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4 7IE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1807. The Ghost of Lgchrain Castle Jl Thrilling Novel of Love, Intrigue, Tragedy and the Mystery o/ • a Famous ‘Diamond By MRS. C. N. WILLIAM60N, Author of “The Lightning Conductor,” Etc., Etc, CHAPTER 12. (Concluded. Hilary turned to Elspeth. “Mlse Dean, will you come to my door for one moment, while I write a line, and then—aa a great favor to me—take It Immediately to the pereon It la Intend ed forr Aa her daughter made thla request without waiting for an answer In the affirmative, Lady Lambert turned and walked rapidly ahead of the others. In tho direction of her own room. Elspeth read her thought accurately end scornfully. In spite of hsr cru elty the day before, she was willing that Its victim should be made use of, though she would not seem to notice the girl she had so deeply Injured. Hilary and Elspeth walked together ' along the corridor, but the one was ton miserable, tbs other too anxious, to speak. Elspeth knew without asking what the note would be, and she was sick at heart. The door waa open between this room and the adjoining one, where Lady Lambart could bs heard moving restlessly about, therefore she dared not cry out as she longed to do, “Don't write to Mr. Trowbrldgd that you'll marry him. Perhaps It won't be nec essary. Perhaps you may bs saved In soma other way.” Lady Hilary seated herself at a small writing desk In the window and began to wilts. As she did eo Elspeth watched her wistfully, when suddenly, with a start, her gaze focussed on something bright which sparkled In a lace frill of Hilary's dress. Quickly she took a step forward and bent down to ass what It waa which had caught her attention. Then she could hardly keep back a cry of astonishment, for tangled In the lace was a ruby and diamond hoop earring, which she had often seen the Countess Radojiolskol wearing. For a second or two an odd giddi ness came over Elspeth, but It was gone as soon almost as It had come, and she felt cold and calm, as It In the face of a great danger requiring all her reserve force and presence of mind. "Look, Lady Hilary,” sha said, draw ing no nearer, lest Lady Lambart should enter. “Look at that thing caught In your frill. How very odd that It should bs there.” Surprised, the girt stopped In the midst of her note, and following with her eyes the direction of Elspeth’s pointing linger. "Why, that’s an ear ring of Countess Itadepolskol's.'' she exclaimed. “How could It have got caught In my dress?" “The countess was wearing those earrings yastsrday afternoon,” said Elspeth. “Yes, I remember. But I didn't have on this dress.” “Where was It?” Elspeth asked. “Hanging up in tho wardrobe. It was taken out only this morning. How queer It Is. I must give the countess her-earrlng when I—when I see her. she has missed It. she must be anxious, and I”— Til see that It’s properly disposed of. If you like,” replied Elspeth, with a diplomatic meaning which seemed to convey nothing mysterious to the oth eris mind. ‘•Thank you,” said Hilary. ‘That will be better, as—as 1 mayn't be 'going down for some time. Please explain to her how we found .the earring, and perhaps In some way she may be able to clear up the mystery." Elspeth did not answer; but Hilary, taking It for granted that she acqui esced, went on with her writing, Instead of making the request again. A moment later she had finished her note, which consisted of but a few lines, and had given it to Elspeth. ths same time she put the countess' ruby earring Into her hand. “You know what to do with both of these,” Hilary said wearily. "Quite,” replied Elspeth. "You may depend oh me.” Then, at the door she turned and said, “Lady Hilary, do you lock yourself In at night?” "Ns, not always. Why do you ask?” returned the other girl. Elspeth was slightly confused. ‘The —tho key looks bent,” she said. "I thought you ought perhaps to speak to McGowan about It. In a huge place like this; with so many strangers :, It Isn’t safe not to lock one's about, door at night.” Lady Hilary smiled bitterly. “I have nothing of value for nnybody to steal, she said. "It’s true the key Is a little bent. I don’t know how It happened, but It must have had a knock. I dare say the maid could tell how, If she would—but no servant will ever confess an awkwardness, If she can help It. I only know It’s been like that for a day or two, and that tho key won’t turn properly. But It really doesn't matter for such a poor person as my self. With Countasa Kadepolskol or with Lady Ardcllfle U would be differ ent.” Elspeth felt herself blushing. Had Lady Hilary heard the story of the robbery yet, or had she not? The girl dared not nek, but went away, with much food for thought in her mind, and the note, and ths ruby earring In her hand, As soon as she was out of the room, and shut the door, however, she slipped the earring Into her pocket. She believed that tnere was n plot against Lady Hilary, and that Provi dence h&d sent her at the right moment to frustrate It. If they have other proofs against her, they’ve made them, as they tried to make this,” she said to herself. "Hut Is this only a pari of some great scheme, or Is It the whole? It’e time I set myself to find nut, and I will. There may be some work for mo to do here before I go. for which I was never engaged, and will never be paid—except by success. If they havo detectives to help them—those people who wish Lady Hilary harm—they will have one against them, too. And, oh, how hard that dstectlvo will try to beat the oth ers.” Strange thoughts floated In Elspeth's brain. 