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On the Haase top. By HOIIEIiT BARR. Copyright, W'O, by Robert Barr Gilbert Strong awoke suddenly.' Some thing was wrong, of that he was cer tain; but what the something was he had but the vaguest idea. His flat uas on the seventeenth floor of the tall Zenith building, near Fifth avenue, and above the seventeenth floor there was nothing but the flat roof. He liked this eleva tion, for the air was purer than further below, and the comparative quiet of the situation, high above the turmoil of a New York street, soothed and comforted a Utfcrary man. Gilber dashed from his bedside to the window, touched the spring blind, and it flew to the ceiling. But one glance out and down was needed to tell a New Yorker what the trouble was. Tearing along the side street, with alarm gong a-clnng, rushed 'he fire engines. The low er sections of the houses on the opposite side of the thoroughfare were aglow w‘*h the reflected light of a conflagration jt‘, Kt begun, and grim apprehensions thrilled the scantily clad frame of young Strong as he realized that the tire was In the first stories of the tail edifice he oecu pied. He was paying an exorbitant rent be cause the Zenith apartment house was fireproof, but somehow this rennmbranc.j brought little consolation to him at the moment he stood by the window. "Fire proof’ is an elastic term, and to (he av erage New Yorker is merely means that 'he sky-scraper so designated will occupy a few minutes longer in burning than some others that have not marble stairs concrete floors and steel frames Hilbert Strong dressed himself speedily yet with more deliberation than a man might be expected to use in similar cir cumstances. He was thinking, not of himself, bur of another—the occupier of flat *>B, his own apartment being num bered 67. Hfc wondered if she had come home the night before; hoping she had not. He had not heard her" come in; often listening for the shutting of her door. Four things he knew regarding her: She was the most beautiful woman in the world; her name was Maud Col burn, she was an artist; and, lastly, that he had never been able to summon cour age to speak to her. planning for a for mal Introduction, but always failing to find a proper intermediary. Diffidence melts before a tire. Gilbert Strong strode down the hall, and struck his fist lustily against the panels of No. 6S. "Who is that?” "Mias Colburn come out ns qui kly as you can, the house is on lire. I am your neighbor, Gilbert Strong.” There was a shuddering cry from within, then silence. Strong walked to the ele vator. and. from futile habit. rang the electric bell. He heard the jingling far below. Some thought came to him of kicking in the roof or the elevator, and pulling the wire rope to bring up the car; but through thp glass he saw tile shaft thick with smoke, end he knew that a break at the top would but make a roar- mmrt f /j w If mmk , f ?:^|l|| fi '^l "It 15 ao humlHatlns to 5 co.-arf a', aalt. lng furnace of this smoky funnel, while the chances of getting down in the cut, •van if it came up, were exceedingly re mote. As yet the upper hall in which tie stood was almost smokeless, although a strong smell of burning pine was in the * The door of 8 opened and Miss Col burn came out, at rayed with admi- di order, a loose dressing gown of iasc 1 not ing color and make around hot, abundant black tresses profuse over n r shoulders He had always seen net in fashionable garb, and thougi.t n>-r i superb woman of her time, but now she seemed adorable, her beauty hig-uend by the augmented roses in her choek, und the appealing glunce of feat in h t "Oil, you are not gone. "I was waiting for you.' "That is kind of you. We a '* " ot danger, are we? The electric tights ure still burning in the hall ' "Yes, that is a good sign Nj>. In no dungor; but we may have to g th* Are escape to the street. "But there arc no fire escapes on building They said it was hrepioor. "They will say anything In New York. I was meaning .lie wheeled escapesl 0 the Are department, and e mus * V lthin soma stories yet before we cm their range. Let me escort you to th stairway." . ThffV A red lamp Indicated the s.air. '? walked down the marble .