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The Million Dollar Mystery
By HAROLD MACGRATH
Illustrated from Scenes in the Photo Drama of the
Same Nam a by the Thanhouser Film Company.
(Cpyricl)t. 1914. bp Harold MacGrath)
“Whether or not Jones suspects me
and is giving me rope to hang myßelf
■with. Not once have the police been
called in and told what has really hap
pened. They r.re totally at sea. And
what has become of the man over the
way ?”
“By the Lord Harry!" exclaimed
Braine, clapping his hands. "I believe
I*ve solved that. We shot a man com
ing out of Hargreave’s. Since then
there’s been no one across the way.
One and the same man!”
“But that knowledge doesn’t get us
anywhere.”
“No. You say they are in love?”
“Secretly. I don't believe the butler
has an inkling of it. It is possible,
however, that Susan has caught the
trend of affairs. But, being rather
romantic, she will in no wise inter
fere.”
Braine smoked in silence. Pres
ently a smile twisted his lips.
“You have thought of something?”
she asked.
“You might try it,” he said. "They
have accepted your friendship;
whether with ulterior purpose remains
to be learned. She has been to your
apartments two or three times to tea
and always got home safely.”
“No,” she said determinedly. "Noth
ing shall happen here. I will not
take the risk.”
“Wait till I’m through. Break up
the romance in sue' a way that the
girl will bar Norton fron the house.
That’s what we’ve been aiming at; to
get rid of that meddling reporter.
We’ve tried poisons. Try your kind."
“What do you mean?”
“Lies.”
“Ah! I understand. You want roa
to win him away from her. It cannot
be done.”
“Pshaw! You have a bag full of
tricks. You can easily manage to put
him into an equivocal position out of
which he cannot possibly squirm so
far as the girl is concerned. A little
melodrama, arranged for the benefit
of Florence. Fall into Norton’s arms
at the right moment, or something
like that.”
“I suppose I could. But if I failed
“You’re too damnably clever to fail
In your own particular work. Some
thing has got to be done to keep those
two apart. I’ve often thought of raid
ing the house boldly and carrying off
the whole family, Susan and all. But
a wholesale affair like that would be
too noisy. Think It over, Olga; we
have gone too far to hack down now.
There’s always Russia; and while I’m
the boss over here they never cease
to watch me. They’ll make me an
swer for a failure like this.”
She eyed him speculatively. “You
have money.”
“O, the money doesn’t matter. It’s
the game. It’s the game of playing
fast and loose with society, of pilfer
ing with it with one hand and making
It kow-tow with the other. It’s the
sport of the thing. What was your
thought?”
“We could go away together, to
South America.”
“And tire of each other within a
month,” he retorted shrewdly. “No;
we are in the same boat. We could
not live but for this never ending ex
citement. And, more than that, we
never could get far enough away from
the long arm of the First Ten. We’ll
have to stick it out here. Can’t you
see?”
“Yes, I can see.”
But in her heart she knew that she
would have lived in a hut with this
man till the end of her days. She
abhorred the life, though she never,
by the Blighest w T ord, let him become
aware of it. There was always that
abiding fear that at the first sign of
•weakness ho would desert her. And
she was wise in her deductions.
Braine was loyal to her because she
held his interest. Once that failed,
be would be off and away.
The next afternoon the countess,
having matured her plans against the
happiness of the young girl who
trusted her, drew up before the Har
greave place and alighted. Her wel
come was the same as ever, and this
strengthened her confidence.
The countess was always gesticu
lating. Her hands fluttered to empha
size her words. And the beautiful
diamond solitaire caught the girl’s
eye. She seized the hand. Having an
affair of her own, it was natural that
ehe should be interested in that of
her friend.
“I never sew that ring before.”
“A gift of yesterday.” The coun
tess assumed a shy air which would
have deceived St. Anthony. She
twisted the ring on her finger.
“Tell me!” cried Florence. “You
are engaged?"
“Mercy, no!”
“Is he rich?”
“No. Money should not matter when
your heart is involved."
As this thought was in accord with
her own, Florence nodded her head
aagely.
"It is nothing serious. Just a fancy.
I shall never marry again. Men are
gay deceivers; they always have been
and always will be. Perhaps I’m a bit
wicked; but I rather like to prove my
theory that all men are weak. If I
had a daughter I'd rather have her be
an old man’s darling than a young
man's drudge. I distrust every man I
know. I came to ask you and Susan
to go to the opera with me tonight.
You will come to my apartments first.
You will come?”
“To be sure we will!”
“Simple little fool!” thought the
Russian on the way home. “She shall
see.”
