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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, Monday, snrTEMnnn ti, vxn. DOUBLOONS By Eden Phlllpotts and Arnold Bennett. CHAPTER XXVI. The Prey. There was In Mary Pollexfen'a tone ii challenge which Sir Anthony could but accept, an entreaty to which only one answer could be given—and that not a spoken one. His reply was such as to startle even Mary by its sudden ness. The splendid gesture of the girl, reminding him of her finest attitudes on the stage, Inspired him to throw first one then the other superbly clad leg over the balustrade of the balcony and slide dangerously down a wooden pillar to the dusty level of Broad street. He was gone with a celerity that gave his disappearance the air of a conjur ing trick. By a miracle he received no hurt, and, waving the hand of triumph to Mary, he fled down the thorough fare In tho wake of the than whom Coco had designated as Walter Pollexfen. Coco also put a leg over the balus trade, shouting and gesticulating, but on reconsideration of the enterprise he drew the limb back ngaln and decid ed to gain the street through tho res taurant by th- stairway. "I catch him. I catch him, Miss, run like de debbll," he cried as he went The episode attracted attention In Broad street, but the Ethiopian popu lation of Barbadoes having long since ceased to be capable of surprise at tho antics of the touring English, and be ing moreover very noisily engaged in its own tremendously important affairs, the Interest roused was as brief as it was violent; and it ended entirely in laughter when Coco, in the roadway, had fallen amid a drove of pigs and picked himself up, his broadcloth dusty and his temper twisted. Mary also went out Into the street. Mrs. Anpleby was still peacefully doz ing; but there was not a sign of young Horace. Sir Anthony had marked his prey, who turned Into the square, was hid den for a moment behind a mass of flaming red and yellow colors, dodged round some magnificent palms, and came to a momentary pause In the shadow of Nelson's green statue. Tho prev while moving both very quickly and very mysteriously, did not openly behave as if he were being pursued. He only looked behind once. He seemed to possess a. singular clever ness In avoiding contact with the shrill crowds that Inhabited Broad street and the square, and he seemed also to bo j»erfectly familiar with the complex geography of the Island metropolis. At the statue It was that Tony nearly came up with him—nearly but not quite. An orange-colored tram labelled in large letters "Fontabelle,” and tink ling with a hundred metallic tongues like a Russian sleigh, was Just resum ing its Journey after a pause In tho square, and he calmly stepped on to it, and was borne off, presumably to Fon- tabelle. Tony did not hesitate could not hesitate; there was one thing to do, and he did it. He ran af ter the tram and boarded it, full of an Intention to draw the prey forcibly out of the vehicle and submit him to rigors of West Indian law. But events oc curred differently; indeed, they bore no resemblance whatever to tho mental picture of the Immediate future formed by Tony as he hastened along Broad street. Owing to nervous excitement he did not get on to the Jolting tram with remarkable neatness. unXlKinl perf ^ , j 0n ' diversified the there a/ °J cnne ’ anrt here and mere a gigantic bread-fruit roee Into Wlnd mlll » abounded, and sometimes the thud-thud of an agrl- h Block* f tCam e , nglne waa heard.* A hillock Of ground now hid the capital, and Tony began to wonder whither he «as bound and what would be the fh». h the , Htors '- He had <* notion thm he was leaving civilization behind. He had read in a guide book that mur- derers in Barbadoes hide their victims in the tall cane and that the first symptom of a crime is the gatherings 2£cn U ii UreS g at| a particular spot in the *”£.?** and P ath *es8 fields. The boy, still meditatively sucking, got out; and then, opposite a gay little house, bowered in brilliant flowers and foliage, t,he two quadroons also got out, laughing and preening, and with drew slowly and with backward glances into the domain. The prey descended instantly after them. And Tony followed the prey. The tram resumed its Journey and was soon out °f sight around a curve. Tony hesitated. The prey, gazing hard at the hoigie Into which the. quad roons had retreated, drew forth a pock- etbook and made notes. He then turned abruptly to Tony. They were alone on the hot, dazzling road. “I be S your pardon, sir," said the prey, with a slow American accent. ( an you oblige me with a match?" His tone was very persuasive, the qual ity of his voice beautiful, and his smile pleasant. And as Tony gazed at the firm, keen, clean-shaven middle-aged face, and at the strong limbs encased in modest, well-cut blue, he decided that ho might as well oblige with the match; and ho did so. He thought he could see a re semblance to Mrs. Upottery In those features, and then he thought he couldn't. "Sultry, isn't Itr said the prey ge nially. , "Ye-es," Tony agreed, determiited to commit