-It'p.s 1 - ' Strong noticed that the do rs ' they passed.on the landings w*‘. • silence ss of tong dr s rilon hut " • 1 empty rooms and halls. ■he i • further progress than he had *; first; perhaps the two ot\up top floor had been forgotlm 1 oral alarm; and If this wait• h ♦hslr situation was more ***?“• T ‘ . • .red to admit even to three flights down the Jf , hc/ can to meet thorn, growing thic ■a- Southern Railway. e Depart Savannah on 9)th Meridian * Time One Hour Slower Than City Time. I ________ Schedules in Effect Sunday, June 10. 1900 read down ■ , —— vV : „ TO THE EAST. || READ UP. . ‘ "" iTN~3S | N'oiSJ ——- — J 1 (Central Time.) 11 I U* —pm 12 mTv 1,111 1 r I Savannah Ar|| 5 10am| 315 pm 1 lilpm 4 2Xam ir (Eastern. Time.) | 6 03pm o Dam Ar Bleckvtlle. I A-., 3 CO.trvM 1 tfl>m 9 K,p m <t 4 -™ i C01umbia....... Lvtt 1 23ign 11 25um 11 44nm r> Ar Charlotte . Lv 9 55pm; 8 Warn 1 m ii£P£? Ar Greensboro Evil 7 loom! 5 48am r Ar ....Norfolk Uv ! ! S 35|>m - . .am 1 . V, m Ar Danville Lv j 340 pm; 4 SSa.n lm .—'" >l>r ! l Ar Richmond ; I/v 12 01pm|ll tOpm 4: Dm - — Ar Lynchburg ." Lv ~3 32pm [• 2 50am 7 •=;,— e S* m Ar Char'Ottesvifle Lv|! 2 C€pmjl2 spm 9 Dam ,1 “- ;lm V r Washlngtc*.. Lv 111 uStn 9 f,0,.m 2 03pm g 23am -Philadelphia Lv 3 50am| 0 CCpm S aommi - M . New York Lv; 12 10am; 323 pm —ll- ' Vlm Al ’ Beaton Lv:. 5 ofp*|to 10am , TO THE NORTH AND WEST. | N0.35 L -to.Lv savannah Ar | 3loam t "r (Easiern Time.) Il f 1 Columbia Lv'| 1 Sam Ar Lexington Lv losopm 7 Ar Cincinnati LV 8 OOpto Ar lousvllle I.vl 7 45pm Jpm Ar St. Louis Lv|, 8 OSam Ail trains arrive and depart from the Plant System Station. THROUGH CAR SERVICE. ETC. i I . f V! XS 33 AXD 34 I>AILY ' MEW YORK AND FLORIDA EXPRESS Vastt ouied limited trains, with Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars between Savan nah and New York. Connects at Washington with Colonial Express for Boston. Pullman Sleeping Cars between Char o te and Richmond and Charlotte and Nor lO‘Dining Cars serve all meals between Savannah and Washington. TRAINS .33 AND 36 DAILY, THE UNITED .STATES FAST MAIL Vestibule* limited trains, carrying Pullman Draw.ng Room. Sleeping Gars between Savannah ar.d New York. Dining Cars serve all meals between Savannah and Washington. Also Pullman Drawing Room Sle ping Cars between Savannah and Cincinnati, through Asheville and "The Land of the Skv.” For complete information as to rates, schedules, etc., apply to G. GROOVER, Ticket Agent, Plant System Station. JAMES FREEMAN, C. P. and T. A.. 11l Bull street. Telephones—Bell, 850; Georgia, 830. RANDALL CLIFTON, District Passenger Agent. No. 141 Bull street. descended. Silently he offered his arm, and she took it gasping. ''l am—l am a coward,” she faltered. “1 have always had a fear of nights, and yet—and yet I took that flat. I thought (his house was fireproof. Let us get down, down. down, and quickly. If one has to fall, the distance will be less." He smiled grimly. All they cou and ac complish In descent would make little dif ference. "You must not he afraid. Don’t op' ak. please, and breathe through your nose. Belter hold your sleeve against your face, and breathe through that if you con.” But even as he spoke he saw that their endeavor was hopeless. The girl leaned more and more heavily against him. then with a moan sank helpless at his feet, lie lifted her, passed down the hall to a window and threw It open. The coo) air revlved her, but a glance through the open window sent her swooning to the floor. They had not yet come down to the level of the opposite roof that covered a ten story building. Leaving her where she lav Gilbert went down the hall ard. open ed* the window at the other end. the wind blowing through, almost clearl g the pas sage Of •smoke. When he returned she was sitting with her brow pressed against *'“Leave me," she moaned, "and rave yourself—if >’ ou can. . • You don't mind being le.t alone. "Oh. no.” Her face sank in her open hands. . coward "Then you see you are not after all My courage would fall it you tr this £cke is beccmlng stifling, *e mu&t make for the roo . here. Come, or Til “gho wer.it with him. protesting . ... sfc&wzts*- • Th< ; e *t s were hick with smoke. In the stairways were tm ladder the darkness he atr( , nrl leov that led to the • f the j a diler; M cl I '?