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THEATLANTA GEORGIAN,
DOUBLOONS
By Eden Pfifffpotts and Arnold Bennett.
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Prey.
There was In Mary Pollexfen's tone
a challenge which Sir Anthopy could
but accept, an entreaty to which only
one answer could be given—and that
not a spoken one. Hls 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 Buperbly clad
leg over the balustrade of the balcony
nnd 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 the wake of the man 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 again and decid
ed to gain the street through the res
taurant by th- stairway.
"I catch him. I catch him, Miss. _
run like do debbil," 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 the
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 dos
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
darning red/ and yellow colors, dodged
round some magnlflcent palms, and
came to a momentary pause In the
shadow of Nelson's green statue. Tho
prey, while moving both very quickly
and very mysteriously, did not openly
behave as if he were being pursued.
He only looked behind once. t
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 be
fierfectly 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 ‘'Pontabelle," 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 oft, presumably to Fon
tabelle. Tony did not hesitate; hi
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.
In his hurried spring ho crushed the
conductor's toe, and the conductor,
righteously angry, drew his attention to
the fact that he had transgressed a
by-law. The white ferocity of the con
ductor's teeth nnd 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, he 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 wns rolling a cigarette. At the
further end 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 he put him through
a cross-examination. To address him
tlius: "You are Walter Pollexfen,
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
dressing in a trnm 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
tho quadroons were upon him; the
sleepy ophthalmic eye of the cano-
sucklng boy was upon him. and he
feared lest a scene might end In ridi
cule for himself. After all, He had not
In bis pocket a warrant for the arrest
of Walter Pollexfen. And the prey had
merely to suggest to the public that he,
Tony, was a lunntlc 'In order to score
at 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 roiled one cigar
ette, rolled another one, and . smiled
gravely at the floor.
Presently the fram waa out of the
town and running along a road fringed
by great jungles of cane, whose droop
ing poifshed stems reflected the light
metal. The' clumps of bananas.
nnamp.ml perfect j on ' diversified the
O"** of cane, and here and
there a gigantic bread-fruit rose into
lomJn y ' 'Y lnd mllla “bounded, and
sometimes the thud-thud of an agrl-
hmoM? f team engine was heard. A
“ i m nt 6 r °und now hid the capital.
“ d Tony began to wonder whither he
was bound and what would be the
that , l e , 8t01 ?'' ?e had a notion
„ at . «as leaving civilisation behind.
a * ulde book that mur-
derers in Barbadoes hide their victims
*5® ta| l eanc and that the llrst
symptom of a crime Is tho gatherings
of vultures at a particular spot In the
endless and pathless fields.
The boy, still meditatively sucking,
got nut; and then, opposite a gay little
house, bowered In brilliant flowers and
foliage, the two quadroons nlso got
out, laughing and preening, and with
drew slowly and with backward
glances Into the domain. Tho prey
descended Instantly after them. And
Tony followed the prey. The tram
resumed its Jqumey and was suon out
of sight around a curve.
Tony hesitated. The prey, gazing
hard at the house 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 beg your pardon, sir,” said tho
prey, with a slow American accent.
■Can 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 he might
as well oblige with tho match; and he
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 it?" said the prey ge
nially.
"Ye-es," Tony agreed, determined 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 here to speak to you."
"What," cried the prey, "Are you
mixed up in the affair too?" ■
"Mixed up In what affair?"
“I seo you are," said 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.
“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, "pome Into the shade
of these mahogany trees, will you? But
I’m learning all the time, just all the
time. You seo 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 Jamaica forep, Trollope
told me oft 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. lie may
be over on the other side at the Crane
hotel for anything I know, but he’s oft
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 way. But
he shook his head.
"Come, now," the other expostulated.
"No need to treat me as If I was the
olevattw boy! I 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.
"Weill" he managed to remark later.
"I award you the medal. Now comp
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. And 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 cither Coco had been entirely mis
taken or he had misunderstood Coco's
Indication of the man. In any case ho
had no alternative but to return to the
town. He found the prey an Intelli
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
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Hero are cuts of several
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It is made in solid Mahog
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used.
her voyage, nnd the finding of Varcoe,
nnd 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
negro's mean dwelling and the
Htranger bought a green cocoanut from
the negro's wife, who with her two
children and a lean cat blinked and
busked In the purple shadow of her
doorway. A great winged grasshopper
leaped and Hew a few paces ahead.
"As liquid refreshment!” said the
prey, paring away the top of the nut
with his knife exactly aa though he
were sharpening a huge learl pencil,
'there's nothing so suited to this hades
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Solid Mahogany $385.00
Buffet Suits in the Mission, Mahogany and Golden
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r *ioro d *^ ,,
&<a that this Seal I, on
ovary Roll,
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the pure milk there! Some people put
Ice In, but whisky is better!’*
He drew a llask from his pocket and
adulterated the milk’s purity with
whisky. When Tony had 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 canes
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, plump and nearly
ripe, adorned the topmost branches of
the trees, and some sentient being
seemed to he up In the summit among
them. Beneath the tree stood a big
negro In a rage. A crowd of eight or
nine other negroes were whispering and
posturing nt a safe distance of a hun
dred yards.