“I believe the countess is engaged
to be married,” said Florence to
Jones.
"Indeed, miss?”
“Yes. I couldn’t get anything defi
nite out of her, but she had a beauti
ful ring on her finger. She wants
Susan and me to go to the opera with
her tonight. Will that be all right?”
Jones gazed abstractedly at the rug.
Whenever a problem bothered him he
seemed to find the so’ution in the deli
cate patterns of the Persian rugs. Fi
nally he nodded. “I see no reason
why you should not go. Only, watch
out.”
“Jones, there is one thing that will
make me brave and happy. Will you
/■• ‘ ;■ - >... -• ■ * •■ ■-.• ■ '•';' .' ;■
5 ' ?-* J&-- '■ ' it
A Little Melodrama Arranged for the
Benefit of Florence.
tell me if you are in direct commu
nication with my father?”
"Yes, Miss Florence," he answered
promptly. “But do not breathe this
to a single soul, neither Susan nor
Norton."
“I promise that. But, aJI! hasten
the day when he can come to me
without fear.”
"That is my wish also."
"You need not call me miss. Why
should you?"
“It might not be wise to have any
one hear me call you thus familiarly,"
he objected gravely.
“Please yourself about that Now I
must telephone Jim.”
"Jim?” the butler murmured.
He caught the word which was not
Intended for his ears. But for once
Jones had been startled out of him
self.
"Is it wrong for me to call Mr. Nor
ton Jim?” she asked with a bit of
banter.
‘"lt is not considered quite the prop
er thing, Miss Florence, to call a
young man by his first name unless
you are engaged to marry him, or
grew up with him from childhood.”
“Well, supposing I were engaged to
him?” haughtily.
“That would be a very grave affair.
"What have you to prove that he may
not wish to marry you for your
money?”
“Why, Jones, you know that I
haven’t a penny in the world I can
call my own! There is nothing to
prove, except your word, that I am
Stanley Hargreave’s daughter."
“No, there is nothing to prove that
you are his daughter. But hasn’t it
ever occurred to you that there might
be a purpose back of this? Might it
not be of inestimable value that your
father’s enemies should be le" in
doubt? Might it not be a means of
holding them on the leash? There is
proof, ample proof, my child; and
when the time comes these will be
shown you. But meantime put all
thought of marrying Mr. Norton out
of your mind.”
“That I refuse to do,” quietly. "I
am at least mistress of my heart;
and no one shall dictate to me whom
I shall or shall not marry. 1 love Mr.
Norton and he loves me, knowing that
I may not be an heiress after all. And
some day I shall marry him.”
Jones bowed. This seemed to ap
pear final to him, and nothing more
was to be said.
Norton did not return to his rooms
till seven. He found the telephone
call and also a note in a handwriting
unfamiliar. He tore off the envelope
and found the contents to be from the
Countess Perigoff.
“Call at eight tonight.” he read. “I
have an important news story for you.
Tell no one. as I cannot be involved
in the case. Cordially, Olga, Countess
Perigoff.”
Humph! Norton twiddled the note
In his fingers and at length rolled it
Into a ball and threw it into the waste
basket. He, too, made a mistake; he
should have kept that note. He
dressed, dined, and hurried off to the
apartments of the countess.
He arrived ten minutes before Flor
•noe and Susan.
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE, JANUARY 21, 1911
And Jones did some rapid telephon
ing.
"How long, how long!” the butler
murmured. How long would this
strange combat last? The strain was
terrible. He slept but little during
the nights, for his ears were always
waiting for sounds. He had cast
the chest into the sea, and it would
take a dozen expert divers to locate
it. And now, atop of all these wor
ries, the child must fall in love with
the first comer! It was heartbreak
ing. Norton, so far as he had learned,
was cool and brave, honest and reli
able in a pinch; but as the husband
of Stanley Hargreave’s daughter, that
was altogether a different matter. And
he must devise some means of putting
a stop to it, but—
But he was saved that trouble.
Mongoose and cobra, that was the
game being played; the cunning of
the one against the deadly venom of
the other. If he forced matters he
would only lay himself open to the
strike of the Bnake. He must have
patience. Gradually they were break
ing the organization, lopping off a
branch here and there, but the peace
of the future depended upon getting
a grip on the spine of the cobra him
self.
The trick was simple. The count
ess had news; trust her for that. She
exhibited a cablegram, dated at Gib
raltar, in which the British authpri
ties stated definitely that no such a
person as William Orts, aviator, had
arrived at Gibraltar. And then, as he
rose, she rose also and gently precip
itated herself into his arms, just at
the moment Florence appeared in the
doorway.
