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VOL. XXVI. NO. 149
DAUGHERTY CM
CONFESSES
FALSE nNC
Dusted Republican Attorney
General Writes Rebuke
to Candidate Dawes
\
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 22.—(8y
he Associated Press.)—Repudiation
is a “tissue of lies” of all that he
old the senate committee in its in
'estimation of the administration of
larry M. Daugherty as attorney
terieral. has been made in a signeT
tatement by Gaston B. Means,
ormer department of justice ament,
.rd star witness for the Daugherty
according to a copy of
statement made public qt his home
t'£t> Sunday by Mr. Daugherty.
The Means statement was incorpo
rated in a letter sent by Mr. Daugh
trty to John W. Davis, the Demo
tr&tic nominee for president, in
vhich the former attorne'y general
nkes the candidate to task for state
nents which Daugherty's letter says
Davis has made in address through
ait the country “suggesting improp
tr conduct by me in my official ca
>acity.” The letter was dated Sep
ember 19.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of
Ventana, prosecutor of the commit
ee, now vice presidential candidate
>n the La Follette ticket, is charged
t? the Means’ statement with having
'put this tissue of lies” into the
nouth of Means “and the majority
f other witnesses.”
“These witnesses (and myself were
•ersuaded to make these false state
oents” continues the Means state
ment, “by Senator Wheeler under
hreat of indictment in some cases
■nd by promises of gain and aid in
tners.
“The testimony given before the
VheeJer committee by Roxie Stin
on, R. Momand, myself and the ma
jority of the other witnesses wa?
tothing but a tissue of lies put in.
he months of these witnesses by
senator Wheeler, primarily to con-
Mtnd and discredit the department
f justice and the administration,’
he Means statement declares.
The Means statement was made in
F ashington on September 11. ac
ording to Mr. Daughery, who said
1 was given to him voluntarily. Ac
ceding to the former attorney gen
ial. Means now is in seclusion pre
laring additional data concerning
is former false testimony. Mr.
Jaugherty left his Columbus home
Sunday without announcing his des
ination.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.—Ga«-
en B. Means denies signing the al
?ged affidavit repudiating of his tes
imonv against Daugherty given be
ore the WheeJerjommittee.
JOLIET, IlL> Sept. 22.—President
Coolidge and the Republican national
committee are, involved in the Daug i
irty attempt to discredit the recent
nvestigation of the department of
ustice, Senator Burton K. Wheeler
teclared he had been informed today,
in a statement issued aboard his
ipecial car on the way to Blooming
.on from Chicago, Senator \\ heelei
leclared.
“1 talked with Gaston B. Means
»y long distance telephone to Wash
ington and he told me that ne would
expose to our investigating commit
tee the circumstances surrounding
lis alleged statement to Attorney
Seneral Daughterly in which Meang
repudiated his previous testimony be
ore the committee.
. “Means declared that he did not
pish to make it public except before
the committee, because it involved
President Coolidge and the Repub-
Ican national committee.
“I told him to see Senator Ashurst,
i member of out* committee, now in
Washington, and immediately tell
kshurst the whole story of how
Daugherty got the letter from him.
“Means also mentioned a letter
pm phich he said had been written to
ting by Daugherty. In this letter.
Tie facts of the alleged repudiation
Which Means has now denied are fill
y set fourth.
“Means said he had been dealing
pith Blain Coan, who previously had
teen mixed up in this case.
“I received of Means’
tatement from Theodore Tiller, a
Washington newspaper correspon
!ent, who talked with me on the
t thone from Washington after having
teen up all night with Means. He
aid that Means told him also that he
lad facts implicating President Cool-
Age and the Republican national
lommittee.”
Major C. E. McGreg or
In Death’s Shadow
WARRENTON. Ga., Sept. 22
dajor C. E. McGregor was not do
ng so well early this morning, it
ras announced by doctors who have
lust left his bedside. It was ex
acted that he would survive the
lay, however, and possibly live for
•veral days, but his condition was
onsidered critical.
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World News
! Told in
j Brief
. -
TUCSON. Ariz.-—World fliers land :
here after flight from El Paso, Tex. j
MONTREAL: James Carruthers.
i known as Canada's “wheat king,” I
dies at age of 72.
TRENTON: Mrs~D. D. Oliphant ■
is elected national president of the ■
i American Legion, auxiliary at St. I
: Paul.
NEW YORK: Governor Alfred
Smith confers with Democratic lead-
I ors, but refuses to say whether he
I will enter gubernatorial race.
WASHINGTON: Secretcry Wilbur,
i of navy, recalled from west by Presi- j
dent Coolidge, reaches Washington,
j but declines to talk about his sum- f
I mons.
NEW YORK.—John W. Davis, re
iturping after 5,000-mile tour of west
says that “all signs point to a sweep
I ing Democratic victory in the com-
I : ng elections.”