himself as little as possible, and he added, suddenly determined to make the leap: "I want to speak to you. I’ve come hero to speak to you." "What," cried the prey. "Are you mixed up in the affair too?" "Mixed up in what affair?" "I see you are,” daid the stranger. "I was told when I left headquarters at Kingston, that I might meet a col league from Scotland yard. But I didn’t know the Tiber was in yet." Tony stared. "What affair-” ho repeated, astound ed. conductor’s toe, and ther conductor, righteously angry, drew his attention to the fact that he had transgressed a by-law. Tho white ferocity of the con ductor’s teeth and the blackness of his grin each helped to induce In Tony a more thoughtful mood, a saner view of strategy and tactics. Having no ade quate reply to the conductor, ho sought the grateful shade of the Interior of the tram. The prey had taken a seat in the left hand corner near the door and was rolling a cigarette. At tho further ond of the car was a full- blooded negro boy sucking a sugar cane, and midway were two sumptu ously dressed quadroon girls, apparent ly sisters, moving In the most refined aristocratic circles, whose high pitched chatter, whose colors and whose musk engaged the senses. Tony sat down. He suddenly perceived that he could not attack his prey In this public ve hicle. Nor could ho put him through n cross-examination. To address him thus: "You are Walter Pollexfen, a scoundrel and a murderer, and I have crossed the world to catch you. Tell me where Philip Masters is, and then come with me to the police station, or i'll break every bone in your body"— such an oration, though justice de manded it, was obviously Impossible In the circumstances. The idea of ad- ilresslng in a tram car a murderer to whom he had not been Introduced was repugnant to Tony’s Instincts. He wanted to speak, but his tongue refused Its office. He was. In a word, not equal to the situation. The glittering eyes of the quadroons were upon him; the sleepy ophthalmia eye of the cane sucking boy was upon him, and hi feared lest a scene might end In ridi cule for himself. After all, he had not in his pocket a warrant for the arrest Walter Pollexfen. And the prey had merely to suggest to the public that he. Ton?*, was a lunatic In order to score ut any rate a serious temporary ad vantage. Therefore, Tony decided to wait until his prey should descend from the tram. And in the meantime he pulled Ids mustache nervously, and dis covered that he was hotter than he had ever been in his life before and that his breakfast was not digesting. They prey, having rolled one clgar- «*tte, rolled another one, and smiled gravely at the floor. Presently the tram was out of the town and running along a road fringed by great Jungles of cane, whose droop ing polished stems reflected the light like metal. The clumps of bananas, with massive heads of fruit In all "Why! I guess there’s only one. The Pollexfen affair, Isn’t it?" "What do you know about the Pol lexfen affair?" Tony stammered. "Not as much as I want to," the other replied. "Come Into tho shade of these mahogany trees, will you? But I’m learning all the time. Just all the time. You see they cabled us from London to headquarters in Jamaica that the alleged murderer had left Lon don In a private yacht with a couple of thousand pounds and some papers, and as I had a pretty considerable ex perience In Denver and Chicago before I Joined the Jumalca force, Trollope told me off to come here and meet the yacht." "Indeed!" gasped Tony. "Yes. That’s the way of it." "And has the yacht come?" "I guess she’s come. And he’s some where on this blessed Island. He may be over on the other side at tho Crane hotel for anything I know, but he’s on the island. I’m not ready yet to make an arrest. Those two creatures that got out of the car a minute ago—they are In the game. Wouldn’t think it, would you? But they are. I’ve had an eye on ’em for twenty-four hours. I saw ’em from the ice house coming down Bridge street. That’s why I left my cocktail In such a hurry. One has to hustle, eh? I guess you're the cele brated Varcoe.” Tony did not know what to say. But he shook his head. ’Come, now,” tho other expostulated. To need to treat mo as If I was the elevator boy! 1 saw at once you’d got the Scotland Yard stamp on you.” "I—I took you for Walter Pollexfen," said Tony, trying to be severe. "You!" The prey gave himself up to laugh ter, gradually, but completely. He be gan with scarcely a sound, shutting his eyes and bending forward. Then his mouth opened to a glorious and pro found cachlnatlon. "Well!" he managed to remark later. "I award you the medal. Now come along with me, comrade." He put his arm In Tony’s arm. "Come along with me down to the police office. It Isn’t a mile. Ariel I’ll show you off to the boys. No escape. This will cost you cocktails round.” Reassured by the mention of the po lice office, Tony was inclined to think that either Coco had been entirely mis taken or he had misunderstood Coco’s Indication of the man. In any case he had no alternative but to return to the town. He found the prey an