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r THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. rGBltDAT. ABOUtST THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 36 West Alabama St., Atlanta. On. Subscription Rates! One Tear Nfl Fit Months Three Months M| By Carrier. Ter Week ■*» Telephones connecting all deport- mentn. Long distance terminals. resentntlTes for all territory outer Genista. Ohlpsco Office Tribune Dstldlaff New York Office Potter Bulldlog If you hare GEORGIAN* the circulation department and hnvo etly Wealed. W .malm Atlanta 440L It la destrahle that all communlca. tlons intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN* AND NEWS be limited to 300 word, In length. It Is Imp*reties that they be atoned, ns an evidence of good faith. Rejected manuscript* will not be returned nnleaa etampe are lent for the purpose. Neither doee It print whisky or any liquor ads. AND NEWS stands 1 Ing Its own gas ana sisctnc ngnt plants, as It now owns Its water works. Other rltlei do thti and get gsa aa tow as it cents, with a profit to tbo cltr. This should be done st once. Till: GEORGIAN AND NBWS believes that If street railways enn be operated successfully by European rifles, as they are, there It no good reason why they can not be so oper. ated here. Dnt we do not believe this be done now, and It mav be some Tbe Washington Herald says: "The Atlanta Georgian now ad mits that a newspaper paragraph- cr may get to heaven, but must nsas—arlly go via Georgia. That's all right; none of them will com plain of that feature." Of course not; but Isn't that a roundabout way of getting to Nebraska?j-Mr. Bryan's Commoner. We submit to a candid world and a careful Commoner that as botween Georgia and Nebraska tbo paragraph ic pilgrim would bo likely to fold bis wings In Atlanta. Tbo Georgian Is right. Before the legislature quits It should band out a package to the Pull man Company. Not only should the rates bo lowered befwoon Georgia points, but tbe uppor berth should be cheaper than the lower, and hliniilil not lie put down unloSB thoro Is actual uso for It Tills Is one legislation against which no ono will kick excel ‘ the Pullman Company, and their kick won't count.—Amorlcus Tlracs-Itecordcr. This Is another reform which Is sim ply doforred. Romo wasn't built In n day, and a perfect system of railroad regulation must come by degrees. Wbllo Georgia would go prohi bition without tho aid of Tbo At lanta Georgian, wo aro glad to h&vo Its help and to number at leaat ono Atlanta—Georgia—dally on the dry side. Tho fact that it Is the spectacle of a dally paper working for prohibition probably accounts tor tbo wonderful praise shown It by Its readers not ex tended to scores of Georgia week lies that wore working for state prohibition a long tlmo before Tbo Georgian was known.—Shell- man, Ga., Sun. And tho object of this paragraph, neighbor, li to giro you both publicity and tho pralso you richly deserve. Tbo Atlanta Georgian contin ues to modestly decline to admit its entire responsibility for tho prohibition law, but It has now gone from two to three-column displays, and from minion to black face, to publish the letter* that Insist that The Georgian's Is tho glory.—Savannah New*. Each of these comments, esteemed contemporary, contained some pun gent paragraph on the prohibition cause. Tbe mention of The Georgian was purely Incidental. Finding that Bryan. Taft, For- aker, Fairbanks. Knox, Cortelyou and Colonel John Temple Graves are being mentioned as possible presidential candidate!, Mr. Roosevelt la said to be strenu ously preparing his speech of ac ceptance.—Chattanooga Star. Yes^and Taft spoke It at Columbus, Ohio, Monday night. THREE COUNTIES TO REPORT TAX Bartow, Burke and McIntosh coun ties an the only missing ones for 1907, and they an expected to reach the comptroller general's office before this week Is ended. The returns from 1J7 counties re ported Monday give a net increase of 136,935,276. Since then the following counties, showing gains, have report ed: Hart, 346.279; Crisp. 1260.570; IVayne, 2116.694: Decatur, 6C67.19C; Haralson. 6111,264; Dougherty, 6515,- 741. adding to the grand total 51.966.