LONDON: Grand Duke Cyril,
I cousin of former cza r of Russia, has
I signed proclamation declaring him
| self “emperor of all the Russians,”
Berlin dispatch to Daily Mail says.
NEW YORK.—Gedney Farm hotel,
noted Westchester county. New
York, resort, is destroyed by fire,
entailing loss estimated at more than
■ $1,000,000 dollars; 150 guests escape
j uninjured. \
MONHEGAN ISLAND, Me.: Ex
j pedition into Arctic waters led by
I Captain Donald B. MacMillan, amass
led Information which will be of
I great value to navigators, Captain
I McMillan says on arrival.
WASHINGTON. — President Cool-
I idge, addressing huge audience nt
• termination of convention of Holy I
! Name society, declares that religious
freedom, guaranteed by constitution,
must be respected.
MILWAUKEE. Twenty -two
deaths are reported, more than a
score are known to be injured and i
heavy property damage is evident i
j as result of series of tornadoes in
i Wisconsin an<j Minnesota.
PHILADELPHIA: Ordnance, in
creasing by 5 j per cent the efficien
cy of that used in World war period,
is described to scientists ..... Franklin
I Institute centennary by Major
eral C. C. Williams, -S. A.
WASHINGTON: General Persh
ing, fin farewell to army, issued as
a general order, declares his esteem
for the men of the ranks and his
admiration for their achievements
has increased with passage of time.
ASHINGTON.— United States,
Germany and Russia undoubtedly
will be invited to take part in !
League of Nation's commission in i
preparing agenda of arms reduction ■
conference, Geneva cable dispatches I
say.
NEW YORK.—Senator La Follette
in addressing Steuben society, at
Yankee stadium, New York, praises
loyalty of citizens of German de
scent during World war and part
played by German-Americans in
"making of America.”
BOSTON—lncrease in size of gla- I
i iers and thickness cf ice caps in tar I
north, indicating possibility of new ;
geological period, is reported b.v Cap *
tain Donald B. MacMillan, who re
•cently returned from fifteen months'
exploration in arctic waters.
PHILADELPH lA. —Prediction is
made by Prof. Fritz Haber, eminent
German scientist and delegate to
Franklin institute centenary at
' Philadelphia, that science through
j elimination of disease will enable
i men to live at least 1,000 years.
I NEW VORK. —Prince of Wales be
fore leaving Long Island aboard
special train for his Alberta ranch
issues a. laroweJl message ex pressin.-*
his regret at leaving and declaring
chief memory of his visit is “one
of good .sportsmanship and sympa
thy.”
<’! llCAGO.—Baseball world series
will open October 4 in American
Hague city winnig pennant, unless
tie necessitates play-off and Succeed
ing games will be played in alternate
league pennant-wining ‘city, club
owners and Commissioner Landis
decide.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. —Gaston R.
Means, former department of justice
agent, has repudiated as “tissue of
lies” his testimony before the senate I
committee investigating department j
of justice, former Attorney General i
Daugherty declares in formal s ate- i
n ent.
CHICAGO. —Stale orders investi-
1 gation of circumstance death three j
i years ago of girl, whose picture is
I found in home of Rev. L. M. Hight.
I'Mount Vernon, 111., pastor, who is '
held on charge of murder in con- |
ncetion with the deaths of wife and i
a neighbor.
GENEVA. Twelve Latin-Ameri
can countries, represented at Gene
va. protest editorial in Journal de
Geneve, stating that Latin-America
is turning toward league to escape j
growing influence of Pan-Ameri- ;
' canism. and a,lleging American mili- j
I tary and financial domination.
Effingham to Hold
‘ Run-off Primary
SAVANNAH. Ga., Sept. 21. The
race for the legislature in Effing- j
ham county must be run over be
cause no candidate received enough -
votes on September 10. The con- '
testing candidates will be A. N.
Grovenstein, the incumbent, and J. i
W. Reiser. The vote for representa- !
tive was Grovenstein, 410; Reiser.
I 343; Griffin, 244. There is also to
Ue a runoff for sheriff between W. '
A. Jaudon, the ■incumbent, and E. F.
\ Marsh, and between George S. Scub-
■ hedge and George F. Zipperer for
tax collector. The runoff election
; is September 24.
Youth Is Sentenced
Fot Battle at Still
EA TONTON, Ga.. Sept. 20, The
I jury in the case of Homer Mull, a,
| 15-jear-old boy, jointly accused
his father. Horace Mull, of assault
with intent to murder County I’oliee-
' men W. 1.. Sanford and E, C. New
some. while raiding a still in East
i Putnam, near Reid s ferry, rendered
a. verdict -against the youthful de
fendant. giving him a sentence of
j not less than two years nor mbi-e’
| than four. Horace Mull, the father,
will be tried Saturday morning*
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MIS IS PLEASED
WITH PROGRESS AS
HE RETURNS ESST
Unbiased Correspondents'
Opinions Show Trend To
ward West Virginian
BY RALPH SMITH
(Journal Staff Correspondent)
FT. WAYNE, Ind., Sept. 21,
i John W. Davis, the Democratic nom
inee, is speeding’ eastward tonight,
'more than satisfied with the result
of his first invasion of the west.