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I could explain to her that I had delayed a little. I can't see how It can do harm, as ho Is trying to work In her Interest at this very min ute, without knowing that he’s to hove a reward—a reward a thousand times greater than he has deserved. Oh, I will wait, whatever happens.” By the time aha had decided upon her couraa aha was bock again In the great hall. A quick glance showed her that neither the countess nor Lady Ardeltffe was thore, but Mr. Trow bridge, who had evidently been expect ing her return, came forward to meet her. "I think that I July Hilary will be aafe from annoyance now,” he eald: and Elspeth saw that he was very pale. ’’You persuaded them both to do nothing?” she asked. ”1 have persuaded tho countess; and so far ns I can make out. Lady Ard- cllffo relied for proofs upon the count ess. Without her, she's harmless, ex, rept for eplteful gossip, perhaps.” "You’re sure tho aounteee won’t help her.” ”1 am eure,” said Trodbrldgs, grimly. Elspeth waa assured; but not com fortable. "They had told Mr. McGow an their eusplelona, you know,” she re. minded him. •'Yes, but I have epoken with Mr. MeOowan. I told him that the Countese Itudepolskol didn’t Intend, after all, to drag Lady Ililnry's name Into the af fair; that she had come to eee, on sec ond thought, that she mutt have been mistaken In hsr suspicions. I said that titers were no proofs at all against Lady Hilary, and that, If Lady Ard- cliffs persisted In hsr accusations, he would bitterly regret afterward having paid any attention to them.” • I'm sure It must have been a relief to him to hear that.” ”1 think It was." "But I suppott there's already a de tective In the house, or soon will bs. Supposo that Lady Ardellffc should di rect his attention to Lady Hilary”— ’’She won’t do that at present. Lady Hilary Is safe enough from her for a few days. By and by It may bs differ ent, but then, I hope, the real thief may have been discovered; or at woret, nothing can be proved against Lady Hilary unless those women have plotted against her more cleverly than I think.” Elspeth reflected for a moment and then felt that she understood his veiled meaning. He hoped that Lady Hilary would promise to marry him; but In any case the engagement would not be announced for some days, and mean while, perhape. he Intended to be par ticularly attentive to-Lady Ardcliffe, ns n "bribe" to her for sparing Lady Hilary. This was clear enough, but It seemed to the girl that ho must havo found much greater difficulty In dealing with the countess, a far more dangerous en emy than flighty and foolish Lady Ard- clllTe. It was tho countess whom Elspeth hsd feared, yet Mr. Trowbridge seemed to have disposed of her without a struggle. She would have liked to ask more questions, but Trowbridge glanced at do the things which a professional would have done without scruple, In pursuit of an end. She must work alone; for, though she did not like or trust James Grant, she would not de ceive him. , I .ate In the afternoon Grant spoke to her for the first time that day, ex cept upon the business of correspond ence. “Mr. McGowan has asked me to tell you," he said, "that bo has a very good offer for your room, and that conse quently you will havo to change into another. The servants will help you, but perhaps you would like to oversee them." "When am I to changer Inquired Elspeth. "At once, please. You are to have No. 133, on the third floor. In the west wing. You had better go up to your room now and superintend the maids putting your things together. This Is your free hour." "Very well," said the girl, hiding all emotion; but In reality she was as muah excited as surprised. She was convinced that something was to hap pen in that room from which she had been banished—something connected with the mysterious sights and sounds that had kept her waking through so many nights of fear. "Who Is to have my room?" she asked, with an air of Indifference. "Lord Lochraln, I believe,” answered Grant, In the same tone. Continued in Tomorrow’s Georgian. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S TOPIC THE LAW THAT MAKES A NATION GREAT The International Sunday School Lesson For July 14 Is, "Ths Ten Com- mandmentsi Duties Toward God,” Ex. 20: 1-11—Ths Golden Text Is, “Thou Shalt Lovs the Lord Thy God With All Thine Heart and With All Ty Soul and With All Thy Might," Deut. 6l5. By WILLIAM T. ELLI8. A man poaatsaed by a single big Idea la a far greater force than one who holds to many petty notions. ,A great conception makes a life great. The person who has one dominant purpose outstrips all others In lift's raoe. '‘Be lieve something tremendously” Is good advice for the.young. There Is a deep principle underlying tho simple fact that whan Jehovah got Israel face to face with Himself, for tha purpose of laying down the supreme law, He should put first tha truth of Hit own existence and character. In a hundred ways thla buay world of today Is being made aware of the truth that there Is a God; and that he Is a God of Justice, as well as of mer cy. There has been a tendency among ‘‘practical" men to regard God rather as a soft, uncaring spirit, not greatly dissimilar from the bit of Jelly which certain scientists would substitute for an Infinite Creator, There are a great that so many white men In the remote parte of the earth are going back upon their color and