. Paul McGee, treasurer; Mrs. J. M. Smith, chaplain; Mrs. W. P. Maynard, lulde; Mrs. Mcl. Jones, past presl- lent; Mrs. C. AI. Propst, sentinel; Mrs. J. F. Goodroe, Airs. R. E. Edwards, Mrs. J. E. Green, Airs. 8. B. Parker, pillars. Mrs. Conley was tendered a recep tion Saturdny evening at the beautiful new home of Mr. and Mrs. DuBose. TWENTY MORE BOARDtrtS GAN BE* ACCOMMODATED That the limit of the capacity for boarding: students has been so nearly reached one week before the opening of the seaslon is a strong: testimony to the popularity of Apnea Scott. Since last session a new $60,000 dormitory has been completed with capacity to accommodate ninety-eight additional boarders. And yet only twenty needed to All all the dormitories! Every Southern state, several West* rn states and Mexico are represented In the en rollment. This large -number <>f stu dents has been entered without a sin- ‘ agent In the field. ver $100,000 has been expended in •rovementa the last year, he elegant buildings, aro In perfect order, the grounds are beautiful, and the faculty will be present next Wed nesday to welcome the largest student body In the history of the institution. Apply at onco to President for room, or Information. ••• THE TRIPOD PAINT CO. f 37 N. Pryor 8t., and a ‘IkarTfkm ARTIST Will bring you a samplo*card and give you an estimate on Tinting your waifs with OECO'MURA, the new sanitary Wall Finish. A 25 Per Cent Investment; An Invettment yielding a guarsn-j teed 28 per cent per annum. j Any lady or gentleman with $100,: and upward, spare capital, can,: without rlak, aecure the above In-; come, payable quarterly or annu-j ally. Principal withdrawable on 60; daya notice. For particulars, address JOHN HENDERSON, j P, O. Box 168. Nashville, Tenn.- was reading Perclval's “Parle Gossip' In the "Referee,” having flnl.hed "Muz tard and Creea.” Then Philip heard coma one coming down stairs, and hla heart began to flutter as the Instant approached for testing the efficacy of the web of the spider. It waa a man. The man wore gloves. Philip had reckoned without the re nowned gentility of the Corner House. He rightly cursed hlmaelf for a famous ninny as ho removed the smudged slips of paper after the man's exit and sub stituted fresh slips. But nevertheless he determined to continue hla experi ment, opining that then would be, after all, In the Corner Houee far from suf- Aclent gloves to go round. In this as sumption the event proved him to be correct. The event did not, however. Justify hla experiment. People entered; people departed. A few wore gloves. The upgtoved majority either made undecipherable Anger marks, or made good Anger marks which bora not tho slightest resemblance to the Anger mark on the bit of pipe. So dusk fell, and Philip's stock of paper exhausted Itself In futility. He foresaw that he might have to continue the experiment for daya He heard a cab stop outside the house, and glanced Idly from the win dow. It wad a four-wheeler. Airs. L T pottery emerged from It. She was obviously returning from the funeral. He sympathized with her, but her ar rival annoyed him; he had already wasted several slips of paper on wom en, Including two on Mrs. Upottery. She held an argument with the cabman, and then she had a difficulty with her pocket and purse, and seemed to And un awful solemn pleasure In tiring the patience of the cabman while she re moved her gloves and sorted her coins. As she came up the atspa he hid In a corner ao that aha should not glimpse him In passing. He did not wish to be accused Just then of not having at tended the funeral. He was creeping out to change the slips after her pas sage when a man ran quietly up the steps and rushed In. It waa John Meredith whom Philip had not pre viously seen that day. Why should Philip have trembled with nervous ap prehension at the sight of Meredith? I’hy should a strange rear have seized him? Why should he healtate, after Aferedlth had vanished upstairs, to re trieve and examine the slips? Why should he have experienced the sensa tion of a reprieve when a newspaper boy,burst In, pushing and banging both doors, to sell a special Sunday edition of the Record? Hlii hand shook aa the newspaper boy having departed, he dotarhed the slips and carried them Into the office. The varnished slip from the outer door showed nothing but three seta of smudges, but the other slip, marked faintly In varnish on white paint, dis played three clear sets of Anger-prints —the man's the highest; then the wom an's; then the newspaper boy’s. Hla heart jumped when he examined the man's. He reached down the fragment , and laid It close to the paper, and, with a magnifying glass, compared It with the paper. The print of the man’s flrst Anger corresponded exact ly with the print on the atone. The double whorl situated slightly to the left was Identical In each case. Without giving himself a moment to think, he went out of the office to And Meredith. And Meredith was descend ing the stairs again, pale and hur ried. the frightful scar crimson on hla blanched face. Please come