[ Unquestionably he scored a wonder
ful personal triumph in the trans-
Mississippi states, where prior to
.his visit he was a name
equally true that the Democratic
nominee made many votes, besides
bolstering up party spirit and inspir
ing leaders throughout the western
country to the exertion of renewed
efforts.
Mr. Davis was not displeased with
the secret poll cf the newspaper cor
respondents who accompanied him
on his western trip, although he is
not in entire agreement • with the
detailed results of this canvass. As
viewed by the correspondents, a ma
jority of whom are not Democrats,
Mr. Davis is assured of at least 26
electoral votes in the .states visited,
while La Follette is given thirteen
and Coolidge only ten, with six in
doubt.
Many Papers Represented
Besides correspondents of certain
press associations, whose views are
not influenced by partisan feeling,
representatives of the following
newspapers expressed themselves in
the canvass
i New York Times, New York
i World, New York Herald-Tribune.
Baltimore Sun, St. Louis Post-Dis
patch, Pittsburg Post, Louisville
Courier-Journal, Chicago Tribune.
Chicago Daily News, Atlanta Jour
nal and Edward G. Lowry, magazine
writer.
The correspondent's differed wide
ly as regards all of the states ex
cept Missouri, concerning which the
vote was unanimous for Davis and
Bryan. In Nebraska, the other
state\ given to Davis, eight of the
fourteen correspondents w;ere in ac
cord, while one believed Coolidge
would win the state, another gave it
to La Follette, and four classed it
as doubtful.
Mr. Davis does not share the
i view of th'e correspondents that his
! chances in Kansas are entirely nil.
I and that Colorado properly may be
I regarded as a doubtful state. He
believes that the drift in Kansas is
Democratic, and that Republican dis
sension will eventually give him '.he
state. , , . , „ .
And Mr. Davis doesn’t think Colo
rado is doubtful as regards either
■ the Democratic state or’ national
. ticket. He believes that Colorado's
j electoral vote will be placed in the
I Democratic column on election day.
<;. o. i’. to i -ose lowa
Although the correspondents were
not in entire agreement about lowa,
the secoqd largest state visited by-
Mr. Davis, most of them expressed
the view tHat La Follette is now
so far in front that he cannot be
overhauled either by Coolidge or
Davis. In no circumstances does it
seem possible that the Republicans
, can hold the state, and if Senator
Smith Brookhart, the Republican
senatorial nominee, comes out for
La Follette, as seems likely, the
election will be over so far as lowa
is concerned.
lowa is regarded by Republicans
as probably the most important
state in the union, insofar as Cool
idge's election is concerned. With
out lowa's thirteen electoral votes,
the Republican managers privately
admit that Coolidge cannot possibly
be elected. That is why in Chicago
and in New York the Republican
leaders are in a frenzy over the
"lowa situation.”
In Chicago yesterday, it was stat
ed on reliable authority that a few
days ago in the New York financial
district representatives of “big busi
; ness” held a meeting to “devise
■ ways and means” to win lowa for
■ Coolidge,, but were so discouraged
' over confidential reports that the
j required “help" was not forthcoin
i ing.
The Republican headquarters in
j Chicago is in a serious dilema about
! the Hawkeye state, because they
i dare not send speakers into lowa to
, appeal for CoolkßJe votes, in the.
; face of the attitude of Senator
Brookhart and the lowa congres
sional delegation. Any defense of
the Coolidge-Harding administration
in lowa will tread on the toes of
the lows senator and the congres
sional delegation, because they have
■ consistently opposed the administra-
■ tion at Washington.
Chance for Davis
The minute the Republican cam
' paign committee attempts a defense
! of Coolidge in lowa the congression
al delegation will be forced to take
I the stump in defense of their own
records and obviously answer the
Coolidge defense witu a counter at
i tack on the administration.
The militancy of the rejuvenated
; Democracy of lowa also is causing
I the Republican management lots ot
I worry. The Democra’ic leaders
I frankly admit that as things stand
I today La Follette will win the state,
i but they are hopeful that the history
of 1912 will repeat itself and Davis
I wi’/get lowa's electoral vote, just as
'Alison did in 1912.