* n * ll t ° p ,h <ioor ot *nd caught a fiimg up , ‘l . .oothing starlit sky, whose W!Z:WnTU\ r ■ his way from the murky pit. “ea?>r..““SU hJf • >" lifted her ‘hroug'h <he square fln closed the ‘rap d g - _ an ., covered roof the > Vmnrlu as if to shut out her . e #S’l*4tlon of the dizzy hight at which any i * They seemed to be oh © island far above THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY 1, 1900. the earth and unconnected with it, or on a very material cloud floating close under the sky. Miss Colburn was the first to speak. "How divinely sweet the air is. It Is like life. I never seem to have appreci ated the pleasure of mere breathing or living before. How long—when will the fire—how short a time have we?” “I hone our days will be long in the land. Miss Colburn. The Are may be put out; they may shoot' a rope over this roof; there are a hundred things between us and disaster. I count strongly on the ingenuity of the Are department, and on the bravery of the men. No soldier faces peril more unflinchingly than a fire man.” The girl came closer to him. something almost like a smile softening the lines that fear had drawn about her lips. “You are Faying that to comfort me. I had a glimpse of your face by (he open window down below, and saw that all hope had left you. Ycu know there is no chance for us.” “You are entirely mistaken. Miss Col burn. There arc many chances in our favor.” “Then why have you made no atemp' to let those in the street know we are here on the roof? How can the fire depart ment do anything for us if it thinks every tenant has escaped?” “By Jove, you are right. I hadn't thought of that. It isn't despair, it is mer ly a man’s stupdity.” Oilberi walked to the parapet, leaned over and shouted. The air shuddered with the incessant palpitation of the lire engines. He saw standpipes, which he knew to be tall, pouring floods through the shattered windows of the fifth ond sixth stories, yet from his hight the streams seemed to be on a level of tho e shot from tho pavement. Now and then the shrill whistle of an engine t ailing for coal pierced Ihe throbbing air. The streets were crawling with human black beetles, Inefficiently kepi within, bounds by the police. How familiar the scone seemed, yet Strong had never wltnssed it from this point of view, anima ed by vivid personal Interest. These men *b far be low were battling for his life, and for the life of another still more dear to him He turned back from the para|>et und saw her standing where he had left her; the fear she had confessed of dizzy lights return ed to her wide-open eyes. ‘ You cannot make th m hear?” “Someone may have heard me, anl the word will quickiy spread lh.it we are on ihe roof.” . ••Then they wilt shoot the rope over the housetop?” "They will do something, of that I am assured." "Will the something effect our rescue?" "Such is my hope. Of course. I memion ed that merely as a guess. They under stand lighting a lire and I dcn'l. I can Florida Central and Peninsular R. R.^^r Central or 90th Meridian Time. TIME TABLE EFFECTIVE JUNE 2. 