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PROFESSIONAL CAROS. SHANNON^&V/ORLEYr ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ELBERTOjV, CIA. \\J ILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OF YV the Northern Circuit and Franklin county jggjy-Special attention given to collections. J. S. SARSETT, ATT Olt NEY AT LA W , ELBSftTQK, BA. joaix T. OSBORN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, ELBEiiI'ON, GA. WILE PRACTICE IN SUPERIOR COURTS and Supreme Court. Prompt attention to the collection of claims. nevlT. ly 1.. J. GARTRELL, ATTO RN E Y A T L AW, ATLANTA , GA, PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES Clß cuit and District Courts at Atlanta, and Supreme and Superior Courts of the State. EL BERT ON BCSOESS tIAWUS. T. J. BOWMAN & CO-, REAL ESTATE AGENTS ELBERTOIV BA. WILL attend to the business of effecting sales and purchases of REAL ESTATE as Agents, on REASONABLE TERMS. PsT" Applications should be made to T. J. BOWM ‘.N. Sepl ft-tf U6HT BUGGIES, £. ■ liff: J. !F. A-TILD (Jarriaoe Mln wait r eSias e ist© x, <* eo as c 3a . WITH GOOD WORKMEN! LOWEST PRICES! CLOSE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO BUSINESS, and an EXPERIENCE OF 27 YEARS, He kopes by honest and fair dealing to compete any other manufactory. Good Suggies, warranted, - $125 to SIBO R EPAIRING AND BLACKSMITIIING. Work done in this line in t Very best style. The Best Harness TERMS CASH. Wy2 2-1 r ~j7m. barfwli), jWM i ■ % m if. * THE 11 EA L lil V E Fashionable Tailor, Up-Stairs, over Swift & Arnold’s Store, el r> s r ro k , georg i a . ®@"Call and See IT inn. _____ TIT E ELB E 1 IT ON DRUG STORE H. 0. EDMUNDS, Proprietor, Has always on hand a full line of Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines Makes a specialty of STATIONERY and PERFUMERY Anew assortment of WRITING PAPER & ENVELOPES Plain and fancy, just received, including a sup ply ot LEGAL CAP. CIGARS AND TOBACCO of all varieties, constantly on hand. F. A. r. KOKSiETT, MA6TICM lAIOI, ELBERTON, GA. Will contract for work in STONE and BRICK anywhere in Elbert county [jelG 6m CENTRAL - HOTEL M RS. W. M THOMAS, PROPRIETRESS, AUGUSTA GA w. H. ROBERTS, CARPENTER & BUILDER ELBER7GH; GA. I HAVE LOCATED IN' ELBERTON WHERE I will be prepared to do all work in my line jt3 cheap as any good workman can afford. Con tracts respectfully solicited. Shop on the west side of and near the jail. Colli sis Made I© Order. F. W. JACOBS, HOUSE k SIGN PAINTER Glazier and Grainer, ELBERTON, GA. Orders Solicited. Satisfaction Guaranteed. PEASE’S PALACE DINING ROOMS, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. The Champion Dining Saloon of tho South KVE3YBOOY IS INVIT*D TO CALL. TIT IT* f4 A 71TTTTT _JL JL ..ii. _JJ \_>l J A _JL JL J A® jSTew Series. THE FATAL CARD. A Tragic Story of Early Times on tlio Mis sissippi. Some years ago the Mississippi river was famous for the floating palaces, as the large steamers plying between New Orleans and the ports above were called. Now the railroads Have driven all the line boats off the river, and left the field to the freight boats, whose accommoda tions for passengers are by no means pa latial. The former class of steamers were in many respects delightful, but they never ceased to be the objects of dread to timid people, fur if the lacing, which on that stream was reduced to a system, did not result in the loss of the boat, there was sure to be one or more encounters between the more lav/less portion of the travelers, in which pistol bullets would Hy rather too thick for the comfort of steady going people. The cause for such disturbances was general ly a quarrel over the gambling table.— The regulations of the boats usually re quired that all such amusements should be conducted in a saloon provided for that purpose in the officer’s cabin, situ ated on the hurricane deck, but the sporting gentlemen were by no means careful to observe this rule, and the gam ing was mostly carried on at the dining table, in the main saloon on the steamer, to the annoyance of two-thirds on board. Many professional gamblers us ed to make these i oats their home, trav eling back and forth with them, fleecing all who were foolish and verdant enough to fall into their hands. So well, in deed, was the system managed, that the various members seemed to have their steamers marked out for them by com mon consent, so that no one would tres pass upon the domain of the other. Of course tiiese men were warm friends of the officers of the boat, who were either sincere in their friendship to put a stop to tlio practice, or too much afraid of the gamblers to care to provoke a quarrel with them, for in those days it was a common affair for such men to re sent any fancied insult with a pistol shot One of the most remarkable men of this class was named Daniel .Sturdi vant, a Frenchman, the son of a