Former Agriculture Secretary Ed
T. Meredith: Clyde Herring, national
committeeman; Mrs. Madge O'Neill,
; national committeewoman; Claude
Porter, state chairman; Gene Fettl
ing. and other Democratic leaders,
have perfected a splendid organize
j tion. in the hope of snatching an
eleventh hour victory. It is their
belief that the old line, hardhoiled
Republicans will at the last • nute
throw their strength to Davis in ord
er to keep La Follette from capturing
the state. In this way onlx, they
believe, will it be possible for the
organization to save its machine from
utter destruction.
* But the situation today is different
somewhat from that of 1912. Roose
, velt was a formidable candidate for
president. He was far stronger than
1 Taft, not only in lowa, but all over
■ the country. The lowa organization
■ supported Wilson bee, use r xvante '
; to absolutely insure Roosevelt’s <!•=
feat for president. No one one ’c*
La Follette even an outside
I of being elected.
i '
GLOBE FLIERS LAND
Dlil WIG COAST
REAGH Si OB
Draw Near Santa Monica.
Where They Took Off
to Circle. Earth
EL CENTRO, Cal., Sept. 22.—The
world fliers passed over here en
rente to San Diego at 9:20 a. m
They were 'flying due west, parallel
to the international boundary.”
SAN DIEGO, CaU Sept. 22. The
around-t he-world fliers landeff at
Rockwell field here at 10:34:48
o'clock this morning.
Flying in perfect formation, the
' three airplanes arrived over San
| Diego at 10:25 o’clock, escorted by
la fleet of fifty planes from Rockwell
■field and the North Island naval
| aviation station.
Upon nearing Rockwell field, Lieu-
I tenant Smith and his companions
I turned toward the south, then east,
, circling over San Diego bay and
i Coronado. Lieutenant Smith was
the first to land, i
Lieutenant Nelson was second on
tjie ground and Lieutenant Leigh
XVade followed.
TLCSON IS LEFT EARLY;
STARTING POINT NEAR
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 22.—With
Lieutenant Lowell Smith in the lead,
the three army world fliers hopped
off here at 7:28 o’clock this morning
Lor San Diego. The sky was clear
and only a slight breeze was blow
ing.
The fliers looked forward to get
ting back into home territory today.
They had before thme a flight of ap-
I proximately 375 miles from here to
San Diego, Cal., and then one more
bop to the vicinity of Santa Monica,
Cal., from which they took flight on
their epochal journey.
The grueling, punishing days of
flying over ice fields, baked lands
and fog-covered-st retches of sea over
with, the flight has developed into a
few days of plain sailing over all
known stretches of country to Se
attle, Wash., the official terminus
marking completion of the around
the-world trail.
In strange contrast ,to their recep
tion at other American cities, the
I fliers found their greeters here held
: back by a line of United States sol-
I diers. There was no breaking of
lines by the impatient welcomers
ana the airmen wenL to the crowd
for the first time.
They were dined and given pres
ents last night, the gifts being blam
kets contributed by various Arizona
towns.
ZANNT AT HONG KONG
AFTER LONG FLIGHT
HONG KONG, Sept. 22. —(By the
Associated Press.) Major
I Zanni, the Argentine round-the
j world flier, arrived here at 3:20
I o'clock this aftei/ioon from Hai
; phong, in French jndo-China.
SAN FRANCISCO TO TAKE
HOLIDAY ON ARRIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.
■ Mayor James Rolph, Jr., has issued
a proclamation making- Wednesday,
September 24, the day the United
J States round-the-world fliers are to
j arrive here, a holiday for all city of
i ficials and employes. The mayor
I called upntfi citizens to observe the
! day in a fitting manner. .
FORMER
OFFICER ESCAPES
FROM HALL GANG
William A. learning, former Fort
Benning officer, who was convicted
in Muscogee superior court last April
on a bigamy charge, escaped from
the Hall county chaingang last ■
(Thursday, the state prison commit
I sion was advised Monday by Hal ,
i county authorities.
! The arrest and trial of Laming
■ proved a sensation in Columbus,
where the officer had been prominent I
I i social circles. Just as the mln
I ister finished the ceremony which
made him the husband of a oromi-
| nent society girl of Columbus, thq
j sheriff arrested Laming on infor- ;
I mation supplied by Camp Benning
authorities. He at first protested his
I innocence, but. trial ’resulted in his
I conviction and he was given from
, three to five years' sentence. He was
sent to the stat? prison farm June
26 and remained there until August 1
: 10, when he was transferred to the
Hall countv gang.
PREACHER WAS LAMING’S
COMPANION IN HIS ESCAPE
GAINESVILLE. Ga., Sept. 22.
( William Laming, who escaped from
' the Hall county chain gang last
: Thursday, was accompanied by Hen
• ry Chambers, a Holiness preacher
serving time fo^abandoning a child?
< it became known here today.
Laming was a cook and trusty
' it the camp. Chambers ftigne I dek-
I ncss, “lay in.” and had his s' ickles
| tiled by Laming, according <o
county authorities. No trace of the
fugitives has been found.