1900. All trains dally. Trains operated by 90th meridian time—one hour slower than city time, " NORTHLAND HAST. NORTH" AND NORTHWEST. m i66 ■ “ rr I.v Savannah ,12 36p|U 59p Lv Savantinh i'll 59p Ar Fairfax [ * 15p[ 1 34a Ar Columbia 4 36a Ar Denmark j 3 Oup! 2 42a Ar Asheville | 1 40p Ar Augusta | 9 43p; 6 55a Ar Knoxville ] 7 30p Ar Columbia 4 3Sp[ 4 36a Ar Lexington j 5 10a Ar Asheville | | I 40p Ar Cincinnati [7 45a Ar Hamlet [ 9 05p 9 20a Ar Louisville j 7 50a Ar Raleigh 11l 40p[lt 55a Ar Chicago j 5 55p Ar Richmond I 5 10a, 340 pAr Detroit | 4 00|> Ar Norfolk [7 38a! atr Cleveland [ 2 55p Ar Portsmouth ,7 23.11 Ar Indianapolis ! ,1140a Ar Washington 8 45a[ 9 SOp Ar Columbus 111 30a Ar Baltimore [lO OSa.ll 35p , *-77.1 Vv-VTiYt.,r,. Ar Philadelphia 1! 30d 2 56a 111 AND FLORIDA POINTS. Ar New Y'ork i 3 03p| 6 13a ! | 27 | 31 Ar Boston [ 9 OOpj 330 p | Lv - *av*nnah ..7.7.77777.7...77. 5 08a|3 07p WEST DIVISION AND N. O. Ar Darien 12 30p[ 6 00p - -t-,1 —. -Si — lAr Everett 6 50u| 5 lOp 7 —— L_ !_r 'Ar Brunswick 8 05a| 6 25p ..v Savannah [307 p 5 08a Ar Fernandlna 9 30aj 9 05p Lv Jacksonville [ 7 45p 9 20a , Ar Jacksonville 9 10a; 7 40p Ar Lake City j 9 S6p.lt 28a ! Ar St. Augustine .'.[lo 30 l Ar Live Oak |lO 30p|12 Up iAr Waldo jll 25a110 41p Ar Madladn i 2 Soa l I9p i Ar Gainesville |l2 Oln Ar Monll cello 4 40a 320 pj Ar Cedar Key | 6 35p! Ar Tallahassee j 6 00a 338 p| Ar Ocala | 1 topj 1 15a Ar Quincy [ 8 25a 4 39p • Ar Wildw ood I 2 32p| 2 40p Ar River Junction ! 9 40a| 5 25p i Ar Leesburg | 3 10p[ 4 30a Ar Pensacola j 11l OOp AY Orlando | 3 UOpj 8 20a Ar Mobile | f 3 0,5a j Ar riant City I l-Up 5 28a Ar New Orleans j [ 7 40a I Ar Tampa I 5 3flp! 6 3i)a Trains arrive at Savannah from North and East—No. 27, 3:00 a. m.; No. 31, 2:57 p. m.; from Northwest—No. 27. 5 a. m.; from Florida points, Brunswick and Darien —No. 44. 12:27 p. m.; No. 66, 11:50 p. m. Trains 31 and 44 carry through Pullman sleeper and day coach to New York, including dining car. Trains 27 and 66 carry through Pullman sleeper to New Y’ork and. day coaches to Washington. N For full information, apply to F. V. PETERSON. T. P. A., | Bull and Bryan streets, opposite Pu- W. P. SCRUGGS. P. & T. A., | laski and Screven Hotels. D. C. ALLEN. C. T. A., Bull and Liberty streets, opposite De Boto Hotel. W. R McIN’TYRE. p. T. A.. West B roud and Liberty streets. A. O. MACDONELL. G. P. A.. L. A. S HIPMAN. A. G. P. A . Jacksonville. Trains leave from union depot, corn n- West Brood and Liberty streets. not tell the exact method they wi’l adopt.” “Nevertheless you are sure it will be successful?” “Oh, yes.” “What a msster of fiction you are!’’ "Why do jmu say that?" •'Because, is I said, 1 saw that all hops left you when we were at the open win dow down below. And It has not return ed", "Ts my face so expressive? In that case I should he a master of acting rather than of fiction. Are you not chilly in thia keen air? Your door is Open; may I go down and bring you up a wrap.’ "Oh, no, no. I am really warmly clad. It is awful to think of any one go.ng down into that stifling pit.” "Then let us walk under the stars for awhile." He took her unresisting hand and placed it under his arm. They walked along the flit graveled roof as if they were old friends, she shrinking a little when they approached <he parapet, whereon he turned, remembering her formerly ex pressed fear. "It is so humiliating to be a coward." she said, seeing he had noticed her shud der. "You do yourself scant Justice,” he re plied. "I think you a very brave wo man.” "You do yourself scant Justice,” he re plied. "I think you a very brave wo man.” "That Is delusion on your part. you are actually brave, and so I many ap pear a pale reflection of courage, if I am even that. You are brave, and I am pretending to he. How did you know my name was Maud Colburn?