broken scion of nobility, who’had settled in New Orleans before the transfer of Louisiana to the United States. Sturdivant had been raised a ‘gentleman’ by his aristo cratic father, but on coining of age, and finding his fortune very bad, had taken to cards as a means to better them. His success in this field was so great that be was induced to continue it, until at the time of which I write he was one of the most notoiious gamblers between St. Louis and New Orleans. He was a man of tine personal appearance, and of great physical strength; and was also noted for his personal courage ; and as a gam bier ho was most expert and successful. There were dark stories of deeds which he had committed while under the influ ence of play and liquor, and it was said by some that he had killed half a dozen men in his life time. No one dared to speak of these stories openly, for no one cared to bring upon himself the an ger of such a man. There were few who knew him that really cared to play against him, but they learned that a re fusal to do so might involve them in a quarrel with him, and rarely declined an invitation. About twenty years ago, the time of which I write, he had attached himself to one of the magnificent steam ers plying between New Orleans and Vicksburg, and had publicly announced his determination to shoot any man who encroached upon his scene of operation. Of course, this left him in undisputed possession of the field, and he reaped a golden harvest during the brief nine years he conducted his operations there. It was my lot at that time to be com pelled to make frequent trips between New Orleans and Vicksburg, and Ifpre ferred the steamer of which Sturdivant took possession, inasmuch as it was not only the most comfortable, but also the swiftest, and time was of the utmost im ! portanee to me. It was known that at j times I carried large sums of money, and I was always apprehensive lest Stur divant should ask me to play. I had made up my mind to refuse him, and if he attempted to draw me into a quarrel, to shoot him without mercy, as I knew that the only chance of my life was in get- j ting the advantage of him. Strange to 5 say, he did not make any such proposi- j tion to me, and I gave him no chance to j do so. One night we had started out from Vicksburg, and were heading mer rily down the river, when Sturdivant came to the group which had gathered around the stove. He had been drink ing, and was smoking a fine cigar as he approached. All made way for him. “Well, gentlemen,” he said in an un steady tone, “you seem to be terribly j dull, who wants to play for twenty dol-j lars aute?” There was no reply; all present seemed to know t.:e man, and no ! one volunteered to place himself in his clutches. “Umph !' he exclaimed with an expression of contempt, “afraid to | try your luck with Daniel Sturdivant, jeh ? Or may be you want a little coax | ing ; some of you must play with me ; I i can’t stand such treatment. Come, let’s | see who it shall be.” He glanced around ; the crowd as if to select his victim, and t for the first time I noticed the gaze of ! one of the group fixed steadily upon j him. He was a stranger to me and was dressed in plain homespun, and his face | was partially screened by a broad brim med sombrero which was drawn over it. jHe was a small but powerfully made individual, and in the decided, firm ex- ESTABLISHED 1859. ELBERTOX, GEORGIA, MAY 3, 1876, pression of his well shaped bead I read an unusual degree of in tensitj of purpose •‘Are you Daniel Sturdivant, the gam bler ?” he asked in a calm tone, without rising. Sturdivant flushed darkly, and gave the stranger a dark glance. “Some persons call me so behind my back,” he said insolently, “but no one would care t.) apply that term to me before my face ” “Nevertheless,” said the strang er, quietly, “I want an answer—yes or no.” “Well, then, lam ” said the gam bler, angrily; “what of it 1 ?” “Simply this,” replied the stranger, “I have heard it said that you claim to be the best card player in the Southwest, and I’ve come 200 miles to prove you a liar.” Sturdivant strode forward a step i r two, and thrust his hand into his breast as ii to grasp a weapon “Stop,” said the stranger; “if you shoot me you will simply and conclusive ly prove yourself afraid of me. Take your seat at the table and I'll make my words good.’ There was something in the calm, stern manner of the stranger that seem ed to render the gambler po A’erless. He hesitated a moment, and then said bully ingly, “ I never play with a man whose face I cannot see.” “Never mind my face,” said the stran ger ; “if you are not afraid of losing you shall see it when I am done with you.” “But how do I know that you have money for that sport ?” persisted Stur j divant; “you look seedy enough, my fine fellow.” “There,” said the stranger, “I have ten | thousand dollars; if you can win it you shall do so.” With an oath Sturdivant placed him self at tbs table and bade his challenger to do likewise. Those of us who had lis tened to this singular dialogue, now gathered around the table, expecting to see a scene of me ro than usual interest. The stranger had not raised his hat brim, aad none of us had seen his lace ; but we all felt fror • his general air and manner that Daniel Sturdivant had at last met bis match. It did not take long to show ns that the stranger was an un usually good player, and for an hour or more the playing went on in silence. The stakes were high and t.he contest was marked with rare skill. Sturdivant exerted himself as he had never before, but in spite of all his efforts he lost heavily, and by the expiration of the time mentioned above he had lust about j two thousand dollars. I noticed the flush j upon his cheek deepened, a strange light come into his eyes, and at last with an exclamation of triumph he dtew to wards him the heap of no es. “That was well done,” said the stranger ; “you are an expert at cheating, but go on, I can beat you whether you play openly or dishonestly.” Sturdivant said nothing, but dealt the j cards again. The hand was played anu j Sturdiuaut was about to seize the stakes j when the stranger laid down a card and j checked him. The gambler uttered a sharp cry and J sat motionless with his eyes fixed on the card, a worn and faded ace of hearts, with a dark stain across the face. Stur divant’s face worked conclusively as be gazed at it, and the spectators gathered more closely around the two, wondering at the strange scene. “In God’s name, who are you?” asked Sturdivant, with his eyes still fixed on the card. “Look at me,” said the stranger quiet ly, and as if powerless to resist, Sturdi- ■ vant raised his eyes to the speaker. The | stranger had raised his hat and sat look- | ing at the trembling man with eyes that j fairly blazed with fury. Sturdivant ut tered a groan and sank back in his chair, with his face white and rigid. The stranger with one sweep gathered the money from the table and thrust it into his bosom. “The ace of hearts ps an unlucky card for you, Daniel Sturdivant,” he said coolly. “You played it once when you thought it to yourjad vantage. Now, God help you ; for that play is ended.” As he spoke he raised a pistol which we had not seen, and before we could stop him, aimed it deliberately at the trembling man and fired. The gambler j fell heavily upon the table a corpse , and the bright blood streamed over it, hiding the fatal card from sight. “Gentlemen,” said the stranger, rising to his feet as we stood paralyzed with horror at the dreadful scene, “that man ruined my wife and tried to murder me. I have been hunting him ten years.” He walked slowly by us down the stairway lto the lower deck, and just then the steamer touched at a landing, and he sprang ashore and vanished in the dark woods. i I never learned the history of the mys- I terious affair, for the dead gambler was I beyond questioning, and I never saw the stranger again ; but l shall net for j get the impression made upon mo at | that time. A few years ago yon could sit up and talk philosophy all night; but now if you stay after one or two o'clock in the morning the old people begin to pound on the floor up stairs for you to go. Wo don't mini it ourselves, but we can’t help feeling for the girls. The king of Burmah is to have a journal. He will be the proprietor him self, and in the prospectus he says that all his subjects who do net subscribe will be instantly killed. His induce ments are even more powerful than a gift chromo. 01 BAR BORGIA. Almost absolutely bad as Caesar Bor gia seems to have been, he was one of the most graceful, cultured, and attract ive men of his time. His manners were perfection, his voice so sweet, his face so handsome, his ways so winning that he captivate men’s wills and women’s affections. A cardinal of the papal court who had been his bitterest foe granted him an in terview at his urgent solicitation. At the end thereof the prelate admitted his prejudice, and that Caesar was one of the purest and noblest gentlemen in Rome. The next evening he went to sup at the Borgia palace, and the persuasive prince pressed an envenomed ring into bis hand as he bade him good night. It was scarce an abrasion of the skin, but a month after, the cardinal was laid in the. crypt of the ancient cathedral, and the host was as suave—and as pure—as ever. A patron of science and letters not less than a poisoner and assasin, he quo- i ted the “Divina Com media,” and lived ■ the “Decameroneexplained the “Vita Nuova” in the morning end poniarded his friends in the afternoon ; discussed Plato to-day and imitated Aretino on the morrow. He is Macchiavelli’s “Prince,” the pattern despot, whom the misunderstood author intended should serve as much for warning as for exam ple Brave as he after whom lie was named, graceful as Augustus, cruel as Caligula, false as Nero, pitiless"as Corn modus, serene as Antoninus, scholarly as Maecenas, he was such a bundle of op posites that he appears to have been a character extracted from the Volume of the Impossible.