American Is Killed
As Mexican Bandits
Attack His Property
M ASHINGTON. Sept. 22.—Proper
ty owned by E. W. Graves, of Wal
tham. Mass., was attacked Saturday
i by Mexican bandits or rebels, and
! Paul Anospide, an American, was
i killed, the state department was in
formed today by Vice Consul’ Harry
B. Ott, at Frontera, Mexica.
The Weather
Forecast for Tuesday:
Virginia and North Carolina; Fair
end cooler.
South Caroline. Georgia and. Ex
treme Northwest Florida: Fair apd
cooler.
t Florida: Parly cloudy; thunfier
showers in south portion.
Alabama and Mississippi: Fair and
I cool.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair and
i cooler.
Louisiana: Generally fair.
Arkansas: Generally fair.
Oklahoma and West Texas: Gen
ei ally fair.
| East Texas; Generally fair.
Sabatinis greatest story of* love and adventure
by RAFAEL SABATINI
(Published by Arrangement With First, National Pictures, Inc. Copyrighted by Houg-bton-
( IIAPTER I
The Huckster
SIR OLIVER TRESSILIAN
sat at his ease in the lofty
dining-room of the hand
some house of Penarrow, which
he owed to the enterprise of his
father of lamented and lament
able memory and to the skill
and invention of an Italian en
gineer named Bagnolo, who had
come to England half a century
ago as one of the assistants of
the famous Torrigiani.
This house deserves, together
with the story of its construc
tion, a word in passins-.
TI V Italian Bagnolo had the
mischance to kill a man in a
brawl m a Southwark tavern.
As a result he fled the town,
nor paused in his headlong flight
from the consequences of that
murderous deed untl« he had all
but reached the very ends of
England. To the fugitive, Ralph
afforded shelter; and Bagnolo re
paid the service by offering to
rebuild the decaying half-tim
bered house of Penarrow. Hav
ing taken 'the task in hand he
went about it with all the en
thusiasm of your true artist,
and achieved for his protector
a residence that was a marvel
of grace in that crude age and
outlandish district.
The main doorway was set in
a projecting wing and was over
hung by a massive balcony; the
whole surmounted by a pillared
pediment of extraordinary grace,
now partly clad in a green man
tle of creepers. Above the burnt
red tiles of the roof soared mas
sive twisted chimneys in lofty
majesty.
But the glory of Penarrow
was the garden fashioned out of
the tangled wilderness abon-t the
61d house that had crowned the
heights above Penarrow point.
Time and Nature had smoothed
the lawns to a velvet surface,
had thickened the handsome box
wood hedges, and thrust up
those black spear-like poplars
that completed the very Italian
ate appearance of that demesne.
Sir Oliver took his ease in his
dining-room considering, all this
as it was displayed before him
in the mellowing Se “ember sun
shine, and found it aA very good
to see, and life very good to
live. Now no man has ever
been known so to find life with
out some irftmediate cause,
other than that of his environ
ment, for his optimism. Sir
Oliver had several causes. The
first of these —although it was
one which he may have been far
from suspecting—was his equip
ment of youth, xjjealth, and good
digestion; the second was that
he had achieved honor and re
nown both upon the Spanish
Main and in ihe late harrying
of the Invincible Armada and
that he had received in that the
twenty-fifth year of his life the
honor of knighthood from the
Virgin Queen: the third and last
contributor to his pleasant mood
was Dan Cupid, who had so con
trived matters that Sir Oliver's
wooing of Mistress Rosamund
Godolphin ran an entirely
smooth and happy course.
So, then, Sir Oliver sat at his
ease in h'.s tall, carved chair, his
doublet untrussed, his long legs
stretched before him. a pensive
smile about the firm lips that fts
yet were darkened by no more
than a small black line of mus
tachios. It was noon, .and our
gentleman had just dined, as the
platters, the broken meats and
the half-empty flagon on the
board beside him testified. He
pulled thoughtfully at a long
pipe—for he had acquired this
newly imported habit of tobacco
drinking—and dreamed of his
mistress, and was properly and
gallantly grateful that fortune
had used him so handsomely as
to enable him to toss a tfitle and
some measure of renown into his
Rosamund's lap.
By nature 'Sir Oliver was a
shrewd fellow and he was also
a man of some not inconsider
able learning. Yet neither his
natural wit nor his acquired en
dowments appear to have taught
him that of all the gods that
rule the destinies of mankind
there is none more ironic and
malicious than that same Dan
Cupid. The ancients knew that
innocent-seeming boy for a cruel
impish knave, and they mistrust
ed him. Sir Oliver either did
not know or did not heed that
sound piece of ancient wisdom.