* "It is engraved on a brass plate on your door.” The girl laughed lightly. "So it is. I had forgotten. A lady friend of mine presented it to me when I took that flat, and so It has remained where she put it. There is no name on your door." "No. May I Introduce myself? I am called ’’ "You are Gilbert Strong, whose latest book all America is reading. Such a suc cess must he very gratifying.” “Tt was yesterday.” “Ah, you speak in the past tense. There ts more truth In your ‘was’ than in your optimistic remarks about our rescue. Then I was right—all hope has fled." "Quite the contrary. Hope Is newly awakened.” “Why, what has happened?" "I am talking with you.” “t know. But what has that to do with the fire?” I "To tel! the truth, I was not thinking of the fire.” "I do not understand you. Of wnat, then, were you thinking?” "Of the pleasures of hope, to use an old literary title. And now that hooks are our subject, may I ask wtmt will seem a conceited question: Hove you read my last?" "Your latest, you mean. Yes; and I have wanted to s|>eak with you about its title. Whv did you call it 'lnspiration?' I suppose I am very dull, but I could find little connection between the name and the story.” , _ "Well, one Critic said it was because I had so much self-esteem that I thought myself inspired; another that I supposed it'was a catchy name; and a third that it cost less to advertise a book whose title fras a single ward than one destg nated by a phrase.” “Yes, but what was the real reason? "The first man was right.” “What? That you thought yourself In spired?” "I was Inspired.” “Oh!” "Are J’ou very mucli shocked? It 1® the truth, and I wanted to tell you about It if I thought the recital would not tire you. May I?" _ „ "I’ll tell you when I’m tired. Go on. “Thank you. Well, to understand the situation, you should have read one or more of my other books; but they are vol umes nobody bought. Maud Colburn laughed. “I have the six on one shelf all by them selves. Having wrung that admission from me, please go on. Don’t be protee -tonal with your ’To be continued In o r next’ suspense. I’m impatient lot 4.11 Ses. and that is why I never read a story In serial form. ■ You shill have no further complaint to make of my diffidence. Set an author thinking of his immortal works and he never know* when to stop. The first five books were deserved failures, because I could not depict a woman. With the men I was reasonably successful, but the wo men were simply sticks.” "Oh I don’t agree with you. Mr. Strong. YOU are now going to the other extreme, and self-depreciation is almost as bad as self-conceit. Your women were, always charming—a little too good, if anything." "You mean too goody-goody; In truth, they were not alive at all. They were not fixed in my own mind, and natural.y I could not write convincingly of them so that they might remain for a moment In the reuder’s recollection. Why, in one of my books the heroine has black hair in the first chapters, and is a blonde toward the end of the volume." "Oh, that i quite true o life,” said Maud with a laugh. "Not with the kind of girl I was trying to picture,” replied Strong, Joining In the merriment of his companion. "However, l hilt giri does not matter; she was a mere phantom, like all her sisters. But one day 1 sow a real woman. I tremble now to think how near I came to taking a car, for then I would have missed her. But, thank God! I walked, and so I met her.” • How delightful! In prosy old New York too, 1 suppose?" "On Brooklyn bridge.” "Oh. worse and worse. What a spot for so enchanting a meeting.” "What! Don’t you like Brooklyn bridge? To me It Is—” "Oh, I daresay. Please go on with your story You are ai a most Interesting point." "But I can’t have you do Injustice to my favorite structure. Just pause a mo ment and look at that bridge. See how It h tngs aga li t the dark sky, a very necklace of pearls. Could anything be more beau iful?" From their great elevation the inlmens• bridge was plainly outlined with points of light. The girl withdrew her hand from his arm. and stod a step further from him, while he with great enthusi asm and no Utile eloquence dilated on the b.auty of the picture. "Oh, yes. It Is all very well In Its way," she said carelessly. "Neverth; less, they are not pearls to me, but sputtering glo bul.s of electric light, the most blatam of Ulumtnants If you want electricity, look at the Jersey shore. There are miles of electric lights." The young man was JSLturbed by the lack of sympathy with nls mood that had so suddenly cent inio her tone, and hit attiiuue showed his bewilderment. She laughed, but without much merriment. 