Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, August 01, 1907, Image 10
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THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure
SYNOPSIS.
Prank (the hero) and Reclnald Rrace-
brtdro (rousing) utoet a inarveloualy brsofl-
fnl woman on the plaasa at Saratoga.
Woman, much preoccupied, exhibit a abject
terror upon lighting among party of near
arrivals tt foreign looking man. Prank
learns she la Mme. Vera Plarlneky. That
night Reginald dlsappenrs and Prank fioda
him at the gaming table.
Later n woman’* screams attract Frank
to the groiiuds. He discovers Vera In heat
ed aJterratloi) with the foreigner (Dr. Carl
Moeller>. the latter demanding that she aur-
render to him „ .. __
t'lalma he Uns “missing fragim ...
•’the others were then In the hotel." Vera
denies she has them with her. Mueller In
lage nttacks her.
Prank rushes to the defense, and In
checks aggregating $80,000, and that a war
rant for his arrest Is In the hands of the
police. Xteglnald conies to him to beg for
aid.
A maid employed by Reginald rushes In
maid brings Reginald'* wife's locket,
which Frank finds contains Vera Slavlu-
sky's picture.
CHAPTER XI.
llracebridge family. Prank la almost
haunted when Vera plunges a hypodermic
needle Into Mueller and renders him un
scions.
Hhe wins Frank's promise to assist her.
and give* him a package, with |>ermlaalon
to open it when lie thinks the right time
bns come.
Frank returns to the Casino and finds
that Reginald has lost every dollar. A tele
gram announces the sudden death of Regl
nald's father.
Prtbk U made executor with full control
and Reginald quarrels with him. Frank
learn* the secret of the llracebridge dia
monds. the curse of violent death lying on
the Brarehrhlges until the three stones
missing from the magnificent necklace
should he returned.
He Is told that Reginald has forged
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Leaves th. Dead.
“That explains something, anyway."
The words came from Reginald, who
had partly recovered from his surprise,
occasioned by the discovery ot the con
tents of the locket.
"1 believe Rita and Madame ’Slavln-
sky to be related In some way. When
1 saw Madame Slavlnaky on the plaxsu
at Saratoga I was struck with her re
semblance to some one I had known,
but I could not tell whom. Now I
know that there was an Indefinable,
yet strong likeness between the two
women. Rita was not one-half so
beautiful as Madame Hlavlnsky. She
is tlie most glorious creature I ever
saw In all my life. Rita was a pocket
edition of her, however, In many ways.
Rita was very small, very slender and
her featuers had an Infantile, Imma
ture mold. She had not the coloring
nor the eyes of Madame Slavlnsky, but,
nevertheless, there wss a marked re
semblance between them.”
We will speak of this later, Reg
inald." said Frank. "Just now I am
snxlous to know about your wife's Ill
ness and death."
I had to leave her dead body.
Frank.” said Reginald, with a sob In
his voice, resuming his story. "Sho
died in my arms, and only ten minutes
later I received a warning over the tel
ephone from a friend that the officers
were after me for this forgery. So I
kissed her lips, which were still warm
In life, and left her there with Ka-
Thls Is the first news I have had
elnce.
"When she fell 111 1 did not know n
single physician on whom I could call.
I had kept very much to myself and
had Instructed Rlla to do the same, for
I was afraid that my fnthor would
learn of my marriage. So. when »’»
most needed help and friends, wo knew
no one on whom to call.
"In the rooms directly above ours in
the apartment building In which wo
made our home there lived a foreign
looking man, who. like ourselves, scem-
lo shun the society of his neigh
bors.
"I had never spoken to him except to
greet him as I passed him in the hall.
For some reason which I could not
myself explain, I distrusted him. His
name wan Schmidt, and It wan known
of him that ho -vas a wealthy physi
cian. who v.as seeking rest and recrea
tion from his work. He had only been
In the building a couple of months, but
both Rita and-myself had met him
set-oral times when entering or leaving
Hie building, and she once reported to
me that sho had seen him watching
her. , ,
"I laughed at her suspicions.
••Dut when she became ill I would
, never have called him In If there had
I been any other physician In the nelgh-
' l orhood. Rut there was not, and Rita s
case was all the more desperate be-
lause her Illness had come unexpected-
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SUNDAY, AUG. 4th,
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10 Day Ticket $11.95
15 Day Ticket 18.00
60 Day Ticket 21.25
Season Ticket 25.45
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Commencing Aug. 9th
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Washington, or Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Cleveland
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OlUpUYcIo Buffalo and Cincinnati.
Ticket Office, 1 Peachtree Street. Phone 142,
New Terminal Station Phone 4900.
J. C. LUSK,
District Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
ly, Katie dashed out wildly to get
some one, and, aeemlngly, by chance,
met Dr. Schmidt In the hall/'
“Sure, he looked as If he were wait
In" 'round and llitenlng.” put In Katie.