It was to be borne in upon him
by grim experience, and even
as his light pensive eyes smiled
upon the sunshine that flooded
the terrace beyond the long mul
lioned window, a shadow fell
Vthwart it, which he little
dreamed to be symbolic of the
shadow that was even falling
across the sunshine of his life.
After that shadow came the
substance —tall and gay of rai
ment Under a broad black Span
ish hat decked with blood-red
plumes.
The smile perished on Sir Oli
ver's lips. His swarthy face
grew thoughtful, his black brows
contracted until no more than a
single deep furrow stood be
tween them. Then slowly the
smile came forth again, but no
longer that erstwhile gentle pen
sive smile. It was transformed
into a smile of resolve and de
termination, a smile that tight
ened his lips even as his brows
relaxed.
Came Nicholas.’his servant, to
announce. Master Peter Godol
phin. and close upon the lack
ey's heels came Master Godol
phin himself, leaning upon his
beribboned cane* and carrying
his broad Spanish hat. He was
a tall, slender gentleman, with
a. shaven, handsome counte
nance. stamped wtih an air of
haughtiness: like Sir Oliver, he
had a high-bridged. intrepid
nose, and in age he was the
vounger by some two or three
years. He wore his auburn hair
rather longer than was the mode
just then, but in his apparel
there was no more foppishness
than is tolerable in a gentleman
of his years.
Sir Oliver rose and bowed
from his great height in wel
come. But a wave of tobacco
smoke took his graceful visitor
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, September 23, 1924
Mifflin Company.)
in the tho Pat and set him cough
ing and grimacing.
“I see,” he choked, “that ye
have acquired that filtby hab
it.”
“I have knoWn filthier,” said
Sir Oliver composedly.
“I nothing doubt it.” rejoined
Master Godolphin, thus early
giving indications of his humor #
and the object of his visit.
1 Sir Oliver checked an answer
that must have helped his vis
itor to his ends, which was no
part of the knight's intent.
“Therefore,” he said ironical
ly, “I hope you wilt be patient
with my shortcomings. Nick,
a. chair for Master Godolphin
and another cup. I bid you wel
come to Penarrow.”
A sneer flickered over the
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“He leaned across the board, raised his long cane and struck Sir Oliver
sharply on the shoulder.”
•
younger man s race.
“You pay me a compliment,
sir, which I fear me 'tis not
mine to return you.”
“Time enough for that when
I come to seek it,” said Sir Ol
iver with easy, if assumed, good
humor.
“When you come to seek it?”
“The hospitality of your
house,” Sir Oliver explained.
“It is on that very matter I
am come to talk with you.”
“Will you sit?” Sir Oliver in
vited .him, and spread a hand
toward the chair which Nicholas
had set.
In the same gesture he waved
the servant away.
Master Godolphin ignored the
invitation.
“You were,” he said, “at Go
dolphin Court but yesterday, I
hear.” «
He paused, and as Sir Oliver
offered no denial, he added
stiffly—
“l am come, sir, to inform you
that the honor of your visits is
one we shall be happy to fore
go.”
In the effort he made to pre
serve his self-control before so i
direct an affront Sir Oliver z
paled a little under his tan.
“You will understand, Peter,”
he replied slowly, “that you j
have said too much unless you I
add something more.”
He paused, considering his
visitor a moment.
“I do not know whether Ros
amund has told you, that yester
day she did me the honor to con- f
sent to become my wife.”
She is a child that does not
know her mind,” broke in the i
other.
“Do you know of any good
reason why she should come To
change it?” asked Sir Oliver
with a slight air of challenge.
Master Godolphin sat down,
crossed his legs and placed his
hat on his knee.
“I know a dozen,” he an- i
swered. “But I need not urge
them. Sufficient should it be to
remind you that Rosamund is
but seventeen and that she is
under my guardianship and that I
of Sir Jolt'd Killigrew. Neither
Sir John nor I can sanction this
betrothal.” w
“Good lack!” broke out Sir
Oliver. “Who asks your sanc
tion or Sir'John's? By God’s
grace your sister will grow to be
a woman soon and mistress of
herself. I am in no desperate
haste to get me wed, and by na
ture —as you may be observing
—I am a wondrous man.
I'll even wait.”
And he pulled at his pipe.
"Waiting can not avail you
in this. Sir Oliver. ’Tis best
you should understand. We are
resolved. Sir John and I.”
“Are you so? God’s light!
Send Sir John to me to tell me
of his resolves, and I’ll tell him
something of4 mine. Tell hirn
from me. Master Godolphin, that
if he will trouble to come as far
as Penarrow I’ll do by him what
the hangman should have done
long since. I'll crop his ears
for him, by this hand!”
“Meanwhile.” said Master, Go
dolphin whettingly, “will you
not essay ’your rover's prowess
upon me?”'