—[Junius Henri Browne, in Harper’s Magazine for May. A bill to amend tliejaws relating to sil ver coin. Be it enacted, etc., That there shall be coined at the mints of the Unite T,States a silver dollar of the weight of 412 and 8-lOth grains troy of standard silver, the emblems, devices and inscriptions of which shall conform to those pre scribed by law for the gold and silver coin of the United States, with such modifications • thereof as may bo neces sary to render the said dollar readily distinguishable from the trade dollar, and in tho coinage and delivery thereof the same deviations from standard weight and fineness shall be allowed as are presented by law for tho trade dol lar, and the said dollar herein antlior tWd shall be a legal tender at its nomi nal value for any amount not exceeding twenty dollars in any one payment, ex cept for customs due, and interest on the public debt, and the trade dollar shall not hereafter boa legal tender. Section 2. That the Secretary of the’Treasury is hereby authorized to exchange the silver dollars herein au thorized, for an equal amount of United States notes, which shall be retired and cancelled, and not be again replaced by other notes, and all United States notes redeemed under this jact shall be held to be a part of the sinking fund pro vided for by existing law, the interest to be computed thereon as in cage of bonds redeemed under the acts relating to the sinking found. Section 3. Any issue of silver bullion may 'deposit the same at the mints, to be taken at its market value, as ascer tained and publicly announced from time to time by the director of the mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and to be paid for either in silver dollars, or with gold coin, or United States notes or bullion, for the coinage of said silver dollars, may be procured in the mode provided for as to other silver coins by Section 3526 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and tho gain and wastage to be account ed for as provided in said section. A RUSTIC COURTSHIP. I hitched my cher close to hern an’ shet my eyes an’ sed: “Sal, you’re the very gal I've bin hank erin’ arter fur a long time. I luv you all over, from the soul of your foot to the lied of your crown, an’ I don't keer who knows it; an’ ef you say so, we ll be jined in the holy bonds of padlock. Epluribus onions, gloria Monday morn ing, sick temper tartantula, non compi mentus, world without end,” sez I, an’ I felt as tho’ I had thro wed like an alliga tor, I felt so relieved. With that she fetched a scream, an’ arter awhile she sed : “Peter!” “What is it, Sally?” “Yes,” sed she, hiding her face in her apron. You may depend upon it, I felt orfnl geod. “Glory! glory !” sez I, “I must holler, Sal, or I’ll burst wide open. Hooray ! hooray! I can jump over a ten rail fence ; I can do anything a fellow could or ort to do.” "With this, I sorter sloshed myself down beside her and clinched the bar gain with a kiss Talk about your su gar, talk about your molasses, talk about your nito-blooming serious, they warnt nowhere; you couldn't have got me ni’ ’em ; they would have tasted sour alter that.” “Q broomstraws with lasses on ’em ! Ef Sal’s old daddy hadn’t bawled out so loud: “It’s time all honest people waz in bed,” I do really believe I’d stayed all nite. There is nothing original in a money market report. It is too full of quota tions. VoLV.-No. 1. WHAT COUNTRY PAPERS DO, I An exchange combats with consideia i ble vigor the argument that the city i weeklies are cheaper and better than the | country papers because they give more columns of reading for the money. Do ! the city papers, it asks, ever give any ; home news ? Never. Do they ever say anything in regard to your own county ? j Nothing. Do they contain notices for | your schools, churches, meetings, im provements, and hundreds of other | county matters of interest which your home papers publish without pay? Not lan item. Do they ever say a word cal i oulated to draw attention to your county j and its towns, and aid in their progress ! and enterprise ? Not a word. And yet there are men who take contracted views of this matter, that unless they are get ting as many square inches of reading matter in their own paper as they do in a city paper, they think they are not getting the worth of their money. It reminds us of the person who took the largest pair of boots in the box, because they cost the sauio as a pair much small er that fit him. ♦ ♦ A Deceiver. —lt was at the second battle of Bull Run that a cannon ball carried off a poor