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Third Hague Congress Fin
ishes Work On This
Score.
By HAYNE DAVIS.
The Hague, Aug. 9.—That project consist
ing of five clauses on the regulation of
naval bombardment of towns, villages and
porta has been accepted. The third peace
conference finished Its work on'this matter
yesterday.
The bombardment of places which are
undefended fa forbidden, but a pluce can
not be called undefended where sub-marine
inluea are moored. A commander who la In
atrnteglc contact with an enemy may. If
'“uperatlre necessity requires, bombard
Ithout delay.
A clause forbidding the bombardment of
cities, towns or ports for non-payment of
monetary contributions also was adopted.
THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure
the piazza at
Woman, much preoccupied, exhibits abject
terror upon sighting among party, of new
arrivals a foreign looking man. Frank
she Is aitne. Vera Hlavlnsky. That
him at the gaming* table.
Later n woman's screams attract Frank
to the grounds, lie discovers Vera In best*
ed altercation with tho foreigner (Dr. Carl
“the others were then"In tEe hotel.” Vera
denies she has them with her. aiueller In
Frank rushes to the defense, and In n
fierce struggle both men show knowledge rt
ii wrestling trick which Is a secret or the
nracebrldge family. Frank is ‘almost ex-
sclous.
She wins Frank’s promise to assist her,
and gives him a package, with permission
to open It when he thinks tho right time
has come.
Frank returns to the Casino and finds
that Keginald has lost every dollar. A tele
gram annouuccs the sudden death of Regi
nald a father.
Frank Is made executor.with full control
and Reginald quarrels with him. Frank
learns the secret of the Dracebrldge dia
monds. the curse of violent death lying on
the Rrncebrldgps until the three stofles
missing from the magnificent necklace
police. Reginald comes tb<hlm to beg for
A ninld employed by Reginald rushes In
and tejls'hJm his wife la dead and he Is nc-
; cased of murder. Reginald confess©* a col-
I lege escapade that resulted in marriage.
; Tho maid hrlnga Reginald's wife's locket,
• which Frank finds contains Vera Blavlu-
sky’s picture.
She reveals that-a physician resembling
Mueller attended Reginald's wife and Is bis
* accuser.
Detectives seek Reginald, and Frank con-,
reals him tu a secret loom behind a paint-
U frank discovers tha,t he needs but one
other diamond nnd another-scrap of paper
containing the mysterious map to possess
the full secret of the Bracebrldges.
They escape by a private door Into the
system of express tunnels underneath the
C /rank lmtiles with Detectlvo flheehin
and binds nnd gags him. They reach
: Frank's houso on the Bound aud embark
la a motor Itoat.
rr.ink battles with Defective Sheehan and
Mndr nnd aura him. They reach Prank',
home on the Round nnd embark In a motor
boat, when Sheehaa appears on the ehore
with n revolver and demands their surren
der. The detectlvee and Mueller, pursuing In
u*?i. aii«- uriiTinra nuu nuciisn jmioimif, m
an automobile, reach the llracehrld^e bouse
A. inr airiuip. leap, into me iiir, iwbi-
nald fall. In a faint and bla cousin has all
he can do to render aaaletance and (tilde
the mnrhlne. The puraulu( party arrives
and send* shot after ehot at the nlriblp.
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Fugitive’* Vow.
After all, the necklace was Regi
nald's. Frank was only holding It In
trust for him. Why should he not
Intrust It to him earlier than the day
eet by hla father?
"If I have these diamonds on my
person," Frank mused, "Mueller or his
agents are liable to get 'htXl of them
at any time In spite of my vigilance.
The pieces of. the map- I can eafely
conceal by putting them Inside the
lining of my coat, but diamonds be
does not. There seems to be no of
way out of tt. If I am to watch Mueller
successfully."
He brought the engine to a stand
still again, looked around to see that
Reginald was safely aeleep, and then
took out the case that held the dia
mond necklace.
Ripping open the lining of the case
with his penknife, he stowed away
among Its silken folds the diamond
w hich poor Rita had cherished and the
one Madame Slavlnsky had given him
ill trust. Then he adjusted and fasten.
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ed the lining again so that no one
could see that It had been disturbed.
The three sections of the map—one
for Reginald, one for Reginald's miss
ing child, and one for Vera Slavlnsky
—he fastened securely within the lin
ing of his coat. He sealed the velvet
casket and wrapped It securely In pa
per, tying the cord around It -with many
Intricate knots.
Then he awoke Reginald.
“Reg," said he, "you think I have
treated you decently In all this, don't
you?”
"I never can repay you,” returned
Reginald, fervently, and thought he
meant It.
“It Is not a question of repayment,
F.eg!nald,” said Frank, solemnly. “I do
not wish you to do anything for me,
btit there Is something I want you to
promise me for yourself."
“Anything, anything, Frank,” cried
Reginald, Impetuously.
"It will take weeks, months, per
haps even years, to prove your Inno
cence,” said the elder Bracebrldgp,
"and I shall be In personal danger from
Mueller while I am working for you.
This package,” and he took from his
pocket the casket of diamonds, ‘‘con
tains a most valuable heirloom which
forms part of the secret of the Brace-
bridges. If It be lost or stolen It
means life or death to you, to me and
to your Infant son. Will you swear to
me to guard this packet with your life,
to let no one see It or know of Its
existence, to restrain your own curios
ity and not to open It until I bid you to
do-so72 f
Of couree. he promised—poor, weak
Reginald. He swore by everything he
held holy that he would carry out
Frank's Instructions to the letter.
Sailing Through 8pact.
The airship swept on through space.
The moonlight faded, the gray dawn
drew her silvery veil over the sleeping
fields and villages. Then In the east
the first faint flush of dawn appeared
above the clouds, changing later Into
the glorious splendors of the sunrise.
The day wore on. Far below them
the laborers In the fields, and later
pie going to their work, could watch
Frank and Reginald could see the peo-
aee them returning home again, tired
and dusty.
Everywhere they could see the com
motion enused by their appearance. Al
though Frank purposely kept aa high
In the air os he could, the airship was
seen by the inhabitants of the towns
nnd cities beneath. But the winged
ship of the air flew too swiftly for
them to be able to determine whether
It was a man-made machine or some
monster bird of a species unknown.
The second night came on. At mid
night Frank roused Reginald, who was
sleeping.
"Are we near the journey's end,
said.
Reginald snlfTed the air with Its tang
of salty breezes.
"Are we near the aea7" he said. "The
air smells salty."
"We are nearing Portsmouth, N. H., 1
said Frank. "If my compass and maps
are right, and I think they are. I am
going to circle around the town until
I llnd some deserted spot about three
miles distant where I can leave this
airship.
"You can readily Imagine that I
might as well give you back to the
New York authorities as to land you
anywhere In a city or town. The de-
scmrlptlon of this airship has been
telegraphed all over the country by
now. But the last part of our Journey
lias been made by night, so I think
we have thrown them off the track.
After we land the airship we must
v-alk Into Portsmouth. Wc shall reach
there before daylight, and then I will
take you to a sea captain I know. He
Is under the greatest obligations
me, for I defended him when he was
tried for his life for the murder o!
Ms wife, and acquitted him against
great odds. He would do anything for
me. I shall not wish to talk'with you
before him. so I will give yoif all neces.
stry Instructions now.
but to bellpve the boy's promises for
the future. .
He Anally landed the airship In a
dense grove three miles from Ports
mouth. Frank, from his knowledge of
the country, knew that with good luck
It might remain there several weeks
without discovery. He completely cov
ered it with the tarpaulin carried for
such emergencies beneath the tiny
cabin, and then set out with Reginald
for the lonely walk to Portsmouth.
They found Captain Briggs, and
Frank quickly made the arrangements
for the voyage. Then leaving the buy
In the care and the cabin of the old
captain, than which there was no safer
place In the United States, he made his
way to a quiet hotel, registered as Wil
liam Dirk, and throwing himself ex
hausted upon a bed, slept until the
sun streamed Into his room and awak
ened him.
Then he arose, paid his bill, went to
a store, bought a suitcase and some
necessities and took the train for Ban
gor. There he went to a first-class
hotel, boldly registering as Charles
Richards, of Boston, and called for
telegraph blanks.
He knew that Barker's mall and
telegrams would be watched, but he
and Barker had not conducted some
of the moat famous criminal cases of
the day for nothing, and so the cipher
telegrams which he sent out from Ban
gor were not addressed to Barker, but
to a quiet, unassuming little grocer, an
old neighbor of Barker, the last man
cn earth to be suspected of ever know.
Ing enough to carry on an Intrigue of
any Jtlnd.
Through Barker he learned startling
<Mngs.
That Schmidt, under the name of
Mueller, had bought a few months be
fore a beautiful estate called The Hol
low. In Moorcombe, near Cleveland,
Ohio. That since he had bought It he
had evidently become enamored of
Judge Thurston’s beautiful daughter,
Sylvia. •
That he had divided hla time for the
last few months between Moorcombe
and the little apartment beneath the
one where Reginald and hla young wife
lived In New York.
That he had hurried back to Moor
combe the day after Reginald's escape
In the airship, evidently letting hi* ad
miration for Sylvia Thurstpn get the
upper hand of hla secret purpose In
•The captain will make a special
voyage to France for me. You will
go as a passenger In seclusion. You
must keep to your room all the way
and pretend to be 111. When you reach
the other elde the captain will supply
yru with money for your immediate
necessities. He will give you an ad
dress by which you can always com
municate with him.
••You must never try to communicate
with me direct; always through him.
He will always.have funds for your
needs. He will always be able to get
In touch with me If you need me. It
is needless to say that you must not
use your own name. I would suggest
that of Henry Brice.
“I must caution you also, Reginald,’
he apoke solemnly, “that your whole
method of life must change while this
terrible suspicion rests upon you. You
are hiding for your life and your vin
dication. You must not attract atten
tion to yourself by extravagent expen-
. dltures or reckless living.
aadWHMKEY HABITS ! Reginald protested again and again
I the’latte"and a^ouc^Frank'rerSm!
New York.
"To Moorcombe I will go," said Frank
to himself. Then he kept the wires
busy with Instructions for Barker.
Barker wps Its go tp Moorcombe and
And a secluded farm with an Immense
barn upon It. He was to buy that farm
at any price, nnd send Hudson down
with things to make the house habit
able. He was to give out that the man
who was to live there was a physician
who was making the culture of the
germs of various deadly and contag
ious diseases. This would secure for
him the Isolation he deelred.
Barker also was to set on foot
rigorous Investigation of Mueller or
Schmidt, and do everything from a le
gal standpoint to establish Reginald'*.
Innocence of the crime of wilful murder
with which. Barker's advisers showed
that the coroner’s Jury had charged the
fugitive youth.
Barker carried out hla Instructions
to the letter. Through a trusted agent
he bought a farm about three miles
from The Hollow. He had the roof of
the barn taken off and a huge tarpaulin
spread over the top.
When all was In readiness Barker
notlAed Frank, who went to the grove
where he had left hla airship, launched
It and set out for Moorcombe.
Continued In Tomorrow’s Georgian,
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ATLANTA’S OLDEST
SAVINGS BANK
KEEPS ON GROWING.
Figures show the growing popular
ity of the Oeorgla Savings Bank and
Trust Company better than anything
else. This old savings Institution was
organized during the past century and
since Its opening day its deposits have
been constantly climbing higher. This
not only shows that people are sav
ing their money more, but It shows
they have satlsAed customers. Hun
dreds upon hundreds of grown people
end people that are not grown have
started their Arst bank account with
this strong Instl'ution and the list Is
bring dally added to. They nnd on de
posit:
August 6, 1900 t 41.490.91
August 9, 1901 74.702.87
August 0, 1902 97,049.59
August 0, 1902 140.085.65
August 8, 1904 217.919.64
August «, 1905 244,188.70
August 6, 1908 270.199.91
August «. 1907 290.869.52
So many people are enabled to save
with this bank because they accept
deposits as smalt as 21 and 4 per cent
per annum Interest is paid and com
pounded for you. It you have no bank
account don't keep putting It off. You
might have had several hundred dol
lars In the bank now If you had only
taken the Arst step with a dollar
few years back. Write, ’phone or call
for a circular and you will get one.
Remember the benk opens every Satur
day afternoon In addition to the regu
lar morning hours.
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Saturdays, limited Tuesdays following
date of isle. Season rate, 218.15; tick
ets on sals dally, limited September
10th.
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