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Thursday. November 13, 1924.
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all Its gloomy tragedy, rose before
bis eyes—only in the dock, instead
of Hilditch, he saw another!
Francis found them talking about
the tight the night before, when he
returned to the table, and fa ught
Lady Cynthia saying to Sir Timo
thy, “I suppose that you are very
disappointed in my stealing over to
see the battle? ►i
"On the contrary,” he answered,
“I am delighted.”
You mean that?” she asked in
credulously.
1 do,” he declared. “Companion
ship between our sexes is very de
lightful so far as it goes, but the
fundamental differences between a
man’s outlook and tastes and a
woman’s should never be bridged
over. knit*. I.myself do not wish to learn
to I do not care for the
womankind in whom I am inter
ested to appreciate and understand
fighting.”
Lady Cynthia took a cigarette
from her case and leaned over to
Francis for a light.
“The world is changing,” she de
clared. “I cannot bear many more
shocks. I fancied that I had writ
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“I Am Hopefully in Love With Your
Father,” Lady Cynthia Confessed.
ten myself forever out of Sir Timo
thy’s good books because of my
confession Just now.
He smiled across at her. His
words were words of courteous
badinage, but Lady Cynthia was
conscious of a strange little sense
of pleasure.
«< On the contrary,"’ he assured
her, “you found your way a little
further into my heart.
■ It seems to me, in a general sort
of way,” Margaret observed, leaning
back In her chair, “that you and
my father are becoming extraordi
narily friendly, Cynthia.
“I am hopefully In love with your
father,” Lady Cynthia confessed.
“It has been coming on for a long
time. I suspected It the first time
I ever met him. Now I am abso
lutely certain. »*
“It’s quite a new Idea,” Marga
ret remarked. "Shall we like her la
the family, Francis?
“No airs!" Lady Cynthia warned
her. “You two are not properly en
gaged yet. It may devolve upon me
to give my consent. **
“In that case,” Francis replied, “I
hope that we may at least count
upon your influence with Sir Timo
thy?”
»< If you will return the compli
ment and urge suit with him, »>
my
Lady Cynthia la-ughed. "I am afraid
he can’t- quite make up his mind
about me, and I am so nice. I
haven't flirted nearly so much as
people think, and ray Instincts are
really -qirtte -domestic.’” ~ ..........
“My position,” Sir Timothy re
marked, as he made an unsuccess
ful attempt to possess himself of
the bill which Francis had called
for, “1s becoming a little difficult. t:
“Not really difficult,” Lady Cyn
thia objected, “because the real de
cision rests In your hands.”
“Jxxst listen to the woman!’’ Mar
garet exclaimed. “Do you realize,
father, that Cynthia Is waking the
moat brazen advances to you? And
I was going to ask her if she’d Uke
to come back to the Sanctuary with
us this evening!”
Lady Cynthia was suddenly
eager. Margaret glanced across at
her father. Sir Timothy seemed al
most imperceptibly to stiffea”a lit
tie.
"Margaret has carte blanche at
the Sanctuary as regards her vial
tors,” he said. “I am afraid that I
shall be busy over at the Walled
House.”
"But you'd come and dine with
UR?**
Sir Timothy hesitated. An issue
which had been looming in his mind
for many hours seemed to be sud
denly Joined. '
“Please!” Lady Cynthia begged.
Sir Timothy followed the example
of the others and rose to his feet.
He avoided Lady Cynthia’s eyes.
He seemed suddenly a little tired.
“I will come and dine,” he as
sented quietly. "I am afraid that I
cannot promise more than that.
Lady Cynthia, as she knows, is al
ways welcome at the Sanctuary."
CHAPTER XVII
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P UNCTUAL to his appointment
that afternoon, the man who had
sought an interview with Francis
was shown into the latter’s study
In Clarges street.
He wore an overcoat over his liv
ery, and directly he entered the
room Francis was 1 struck by his
intense pallor. He had been trying
feverishly to assure himself that
all that the man required was the
usual sort of help, or assistance in
to a hospital. Yet there was some
thing furtive in his visitor’s man
ner, something which suggested the
bearer of a guilty secret.
“Please tell me what you want as
quickly as you can,” Francis begged.
i I am due to start down into the
country in a few minutes.”