“HI! Uncle Tony!” came a voice from
the tree-top.
It was Horace’s voice, and It sig
nalled distress.
’’Come down, you tief,’’ the big negro
bawled. “No good stopping dar. Come
down out ob dat. I hah catched you at
last. Come down, I say!"
•Uncle Tony!”
•Friends,of yours?” the prey ques
Honed, and the two men hurried to the
tree.
"Uncle Tony,” sang the shrill voice
of the boy. "I thought this was a wild
tree nnd climbed up here, and”—
"My tree, and de young gem’mnn
iow he tlef dem mangoes, am I 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
an»f tired. There was a terrific sensa
tion among the watching group of ne
groes.
"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 ths
suggestion of Bridgetown police office,
but, strange to sa^ he showed no fur
ther anger and fonowed the little pro
cession which was soon formed?
“Mother’s Just In front,” said Hor
ace, eating his way bravely Into a
mango. He had consumed that morn
ing nothing but flying fish, sweet pota
toes, lamb, peAH. oranges In their thin
green skins, figs, bananas, plantains
and sapodlllas. 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; nnd ultimately he shyly
asked permission to Inspect the weapon
that had so swiftly calmed hls ene
my.
They met Mrs. Appleby, who was be
coming alarmed for her son. She had
awakened from her nap, found to her
surprise the restaurant empty, nnd
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. She had
almost no control over him. When
had 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, hls
mind an arena of mutually destructive
theories, talked to til* sister vaguely
and Incoherently.
"I must Just go down to the quay
first,” said the stranger 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 all 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 had sagaciously sidled
off.
(Continued In Tomorrow’s Georgian.)
RETURNED 101 BILL8
DURING THE TERM.
Bpeplnl to Tlie Georgliin.
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 retuigied 101 true
bills, half of which were these petty
crimes.
BODY OF INFANT
FOUND IN WELL.
Hporlnl to Thf* Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 24.—The dead
body of an infant was found In a well
Saturday at I«exlngton, N. C. Hulf
a dozen families, numbering about
twenty people, ^iave been using the
water exclusively for ten days.
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FRIENDS OF DOWIE SOB
AS HE 8INGS FAREWELL.
200
Chicago, Sept. 24.—Less than
persons assembled yesterday In the
Zion temple to listen to tho farewell
sermon of John Alexander Dowfe. Wo
men sobbed ns he at the close of the
sermon spirted to sing "God Be With
You Till We Meet Again.”
KICKS ON BRIDE'S VEIL
BUT IS FORCED TO WED
Chicago, Sept. 24.—Because Anthony
Long did not like the wreath and veil
hls bride, Jennl4 Gurdls, had set her
heart on wearing, he decided he would
not wed. But ho changed hls mind
when two detectives presented their
argument to him. He ran away while
Miss Gurdls was dressing for the cere
mony.
The detectives escorted Long bnck to
the house, where he gave In to the
bride and was married, she wearing the
wreath and the veil.
M*INT08H DEMOCRATS
HOLD MASS MEETING.
Spcclnt to Tho Georgian.
Darien, Gil, Sept. 24.—The Demo
crats of McIntosh county held a mass
meeting Saturday at the court houser
for the purpose of electing an execu
tive committee for the ensuing two
years. F. H. McFarland, present chair
man of this committee, called the meet
ing to order, and was unanimously
elected chairman. The new executive
committee was then elected. No coun
ty nominations were made, owing to
the heavy negro registration.
Three Cottage* Burn.
Mpcclnl to The Georgian.
Albany, Go., Sept. 24.—Three cot
tages In the northern purt of the city
were destroyed by fire Friday night, the
houses belonging to Mrs. G. M. Byne
and all occupied. Mrs. Byne’s loss Is
estimated at $5,000. The occupants of
the houses estimate their loss nt $2,000.
There was n«» Insurance on the houses
or their contents.
GEORGIA SAVINGS BANK
RELD ANNUAL MEETING
The stockholders of the Georgia Sav
ings Bank and Trust Company recent
ly held their seventh annual meeting
and re-elected the old board of direc
tors as follows;
Arnold Broyles, Joseph A. McCord,
John L. Tye, Fred B. Law, Elijah A.
Brown, D. Woodward and George M.
Brown.
The directors met after the stock
holders and re-elected the same officers,
to-wlt: George M. Brown, prestdent;
Joseph A. McCord, vice president; Jo
seph E. Boston, secretary and treas
urer.
They also declared the usual semi
annual dividend of 2 J-2 per cent, ang
passed 1.1,000 additional to surplus giv
ing <25,000 surplus and 18,000 undivided
profits.
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An Investment yielding a guaran-i
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Any lady or gentleman with »100,|
and upward, spare capital, can,:
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come, payable quarterly or annu-;
Illy. Principal withdrawable on 60 •’
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For particulars, address •
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