"You?” quoth Sir Oliver, and
looked him over with good-hu
mored contempt. “Pm no butch
er of fledglings, my lad. Be
sides. you are your sister's
brother, and 'tis ndbaim of mine
to increase the obstacles already ,
in my path.”
Then his tone changed. He
leaned across th? fable.
“Come now. Peter. What is
at the root of all this matter?
Can we not compose such differ
ences as’you conceive exist? Out
with them! ‘Tis no matter for \
Sir John. He's a curmudgeon
who signifies not a finger's
snap. , But you. 'tis different. i
You are her brother. Out with
your plaints, then! Let us be
frank and friendly.”
“Friendly?” the other sneered
again. “Our fathers set us an ■
example in that.”
“Does it matter what our
fathers did? More shame to ,
them if, being neighbors, they i
could not e friends Shall we
i
follow so deplorable an exam
ple?”
“You’ll not- impute that the
fault, was with my father’” cried
the other, with a show of ready
a’nger.
“I impute nothing, lad. I
cry shame upon them both.”
“’Swounds!” swore Master Pe
ter. “Do you malign the dead.”
“If I do I malign them both.
But I do not. I no more than
condemn a fault that both must
acknowledge could they return
to life.”
“Then, sir, confine your con
demnings to your own father
with whom no man of honor
could have lived at peace.”
“Softly, softly, good sir.”
“There's no call to go softly.
Ralph Tressilia fl was a dishon-
' or,'a scandal to the countryside.
Not a hamlet between here and
Truro, or between here and Hel
ston, but swarms with big Tres
.silian noses like your own. in
memory of your debauched par
ent.”
ed me for my doings upon the
rower; he smiled.
“I wonder how you came-by
your own nose?” he wondered.
Master Godolphin got to his
feet in a passion, and his chair
crashed over behind him.
“Sir,” he blazed, “you insult
my mother's memory!”
Sir Oliver laughed.
“I make a little free with it,
' perhaps, in return for your
pleasantries on the score of my
father.”
Master Godolphin pondered
a him in speechless anger; then,
swayed by his passion, he leaned
across the board, raised his long
cane and struck Sir Oliver
sharply on the shoulder.
That done, he strode off mag
nificently toward the door. Half
,l way thither he paused.
“I shall expect your friends
and the length of your sword,”
I said he.
Sir Oliver laughed agafli.
“I don’t think I shall trouble
to send them,” said he.
Master Godolphin wheeled,,
fully to face him again.
“How? Will you take a blow?”
Sir Oliver shrugged.
“None saw it given,” said he.
“But I shall publish it abroad
that I have caned you.”
"You'll publish yourself a liar
if you do; for none will believe
■ you.”
Then he changed his tone yet
again.
“Come, Peter, we are behav
ing unworthily. As for the
blow, I confess that I deserved
it. A man's mother is more sa
cred than his father. So we
may cry quits on that score.
I* Can we not cry quits on all
else? What can it profit us to
perpetuate a foolish quarrel that
sprang up between our fathers?”
“There is more than that be
tween us.” answered Master Go
dolphin. “I’ll not have my sister
wed a pirate.”
“A pirate. God’s light! I am
glad there’s none to hear*you,
for since her Grace has knight
ed me for my doings puon the
seas, your words go very near
to treason. Surely, lad, what the
queen approve Master Peter Go
dolphin may’ approve, and even
your mentor, Sir John Killigrew.
Tou’ve been listening to him.
'Twas he sent you hither.”
“I am no man’s lackey,” an
swered the other hotly, resent
ing the imputation—and resent
ing it more because of the truth
in it.
“To call me a pirate is to say
a foolish thing. Hawkins, with
whom I sailed, has also receiv*
ed the accolade, and who dubs
us pirates insults the queen
herself. Apart from that, which,
as you see. is a very empty
charge, what else have you
against me? I am, I hope, as
good as any other here in Corn
wall; Rosamund honors me
with her affection; and I am
rich, and shall be richer still
’ ere the wedding bells are heard.”
“Rich with the fruit of thiev
ing upon the seas, rich with the
treasures of scuttled ships and
the price of slaves captured in
Africa and sold to the planta
tions, rich as the vampire is
glutted—with the blood of dead
men!”
“Does Sir John say’ that?”
asked Sir Oliver in a soft, dead
ly voice,
“I say it.”
“I heard you; hut T am ask
ing where you learnt that pret
ty lesson? Is Sir John your, pro
ceptor? He is. he is.'‘.No need
to tell me. I'll deal with him.
Meanwhile let me disclose to
I you tho sure and disinterested
source of Sir John’s rancor. You
will see what an upright and
honest gentleman is Sir John,
who was your father’s friend
and has been your guard'an.”
“I’ll not listen to what you
say of him.”