soldier’s leg. “Carry me to the rear!” he cried, to a tall companion, who had been fighting by his side—-“my leg’s shot off.” The comrade caught the wounded soldier up, and as he was about to put him across his shoulders, another can non ball carried, away the poor fellow’s head. Ills friend however, in the cun fusion, did not notice this, but proceeded with his burden towards the rear. “What are you carrying that thing fer ?” cried an officer. “Thing ?” returned he. “Its a man with his leg shot off.” Why, ha hasn’t any head !’’cried the officer. The soldier ’looked at his load, and for the first time saw that what the of ficer said was true. Throwing down tlio body, he thundered out: “Confound him ! he told me it was his leg!’’ ♦ Contemptible. —ln an intelligent, pros perous and progressive community, it looks mean and contemptible for a busi ness man, mercantile, mechanical or pro fessional, to try to advertise his business by written notices Sometimes these fellows get so stingy that they try to print their advertisements on a pine board with a stencil plate or in some such way hope to catch a stray penny. They ought not to be patronized and don’t deserve success. Asa general thing their goods are shoddy and their prices exorbitant. Let good people con sult the newspapers if they want to know from whom to buy and whom to trust. Real advertisers are men of sen c, who consult their own interests by communi eating with the people through tlio col umns of the newspapers—the only just and legitimate channel for advertising. [Abbeville Medium. Urbanitiiis of Travel. —As the train stopped for ten minutes, and that in dividual who goes along tapping the wheel with his hammer was passing rap idly by the smoking car, one of the win dows was hoisted and a torrent of tobac co spit was c jected which completely deluged him. The machinist paused for a moment, and, wiping some of the stream from his person, said to the offen der: “Mister, what part of the country did you come from?” “Me!” said the spitter, puckering his lips for another expectoration, “I came from Kanas.” “I thought so,” said the machinist, “for if you had lived in Massachusetts or Connecticut they would have bad a water wheel in your mouth long ago. An Italian organ grinder played upon his organ yesterday in the middle of one of the up town streets. And he held in his mouth a pendent pipe which he softly smoked as he gently played. And while playing and smoking he stood gazing up dreamily into the deep blue skies. And the sound of his music and the fragrance of his pipe and the placidity of the skies lulled his spirit till he stood there, with shining face, fixed m revery. And he forgot to hold out the hat, forgot to look up at the'windows, forgot even himself, till by and by the braying of a donkey not far off brought his mind back to tho solid and current realities of this hard old world. His revery was over, his or gan played out, his pipe dry, and ho moved on. The following recipe is recomended to give a gloss to cuffs and collars: Add to about five pints of water a very small quanitty of powdered’ borax, a small piece of sugar, and a bit of white wax the size of a hazel nut, and heat suffi ciently to molt all the ingredients. Pour this mixture into a quarter of a pound of starch that has prevously been well kneaded and worked over in a little water, stirring continually until the whole is as thick as is convenient for application. Should you wish to make the linen very stiff, tho strength of the starch may be increased two or three fold. Of course you must have clean polishing irons, and know how to use 1 them. This is something which many j servants neglect, and we have often found irons in a very dirty state, dusty, I and covered with soot and stains. No j ono can have clean linen under such j circumstances. THE SAFE BURGLARY ? A Romance of "Washington Life Under Re publican Rule. A great deal has been made public lately about the safe burglary at Wash ington. Our readers may not remember all the circumstances connected with it. They are interesting. They arc dramatic. Hundreds of dramas have popularly held the stage that have not, in fact, had half the dramatic material in them that tlio safe burglary had and has. Washington has become a handsome city. It has been made so by vast out lays of the people’s money and the skill ful manipulations of a ring. So much money was expended and so many men became suddenly rich there, that the I people cried out “Stop thief!” and | “Fraud!” This was four or five years I ago. A Congressional Committee was ! appointed to inquire into the frauds and | Mr. Columbus Alexander gave aid and | comfort in ferreting out the thieves. The members of the ring were indignant ! at the energy of Mr. Alexander, particu -1 larly as by bis advice tlio books of tlio ring were produced, but they were not i the books