“I never liked that man. anyway."
"I was averse to putting Rita In his
care,*though I couldn't have told why.
But no other aid was available and her
need waa urgent. Schmidt seemed to
know his business, and my prejudice
against the man greatly diminished
when I saw how deft and skillful he
was.
Rita waa terribly III, and although
the child lived after tt was born, she
did not recover her strength."
•The child!" grasped Frank. "Tour
child? Why, It Is the heir to the
Bracebridge fortune. Where Is the
child now?"
I never thought of that,'* cried
Reginald, jumping up In hla excite
ment. "Where-la the child?” he re
peated, turning upon Katie.
The girl showed signs of positive
terror as she looked at him.
"I'm so. frightened I don't know,” she
answered, her voice trembling with
fright.
Frank saw that prompt and stern
measures were demanded. He stepped
to the side of the frightened little maid
and put his hand on her shoulder.
"See here, my girl,” he said kindly,
but firmly, "Mr. Reginald’s life may
depend upon your keeping cool now
and being able to tell me what you
know. Stop crying and overcome your
nervousness and tell me exactly what
happened after Mr. Reginald left the
house. Tell me of anything that you
saw before that time that you thought
•trange.”
Thus adjured, the girl calmed her
self and told a startling story.
“I did all' the work,” she said, "for
Miss Rita. I loved her very dearly,
know something else, too. I know that
Mr. Newton loved hor, and I know he
would not have harmed a hair of her
head. But old Dr. Schmidt saya that
Mr. Reginald murdered Miss Rita. He
says he put poison In her food. He
told that to a policeman that came to
the house. He said he would not sign
a death certificate, because Mrs. New
ton waa murdered."
“My God, Reg!” cried Frank, his
face pale and twlchlng. "This Schmidt
must bo a deadly enemy of youfs for
some unknown reason. This will mean
hanging for ypu unless we can combat
his evidence In some way.”
“What could have been his motive In
making such an accuaatlon, unless”—
His brow darkened with a sudden
suspicion. Ho looked . at Reginald
broodlngly.
"No!' No! Not that," almost shrieked
Reginald. “You couldn’t believe me
guilty of that, Frank. I have been
terribly mean; I have done many aw
ful things, but I swear to you, Frank, I
am Innocent of that.”
"He la right,” put In Kntle. “Mr.
Reginald never hurt Miss Rita. But I
have my suspicions of that Dr. Schmidt.
Just watt till I tell you all 1 know.
-Dr. Schmidt brought a nurse there
to care for Miss Rita I didn’t like her
at all. Sho waa a regular cat with her
sly ways. Dr. Schmidt called her
Nurse Fink. She had a queer bundle
with her when she came, a bundle that
she tended very carefully. She put It
In her room and she always kept the
door locked. I never got a chance to
sec Inside that room.
About threo hours after you left,
continued Katie, addressing Reginald,
"Dr. Schmidt told me that the baby
had died also."
A groan burst from Reginald’s lips.
Frank put out his hand quickly.
"Aro you sure the child died?” he
asked.
"That’s just what I am going to tell
you,” replied Katie.
CHAPTER* XII.
The Stolen Baby.
’’I went In and saw a little dead baby
lying beside Miss Rita," continued Ka
tie. ”1 was suspicious even then, and
1 looked the baby over carefully.
"You see, I had held Mlaa Rita’s baby
In my arms often whllo the nurse was
bathing It, and I had noticed a queer
little birthmark like a fish on Its right
arm Just above the elbow."
“The mark of the Bracebrldges," ex
claimed Frank, springing up In excite
ment.
"Roll up your sleeve, Reg:,’’ com
manded Frank, baring hla own arm as
he spoke. •
“Was this the mark you saw?" he
asked Katie.
"Yes, that’s the mark I saw,” she
said.
"It Is the mark of the Rracebrldges,”
said Frank. “It belongs to the family
history. Borne time, Reg., when we are
out of the woods, I will tell It to you.
There Is much thut you .ought to know,
But suffice It to soy now that every
Bracebridge for generations has car
ried the sign of the tiny clinched hand
on his arm. It Is a mark of Identifica
tion anywhere. If what I suspect Is
true, we shall be able to trace this
child.”
"But.” Interrupted Reginald
nmaxement, ”1 thought she said the
child was dead?”
"She raw u child dead." returned
Frank, quietly. "She has not said that
she saw your child dead. Go on, Ka
tie," he urged kindly, turning to the
little mold.
"It wouldn’t be possible to take
mark llko that off, would It, without
making the skin sore, or to cover It
t-p?" asked Katie earnestly to Frank.
"No, Katie, he wouldn’t,” replied
Frank. "Why?”
The Birthmark, *
"Because,” said tho girl, “the little
living baby that 1 held In my arms had
the mark of the clenched hand upon
Its arm, but the little dead baby that
lay beside Mtss lllta had no mark at
all on its arm. Besides, after the baby
died I heard from Nurae Fink’s room
a strange little noise that sounded like
a baby's cry."
“It Is as I thought, Reg.,” said Frank.
'There le a terrible plot here some
where, a plot that means more than
appears on the surface. Let me see
what more there Is to this locket."
He took the locket In his hands and
gased earnestly at the sweet face of
Mme. Blavtnsky. Was It fate that threw
this beautiful woman, or her double,
Into his path at every turn?
Frank Bracebridge was not a super
stitious man, but the curious psychic
feeling that come over him when he
first saw the woman and the man who
was persecuting her took possession of
him now. He stopped short, Belxed
with a wild suspicion, a thought that
seemed almost too tmprobuble for cre
dence.
"Tell me what this Schmidt looked
like, Reg." ha asked.
"In height, weight and general up-
iwarance he reminded me very strong
ly of that Dr. Mueller of whom Mad-
uine Slavlnaky seemed to be afraid ut
Saratoga.” he replied.
Frank clinched his fists Instinctively.
"I knew it,” he whispered, almost tri
umphantly.
“But Mueller wore a mustache and
beard," went on Reg,’ "while Schmidt
was clean shaven. \
"Try to recall Muellers face, Reg,”
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entreated Frank, earnestly. "More de-
pends upon this than you think. Could
Schmidt possibly have been Mueller
with his board and ir.^Tlaehe re
moved 7”
Reginald closed Ids eyee while he
compared his mental Impressions of the
two men. Then he brought hi* hand
down with a resounding slap upon his
knee.
It Wae Mueller.
"You win, old boy!" he cried to
Frank. "He was Mueller. I wouldn't
be afraid to stake my life on It. I
wondered why his suave eneaklnese and
hla oily manners seemed so familiar.
Now, what the devil could he have
been doing there? By the way, Frank.
DR. WARD’S MUSTACHE
IS SACRIFICED TO CAUSE
Have you seen Dr. Ward recently?
Muybe you didn't recognlxe him, for
he has made a sacrifice. He has given
his mustache to the prohibition cause.
Dr. A. C. Ward Is pastor of the Tem.
pie Baptist church. Until Wednesday
he wore a mustache that wae the pride
of hie congregation. But hla son didn’t
like the mustache his father wore, and
you never*told me whaHiecanM of him the two discussed
or of Madame either. You were called cuHsed prohibition. Dr. \V ard was so
awny suddenly."
"Never mind that now," returned
Frank. "You shall know all that In
good time. The taak before us now Is
to find out all- we can about this
Fchmidt."
If you please," Katie Interrupted
suddenly, "I’m afraid you ought to get
.Mr. Reginald out of the house. I for
got to tell yon that I heard Dr. Schmidt
tell the policeman that Mr. Reginald's
i.sme was not Newtcn, but Biacsbrtdge,
nnd that his cousin waa Mr. Frank
ffmce'orldge, the lawyer. He said he
thought probably he would come to
you.”
Good heavens, girl!" demanded
Prank, "why didn’t you tell ua this be
fore? They may be here at any mo-
: .ent now."
As tf hie words were a prophecy, the
doorbell rang loudly. . _
Continued in Tomorrow’* Georgian.
Picnic for Epworth League.
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,f ths Epworth League of the First
Methodist church will-give a moon
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lock.
Don’t fail to read large
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issue.
GOVERNOR HANLEY
RAPS ROOSEVELT
Elkhart, Iud., Aug. 1.—Governor llauley
surprised the Chautauqua audience here t>jr
the strong ground* be took ngnlust the
policies of President Roosevelt and by
broadly hinting that If further attempt! nt
centralising are persisted In despot lum will
follow. The governor said that President
Roosevelt has earned the gratitude ami coil*
llilence of bis country by hi* work rtud sig
nal service, but he Is bot Infallible.
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PREVENT 32 DEATHS.
off the mustache If the bill passed the
house.
Did It pass? Well, to any one who
knew of the promise, Dr. Ward’s face
Wednesday morning would have been
a ibul'/tln board.
"It wasn’t an election bet,” explained
the minister, “for there wasn't anything
against it. It might be termed a free
will offering. But I’m willing to sacri
fice beauty for the cause.”
And his face bore a smile so wide
that it would have been a shame to
hide it under a mustache.
229 Woodward An., ATLANTA, 61
JAMES RESTAURANT
thirty-two persons and Injuring 100
others, and where the trains were sup
posed to have met, said that In oddl
tlon to the telegraphing at Salem, he
looks after the mall delivery at the
postofftce, sella 'tickets, attends to
switch lamps and looks after freight
and baggage. When the special train
went through Salem he wae at the
postoffice, arriving back at his station
three or four minutes after the train
had gone through.
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Northvllle, Mich., o'Jt. 1.—Dean Per
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Gentlemen can now bring their
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