Very simple, indeed. When a wom
an falls toward a man there is noth
ing for him to do but extend his arms
to prevent her from falling. Outward
ly, however, to the eye which saw
only the picture and comprehended
not the ckuse, it had all the hallmarks
of an affectionate embrace.
Florence stood perfectly still for a
moment, then turned away.
“I beg your pardon,” said the count
ess, "but a sudden fainting spell seize
me. My heart is a bit weak.”
“Don’t mention it,” replied the gal
lant Norton. He was as innocent as
a babe as to what had really taken
place.
Florence went back home. She)
wrote a brief note to Norton and in
closed the ring which she had secret
ly worn attached to a little chain
around her neck.
When Norton came the next day
she refused to see him. It was all
over. She never wished to see him
again.
"He says there has been some cruel
Mistake,” said Joses.
“I saw kim with the countess tn his
arms. I do not see any cruel mis
take In that. I saw him. Tell him so.
And aid that I never wish to see him
again.”
Then she ran swlftV to her room,
where she broke down and aried bit
terly and would not be comfarted by
Susan.
"In heaven's name, what has ha*,
pened?” demanded the frantic lover,
“what has happened?”
The comedy of the whole affair lay
in the fact that neither of the two
suspected the countess, who consoled
them both.
CHAPTER IX.
The Leap In the Dark.
So far as Jones was concerned, he
was rather pleased with the turn of
affairs. This was no time for love
making; no time for silly, innocuous
quarrels and bickerings, in which love
must Indulge or die. Florence no
t’ ■* ' i^ i ,^n LWr
“I Never Saw That Ring Before."
longer rode horseback, and Norton
returned to his accustomed haunts,
where no one made the slightest at
tempt upon his life. In his present
state of mind he w ould have welcomed
it
"What's the matter with Jim?"
asked the night city editor, raising his
eye shade.
"I don’t know," answered the copy
reader.
"Goes around as if he’d been eating
dope; bumped into the boss a while
ago ana never stopped to apologize."
These pictures appear at the Dixie
Theatre every Tuesday. Read the
story and then see the pictures.
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.)*
For indigestion a dose of Young's
Liver Elixir just after eating will
always relieve.
PERSONALS.
Miss Ella Nee} was hostess at an
informal party on Saturday even
ing in honor of Jackson,
Holmes and Hill.
Miss Ludie Harvey has return ’d
from a short visit 'to Atlanta.
Griffin Drug Cos. agents for Norris'
exquisite candies.
Mrs. W. J. Taylor has .returned
from a two weeks’ visit to relatives
in Marietta.
Misses Aimee Jackson, of Knox
ville, Tenn., and Marjorie Holmes,
of Cedartown, who have been the
popular guests of Miss Alice Crouch,
returned to their homes on Wed
nesday.
Griffin Drug Cos. exclusive agents
'or Dahl’s cut flowers, “Atlanta's leafi
ng Florist."
Mr. and Mrs. Haul Vose, of Atlan
, ta. spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mr. Hampton Field.
You certainly . cannot afford to
’ neglect catarrh, colds or bronchitis
when M. F. Word sells Hyomei on
the “No-cure-no-pay” plan. I<t gives
quick and lasting benefit, and is per
fectly harmless—you breathe it.
Mrs. C. N. Patterson and Mr. Frank
j Patterson are spending the winter in
| Tifton, Ga.
! Miss Dorothy Stiles has returned
'.from a visit 'to Rome.
Griffin Drug Cos. exclusive agents
Dikes Household Remedies.
Mr. Fletcher Atkinson, of Nash
| villd, spent Saturday night and Sun
: day with homefolks, Mr. and Mrs.
K. C. Atkinson.
Rev. A. W. Conway will preach at
■Hie Robert Jones Memorial church
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, Jan
uary 24th. All are invited to this
service.
CARTERSYILLE’S WELFARE.
Moon St. Merchant Shows a Com
mendable Public Spirit.
Right here in our own midst we
; have continued evidence of appre
ciation for the good work Doan’s
Kidney Pills are doing in relieving
' kidney ailments. Every week a Car
tersville man or woman tells of his
or her experience tor the benefit of
j friends and neighbors. This week
Mr. Morris talks—his endorsement is
generous and sincere and it carries
a good moral.
J. H. Morris, Sr., merchant, 311
Moon St., Cartersville, says: “I had
some trouble with irregular passages
of the kidney secretions. Doan’s Kid
ney Pills soon removed this trouble
and I didn’t have to take them long
I either. My kidneys now act all right
j and I have no need of Doan’s Kid
ney Pills.”
I Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
' simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same
that Mr. Morris had. Foster-Milbum
Cos., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
IN MEMORIUM OF MISS
BEL LA LEONEL WILLIAMS.
Truly the ways of providence a e
past human understanding, and we
may only reconcile ourselves to
them by trusting in the unfailing
mercy of God, and the knowledge
that “Whom the Lord Loveth He
Chastiseth.”
Such is the thought brought home
to us, 'the members of the Woman’s
Missionary Society of Oak Grove
Baptist church, in the sudden and
tragic death o>f our dear friend, Sis
ter Beula Williams. Possessed of a
sweet and kindly disposition that en
deared her to all who knew her, and
a heart that loved her Maker, and
bone no malice to any one of His
children, she was a woman of value
to the community and the work of
the church, and a friend beolved by
all who knew her.
Early in life our sweet spirited
-ister gave her heart to Jesus. It
was her joy to do the will of her
Master, and to spend and be spent in
His service.
The Savior whom she trussed had
prepared her a mansion, and. ac
cording to His promise, He has tak
en her to her Heavenly home.
Therefore we deem it a privilege
to thus openly bear record of these
facts in the minutes of the society,
and do hereby extend to the mem
bers of the family who mourn her
untimely death, our heartfelt sym
pathy in their affliction, being as
sured that God, the Father of all of
us, will in the abundance of His ten
der mercy send that solice which
alone can comfort and give peace to
their souls.
Be it further resolved that a copy
of this memorial be furnished the
family and also to the press for pub
lication.
MISS DELL LUMPKIN.
MRS. W. H. LUMPKIN.
MRS. W. A. HUGHES.
SIIIE MUM COMPANY
OUT OF jtCEBHIP
Insurance Company To Be
Administered By Com
missioner Wright.
The affairs of the State Mutual
Insurance Company, with its home
office at Rome, Ga., in which a great
number of citizens of Bartow coun
ty are interested, have been placed
by the court in the hands of the
state insurance commissioner, Hon.
William Wright, and all litigation
heretofore existing has been settled
and taken out of court.
This will be welcome news to
many thousands of policy holders in
this company throughout the south
who have viewed with great alarm
the vicissitudes which have been
forced upon this company through
the putting of it into the hands of a
receiver, with consequent loss of
business, increased expense and gen
eral demoralization of its functions
as an insurance company.
It will be remembered that in the
early part of last year certain in
terests brought suit for a receiver
ship. The case was heard before
Judge Fite, of the Cherokee Circuit,
Judge Moses Wright holding himself
disqualified. The question of Judge
Fite’s disqualification was raised on
the trial below but Judge Fite de
cided that he was qualified to pass
on the matters ,in controversy. He
thereupon appointed Hon. Sproull
Fouche, of Rome, as receiver. From
this decision the case was appealed
to the supreme court which held
that Judge Fite was disqualified and
improperly exercised jurisdiction
over the case and held that his acts
in relation thereto void because of
this disqualification.
Thereupon the case was sent back
for a retrial and Judge W. E. Thom
as, of the Valdosta Circuit, was se
lected to try the issues involved.
Tn the meantime, the legislature
'passed a bill designed to protect in
surance companies from the des
tructive features of court proceed
ings and provided that insurance
companies which were meeting
with difficulties in the meeting of
their obligations and otherwise un
able to perform their functions,
should be turned over to the insur
ance commissioner of the state in
order to save costs and expenses of
court proceedings. The insurance
commissioner was given wide lati
tude and authority to administer
such companies with the .right 'to
determine its status and to either
wind it up as a business or to Turn
it back to it's stockholders to be fur
ther conducted as a going concern.
Thereupon when the case came
before Judge Thomas, the future
conduct of the case was governed by
the new law, and all parties consent
ing thereto, the litigation was aban
doned and the company was turned
over to the state authorities,
i It is the hope of those who are in
terested in the company that the in
surance commissioner will be able
to work out the problems which be
set the company and to place it upon
its feet and 'to ultimately turn it
back to its stockholders.
The company labors under the
disadvantage of having for many
j months been in court with conse
quent loss of business and 'the ina
j bility to properly meet the difficul
ties in its way. However, all these
questions will now be met in> an or
derly way and all parties at intere-t
seem to be satisfied that the com
pany is to be administered by the
state insurance department.
CALOMEL SALIVATES
AM) MAKES YOU SICK
Acts Like Dynamite on a Sluggish
Liver and You Lose a
Day's Work.
There’s no reason why a person
should take sickening, salivating cal
omel when 50 cents buys a large bot
tle of Dodson’s Liver Tone—a per
fect substitute for calomel.