'How horr.d I am,” she sad, isking his arm again. ”1 am like the little girl who had the curl on her forehead, with the exception of the very good part. I’ll admit that Brroklyn bridge is the Ideal place for a lover's meeting. I supoose you come up here all alone on dark n ghts Just to pay your distant devo(ion to that 1 ep of fights?” "Yes, I do.” ’’Then, as I seem to know so much more about women than ycu, let me give you some advice. Present your adora tion to the girl, and forget about ihe bridge. It will be much more to the pur pose.” “I believe you are right. I’ll follow that advice.” 'Then, so far, you have not adored her?” ”Oh, yes, silently.” “Ah, that doesn't count. Well, tell me about her. Don't you see I'm dying of curiosity? You take so leng In getilng on with your story, introducing unneces sary bridges, and all that. Have you met her?” “Oh. yes.” "And talk'd with her. of course?” "Ctrts’nly.” "Did her conversation at all equal her good looks?” ‘Good looks? There are hundreds of good looking girls; New York is full of them. This lady is superb. There is n ■ one to be compared with her.” "Really! Asa general th ng these su perb creatures ore tiresome when they be gin to sptak. I’m glad your Lady Su perha Is an exception. She must be a par agon. 1 suppose, then, she Is ihe Inspira tion—the is the Denora of your story?" "She ts both the inspiration and the her oine. ” "How charming. Did she help you wth the actual writing of the boo., or was she only the model?” “I don’t like your word ‘only.’ Wem ‘t not for let, the book would never have been written. You see. her presence wa l so strongly stamped upon my memory that when I wrote she was before me-ol most as If actually there. All I had to do was to put that otvman In my hook and success was mine! Although (he pub lic has praised the so-called creation, I alone know how far It has fallen short of the reality. But I did my beet, hoping not for their approval, but for hers.” “And did you get it?" "1 am not sure that I did." "Have you asked her about It?” "We have discussed the book together At first I thought she liked It, but after word I began to have doub's.” "Probably the poor girl bos ro opinio one way or the other; she wants to say what will please you, but is unce'Dln of her ground. I know of no altuatlon more embarrassing. You literary p'cple are so sensitive that misplaced praise Is al most as disastrous as blame.” "Do you know many lllerary people?” “I know one novelist. Is the Lady Su berba aware that she Is the heroine of your book?” "I think not.” "Then she can’t be very clever. StlP. I am doubtless doing her an Injustice She probably knows all about It, and plumes herself greatly on ihe fact to all her friends except you. Nevertheless. I should like very much to meet her. Will you lntroduc tne?” "1 should be delighted, but I fear you would not do her Justice.” “Oh. yes. I wouljl. My estimate would probably be much nearer the truth than yours. We women are said to lie severe critics of each other In realty, we are true critics, which a cynical perron m'ghi say was the earn** thing. Have I salt anything which makes you think I should be unfair in my Judgment of her?" li Tti, you have.” "Oh, well. I was talking carelessly. Besides. It Is a!l your fault in btlng so exasperntingly slow In your telling of a Story. You went along all right when you began; but lattely I have had to ask ques tion after question, getting my answers mostly In monosylla' les. One wen and think I was your rival In the affections of Superha and that you were determined to give me as little Information as possi ble. Even now you haven’t finished your story. You met her on Brooklyn bridge. What then? Did she take any notice of you?” "Not the slightest. I doubt if she saw nm. She was looking straight ahead." "Yes. That was the fashion two years ago. What next?" "I forgot Instantly what was taking me over to Brooklyn; I turned and fol lowed her.' ‘ "Oh, never!” "4 had to. Do you think I was going to Plant System. of Railways. Tratps Opera*ed hy 9uth Meridian Time-One Hour Slower Than City Time. READ DOWN I Effective J line 17, -90 u. | READ UP. r-i-’- .32 [t6 j~7t ~ ; |~ NorTli"aTid~South7 7~7ir 35 ”5 I 813 , jlf 6 45j>, 6 2ua.12"10p $ 45a 2 19a Lv ....Savannah....