Intelll- gent and agreeable companion. He ac cepted a cigarette case on the balcony of the Ice House. He hinted to the prey a little about the Wanderer and her voyage, and the finding of Varcoe, and other Interesting things. But the prey, curbing his curiosity, Intimated that he would prefer to postpone the full discussion of the Pollexfen affair until they were safe In the privacy of the Barbadoes detective department. After five minutes they halted before ft negro's moan dwelling and the stranger bought a green cocoanut from the negro’s wife, who with her two children and a lean cat blinked and basked In the purple shadow of her doorway. A great winged grasshopper leaped and flew a few paces ahead. "As liquid refreshment" said the prey, paring away the top of the nut with his knife exactly ns though he were sharpening a huge lead pencil, there’s nothing so suited to this hades of a climate as green cocoanut. See 'WHEN IN THE COURSE 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 ““VULCANITE It Is the logical thing to use, for reasons too numerous to mention. People who have bought Vulcanite are buying it when they need roofing again. There are. facts which actually hap- l>en and they speak louder than words. Jt does not require expert Inbor to'apply It. it Is recommended by the Xatlonal Board of Un derwriters and Southeastern Tariff Association. “YOU CAN PUT IT ON. If VBF Set that thia Seal ia on •vary Roll. ATLANTA SUPPLY CO., SOLE STATE AGENT8 FOR GEORGIA. 29-31 South Forayth Street, Atlanta, Ga. J. C. GREENFIELD, Pres. C. k. PEEL Stc'j. aji^vTl Ml V&yiSre DINING ROOM FURNITURE IN THE LATEST GRAND RAPIDS STYLES. We are showing a magnificent stock of the newest productions from the best factories of the country in all the popular woods and finishes. Solid Mahogany, Early English Oak, Weathered and the ever popular Golden. These suits are not extravagant in price; you can put as much or as little in a suit as you like. Every piece has been bought with the greatest discrimination by our buyers, who spent the month of July visiting the great furniture markets of the country. Isn’t twenty years experience buying furniture and judging styles and values worth something to you? . - Here are cuts of several pieced of what we consider one of the best values shown at the market. It is made iu solid Mahog any, Early English and the Golden Oak. When we say “solid” there are no veneers used. This suit consists of a 5-ft. 6-inch sideboard, a 10-ft. table 54 inches in diameter closed, china closet, six side and two arm chairs—priced in Early English $335.00 Solid Mahogany $385.00 Buffet Suits in the Mission, Mahogany and Golden Oak range in price from $100.00 to $150.00 for ton and eleven pieces. OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH US; WE WILL FURNISH YOUR HOME AND DIVIDE THE PAYMENTS UP IN THE MOST CONVEN- IENT WAY FOR YOU. CARMICHAEL-TALMAN FURNITURE CO. The Store That Saves You Money. 74-76 WHITEHALL STREET. the pure milk there! Home people put Ice in, hut whisky la better!" He drew a flask from his pocket and adulterated the milk's purity with whisky. When Tony hnd shared the drink Tony’s opinion of the stranger rose appreciably. Further on a livelier incident hap pened. At the corner of a sugar-cane field, where the great ragged eanes bent over In a wild green and brown and yellow tangle, there stood-a mango tree. The time for mangoes was not yet come, but a few, plutnp and nearly ripe, adorned the topmost branches of the trees, and some sentient being seemed to be up in the summit among them. Beneath the tree stood a big negro Irt a rage. A crowd of eight or nine other negroes were whispering and posturing at a safe distance of a hun dred yards. Uncle Tony!" came a voice from the tree-top. It was Horace’s voice, and it sig nalled distress. "Como down, you tlof,” the big negro bawled. "No good stopping dar. Come down out *»b dnt. I hah catched you at last. Come down, I say!" Uncle Tony!” "Friends of yours?” the prey ques tioned, and the two men hurried to the tree. "Uncle Tony," sang the shrill voice of the boy. "I thought tills was a wild tree and climbed up here, and"— "My tree, and de young gem'man know lie tlef dem mangoes, and he lodge in jail for It! Colored person somebody in ’Badoes.” "Shut your great mouth, you .con founded che-che!” commanded the prey. "No, sar." The prey produced a revolver, point ed It at the owner of the mango tree and fired. There was a terrific sensa tion among the watching group of ne- "And now follow me to the police office," the prey ordered the big negro. "You can come down, my little man," he called up the tree. "And bring a mango or two If you like." The outraged negro fell In with the suggestion of Bridgetown police office, but, strange to say, he showed no fur ther anger and followed the little pro cession which was soon formed. "Mother’s Just in front,” said Hor ace, eating his way bravely Into a mango. He lutf consumed that morn ing nothing but flying fish, sweet pota toes, lamb, peas, oranges In their thin green skins, flgs, bananas, plantains and sapodilias. His appetite