11 I won’t keep you long, sir,” the
man replied. “The matter Is rather
a serious one.”
(< Are you ill?”
"Yes, sir! ■
You had better sit down.”
The man relapsed gratefully in
to a chair.
“I’ll leave out everything that
doesn’t count, sir,” he said. “Til
be as brief as I can. I want you to
go hack to the night I waited upon
you at dinner—the night Mr. Oliver
Hilditch was found dead. You gave
evidence. The jury ’suicide brought in
‘suicide.’ It wasn’t at ail.
sir. Mr. Hilditch was murdered. -•
The sense of hor-or against which
he had been strip—ling during the
last few hours. - rept once more
through the whole ieing of the man
who listened. He was face to face
once more with, that terrjble issue.
Had he perjured himself*'in vain?
Was the whole structure of his
dreams about to collapse, to fall
about his ears?
“By whom?” he faltered.
“By Sir Timothy Brnst, sir.”
Francis, who had heen_ standing
with his hand upon the table, felt
suddenly inclined to laugh. Facile
though his brain was, the change
of Issues was too tremendous for
him to readily assimilate It. He
picked up a cigarette from an open
box, with shaking fingers, lit It, and
threw himself into an easy-chalr.
He was all the time quite uncon
scious of what he was doing.
Sir Timothy Brast,” he repeated.
“Yes, sir,” the man reiterated. “I
wish to tell you the whole story."
it I am listening,” Francis assured
him.
U That evening, before dinner, Sir
Timothy Brast called to gee Mr.
Hilditch, and a very stormy inter
view took place. I do not know the
rights of that, sir. I only know
that there was a fierce quarrel. Mrs.
Hilditch came In and Sir Timothy
left the house. His last words to
Mr. Hilditch were, ‘You will hear
from me again.’ As you know, sir
—I mean as you remember. If you
followed the evidence—all the serv
ants slept at the back of the
house. I slept in the butler’s room
downstairs, next to the plate pan
try. I was awake when you left,
sitting In my eas.v-chair, reading.
Then minutes after you had left,
there was a sound at the front door
as though someone had knocked
with their knuckles. I got up to
open it, but Mr. Hilditch was be-
fore me. He admitted Sir Timothy.
They went back into the library to
gether. It struck me that Mr. Hil
ditch had had a great deal to drink,
and there was a queer look on Sir
Timothy’s face that I didn’t under
stand. I stepped Into the little
room which communicates with the
library by folding doors. There
was a chink already between the
two. I got a knife from the pnntry
and widened It until I could see
through. I heard very little of the
conversation, hut there was no
quarrel. Mr. Hilditch took up the
weapon which you know about, sat'
in a chair and held It to his heart.
I heard him say something like this:
‘This ought to appeal to you. Sir
Timothy. You’re a specialist in this
sort of thing. One little touch, and
there you are.’ Mr. Hilditch said
something about putting it away.
My master turned to Sir Timothy
and said something in a low r tone.
Suddenly Sir Thnothy leaned over.
He caught hold of Mr. Ilildltch’s
hand which held the hilt of the
dagger and—and—well, he Just
drove it in, sir. Then he stood
away. Mrs. Hilditch sprang up and
would have screamed, but Sir Tim
othy placed his hand over hei
mouth. In a moment I heard her
say, ‘Wlxat have you don^T Slf
Timothy looked at Mr. Hlh 1 ditch
quite calmly. ‘I have ridded ths
world of a verminous creature,’ hs
said. My knees began to shake.
My nerves were always bad. i
crept back Into my room, took off
my clothes and got Into bed. I had
Just put the light out when they
called for me.”
Francie was himself again. There
wae an Immense relief, a Joy in his
heart. He had never for a single
moment blamed Margaret, but he
had never for a single moment for
gotten. It was a closed chapter,
but the stain was on Its pages. It
was wonderful to tear It out and
scatter the fragments.
• 4 I remember you at the Inquest, ■
he said. “Your name Is John Wal
ter. »#
"Yes. sir.
“Your evidence was very differ
ent. »■
“Yes, sir.”
“You kept all this to yourself.”
“I did, sir. I thought It best.”
“Tell me what has happened
since?"
The man looked down at the
table.
