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®be Mlawta Wi-Wekfo So uvnal 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. Does Your Mail Route Need Building Up? If you are in danger of losing your daily delivery Decause the amount of ( mail matter handled is below g. hear the mini mum amount required, drop us a note and we will outline a helpful plan. Circulation Dept. Tri-W eekly Journal. Atlanta, Ga. Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 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* Dress Remnants *66c a Yard Remarkable offer on 5-yard rem nants of serges, tricotines and suit ings being made by Textile Mills Co Dept 534. K insas Cit j. Mo. I Write them today for free informa t ion.— (Advertisement.) 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 A f A wQW n 7 “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. 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