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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1913.
* CROP CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTH
TOLD BY REPORTS TO THE JOURNAL
TENNESSEE.—This is an exceeding
ly busy season with the farmers over
the state. Much corn has been planted
and estimated acreage this year wiU
exceed that of last with indications
pointing to a splendid crop. Practical
ly all oats have been sown and while
the acreage may not be quite so* large
as that last year conditions at plant
ing time were very encouraging. Th6
wheat crop is in excellent shape and it
is believed that th e first offerings of
< new crop will be on the market by
the middle of June. The cold spell of
last month which was at first thought
to have damaged the fruit crop,
peaches especially, proved to oe not
near so disastrous as at first thought,
oaly a few orchards being damaged to
any extent. Generally speaking the
' r utlook for a good crop year in Tennes
see is very satisfactory and encourag
ing and the farmers are feeling good.
GEORGIA—COUNTY
BERRIEN The crop conditions in
Berrien county are good, considering
the weather. The oat crop is not very
good. >
NEWTON—Crop conditions of New
ton county are from ten davs to three
weeks ahead of 1912. About three-
fourths of the cotton crop of Newton
county has been planted. The cold
winds of the past two days have
damaged to some extent the cotton that
was coming up. More grain was sown
in .the winter and more corn planted
this spring than any year of the past
several in this county.
ECHOLS—The crop outlook in this
county is not as promising: as it was
thirty days agro. The drought has in
jured the crops and made it impossible
to get a good stand. The cotton crop
will be short this year, as the acreage
has been cut off. Corn crops are look
ing fairly, good.
HART The fertilizer sales seem to
be gerater this year to this date than
last year, though lots of this is going
to small grain and corn as the acreage
to these crops are greater than last
year. This means that there is a re
duction of the cotton crop in the coun
ty. Better preparation of cotton crop
is seen on all roads, though little plant
ing is done to date. Seed is in demand
and there is not enough in the county
to plant the crop. Farmers are buying
conservatively.
BALDWIN.—Baldwin county farmers
have made remarkable progress in farm
ing during the past week and much
cotton has been plante/3, while plowing
of corn has commenced. The grain
crop of Baldwin county is pronounced
one of the finest ever seen in this sec
tion-of the south and promises re
markable yields.
The first cutting of hay, clover and
vetch, of which this section produces
a considerable quantity, will begin gen
erally next week and much feedstuff
will be put on the market here. Sev
eral farmers are engaging in growing
early sweet potatoes for market and
Mr H. W. Beck has 20 acres of Irish
potatoes, which are now being dug
and sold "at _ profitable prices. The tick
.eradication work is also progressing
ff nicely in Baldwin, showing advanced
type of farming.
WEBSTER—Farmers of this county
are very hopeful of good crops this year.
Although they have been considerably
retarded by rain, still by taking advan
tage of the fine weather in January,
the lands were prepared, to great extent
before the excessive rains set in. A
good deal of the corn is now up and
growing, and the most of the cotton is
planted, and with propitious weather
from this on the prospects for full crops
are bright.
MUSCOGEE—Muscogee county farm
ers. and those of the five adjoining
counties, as well as the two on the Ala
bama side of the Chattahoochee, are suf
fering as the result of the windy weath-
. er, the cool nights and hot days, which
is making the you^ cotton sick, playing
. havoc with the plant In most -sections,
and doing no good to young corn and
other young plants, including all vegeta
tion.
The farmers are some three weeks be
hind at this time, owing to the recent [
rainy spell, which was followed by sev- !
eral real cold nights. This necessitated
re-preparation of much of the ground I
before planting could be completed. In
some of the low lands, planting has been |
deferred until only a few days ago, in
order to get the ground in shape.
•Taken as a whole, the farmers of Mus
cogee are rather gloomy over present
situation, especially over the weather
conditions, and they are anxiously hop
ing for a change for the better.
PAULDING—Paulding county is two
or three weekp behind. Continued wet
weather has prevented thp farmers from
plowing. During the last week, how
ever, farm work has been rushed. With
one more week’s fine weather the ground
• will be rea^y for seed. Some corn has
been planted, but no cotton.
. PULASKI—-Farmers and supply men
here report from 70 to 85 per cent of corn
planted and about 30 per cent up.
About 60 per cent of cotton has been
planted, and much of it is up, though in
some sections of the county where it
was planted early farmers are report-
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lng poor stand and some are replanting.
Oats are showing some signs of rust,
probably on account of heavy rains
during March.
All crops are needing rain, and there
will be a lateness in coming up unless
there is an early rain.
EMANUEL.—The growth of the crops
that are up has been somewhat re
tarded because of needed rain and about
half cotton crop is yet to be planted.
Farmers waiting for rain. Oat crop
damaged some but not materially, and
is about ready for harvesting. Large
oat crop made. More attention being
given to food crops than last year.
With the exception of beihg dry the
outlook for a larg e crop and better con
ditions financially this fall is indeed
encouraging.
CHATTAHOOCHEE.—Farmers in this
section are now pushing the planting
of cotton. The weather is ideal and
they are taking advantage of same.
Good stands of corn, some being plowed
out first time. No rain her© since the
11th of this month. Will take good
rain to bring up cotton seed planted
last five days. Oat crop needing rain.
A great deal of complaint of rust in
oats in this county. Farmers are
more hopeful this year than last year
at this time as to the outlook of the
crop.
WALTON.—Th e happiest men on
earth are the ‘Walton county farmers.
On every hillside and in every valley
the plowman and his whole family,
wife and children, could be seen and
they ate no idle bread. Walton farm
ers were further up with their work
prior to Uie recent continued rains than
they were at the same time last year.
So they ar e going ahead now with con
siderably less difficulty. They are
putting in guano and some have planted
corn. The allowance of a few more
bright days will put them where they
can kinder see their way out. Th e oat
crop in Walton, particularly in some
enriched fields, is supassingly great.
The wheat, not so large in acreage, is
looking fine. The peaches, reported
killed by the recent cold snap, are shin
ing forth in healthy hue and the farm
er trusts that after crops are laid by
to sit in the shade of the trees and
once more enjoy the peach from his
own tre i and the grapes from his own
vineyard. All told, the Walton county
farmer is going forward.
TALBOT.—The farmers in Talbot
county are further behind than usual
at this season of the year, owing to so
much wet weather. A bigger grain
crop fvas planted and is doing well,
but corn was late in planting and a
large per cent of cotton land has not
yet been well prepared for planting. In
some sections there is a scarcity of la
bor, but this has been overcome by the
use of improved machinery by a num
ber of progressive farmers. Much at
tention is paid to the Boys’ Corn club.
BARTOW.—Crop conditions in Bartow
county are most encouraging. Our farm
ers are well uP with their work. Every
thing planted and the season’s fine for
a good stand of corn and cotton. Our
farmers seem more optimistic than for
a number of years. In fact they have a
right to feel good for it has been a long
time since the general conditions were so
good to begin with. A great deal of corn
has been planted and this year no doubt
will witness the largest corn crop ever
raised in Bartow county. A large crop
of cotton is being planted, but no larger
than usual, and the acreage will be about
as last year, although a number of farm
ers are making cotton this year, strictly
their surplus crop. Tax returns for this
year are showing the largest number of
cattle and hogs* ever in the county be
fore. Bartow county farmers are learn
ing that the best way to beat down the
high prices of food stuffs is to raise it
at home, and they are doing it. Tho
wheat and oat crop in this county is
large and in fine condition. It seems
now that nothing short of a calamity can
keep this county from making the best
and largest crops in twenty years.
GWINNETT.—The crop prospects in
Gwinnett county never have appeared
brighter at this season .of the year than
it does now. The weather has been fine
and the planters have been very busy.
TJiere has been a vast deal of corn and
some cotton planted up to now. The
acreage will be about the same as last
year. The average amount of fertilizers
have been used. But most, if not all, of
the fruit was killed by the late freeze.
PIKE.—Inasmuch as ‘ the weather has
been without so much rain for the past
ten days, the farmers have about caught
up with preparation and planting. In
other words, crop conditions for Pike are
about normal for the season. Before the
first of May, if present weather condi
tions continue, the cotton and corn crops
will have been planted. Owing to so
much rainfall int looked for a while as if
planting would be very much delayed,
but such is not the case.
TERRELL.—The crop conditions are
not as -favorable in this section as had
been hoped for. Corn is looking well,
but the recent cold weather has hurt the
cotton crop. A great deal of cotton has
been planted over, the srand was so de
fective. The cool weather .has caused
cotton to die very rapidly.
Rust does not seem to be so prevalent
among oats as in other sections, but they
are seriously damaged. The crop has
probably been cut one-third.
MARION—The crop conditions in Mari
on county at this time, look promising,
although there is but little cotton up.
The grain crops are fine and if the sea
sons hold out favorably for the next for
ty days there will be a bountiful crop or
oats harvested here. The stand of corn
is a fair one, but it is small owing to the
high winds, and cool nights of late.
BROOKS.—Owing to the best prepara
tions the county has ever had and very
favorable conditions, crops in Brooks
county are exceptionally promising.
Farm labor is plentiful and the corn
crop is being produced more cheaply
than ever before. Farmers are chopping
and siding cotton; fairly good oat crop;
splendid stand of cotton. Altogether
crop conditions are excellent.
WHITFIELD.—Warm, clear weather
experienced during the middle of April
brought the farmers of this section
well up with their work. Upland corn
and cotton have been planted during
the past few weeks. A number have
not yet planted cotton, but practically
ali have planted corn, much of the
acreage being given over to it.
THOMAS.—Reports from throughout
Thomas county show that crops gener
ally are in fine condition, no material
injury having been done by the recent
cool weather.
The corn crop is one of the finest
ever seen here at this season and much
of it has been worked out. The farm
ers are busy just now chopping out
their cotton, which is looking well,
with the exception of the late plantings,
the growth of which has been some
what retarded by the cool nights and
mornings prevailing during the past
ten days or more.
Water melon and cantaloupe#ines are
growing off well, there being a large
acreage of the former.
The rust reported some time ago on
the oat crop seems to have about disap
peared and the crop is reported as a fine
one.
Rain is beginning to be needed, the
winds and bright sunshine having dried
off tho top soil rapidly.
EARLY.—The cotton was badly in
jured by the recent cold spell and many
of the farmers have ploughed up and
replanted. Much of the cotton was in
the ground and uninjured and will do
well. It has been very dry the past
ten days and rain is now needed.
PUTNAM—The best farming weath
er of the season, continuing for the past
ten days finds Putnam’s farmers busy,
striving to catch up with farm work
long delayed by continued rains. Plow
ing has been possible for more than
a week continuously, and a rain at this
time would be welcome. Continued cold
snaps have damaged fruit and vegeta
bles, and delayed the planting of other
crops that \tfould not germinate under
such weather conditions. Fertilizer
sales good, but show no increase up to
this date. Corn planted and cotton
planting next in order, following pres
ent good season.
EFFINGHAM—Conditions more fa
vorable than they were one month ago,
but at this time the ground is a little
too dry for the farmers to get good
stands of cotton. Sugar cane crop is
fairly good stand in most places. Corn
stand is not yet good, but corn is start
ing off some, yet the cold winds have
retarded it. Irish potato prospect good.
CARROLL—Crop conditions are much
better in Carroll county than one
month ago. Farmers have made rapid
progress during the month and most
of them are through planting cotton.
The cold weather has done no serious
damage from reports received. Grain
generally is looking well.
POLK—The farmers of Polk county
are well advanced with their work for
the season, and every indication is
most encouraging for the^coming crop.
The Boys’ Corn club are more enthusi
astic than ever, many new members
joining.
The Hal!-God
BY ALBERT DOSEINOTOK.
Author of
“THE RADIUM TERE03L3,”
“CHILDREN Of THE CLOVEN
HO Of," Eto.
GIVE THE JOBS TO MEW,
URGES ANTI-SUFFRAGIST
WASHINGTON, April 30.—Announce
ment of the intention of Secretary Lane,
of the interior department, to appoint
Mrs. Annie G. Rogers, a leading suf
fragist to be receiver of the public land
office at Leadville, Colo., because he be
lieves that “money can be handled mofe
safely by women than by men,’’ brought
the following letter from a New York
man to the secretary;
“This notice of your appointment of
Suffragist Rogers has caused great sur
prise, and your remarks about men;
“The women you know may be of
such a type, also the men; but most of
us meet women who throw away a great
deal of money on dry goods, and tool
hats, such as inclosed pictures of them,
and nag their husbands for their hard-
earned wages, until we men are fasjt
going to the criminal class to get money
for their wives to squander.
“Please use your influence to give
men work and make women stay at
home and keep it for the comfort of
husbands and children, so the homes
will not be broken up and the children
run wild and unruly.”
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
DEDICATEE) IN ST. LOUIS
(Ey Associated PresB.)
ST. LOUIS, April 30.—The hundred
and tenth anniversary of the signing of
the Louisiana Purchase treaty .was to bo
observed in St. Louis by the dedication
of the Jefferson memorial building, a
$450,000 structure at the entrance to the
old Louisiana Purchase exposition
grounds in Forest park.
Incidents of the dedication were to be
the unveiling of a marble statue or
Thomas Jefferson and of a bronze group
representing James Monroe and Robert.
Livingston, the American minister who
negotiated the purchase treaty, and Mar-
bois, the French minister of foreign af
fairs who signed the treaty for fhe Na
poleonic government.
, „A congressional delegation of five sen
ators and nine representatives is here to
take part in the ceremonies.
FLORIDA AFTER EXTRA
TAX ON CIGAR FACTORIES
(By Associated Pro's.)
TAMPA, Fla., April 30.—A “head tax’’
is proposed in the state revenue meas
ure to be placed before the legislature.
Representative Goldstein, who has the
measure in charge, proposes to have
the state place a tax of 25 cents per
man on cigar factories employing more
than ten cigar makers. It is estimated
that about 20,000 cigar makers are em
ployed. in the factories at Tampa and
Key West. The proposed tax is a new
departure in Florida revenue-raising
legislation and will be fought.
FREIGHT HITS HOUSE;
BLOCKS MAIN LINE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DALTON, Ga., April 29 ? —An uqusuai
wreck, caused by a freight train on
the Western and Atlantic road back
ing into a house, blocked the Southern
road’s main line just , outside the sta
tion here yesterday and necessitated
sending fpr the wrecker to clear the
tracks. Incidentally the house, the cab
and one car of the freight train were
disabled. •%
(Continuation of Chapter SIV.)
Tho presence of her diamond in the
radio-active tobacco pouch would
scarcely convince the coroner of the
cause of Engleheart’s death. The doc
tor who had come at the German’s be
hest had seen the blighting effects of
the real Zeu, had viewed with wonder
and awe its flaming rays when he
stooped over the body of the unfor
tunate sea captain.
She could expect no mercy from the
Japanese doctor. On the other hand,
he was hardly the man to inform the
police in regard to Engleheart’s past
at the risk of implicating himself in the
assassination of Professor Caleret.
At home she found everything quiet
and orderly. Doctor Rochwarne and
his confrere were in th e billiard room,
engaged in a game of pool. Bernice
hesitated near the open door, fascinated
by their nonchalance and professional
ease of manner as they followed the
game from point to point. Rochwarnes
face was bent low over the table, his
pallid features receiving the full flood
of light from beneath the shade.
“You mean that he had already ob
tained possession of the super-radium?”
“It came into Engleheart’s keeping in
a way that baffled Scotland Yard, Mr.
Kromer. Some day you may hear the
story of how Dr. Hammersho’s bee was
released from Caleret’s laboratory, car
rying with it the grain of super-radi
um. To be brief, Bernice Kromer es
caped from the house of the Japanese
doctor and followed En^leheaijt to
Schlofer’s place. Heue she entered a
room where Engleheart lay sleeping off
the effects of an opium carouse.”
Fabian sat up stifly in his chair. “I
apprehend, Mr. Coombes, that you are
in Bernicle’s confidence?”
The old lawyer inclined stiffly. “I may
add to your statement that I have fol
lowed the results of the inquest on Mau
rice Engleheart with some interest.
There is no part of her story that does
not agree with the main incidents of
the Caleret crime. While seated beside
Engleheart’s bed,” he continued slowly,
“a strange thing happened. Engleheart,
disturbed no doubt, by her entry into
the room, turned suddenly on his side.
It was this simple , movement which
caused his death, Mr. Kromer. His in
ner ••pocket contain the grain of Zeu
which, under the pressure of his body,
became tremendously radio-active, kill
ing him almost instantly. Bernice Kro
mer appropriated the terrible agent of
life and death at risk to herself I will
not bother you with an account of the
inquest on Maurice Engleheart. Opin
ions differ concerning the exact cause
of his death. Yet four living persons
are acquainted with the true facts of the
story!"
Was it‘possible for surgeons to in
terest themselves in games of skill
while the life of a patient hung in the
balance? she asked herself. Yet in
their reposeful manner she drew a
measure of hope and comfort. If
Fabian had taken a critical turn they
would have been at his bedside.
Imry „was placed in the housekeeper’s
charge. She would not trust the boy
in Miss Allingham’s keeping until
Hammersho and his companions were
arrested or had left England. When
Fabian was able to leave his room
she would tell him the truth. He must
know everything. In the meantime
she could only wait and pray that the
coming inquest on Maurice Engleheart
would not lead to fresh complications.
She had been guilty of no crime; her
only indiscretion ’lay in the fact that
she had apropriated the little radium-
god for Fabian’s use. And who had
a beter claim to it than Fabian? He
had financed _Caleret’s experiments for
years, in the hope that the French
savant would produce from his labora
tory a remedy for the greatest of hu
man scourges!
Toward evening a police sergeant
called* w’hile she was assisting the
housekeeper .to arrange a play room
for lmry in the west wing of the
house. The sergeant was coldly po
lite and informative in regard to the
inquest. Her appearance was requested
the following morning. Impressing the
hour of attendance upon her, with due
solemnity, he departed, leaving her
utterly miserable and dejected at the
prospect of the coming ordeal.
Later i nthe evening Doctor Roch
warne announced that Fabian was pro
gressing satisfactorily. He also in
formed her that Calaret’s radium-god
had achieved a miracle in modern surg
ery, and that Fabian’s case marked
the era of a new .dawn in the science of
radium therapy. It was too early as
yet to predict with certainty, he added,
but , there was no doubt in his mind
concerning the final result of the oper
ation.
When the news of Fabian’s cure went
abroad, Rochwarne continued, there
would be world-wide clamorings for
Caleret’s Zeu, but the irreparable trag
edy lay in the fact, that therewere no
more supplies. With Caleret’s . death
and the theft of the Zeu-formula, the
secret of its manufacture had been
lost to science. Therefore, the single
grain which remained in their posses
sion would be regarded as priceless
until another Caleret was discovered.
The Swiss specialist permitted his
gray eyes to rest on Bernice’s white,
scared features. “I have not pressed
you tc tell me how you recovered the
Zeu, Madame Kromer. One can not help
hazarding a guess that, that—” he
paused as one reluctant to urge so deli
cate a question.
“I knew the slayer of Caleret!" Ber
nice flung out in spite of hersalf.
Rochwarne stared, his lips tightening
with each indrawn breath at her state
ment. “I was thinking of the precious
formula,” he w’ent on, “and the duty
we owe to humanity, Madame Kromer.
If these miscreants who shot Professor
Caleret are still at large w© should
spare no pains in bringing them to jus
tice!”
“You are thinking of the formula,
Doctor Rochwarne?”
“Undeniably. It is the life blood
of a new science and healing force. It
is worth innumerable lives,” he declared
with a touch of passion. “If, there
fore, you suspect any person of the
crime, I implore you, madame, not to
hesitate in your duty to humanity, to
the unborn children, to the millions of
brave men and women condemned to
early death. Think of it, Madame Kro
mer,” continued, his gray eyes alight
with his theme. “If Caleret’s slayers
are permitted to escape humanity will
some, day see in you and me the very
people who allowed them to decamp!"
Until that moment Bernice had over
looked the theft of Prof. Caleret’s for
mula, the small document which con
tained the brain and essence of the new
found curative element. Rochwarne’s
confidence in him might lead to unut
terable disaster, ruin. After all, he
had striven to appropriate for his own
ends the greatest surgical remedy of
modern times. She dared not tell Roch
warne everything. Beyond his immedi
ate sympathy for Fabian’s case her
declaration awoke in her a sense of her
■-true position. There was no doubt in
her mind that Hammersho had stolen
the formula after shooting Prof. Caleret
It was this Japanese medical fiend who
was only a doctor, a man of no legal
knowledge who might carry her secret
to the police in his desire to help the
cause of science! She could not tell him
that she had taken the grain of super
radium from the breast of dead Mau
rice Engleheart. He would understand
her motives no doubt, but she could
never explain the substitution of the
diamond. It would lead to awkward
questions, especially from an unsympa
thetic police. Already she had confess
ed something of her past to Fabian’s
solicitor. But a solicitor was not a
doctor, and knew how to respect and
protect her from the after consequences
of her early indiscretions.
She turned to Rochwarne, and the
subtle fear of him had left her. “I
know the man who entered Jean Caler
et’s laboratory and stole the Zeu-tube!”
“Have you communicated your knowl-'
edge to the authorities, Madame Kro
mer?”
“They are watching the man. It Is
hardly he likely he will be allowed to
escape."
“He is a Japanese, Madame Kromer?”
“Yes; I met him some years ago in
the east, but never suspected him of
criminal tendencies until his appearance
in this country.”
The Swiss surgeon shrugged. “You
have heard of the death of a man named
Maurice Engleheart, Madame Kromer.
I am interested in the matter solely on
acount of his strange end. The news
papers aver that he died from the ef
fects of a radium-poisoned diamond.”
Bernice confessed her knowledge of
Engleheart’s death, but refrained from
the making of further statements, feel
ing yiat she had admitted enough to
appease his justifiable curiosity.
Rochwarne deliberated pensively as
he turned from the room, then with
drew to join his confrere upstairs.
Bernice could not shake off the dread
of the coming inquest. The following
morning found her in a state of nerv
ous trepidation in spite of the* cheering
reports that came from the sick room.
Fabian was progressing under Roch
warne’s treatment. For a few brief
moments she was allow r ed to sit beside
his bed and listen to his half-whispered
utterances. They were to visit Italy
and the Rhine, he said, the moment
he was able to leave England. Life,
glorious life, had been promised him
by Rochwarne, the king of surgeons.
Afterwards they would go to America
and Japan and begin life again in a
new world.
And not a word of Imry or Engle
heart. Once or twice as he spoke of
the joyous future she fought with shut
lips to keep back the story that was like
molten poison in her brain. He noted
nothing of her inward efforts; he only
saw the beautiful oval face, the warm,
life-throbbing hands pressed on his own
pallid fingers.
She told herself then that it would
kill him to hear the truth. In a day
or two, when strength returned, she
would deliver herself of her burden. In
the meantime Engleheart’s affair threat
ened to imperil her future.
She had thought of seeking the ad
vice of Mr. Coombes before proceeding
to the inquest, but had rejected, the
idea for many reasons. The police
might trap her into a statement of
her past marriage with Engleheart, or
they might not. Everything depended
on the Japanese doctor’s attitude toward
the case. If he came forward and main
tained the truth her position would be
serious. Her diamond was in posses
sion of the police, and there would be
the evidence of the old doctor who had
been called in to attend the dying sea
captain. Would this old family doctor
detect the trick she had played? Could
he prove that it was the new element,
Zeu, which he had seen in Engleheart’s
tobacco pouch, and not a diamond which
had been afterward substituted?
Bernice felt that her whole future
depended on the old doctor’s evidence.
The police might easily be confounded,
but the word of a medical pratitloner
counted for life and death at times.
The case would present itself to the
jury as a mystery needing a great deal
of explanation. The presence of a dia
mond in a man’s pocket could hardly
.be likely to cause death. Yet the au
topsy would reveal that Engleheart’s
end had been brought about by the
presence of a tremendously radio-active
chemical. Where was that radio-active
chemical; they would ask? What had
become of it between the time of the
doctor’s departure and the entrance of
the police? The German would submit
his account of the affair, leaving a
weight of suspicion to rest on her.
She walked out alone into the grounds
to ease the fretting straip V)f mind and
nerve. It was 11 o’clock. At 12 she
must present herself at the Inquest.
The ^air was sweet with many perfumes
after the rain. Every leaf and flower
was pregnant with life and gladness.
Her eyes wandered over the russet
woods bounding the western enclosures,
and then down to the lodge where the
dark poplars seemed to bristle against
the clearing sky.
She became aware, in a half-fright
ened way, of a mud-coated, weather-
stained car entering the grounds. Of
the numerous evil-looking autos she
had seen it was the ugliest and most
forbidding. Dowji to its rusty axles
and frayed tires it exuded an air of
criminality and vice. Bernice glanced
at it half hypnotized; a wild desire in
her to run away and cry for help seized
her.
The car stopped in the bend of the
path opposite a clump of silver birch
which shut out the house from view.
The chauffeur’s face was almost com
pletely hidden behind a pair of huge
goggles, yet Bernice recognized the bul
let head and shoulders of O Shani Ma.
The bandaged head and face of the
little Japanese doctor showed at the
window. Opening it with difficulty, he
gestured to the mistress or Holmwood.
“You eluded us yesterday, Madame
Kromer. Today we shall be more
definite.. Come closer."
Bernice obeyed his command almost
mechanically. Flight would not 1 serve
her in the present instance. Hammer
sho had come with a settled object,,
only death or police intervention would
wrench him from his desire.
“I have not come to complain of the
little episode of the toy pistol yester
day, Madame Kromer,” he went on,
his nervous fingers tapping the car door.
“That may pass as a female frolic.
It is Engleheart’s affair now. You are
going to the inquest!” he declared in
feverish haste.
Bernice inclined her head. “Have
you come to speak of Engleheart, Doc- 1
tor Hammersho?”
“That depends, madame. Briefly, will 1
you return the Zeu which you took from
Maurice Engleheart?”
“No!”
“Consider, madame, the consequences
of your refusal!” His fingers closed
in a fierce grip on the half-open door
as though barely restraining himself
from leaping upon her. ‘Unless you
agree to my proposal I shall attend
the Inquest this morning as a witness
on behalf of the crown.”
“Go on, Doctor Hammersho; your
propositions have always interested
me.”
“It may interest the jury to hear for
the first time that Maurice Engleheart
was your husband, madame. It may
interest them,” he went on with a sup-
pressel laugh, “to learn that it was you
who entered Professor Calero’s labora
tory and filched the result of hia life’s
labor!”
Bernice paled under his flow of words,
the slant eyes that seemed to divine
her terror and pain.
“The police are watching us both,”
he continued. “They have not yet de
cided between us. But you hav© plunged
deeper than,you imagine. Personally I
do not think you are responsible for
Maurice's death. Yet . . . madame,
a word from me today will make the
fact certain. You must also remember
that you were seen in Caleret’s house
on the day of his death. And, above
all,” he concluded with a- leer, “you have
in your keeping the Zeu, which went
missing at the time of Caleret’s assassi
nation!”
Hammersho stated his case succinctly
enough, and Bernice trembled in spite
of herself. It would be her bare word
against his, with a dozen incriminating
circumstances to support his accusa
tions. She felt that her woman’s brain
could not match his Asiatic cunning,
that her efforts to save Fabian’s life
would merely bring upon her a double
charge of murdef!
CHAPTER XV.
Bernice saw her peril now. To gain
the priceless crystal of Zeu she had
plunged too far in her efforts to save
the o*e man whose life counted for
everything. This shrunken bodied Jap
anese doctor r nad not ventured upon his
blackguard career in a fit of impulse. To
him life and liberty were mere abstract
terms compared with his greed for
wealth and fame. It seemed preposter- .
ous that’ the soul of desire, the long
ing for great achievements, could reside
in his pulseless frame.
Her watch told her that she had a few
moments to decide between life and im
prisonment—death, perhaps. Hammer
sho had pushed her to the fatal edge,
had already drawn back his arm for
the final thrift.
His bandaged head and throat invested
him with an almost diabolical appear
ance. Pain and disappointment had
turned his saffron skin to a dull purple.
In the tonneau of the car O Shani Ma
sat image-like and motionless.
(Continued In next Issue.)
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