*"Ar-i'l 50ai' 7 55a“6 lOp 11 10a U 30p I- 16u,U soa; 4 19p.i0 3oa| 6 28a Ar ...Charleston.... Lv ,11 15p. 5 50a: 3 lOp 7 lla 8 OOp I i 3 23a| | 7 25p Ar Richmond... Lv 9 05a| 6 48p! I I 7 Ola, 11 2Pp : Ar ..Washington... Lv|j 4 30aj 3 07p| i 1 8 2ua; jlO3 iAr ... .Baltimore.... Lv 2 55a I 1 4pj !&v33t .. ■ 3 50a Ai ..Philadelphia.. Lt 12 2rtp.ll 33p ’ i I 1 15p[ j 7 Ooa Ar ....New York Lv 9 25p: 8 55a| ( I- I 8 30p 3 OOp ;Ar Boston Lv 1 OOp 120Qi)t; | 13 33 " T~33 , 33 " 33“ = sjSth. — r32 — ~16 - 5 90p[ 3 2op : 8 05u 5 23a 2 15.1 I.v ....Savannah.... 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Lv[[ 6 40i| 9 06p| I | j NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST^ ~ 15 I~ 53 ||~~~Vta JesupT || I j*! ~~15 ~7 35~ VlaTjTontgomery.[| 16 | 36 300 p; 6 2ua, Lv Savannah Ar 10 15a 12 leu- 5 oop x'uta Lv ‘savannah Ar l'> 15a,12 10* 1 6 46p| 6 40a||Ar ...Jesup.. Lv[i 8 20a[10 50p s loa| 9 20p'!Ar M'tgomery Lv I 7 45p[ 8 30a I 3 00a 1 ISPiiAr.. Macon ..Lv|| 1 CPs 2 30p 7 lOp 6 50a At- Nashville Lv [ 9 00aI 2 21a 5 20a 3 50p|;Ar.. Atlanta ..Lv, 10 45p 12 05p 2 30a[12 25p! Ar Louisville Lv i 2 55a 9 12p 9 45a 8 40p|jAr Cha'nooga Lvil 6 05p 6 45a 7 05. ti 4 05p, Ar Cincinnati Lv jll OOP 5 top 7 30p 7 50aIIAr. Louisville Lv!| 7 45a 7 4,ip 7 20a| 7 16p[|Ar St. Louis Lv 355 p 8 23a! 7 30p 7 45a][Ar Cinclcnati Lv"l 8 30a 7 OOP | || <R. & N.) 7 04a 6 OOppAr. St. Louts Lv|| 9 lap 8 08a 7 32a| ||Ar St. Louis Lv 8 OOp 7 15a 5 10p||Ar.. Chicago .Lv[l 8 SOp 9 OOpj | m (jf & O.) I 5 40aI 4 15pf Lv.r Ailalila - .Ai t JO 35p[1l 30al S 09a| 9 lsp![Ar.. Chicago .Lv 7 OOp t SOp i 8 05p[ 7 13a Ar. Mamphns LvEl 8 80s 9 oop,— —— r — ■; ■ I 9 45a 1 7 10a Ar Kansa?CltyLVl 6 30p 9 45p 1 ?-Pl 3 018 Ar.. Mobile . .Lv 12 s*p|l2 30a W -~and unmarked~Tralfis) dally. ~ 3opi 7 40a, Ar N. Orleans Lv|| 7 55a| 7 48p . 1 Dally except Sunday. 5 00p| 5 20aj]jjv Savannah Ar||lo ]sa|l2 10a ' {Sundays only. 1 45ai13 30p| Ar.. Tifton ...Lv|[ 2 15a| 5 20p 1 Th mug hPullman - sTsepTng'E'a r Service 3 45a 1 2 lOp! Ar.. Albany ..Lv[[l3 01a| 346 p to North, East and West, and to Florida ..| 5 20p||Ah Columbus Lvf[ |l9 00a ~~ PLANT'STEAMBIUU LINE-. ~ Mon., Thuisday.'teit., 11 00pm| Lv Port' Tampa Ar no pml Tues. Thur , Sum Tues., Krl., Sun., 300 pmj[Ar Key West LviiHOOpm. Mon., Wed., SU, Tuos., Frl., Sun.. 9 00pm[]I.v Key West At 10 00 pm. Mop., Wed., Sat. Wed., Sat., Mon.. 600 am[!Ar Hivana Lv|,**2 30 pm. Mon., Wed., Sat. ••Havana time. J. H. Polhemus, T. P A.; K. A Armand. (stty Ticket Agt.. Do Soto Hotel, phone 78 13. W. WRENN. Passenger Traffic Manager, Savannah, Ga. CTA 9 r ? nd 1 I Military J\J Excursion To Macon^Ga.., AND RETURN, ! . I VIA THE Georgia and Alabama Railway, (in connection with the G. S. & F. R’y), TUESDAY, JULY 3] Train leaves Central Railroad Station at 7:25 a. m. McDO.NOLGH & BALLANTYNE, W j Iron Founders, Machinists, utucl*u JU hs, lla Hernia Vetrs, utanufa nurers of Mutton. *r> aim (••Ttmetle Eaalttea, Vrrtlral and In,> Itunnlas lata killt, t u ,* r gin out) I'titi, Bba lilng, i'ullrii, tn. • D,|* TELEPHONE NO. '.23. run the risk of losing her now that I hid found her? I determined to learu whete she lived. I succeeded.” “And then arranged an introduction— or was an Introduction necessary? Per haps you simply called on her and said: I am Mr. Gilbert Strong.’ " "Well, really. Miss Colburn, you are nearer the truth than you Imagine.” "Ah, If that is the case, 1 don’t think much of your Lady Superbo." "That Is not the worst you have said of her.” "Oh, what I said before was merely by way of a joke, or rather with the purport of bantering you. You were so much in earnpst. What did I say that offended you?” "You colled her a coward.” "What!" "Down by Ihe open window you called my Lady Superba a coward. I say and said she is the bravest woman in the world.” Maud Colburn stepped back a pace cr two, and stood with da pod hards arc! bent head, her eyes on the graveled floor at her feel. He could see her face plainer n< w-pal- at ttrst. than slowlv fiuth ts. Her mind, he surmised, was retretdln? the steps of their conversa l n. aljus- nr se quel to precedence. When she looked up her brow was glorified by the salutation of the coming day. "How beautiful is the dawn," she whis pered. He glanced over hts shoulder, and sow the widening band of light along the eastern horizon. "Yes,” he said; “but more beautiful la the Goddess of the Dawn.” "It was I. then, whom you met on the bridge?” "Yes." "How Incredible it seems that I should not hove seen you!" “It was the fashion then to lotk straight ahead, you remember.” "Ah, I am afraid 1 did not see very far ahead that day.” "I did. I saw you and me standing to gether somewhere alone. I heard ev sel* say. ’My lady, I love you;’ but there prophetic Instinct de'erted me, and I could not hear your answer.” "The answer! I fear no pro-'het w.ts needed to foretell the answer. Gil cn. I hinted that your mythical Lady S pe bi was too easily won; and now. when I might set her an exam-le of austerity. I find myself follow'ng her too complacent lead. Are you answered, sir?” "Almost beyond my hopes, and ta- be yond my deserts.” He took her willing hands and and ew h*>r to him, his kiss lightly touchlrg brow <nl cheek, finding Its abiding piaoe cn her thrilling lips. Suddenly she pushed h’rn from her, storting back. The trap door was rbtng and a wet helmet had ap. ear'd, ong*r ■ g the young man with Its unnecessary In trusion, for did not the whole world be long solely to her and to him? "You're nil right,” said the man In the helmet. "The fire is out.” "What—what fire?” Btonumred Gilbert Strong. €1 I Schedules Effective June 10, 1900. Trains arrive at and depart from Central Station, West Broad, foot of Liberty street. J 90th Meridian Tjmo—One hour slower than city time. 1 Leave' Savannah: Savannah: [Macon, At'anta7 Coving-; •8 43am|ton, Milled ev.lltx and aH[*6 00pm {lntermediate points. IMlfien, Augusta and in-J 18 45amiterm. dlate points. [l6 00pm lAugus'a, Macon, Mont-| [gomet y. Atlanta. Athms,| •9 00pm Columbus, Btrming am *6 00am 1 lAmericus, Eufaula and| i |Tybce Special from Au-| {6 lopm gusta Sunday only. [IIO 25ato! 1 t 6 00pm| Dover Accommodation. |l7 48am 72 00pm| Guyton Dinner Train. |t4 30pmi •Dally. tExcept Sunday. gSundiy oniy.| BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND TYBEEJ 75th meridian or Savannah city time. I LEAVE SAVANNAH. Week Days—6:2o a. in., Itnoi a. m., 3:32 p.i n>., 5:25 p. m., 6:30 p. nt . 8:35 p. m. Sundays—7:4s a. m., 10:05 a. m., 12:05 p.l rn., 3:35 p. m . 5:25 p. m.. 6:50 p. in., 4.15 p. m. LEAVE TYBEE. Week Days—6:oo a. m.. 8:00 a. m., U:M am., 5:15 p. m., 7:40 p. m., 10:10 p. m. | Sundays—6:oo a. m , 8:35 am., 11:10 a. m. 1:00 p m , 5:50 p. m., 7:40 p. m., 10:10 p. m. Connections made at terminal points with all trains Northwest, Week ana Southwest. S eepittg cars on night trains between Savannah and Augusta, Macon, Atlanta and Birmingham. Parlor cars on day trains between sa vamiah. Macon and Atlanta. For complete Information, schedules, rates and connections, apply to W. G. BREWER, City Ticket ond Paee cr.ger Agent. 107 Bull street. W. R, McINTYRE, Depot Ticket Agent J. C. HAILE. General Passenger Agent. E. H. HINTON. Traffic Manager* THEO. D. KLINE, Gen. Superintendent, Savannah. Ga. IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL and work, order your lithographed and printed stationery and blank book* from Alornlng News, Savannah, Go. 21