It is a pleasant, vegetable liquid
which will start your liver just as
surely as calomel, but it doesn’t
make you sick and can not salivate.
Children and grown -folks can take
Lodson’s Liver Tone, because it is
perfectly harmless,
Calomel is a dangerous drug. It is
mercury and attacks your bones.
Take a dose of nasty calomel today
and you will feel weak, sick and
nauseated tomorrow. Don’t lose a
day’s work. Take a spoonful of Dod
son’s Liver Tone instead and you
will wake up feeling great. No more
biliousness, constipation, sluggish
ness, headache,, coated tongue or
sour stomach. Your druggist says if
you don’t find Dodson’s Liver Tone
acts better than horrible calomel
your money is waiting for you.
TEMPERANCE SEND A *•
Sunday school program fo Sun
day, January 31st, 1915. V
Opening song—“ God Sav® Our
Land”—(Tune America). 1
God save our native land, <9|
From ruin’s destroying hand’ll*
Save small and great. IB
From evils proud and strong, I
From rum’s disgraceful 'throng*
From laws that license wronjß
God save our state. 4 B
Save Thou, the home from shßi'"'.
From drinks destroying flan®
God save the boys. m
The tempter lies in wait. ®
He lurks at every gate; a
Save from the drunkard’s fatV
Our pride and joy. \
With faces towards the light,
Teach us to vote aright
With 'firm design.
With ballots clean and true,
To keep this end in view,
Give us a courage new,
Courage divine.
Subject of lesson—“ Birth of Sam
son.”
Scripture lesson—Judges 13-8-IG
-24-25. (To be read by young man.)
Golden Text (entire school) —“Be-
ware, I pray thee, and drink no wine
or strong drink.”—Judges 13-4.
Character sketches of Bible total
abstainers—(by three boys short
papers). Ist boy—Samson. 2nd boy—
Daniel. 3d boy—John the Baptist.
Recitation —(to be given by a boy
or girl;—“One More Pledge.”
For one pledge more we pledge to
day,
A pledge to walk the narrow way,
A pledge from poison to abstain,
That brings dire evils in its train.
This pledge has clothed the ragged
child,
And calmed 'the wife’s heart throb
bing wild,
And stifled oft the father’s sigh,
And tears dried from the mother’s
eyes.
The pledge to many a house has
brought
A peace its inmates long has sough't;
Has strengthened aspirations true,
And kindled faith, and love anew.
This pledge we’ll count a glorious
prize
Until a sober nation rise,
And while abound temptations sore
We’ll work and pray for one
pledge more.
THE PLEDGE.
(To be circulated and signed.)
“I promise, God helping me, to ab
stain from all alcoholic drinks as a
beverage and will employ all proper
means to discourage the use of
same.”
Sign
Closing song—(by school). (Tune
Lyons lOs-lls.)
We drink at the fount of temper
ance true
For knowledge is power in age and
in youth.
Sound sense and sound science are
saying today:
Abstain from strong drink—’tis the
only safe way.
The glow of this truth is lightening
our land,
A torch lifted high from mountain
to strand;
Let each be a victor o’er self and
o’er sin.,
The triumph of truth we will then
usher in.
—Anna A. Gordon.
This program is arranged by our
local W. C. T. U. and it is 'their earn
est desire that every Sunday school
in the county should observe Tem
perance Sunday and carry out this
program as far as possible and they
are especially anxious that pledges
be circulated and signed in every
Sunday school.
Those who will use the pledge
cards will please phone Mrs. W. T.
Hunnicutt, No. 204, Cartersville, and
she will see that you receive them.
W. C. T. U. TO MEET.
Wednesday afternoon, January
27th, at the First Baptist church the
regular monthly meeting of the
Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union will be held at 2:30 o’clock.
This meeting will celebrate the
21stf year of the W. C. T. U. organiz
ation in Cartersvitle and every wo
man in Cartersville is urged to at
tend, especially is each member urg
ed to bring a friend.
The following program will be
given:
Song Crusade Hymn—jpGive to
the winds thy fears.”
Prayer—Mrs. Southard, f
Bible Lesson—Mrs. J. A. jMonTort..
Solo—Mrs. A. B. Cunyus. J
Short business session. \
Song—“ Our Cause.” |
Address—“ Early History iof Car
tersville W. C. T. U”—Mrs*. W. H.
Felton.
Brief reminiscences: mJ-s. Sam
Jones, Mrs. W. J. Neel, Mrfs. W. C.
Griffin, Mrs. C. A. Allday, N*rs. Mary
D. Freeman. I
W. C. T. U. Benediction. I