“I have al#a lYsJtxMn a poor
air." he snid. “Ihaxahad. bad tack
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SCENES IN BUSINESS DISTRICT OF GRIFFIN WHEN
BOYS’ COTTON CLUB HELD FIRST Al
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The Spalding County Boys’ Club
sold at public auction on the
streets of Griffin last year 30 bales
of cotton at prices ranging from
35 cents to 50 cents a pound.
Several of Griffin's business
men were purchasers of a bale
or two at a substantial advance
of the market price of cotton on
sale today.
Among those purchasing the
boys’ product last year were the
Savings Bank, Bill Pursley, Grif
fin Mercantile Company, W. J.
Touchstone, Slaton-Powell, Coca
Cola Co., J. V. Chunn, Kincaid
Mfg. Co., J. H. Cheatham, Frank
Smith, Porter Fertilizer Company,
City National Bank, Griffin Mfg.
Co., Strickland-Crouch, B. R.
MN URGENTLY
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ILL PRESIDENT
Boston, Nov. 3.—The cotton in
dustry apparently has definitely
turned the corner and is proceed
ing slowly, though steadily, to -1
ward better days, Robert Amory,
of Boston, president of the Na
tional Association of Cotton Man
ufacturers, said in his address be
fore the annual meeting of the
association here yesterday.
Largest in 4 Years.
u The present' cotton crop is the
largest iin four years and we are
assured of sufficient raw mate
rial for a much better percentage
of our capacity than through the
last year,” President Amory said.
a A word of caution: ‘We
are
not assured of sufficient raw ma
terial fur an adequate reserve
supply.’ Therefore, price fluctu
ation is still likely although prob
ably not to as great extent as
during the year past.
Bad Years Wipe Out Reserve.
The past year has been one
of the most difficult through
which our cotton manufacturing
industry has ever passed,” he
said.
The principal cause for this
has been three consecutive short
crops, leaving the world without
an adequate reserve supply of
taw material which might have
assisted in stabilizing the mar
ket.
u Coupled with the with
ease
which speculation may be conduct
ed in cotton, this has brought
about tremendous and unwarrant
ed price fluctuations.
“A contributing cause which
now seems absurd has been the
fear and uncertainty of the polit
ical situation.
Manufacturers Ran Low.
<< For the last few months cot
ton manufacturing in the United
States has run as low as 60 to 70
per cent of capacity, the speaker
added, while in New England it
has run from 40 to 60 per cent.
duction ^putside has of New England pro
in no month run be
low 80 per cent capacity and has
ranged from 8©"to 90 per cent, *»
he said.
“Dozens of great cotton manu-
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
Blakely, Walker Brothers, J. P.
Nichols, Sr., B. B. Brown, Rush- “
ton Mill, W. P. and J. H. Welker,
Jr., Griffin Banking Company,
G. T. Pursley.
The total weight was 12,779
pounds; the' average price per
pound was 36.63 and the total
price paid for the lot was ‘$4,-
719.28.
It was one of the most unique
co-operative marketing events
ever witnessed in the cotton belt,
but the sale Saturday will prob
ably eclipse it, since there are
60 members of the club this year.
Keen interest is being taken
by business men in the sale to
encourage the hoys in the grow
ing of cotton.
facturing corporations have ceas
ed to pay dividends for the first
time in many years.
“The workers in oar New Eng
land mills have had to exist on
less than half time and half pay
and in many mills have had al
most no work at all.”
Great Void in Stocks.
One hopeful factor for the cot
ton industry, President Arnory
said, was the fact that the unpre
cedented curtailment of the past
year undoubtedly has created a
great void in the country’s stock
of finished goods.
EAST GRIFFIN
MISS ESTELLE GRUBBS
Correspondent
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Whitfield
and little son, Jack, of Hampton,
are spending this week with Mr.
and Mrs. O. L. Whitfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Bunn, of
near Experiment, visited friends
and relatives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Whitfield
spent Sunday with his son, O. L.
Whitfield.
Lewis Castleberry, of Juliette,
Ga., is visiting . ... his parents, , Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Castleberry.
Edgar Castleberry and a few
friends went ’possum hunting Sat
urday night.
Robert (Buddie) Mseks has re
signed his position with the Geor
gia Kincaid mill No. 3, and has
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