in which the cost of the city i improvements was truthfully entered. I They were sham books, with all tlio cn -1 tries cooked up to pull tlio wool over tho eyes of the committee. Mr. Alexander understood this and his denunciation of the attempt of the ring to cover up their frauds by another fraud determined tho ling to get rid of him by tho shortest cut possible. They concluded to send him to the penitentiary. The plan was simple, and it wasjthis : A man went to Mr. Alexander and told him that (lie genuine books wore in tho iron safe of Mr. Harrington, District Attorney, and that if lie would “come down handsomely,'’ they would break open the safe and deliver tho books to him. Mr. Alexander declined. Safe blowing was not in his line. Tlio ring had mistaken their man. Being rascals themselves, it was, perhaps, natural that they should measure his corn by their own bushel. They tried him on another track. The same man again called on Mr. Alexander to inform him that a cer tain night the genuine books would be delivered to him. Tlio ring had engaged two professional burglars to “crack tho crib,” and tho plot was so arranged that these (1 ieves should break into Harring ton’s office, blow open the safe, take out the books, go to Mr. Alexander s house, ling the bell and deliver the books to him at the door, at which moment, policemen, who had been watching the burglars should pounce on Mr. Alexan der and catch him in flagrante delicti!, with the stolen property in his hands. Quite an ingenious plan ;|[and now let us see how it worked. According to in structions, the “cracksmen,” who had been employed by United States detec tives to play this little game, blew open the safe, carried off the books—followed by the policemen—but unfortunately, and to some extent amusingly, tlioy for got the number of Mr. Alexander s house. They were in a muddle. Burns has told us that (lie affairs of men and [mice “oft gang agloe.” This was the case with the imported burglars. Tim af fair of (he books was very much aglee. The thieves passed the house, and were wandering up and .down confusedly,, and were actually about to pull the bell of the wrong house, when the police men, who were watching them, had to direct them. They pulled Mr. Alexan der’s bell but as it was midnight and nobody was expecting them, nobody awoke out of a first sound sleep, bo finding nobody coming to fall into tlicir little trap, a,consultation was had be tween the sliam policemen and tlio burglars, and They all separated and went about their business. A most ignoble ending of what was intended to hoist’Mr. Alexander into the penitentia ry and reinstate the Washington ring in tho confidence of the District tax-pay• ers. Washington was greatly excited next day by the accounts of District-A ttorncy Harrington’s safe being blown open and the extraction of the books, and lauda bly desperate attempts were made to fasten the'guilt of the transaction upon the persecutors of the ring. That was what {Mr. Boss Shepherd andjhis friends called such men as Mr. Alexander. But this was too thin, it was transpa rent. and Mr. Harrington, the virtuous District Attorney, was indicted through the efforts of Mr. Alexander. It was found difficult, however, to prosecute Harrington to the extent of a'conviction, for ho had powerful friends, so powerful indeed, that they included inmates of the W Lite House. Gen. Babcock, and the President s secretary, was his friend, and so was Gov. Boss Shepherd; and so, in short, was everybody who had fed himself fat on the stealings from the improvements of Washington city. Suddenly Mr. A. G. Riddle, the assis tant attorney general, to whom had been confided the prosecution of tho vir tuous Harrington, was relieved of his office of prosecuting attorney, without reason, and the case against Harring ton virtually fell to the ground. The people, however, were so Con fident ot Harrington’s guilt that the ring had to get rid of him, and the poor, persecuted young man returned home, the disconsolate hero of tho biggest safe blowing exploit on record. The case is now before another con gressional committee and the civil authorities, and it is safe to say that the safe case will be thoroughly ventilated. Col. Whitely, who was chief of the de tective crops in Washington at the time of Harrington’s affair with tho burglars, has been under a cloud for some time. They have traced to him a connection with this burglary. He has qualms of conscience, and besides ho wants a full release for certain past offences. He is squealing on his old pals. He says Babcock was a pal. Ho says that Bab ; cock proposed the safe burglary to him, and referred him to the virtuous Har rington for further instructions in the matter. This is only the beginning of the squeal, and now what do you think ofthe drama of “The Safe Blowers o£ Washington,” as far as you ve got ?