upon their Inherited civilisation. When a person gets out of adjustment with this big central truth he quickly finds himself askew with respect to the common moralities. Keep central the truth with reepect to God, and one may radiate far In every direction. Ecvery year the legislatures and parliaments of civilisation are add ing hundreds of new laws to society’s codes; but the real need Is not for more laws, but for a clearer perception of man’s obligation to the eternal, self- existent. all-wise, all-powerful and all- . ,, w f [o )s #lao Father In their thinking upon the fact of God's existence and personality. It Is because they have lost their grip upon this teaching concerning God "You haven't had breakfast yet, marked Elspeth. He smiled vaguely. "Haven’t I? I forgot." And without another word he was gone. There was great excitement In the hotel during the morning, when the news of the double Jewel robbery had spread among the guests, and every one wondered much what was being dons: but to tha annoyance of their frlcnda. Countess Kadepolskol and Lady ArdcllfTe not only did not appear In public, but refused through their maids to receive visitors. Had EUpsth beep on her old terms with James arant aha would probably have heard from him what was being done; whetner the polios suspected any one; whether there was a disguised de tective at work In the house. But as as, he kept such secrets as he might possess, though he looked at her wist fully from time to time, as if he hoped that she might yet change her mind. It occurred to the girl that. If she wished to penetrate the mystery she had now set herself to solve she could not do better than tell James Grant that, after all, she would be engaged to him, and would help him In any way he wished. He would then open his heart to her, and It might well be that, through his communications, she would be put In possession of the very clues she wanted. But Elspeth cquld not bring herself to such a course. She was but an am ateur detective at beet, and could not COOL HOSIERY These are the days when folks must be as cool as they can. You can relieve the situation a whole lot by wearing the right kind of hosiery. Come in and let us show you this feather-weight, summer stuff of ours—the very thing for those tired feet of yours. Hosiery for men, women and children. KNOTT & AWTRY SHOE C0„ 25 Whitehall Street. ‘The Shoe and Stocking Shop.' pervading Creator, of ths human family and Its supremo Law-giver. Ths Right of Priority, No good officer coddles his soldiers; no able executive secures efficiency by surrendering his own authority. The king's kingliness does not consist In putting hlmsslf on the earns political level aa hie subjects. If there is a Su preme Being, with a right to lay down laws for mankind, then He must be su preme Indeed; and the first command ment Is seen to be Inevitable: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” If Jehovah be God He must command the prerogatives of the solitary, supreme Deity. No thinking man would care to worship a god who did less. Nobody doubts this. Real Infidelity Is rare. The dangerous, widespread and subtle practical Infidelity Is this, however: It assents to God’s godehip, and then disregards Him, Now a god believed, but disobeyed, may or may not visit punishment hereafter, but He certainly works moral disaster to the character of the Individual Hypocrisy Is the deadliest sin, for It atrophies tho soul. Better an honest, heaven- defying atheist than a professing Christian deliberately living a life at variance with the.moral law, A wholesome revolt against this sort of sinning, especially In high places, Is sweeping over the world. The cry of one analyst, "Too many men are spir itual who are not moral,” Is command ing serious thought Society Increas ingly perceives the Incongruity of such not uncommon spectacles as one which I myself have witnessed: A famous churchman's name cheered In an ec- clestastlcal gathering, but actually hlseed by bis own employees. If the sovereignty of the Lord Almighty means anything. It means obedience to Hie laws. The God in a Box. While watching a Shinto festival In a remote Japanese village, I was ap proached by a native who knew a few words of English. He said, pointing to the careening ark which shouting, dancing devotees were carrying on their shoulders, -God In box.” Thank ing him for the explanation, I began to muse on the fact that the gods of heathendom are all little gods—gods who can be carried about In a box. gods who can be made by hands, gods limited by human forms and attributes. The God whose worship alone Is uni versal dwells not In temples made with hands; the heaven of heavens can not contain Him. and His Ineffable great ness Is beyond tbe grasp of mortal . . . For Sale . . . ELECTRIC FANS Of All Kinds Carter & Gillespie Electri 0 Company. Prudential Building. Phones 6000. MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN THE CITY—RIGHT PRICES. mind. Because Jehovah Is not a little god, but the Great God, deserving and de siring direct worship and allegiance, and jealous of aught that would come between Him and tho hearts of His people, His finger wrote on the stony tablet the second great commandment. Thou shalt not make unto thee _ graven Image, nor tho likeness of any form that Is in heaven above, or that Is In the earth beneath, or that Is In the water under the earth; thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them nor servo them, for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the