"Nay, but you shall, in re
iConJmmd nn 7* f •d’inin
a CEN i’a A COPY,
SI A YEAR. ’
IYDUTHOTFESSES
SWIM
M® CHILDREN
14-Year-old South Carolina
Boy Held as Ax
Murderer
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 22.—As
bury Wessinger, fourteen-y ear-old
! boy, has confessed to officers that
■ he fatally wounded his aunt, Mrs,
Lina Wessinger, and seriously in«
jured her three small children with
i an ax Saturday.
Mrs. Wessinger died Saturday
night at a. local rospital. The thre«
children wer e found in the housei
each showing ax wounds. Newmanp
age six, and Rufus, age four, are in
a critical condition today but it i.l
believed that Azilee, one year old,
I will recover.
The boy's confession, made to sev
eral officers, put an end to a search
by hundreds of armed men for a
negro who was at first reported til
have made the attack. Asbury gava
the alarm himself and told a story
of having been frightened away
from his aunt's home by a tall, black
negro.
Held for Murder
Following young Wessinger's con
fession, a warrant charging ( him witli
murder was issued and the youtX
placed in the Columbul city jail bi
be held for Lexington county au
thorities. ' •
The only reason given by the bof
for the. attack was a difficulty hi
had with his aunt over a knife whic |
he said he had while visitiij |
th e Wessinger home and failed 1 '
find when he returned for it. Hl
declared that he “got mad” and “lds|
my temper” during the argument.
In the discussion over the knifA
Ihe boy told officers that his aun|
■ had used “rough words” to him,
which, he said, made him “mad.”
Describing his movements befoTl
an,] during the attack, young We:-
singer said after the argument, )f’t
aunt left the house, and went inti
I the yard. He said he then obtaine-i
an ax handle and attacked the hhi •
dren. who were sitting on the stept
of the house. He hit the oldest chil|
fust, he said, and then struck thi
next oldest. He declared he did nc|
remember hitting the youngest chili.
| Stepping over the prostrate form!
of th e three children, he said hl
went out into the yard and picket
up an ax which was lying near 4
wood shed. At this time, his aithf
had started to milk a cow some dis
tance away from the house, the bo*
said. v k.
Struck Iler From Rear
Approaching- the woman from th<
’’ear,, young Wessinger stated tbi I
he raiseq the a X and struck just H
ns victim turned her head ’■ Shi
toppled from, the stool on which sht
was sitting and the boy, in answel
io questions, said he must have h i
. W i cf L a<s she ,ay upon th e ground,
th n Wl(h the blunt - sk] e o|
e ax, he said. According to th-i
•ovs story, she did not. speak an
node no outcry, then left th
ffisMnc WPnt hLS OtVn horoe
Oist.ume away and told his fathef
he story of his aunt and the chil
negrob”lnS at,acked hy a “tall, blaclf
Eatonton Watchman,
Confessing Robberies,
Is Given 13 Years
LA I ONTON, Ga.. Sept. 21—H,
i- «yars, Eatonton night watch-'
n-an. who pleaded gumy b?f o 7e
Judge .tames B. Park, on charges of
rohl a ■‘’'ar'tiing serires of
,i’ h . Z PS '’ Was SPn t p nced late Satur
day afternoon to thirteen years’ im
prisonment. .. im-
Great interest was evinced! in the
trial proceedings, and the court
room was crowded with spectators.
Judge Parks charging of the jurv
wis declared one of the most elo
quent ever heard in the city.
OffK 'rrs said they obtained twit
carloads of goods from Byars’ homo
and from the 1 ome of Marie Jeff Jr.
son, a young negress, who has been
nis housekeeper since his wife’i
death several years ago. The negro
woman was bound over under a S4OO
, bond until the next court session
Wa ” arrest ed Thursday,
Jr a L J '" Ige Park had dismissed the
7he Sntn" 1 ’ Wh ”' h WilS recal l*d for
the Saturday court session.
Horace Murr, a farmer ,'i'ving near
Eatonton, and Homer Murr, hi® son
Were tried also Saturday. ThJV
were arrested some time ago by
!?ni n F r Pobcemen W. L. Sanford
and 1,. c. Newsome on charges of
violating the prohibition law. The
a her was sentenced to from two to
lour years imprisonment, the son
|£oOßnr arS or a
Romance That Began
On Visit to Jail Ends z
At Altar in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ Sept. 20.—A
romance which began five weeks sga
when a group from the Christian
Men’s club visited the county jail to
conduct religious services ended in a.
marriage ceremony Friday night
when 20-year old Pansy Thacker be
came the bride of 24-year old Lennie
. Silver;, salesman for a local store
The marriage ceremony was per
, formed after superior court Judge W
K Harding ruled that a year sen
tence being served by the girl should
end if she got married.
I Mr. Silver announced today that
he and his bride, who is said to be
from Burlington, N. c„ would leaver
tor Washington or New York, where
they will make their home.
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