up here,” Philip ad dressed him. Hla throat waa ao parch ed that he could scarcely articulate. "What la the matter?" Meredith questioned. "I must speak to you," said Philip. Meredith obeyed, entering the of- flee. Philip ordered the boy attendant to leave and then carefully shut the door. He had a strange desire to ad vise Aferedlth to run away and never be seen In England again, but ha con quered It. "What la Itr Meredith repeated hU WALTER BALLARD OP- TICAL CO. Leaa than one year ago placed on the market the new Ballard Bifocal, giving reading and walking vision In one frame and looking like one glass. They have proven the most successful of all •he advertised Invisible bifocals. Ground In a deep torld curve, giving a large visual fleld for reading as woll as :lng. They are the most perfect and beautiful glass sold. Consult us about bifocals. We have them all. Sales room, 61 Peachtree, Atlanta, On. demand. . "I will tell you," said Philip. "The Anger mark on this stone was made by the murderer of Captain Pollexfen, and the Anger-mark on this paper was made by you. They are alike. 1 have laid a trap for tho murderer, and It Is you that I have caught, Aferedlth. What have you to say?" "What?" exclaimed Aferedlth, staring at the paper. "Which mark?" “This one.” "Those aren't the marks of my An gers,” Meredith said with curious calm, after ho had comprehended the nature of the trap. It's the marks below that are mine. Look at my hand." Hla persuasive voice was as wondrous aa ever. Philip seized the hand.' It bad Ane tapering Angers, whereas the topntost marks were noticeably wide and clum- ay. "That la like a woman’s hand," said Philip. Meredith Impulsively snatched the hand away, and then sat down on a chair nnd burst Into tears. "I may as well tell you," said Mer- edlth, "I am a woman, I am Captain Pollexfen'* daughter." "Glralda?” Aleredlth nodded, looking up. Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian. SECRETARY SHAW TO SPEAK FOR EVANS Special to The OaM|ln, Nashville. Tenn., Sept. 12.—Politics galore will be the portion of the people of the Volunteer state for tho next two months. Hon. H. Clay Evans, Republican candidate for governor, opened his campaign yesterday at Lowrenceburg. On Monday, September 17, M. R. Pat terson, Democratic nominee for gov ernor, will open his campaign In Nash ville. General Evans declined to meet him In joint debate. On September 14. next Thur«<!ny night, Hon. Leslie tf. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, will speak in Nashville at Ryman auditorium. Senator E. W. Carmack, who was the first to volunteer for the cause of Democracy In this fight, will make a number of speeches nnd In one will re ply to Secretary Shnw. Governor Bob Taylor and Adjutant General HarVey Hannah will stump the state together for Democracy. Senator Frasier will also make speeches for the Democratic ticket MAYOR ALLEN WILL VETO CITY HALL ORDINANCE. Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 12.—Mayor Al len has not signed the recent city hail ordinance which was passed by the city council, and he states that he does not Intend to sign It. At the proper time he will officially file a veto of the ordi nance passed by a majority vote of the council. Tho ordinance which was passed by the body was for the purchase of an option on the site, at $5,000, tlu same to last until next May, and at that lime If the city desired It, could purchase thb property by paying $10,000, mak ing the first payment for the land. Important Change of Sched ule on Seaboard Air Line Railway. Effective 8unday, September 9th, Im portant change or schedule will be mad.' on tin- Seaboard Air Line. Par ticular attention Is called to tho fact that train No. 38, which now leave* Atlanta, 9:35 p. m., will on and after September 9th, leavo Atlanta at 8:00 p. m.. Central time. oc o 5 > Li tc o o > Id THE VICTOR SANITARIUM 321-323 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga. OPIUM, WHISKY and other drug habits cured in four week,. Patients do not suffer as they do at many Institutions. Comfort of patients carefully looked af ter. Sanitarium Is boms-llke and pleasant, and not a prison, as eome Imagine. Treatment entirely free from any harmful result,. For full particulars call or address The Victor Sanitarium, or Dr. B. M. Woolley, Look Box 387. "WHEN IN THE COIJR8E of human events It becomes necessary" to build a house, a home, a hovel, a hut, a barn, a bungalo. a factory, a tene ment, a shelter, a shack, a shed or any place requiring roofing, consult us about ' VULCANITE numerous to mention. People It when they need roofing again. There are reasons too bought Vulcanite are buying ire facta which actually hap pen and they speak louder than words. It does not require expert labor to apply It. It Is recommended by the National Iloar.1 of F derwriters and Southeastern Tariff Association. “YOU CAN PUT IT ON.” See that this Seal la on every Roll. ATLANTA StlPPLV C0„ SOLE STATE AGENTS FOR GEORGIA. 29-31 South Forsyth 8treet, Atlanta, Ga. J. C. GREENFIELD, Fret. C. i PEEK. Stt'y,