Iniquities of the fathers upon the children, upon tho third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy unto thouaands of them that love me and keep my commandments.” That is spoken like u God sure of Himself and His rights, and one of all-embracing vision and largo pur poses. Whoever stoops to Idolatry— be it Idolatry of the golden eagle, of self, or of some other petty object of worship—Is bound to have a reckoning with the Almighty, who is beyond all power of representation, and who will share His throne with none. A Nation of Swearers? The charge Is frequently made over seas that In thla new world west ot tho Atlantic there has grown up a race of swearers—the roost profane people upon earth. Certainly there Is a greater variety In the profanity of the west than In the stereotyped speech of those who live nearer ths uninven tive East; and It may be that this unlovely pre-eminence has been earn ed. Nobody will deny that there Is altogether too much cursing and swear. Ing In our land and time; and that the practice Is not only Irreverent, and In defiance of the third commandment, but also that It stunta Intellectual growth. A thinking man has no need „ swear; he has a vocabulary of definite, meaningful and appropriate words. He Is able to express his own meaning, In nft St. a ImIaa Ja,I aIaa Aa* ... I A I . t ■I all the Intended shades, without bor rowing from the battered and street- worn speech of the tough and the row dy, Profanity Is more than Immoral; It Is vulgar and Ineffective. It | a not the blustering mar: who swears that Impreaspa his Ideas upon the world or makes things move; It Is the quiet, self-respecting man of Ideas, who chooses tools, each fit for Its own spe cial task. If any Sunday school teacher whose sphere touches real life, will only keep his ear* open for an hour, he will hear abundant reason for utilising the po tent agency of the Sunday school to help curb the day's proclivity for pro fanity, which Is of a piece with the age’s spirit of Irreverence. For the best of arguments against profanity Is that which underlies the admirable Roman Catholic "8oelety of the Holy Name," namely, a respect for the name and personality of Him of whom the Inspired pen wrote "Holy and reverend Is Hie Name.” If the man of the street Is hit by the sweep of this third Commandment, scarcely less Is the man of the prayer meeting. Says Bishop Chadwick; -The name of God . . . Is abused when the Insincere and hollow professor joins In the most solemn act of worship, honors Him with the lips when the Van ta far from Him—nay, when one strives to reclaim his fellow sinner by the use of good and holy phrases In which hla own belief la merely theoretical” Quite aa Cutting la this further ex tract from the same meaty writer 1 •The™ l« a larger and powerful school of religion In our own day, whose dis ciples talk much more if their own emotions and their own souls than St. Paul did, and muck less about Ood and Christ. Some day the proportions will be restored.” There Is a profanity that Is born of religiosity as truly as a pro fanity which springs from" the third Neither his commandment ' Neither his friendi nor his foes may trifle with Jehovah’s majesty. Man's Weal God’s Will. The Hindus have perfected religious observances to the point of ludicrous- ness; they have piled rite upon rite, ceremony upon ceremony, practice upon practice, until the original Ides Is hopelessly obscured. That man Is far wiser than the ordinary Hindu worshipper who can make aught of sense or reason out of the jumble of f ierformances to be witnessed any day n Benares, The same danger besets every religion. There Is more of John Milton and the other Puritan fsthers In some folks' theology than there Is of the Apostle Paul. Reformations are as necessary in religion as In poli tick Take this fourth Commandment, for example, through which, by the way, every week automobiles go dashing end golf balls, tennis balls and base bolls go hurtling. Even at the risk of shocking some reader, let me say that Sabbatarianism Is by no means synonymous with Berlpturolixm. The law has become overlaid with Interpre tation. On# of the most pressing needs of present day Christianity Is e fresh, honest, unprejudiced and con structive presentation of the Sunday question. At present It Is too largely confined to the hurling of futile pro hibitions, which the preachers them selves do not always observe, against the now-established practice* of ths many. Too long we have been hearing upon this vital subject of the Lords Day, only a series of poet-century "Thou shalt note," when the church and the world are waiting for a sweet- spirited and timely Interpretation of "This do in remembrance of Me. As the fourth of the commandments having respect to man’s duty to 0«J thla law primarily enjoined only rest, with on Implied memorial character It waa to be a rest day for worker* (not for Idlers, who today are ths greatest Sabbath violators), in recog nition of ths rest of tbe Creator after his labors. Ths day was tor God s glory, but also for man's good. It designed to promote the highest phy» leal wellbeing of man. as well as “ Insure time for thought upon spiritual things. Any man who works ao'*; 1 days a week, be he preacher or (•""*? Is a Sabbath-breaker; and he,falls,' reader to God tbe honor which claims as Hla due.— DR. LANIER'S DENTAL OFFICE*. The home of crown and br-ds* * at live-and-lat-llve priest. Specimen Crowns, only Teeth inserted without aHifie-'L. ^Wm-fEHALLW^