was. therefore, excusable. He at once classed the stranger os a hero of really first- class quality. He gambolled round the stranger; he almost caressed the stranger; and ultimately he shyly asked permission to Inspect the weapon that had so swiftly calmed his ene my. They met Mrs. Appleby, who was be coming alarmed for her son. Hhe had awakened from her nap, found to her surprise the restaurant empty, and had been compelled to discharge the bill. Her son she happily discovered playing In the square. He had soothed her and Inveighed her Into a stroll, and had exercised her till, refusing to be exercised further, she had left him in order to return to the town. Hhe had almost no control over him. When he ha/1 recited to her the brilliant and thrilling episode of the tree and the prey’s share in it, the social success of the prey, although no formal In troductions had been made, was round ed off and perfected. Sir Anthony, his mind an arena of mutually destructive theories, talked to bis sister vaguely and Incoherently. must Just go down to the quay first." said the strunger when they ar rived at the Square again. "The Rhine sails at 1 o’clock, and I have to arrange some things. Come with me, will you? Suppose we nil drive down together." "That will be delightful," twittered Mrs. Appleby. He hailed a rusty vehicle that was crawling by a sidewalk In precisely the Piccadilly manner. The big negro bad sagaciously sidled ofT. (Continued In Tomorrow’s Georgian.) RETURNED 101 BILLS DURING THE TERM. Special to The Georgina. Covington, Ga., Sept. 24.—The supe rior court of Newton county adjourned Saturday, after being In continuous session for the week. There were no civil cases of much Importance on the docket, but the criminal docket Was crowded with liquor, gambling and pis tol "toting” cases. There has been a crusade against these crimes In this county for some time. The grand Jury ^ returned 101 true hills, half of which were these petty crimes. ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? Linseed OH Is tho life of paint See that It is pure. Spencer Kellogg Old Process Linseed Oil Is the oldest brand In the United States. Sold by F. J. COOLEDGE & SON., Atlanta. Savannah. BODY OF INFANT FOUND IN WELL. Special to Th" Georgian. Charlotte, X. C. t Sept. 24.—The dead body of an infant was found In a well Saturday at Lexington, X. C. Half dozen families, numbering about twenty i/eople, have been using the water exclusively for ten days. KICKS ON BRIDE'S VEIL, BUT IS FORCED 10 WED Chicago, Sept. 24.—Because Anthony Long did not like the wreath and veil his bride, Jennie Gurdls, had set her heart on wearing, he decided he would not wed. But he changed his mind when two detectives presented their argument to him. He ran away while Miss tiurdls was dressing tor the cere mony. The detectives escorted Long back to the house, where he gave in to the bride and was married, she wearing the wreath and the veil. FRIENDS OF DOWIE SOB A8 HE SINGS. FAREWELL Chicago, Sept. 24.—Less than 200 persons assembled yesterday In the Zion temple to listen to the farewell sermon of John Alexander I)owie. Wo men sobbed ns he at the close of the sermon M irted to sing "God Bo With You Till We Meet Again.” M’INTOSH DEMOCRATS HOLD MASS MEETING. Special to The Georgia tr. Darien, Ga., Sept. 24.—The Demo crats ot McIntosh county held a mass meeting Saturday at the court house, for the purpose of electing an execu tive committee for the ensuing two rs. F. H. McFarland, present ehalr- i ot this committee, called the meet ing to order, and was unanimously elected clmifman. The new executive committee was then elected. No coun ty nominations were made, owing to the heavy negro registration. Three Cottages Burn. Special to The Georgian. Albany, Ga., Sept. 24.—'Three cot tages In the northern part of the city were destroyed by flr«» Friday night, the houses belonging to Mr*. G. M. By no and ’all occupied. Mrs. Dyne’s loss is estimated at $5,000. The occupants of the houses estimate their loss at $2,000. There was no insurance on the house* ur their contents. GEORGIA SAVINGS BANK HELD ANNUAL MEETING The stockholders of the Georgia Sav ings Bank and Truet Company recent* ly held their seventh annual meeting nnd re-elected the old board of direc tors as follows: Arnold Broyles, Joseph A. McCord, John I.. Tye, Pred B. Law, Elijah A. Brown, D. Woodward and George M. Brown. The directors met after the stock holders and re-elected the same officer?, to-wlt: George M. Brown, president; Joseph A. McCord, vice president; Jo seph E. Boston, secretary and treas urer. They also declared the usual semi annual dividend of 2 1-2 per cent, and passed S5,noo additional to surplus giv ing 535,000 surplus and 56,000 undivided profits. A 25 Per Cent. Investment! An Investment yielding a guaran-: teed 2S per cent per annum. 5 Any lady or gentleman with $100, • and upward, spare capital, can, : Without risk, aecure the'above In-* come, payable quarterly or annu-i ally. Principal withdrawable on (0 5 days notice. For particulars, address • JOHN HENDERSON, I P. O. Box 1*6. Nashville, Tenn.: