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EIGHTH DISTRICT 1
R. I W. MEETING
HERE WEDNESDAY
T«i Chapter* of Georgia Ma
son* to Send Delegate* o At
tend District Gatherings
S. H. EDGE WILL PRESIDE
Grand Chapter Officer* Among
Those Scheduled to Read Pa
pers Before Assembly.
More than a hundred Royal Ar.h
Masons will gather Wednesday at
Americus to attend the annual coi
vention of the Eighth district Roy;.;
Arch convention. The visitors will
be guests of Wells chapter, No. 4‘.L
R, A. M., and Sam H. Edge, high
priest of Wells chapter, will preside.
Chapters which will send dele
gates to attend the convention here
are Darley, No. 7, Columbus; La
Fayette, No. 12, Fort Gaines; P. T.
Schley, No. 30, Hamilton; Cuthbert,
No. 21, Cuthbert; Wells, No. 42,
Americus; Hodges, No. 60, Butler,
Burns, No. 75; Montezuma; Law
rence, No. 96, Dawson; Tri-County,
No. 123, Richland and Castine No.'
138 Talbotton. Beside the regularly
accredite delegates from these
chapters, a large number of visitors
will also attend, as several grand
chapter officers are expected to be
here for the gathering. |
The program for the morning ses- (
sion, to be held in the Masonic Tern
pie, fourth floor Planters Bark
building, is as follows:
10.—Chapter Opened and turned
over to District Officers.
10:15—Delegates enrolled ano
convention opened. , ,
10:30 —Reception of Grand Hi.;h
Priest or his representative.
11:00—Address, “Shall We Build
an Old Folks Home?’’ H. W. Tay 1
Cuthbert
11:30 —Address, “History of Most
Excellent Master’s Degree, and a
Study of Its Symbolism,” J. G. Holst
Americus.
12:00—Address, “Character of
Benevolent Work that the Grand
Chapter Should Undertake Inde
pendently.” J. G. Lunsford, Hamii-
12:30—Recess for Dinner.
‘ The afternoon session, which will
begin at 2 o’clock win b e as follows:
2:oo—Suggestions by Grand Lar
tirer
3:00 to 4:oo—Ten Minute Talks;
“How Btjst to Keep Members from
Becoming in Arrears for Dues.’’ .Joe
JaCobs, Columbus; “Would it be
Wise to Automatically Suspend
Members One Year in Arrears for
Dues?” W. B. Graham, Fort Gaines;
“How Best to Secure Reinstatement
of Members Suspended for None
payment of Dues.” J. T. Adam?.
Butler; “Under What Conditions
Should Dues b e Remitted?” L. C.
Cheves, Montezuma; “Life Member
ships—Should They be lissued— If
So, Under What Conditions?”C. W.
Childs, Omaha: “What Compensa
tion Should Secretaries Receive?”
R. W. Trussell, Talbotton.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY
John Ainsley, a man of education
and breeding, becomes n master
crook —praying upon other thieves.
At Monte Carlo he Earns that some
clever thief has stolen a pearl neck
lace from the Baronne d Esetereile
Ainsley overhears a man posing
as a Russian prince offer t.ie use of
his hotel apartment to a young
Englishman and his American bride,
who have lost all their money at
roulette. Later the prince brings
hotel attendants to the Apartment,
claiming that the young English
man has stolen his keys. The prince
offers to free the Englishman if he
is allowed to take the young bride
on a motor trip. This brings on a
fight. Later the prince dismisses
the charge. Ainsley wonders what
is the nature of the prince’s game.
♦ ♦ ♦
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
For I had no more desire to face
a court, even in the role of witness,
then, I suspected, the Prince had
to stand before a judge as com
plainant. Ands if I offered testi
mony in support of young Beres
ford, such a plot was so flagrant, so
vicious, that not even the Monc
gasques, willing to wink their eyes
at almost any offense, if scandal
could be thus averted, could ignore
this. The French, for all that is
written about their morals, have a
respect for wifehood. They would
insist that the Prince be brought to
trial for conspiracy, and I would
have to testify in court.
So, while I had no intention of
permitting Beresford to be deport
ed, under circumstances that wou’d
4:00 —Question Box
4:3o—Five Minute Talks.
s:oo—Degree Work.
Adjournment.
Eighth District officers are S. H.
Edge, Americus, High Priest; R. W.
Trussell, Talbotton, King; E. P.
Coulter, Golumbus, Scribe; C. W.
Childs, Omaha, Treasurer; Wible
Marshall, Americus, Secretary; J. T.
‘Adams, Butler; Chaplain; G. L. Up
shaw, Dawson, Captain of Host; J. R
Lunsford, Hamilton, Principal So
‘ journer; F. E. Adams, Montezuma,
Royal Arch Captain; W. B. Graham,
J Fort Gaines, Master Third Veil; H.
W Taylor, Cuthbert, Master Second
Veil; E. H. Whartenby, Columbus,
’ Master First Veil.
Chapter Grand Officers are:
Early H. Johnson, Columbus,
’ Grand High Priest; William A. Sims,
Atlanta, Grand King; Alvin E. Sans
(burn, Greensbofo, Grand Scribe;
, Josiah T. Clarke, Agusta, Grand
| Treasurer; Edgar A. McHan, Maco,.
Grand Secretary; Hugh W. Taylor,
; Cuthbert, Grand Captain of Host; W
.Frank Wells, Hapeville, Grand Prin
jcipal Sojourner; John Swain, Lilly,
Grand Royal Arch Captain; Wm. B.
Graham, Fort Gaines, Grand Mastei
Third Veil; George W. Matthews. Jr
Fort Valley, Grand Master Second
i Veil; Charles L. Bass, Fairburn,
Grand Master First Veil; Lee Wages
1 Macon, Grand Sentinel.
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“MONSIEUR STATES IT IS HE
WHO HAS BEEN ROBBED.”
forever stain his name, I waited.
There might be only one way of
skinning this particular polecat, but
I suspected that there might be an
other.
And so, two hours later, when all
the hotel save, probably, young
Beresford, slept, I entered the
Prince’s rooms.
Like the cat which walks alone, -
‘ walked silently. Also my move
ments were quiet,l picked the lock
without difficulty, and passed
through the door. I found myself
in a living-room, at the far side of
which was an open door, through
which I heard snores. I tiptoed to
it, peered through and ntered the
bedroom. A night-light was burn
ing, and by its rays I could dis
tinguish the screen behind which. I
had heard the Prince tell Beresford,
was a trunk. Now, that trunk had
unquestionably contained a cash
box. But if it had contained any
thing else of value, would trie
Prince have rashly handed the En
glishman his keys? If, for instance,
the trunk had contained evidence
which would indicate that its owner
possessed unprincely habits, would
the Prince- have given up the keys?
This action of mine was based on
the theory, none too logically ac
quired, that the Prince was a crim
inal. Unless I should find proof in
support of my theory, my nocturnal
visit would be not merely dangerous
but useless. And it was silly to look
for evidence in the trunk.
If the Prince was what I thought
him to be, proof in support of my
belief would be found only upon his
person. And it is a difficult thing to
search a sleeping man without awak
ening him. Nevertheless I did it.
And having done so, I raggedly
clipped from his great black beard
a tuft of his precious whiskers
Then I returned to my room.
♦ * *
Three minutes later I had brok
en two chairs, overturned a dress
ing-table, and smashed a pane of
glass in the window. Also, I hc.c
shouted at the top of my lungs, ami
had aroused the valet de chambre
who slept in a cubbyhole at the end
°f the coridor. He had aroused th e
night-clerks, and to these latter and
to the porters who accompanied
them, I poured forth my tale of noc
turnal crime:
“I was awakened by the sound of
footsteps. I saw a huge figure by
the side of my bed. I attacked him.
We fought. Behold, messieurs, the
condition of my room.” I gesticulat
ed wildly, indicating the damage
which I had just committed.
But it is outrageous, monsieur, ’
cried on e of the clerks. “That such
a thing should happen in the Hotel
de Paris is almost incredible. Was
anything taken from Monsieur?”
"I doubt it,” I replied, “but I w'ill
see. I felt in the pocket of mv
dinner jacket. “My purse,” I cried
with fifteen mille notes, a thou
sand-franee plaque, and an express
check for a thousand dollars ”
thieL” Uld M ° nsieUr identif y the
. . 1 looked at the clerk who put the
question. I opened my hand. Upon
my palm lay a tuft of black whis-
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kers. “I tore these from his face in
our struggle,” I declared.
“Ah!” they cried in unison.
I glanced down upon the floor.
Something caught my eye.
“Look!” I cried.
A porter picked up the golden ob
ject. It was a pencil, richly chased
I bent over and from the floor pick
ed up a visiting card, torn am;
crushed. Dramatically I smoothed
it, and read the name, Prince
Meerkovst.’ ”
“The thief’s name,” I exclaimed.
“Prince Meerkovst!” cried one of
the clerks. The others echoed his
name. The second clerk assumed
an air of great shrewdness.
“That is why, a thief himself, he
was so lenient to the Englishman.’
he said, “Ah, the canaille! We shall
go to him!”
» * *
We did, opening up his door with
a pass-key. He sat up in bed,
amazed at the intrusion, and at first
disdainful of our charges. But
when I found underneath his pillow,
where I had planted it a quarter of
an hour earlier, my purse, his scorn
ful disdain gave way to sudden fear.
And when the clerk bade him look
in the mirror and note the gap in
his bristling whiskers, and also ask
ed him to observe the hirsute trophy
which I was supposed to have torn
from his face, fear began to give
way to panic. And the gold penci!
with the broken links which fitted to
his watch-chain, and his visiting
card, were final proofs calculated,
he was well aware, to convince any
court in the world.
For a moment he must have be
lieved that he had been walking in |
his sleep; but suddenly his hands
felt at his waist, where, I had reason I
to know, he wore a money-belt.
“I am innocent,” he cried. “I am
the victim of a plot. It is I who
have been robbed 1”
He was standing beside his bed,
pajama-clad. I shouldered my way
in front of the other, and stared him
in the eye.
“Monsieur states that it is he who
has been robbed,” I said softly,
“May I ask Monsieur of what?”
His mouth opened; but words did
not come from it for a moment. For
nearly half a minute, wide-mouthed,
he stared at me. And if he had
looked venomously at Beresford
earlier tonight, his regard of vhi
young Englishman had been friend
ly as compared with the glance he
gave me. Then he replied: “Os
nothing, monsieur.”
“We shall take him at once to the
jail,” cried the clerk. “Two rob
beries in the same night in this ho
tel! But this thief shall not go free!”
“Wait,” I told them, raising my
hand in protest. I turned to the
Prince.
“One forgives a repentant s;n
ner,” I told him. I spoke in English.
"You are a thief caught practically
in the act. Nothing can save your
name. But you can save your sxin.
If you will state to these gentlemen
the truth about Monsieur Beres
ford’s entrance into your room, 1,
who have recovered the property
which you stole from me, will for
get the matter.”
He stared at me. “So? Some day,
monsieur, we shall meet again.”
“But not at Monte Carlo,” I told
him. I looked at my watch. “It is
now four o’clock. At four-thirty the
de luxe from Rome stops here in
route to Paris. If you take that
train, after having confessed your
vile plot, the matter is ended.”
“Monsieur is a great detective,”
he sneered. “ ‘Set a thief to catch a
thief—’ ”
I am waiting for your answer.”
I interrupted him sternly.
And there could only be one an
swer. He accepted. He withdrew his
charge against Beresford, packed
his things, and took the train di
luxe.
* * *
• I left an order to be called at
seven. I wished to take no chances
of missing the Beresford*. True
chaX° Un + g man WaS Cleared of th <’
Hon °k Cnme ’ but in h,s
tion at being unable to pay his bill
XK S 'T ? u,olly ■
eight I knocked upon I ;.. or
The management ■ a( , alreaci.
apologized for last X
temps, but it was a 'iara.» I’.innL-'
youth that admitted n. *he apart"
ment. e a P dr t-
I toldT an ,° lder than you,”
of ag e .” ’ and Vish the Privilege
His wife laughed* “You’re not a
day over thirty,” she said.
I frowned at her. “Nevertheless,
that is old enough for my purpose,
which is til extract from you young
sters a promise that you will never
gamble again. In return for that
promise 1 make you a present of ten
thousand francs. Some day, you will
see some unfortunate whom a few!
hundred dollars will save from
misery. Give him the few hundred,
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the president’s father (seated on
and consider paid, your debt to nie.” ■ land. I think, Mr. Ainsley, that you
He was proud; but she—bless her'are the finest man we know.”
heart!—had common sense. She j And J think That those words of
bade him take the money, then I hers were a source of more gratifi
looked at me. ! cation to me than even the sight of
“We can’t thank you. You’ve! the pearl necklace of the Baronir:
cleared Jack’s reputation, and youid’Esterelle.
are enabling us to return to Eng- What? But of course! In the
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left) who came for his first
White House visit following the
dcaih of Calvin, Jr.
BARBARA’S MARITAL
WOES AGAIN CALMED
LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 22--
The marital sea of Barbara La Mi rj
has been calmed—again.
Or at least it was so indicated ere
today when her present and litifa
nushand, Jack Daugherty, "cowbov"
moving picture star, received a
telegram from the beautiful Bar
oara, who is in New York, branding
rumors that she intended suing him
ior divorce as “ridiculous.”
“The New Yoik papers had a
story that you were suing me f O r
divorce,” the telegram stated, “any
that you were naming Ben Lyon as
corespondent. Os course, 1 realize
how perfectly ridiculous that is...
When I denied that they came out
with a story saying that I was m
Los Angeles, which is just as ridi
culous as the other story.”
Daugherty denies emphatically
that he contemplated entering suit
for divorce against his beautiful
wife.
‘I told Barbara,” he declared
it “that it was beginning to look
like someone was attempting a joke
on us. The only thing funny about
it was ‘naming Ben Lyon as co
respondent.”
Daugherty then explained that h a
had known Lyon for “years” and
that he was one of his “best friends”
Prince’s money belt. That was why
he cried that he had been robbed.
And it was also why, when I askvd
him of what he had been robbed, ht
had replied, “Os nothing.”.
Even rage against me could not
blind him to the fact that if he ac
cused me of stealing th e necklace
from him, he would convict hims.-ls
of having stolen it from the Baron
ne. It was also why he had said:
“ ‘Set a thief to catch a thief.’ ”
Naturally, he would say that. A
common thief cannot appreciate an
artist.
(Beginning in Ou r Next Itsue>
“THE JEWELED CASKET.”)
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