- 698. This brings tbe Increase up to K* 931.918. Tbe three misting coun ties will probably bring ttie flhsl total up to near 829.609.000. This will not fall very short of tbe increase of 1400 over 1905. when It was 641,179,066. TAFT IN ROOSEVELT’S MANTLE. William Henry Taft, literally wrapped In tho mantlo of Theodore Roosovclt, strides Into tbo presidential arena and flings down the gage of battlo to Fairbanks, Foraker and Philander Knox. No ordinary mantlo would cover tho ponderous shoulders of tho Sec retary of War, but It must bo remembered that tho garment of Theo dore Roosevelt Is a water-proof mado of rubber and already practiced In stretching to cover the Joint shoulders of Roosevelt and Bryan and war ranted to Includo tbe Democratic party. In this amlablo and comprehensive coat Secretary Taft makes his best bow to the voters of Ohio and the republic. It can not be questioned that tho cabinet officer and legatee of tho Strenuous, looms largo upon tbo horizon of possibility and will make a strong and hopeful race. Ho Is in fact the third strongest man whom tho Republican party might present to tho suffrage of the country. First, of course, nnd foremost always Is tho Invincible president, whoso candidacy would be equivalent to nn election. Next is tho governor of New York, who while nominally a Republican, holds himself under no obligation to tho Republican party, and enjoys next to Mr. Roosevelt himself, the highest and broadest prestige of achievement—the man who has actually dono something nnd done It bravely and effectively. Hughes Is a great flguro tn the republic of today. As tho editor of Tho Georgian wroto from Ohio, tbe weakness of Taft Is In the suspicion of his own apathy toward tho presidential race. It Is hard to beat It out of the heads of tho people that he la running to obllgo tho president, and would rather be at something else. Then, too, the big Secretary lacks the ring of mighty earnestness which has given wings and vitality to the Roosevelt speech and action. Secretary Taft Is too amiable, too likable, too easy to lead a great earnest host of citizens toward relief and reform against powerful and selfish opposi tion. For all that the Secretary has planted himself on strong ground, much of which Is as Democratic as It Is Republican. Few Democratic platforms have gone further than the Taft speech In those great matters of railway regulation, personal punishment of criminal trust magnates, and an Income or Inheritance tax. To outdo tbo force and popular vigor of thodo utterances tbo next Democratic plat form would need to assert a radicalism that would alarm tho country. The Taft speech Is as extreme as the Hoarst propaganda of sovon years ago. In fact It la almost the exact Hearst propaganda of soven years ago, denounced In terror and Indignation then, and now applauded as a wise and conservative expression of tho temper of the times—an other great convert to the vast campaign of agitation which tbo great Democratic editor has so persistently led. Secretary Taft has learned from his chieftain,-tho president, how to stesl DtAnocratlc thunder, and his latest depredation on our party pre serves will leave us somewhat barren of now and striking Issues on which to go before tbe people. In fact the Taft speech makes It more thin ever desirable that the Democratlo convention shall precede the Republican, and that the Dem ocratic national platform shall go In advance before the people, to that the Republican utterance homing later shall come as a mere echo and imitation aa It la sure to be. Tbe declaration, of tho War Secretary for a prudent revision of the tariff Is also a step toward that Democracy which Is permeating tho THE TOCCOA INSTITUTE FOR MOUNTAIN YOUTH. Mr. E. P. Simpson, the genuine and practical, philanthropist of Toe- coa, without waiting for outside rich men to co-operate with his great donation, has gone ahead with the forces of his own environment and Is seeking to raise among his own people the $50,000 needed to convert his beautiful Haddock Inn into a great school for the mountain boys and girls. Mr. James M. Rogers, of Athens, has charge of the work. It Is worthy of all noble co-operation. ATLANTA WOMAN WRITES OF OLD ORCHARD FIRE; HAD A NARROW ESCAPE Mr. and Mrs. Davis Were in One of the Big Hotels. From Old Orchard,, Maine, the scene of the great Are of last Wednesday, comes a letter from Mrs. W, P. Davis, of 534 South Pryor street, who was one of tbe hotel guests who had a narrow escape from the flames, ns wns announced In The Georgian several days ago. ml Mrs. Davis, with Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Forrest, were tbe Atlantans In tbe party. They were In attendance upon the convention of tho Christian and Mis sionary Alliance, nnd bad stayed to en- Joy the 'beauties of the seaside resort. Mrs. Davis writes graphically of the great Are and the scenes which followed It. Here Is her letter: To the Editor of The Georgian: We trust that you will be Interested In nn account of tho great Are of last night from tho pen of an eye-witness, nn At lantan nnd subscriber to your esteemed pa per, who, with a*party of friends, has been spending sonic days In thin beautiful place. The Aro wns started about 7:30 p. m. by tbe overturning of a small lamp In on annex of Hotel Emerson, one of the largest hotels on the l>each. The (lames spread rapidly, communicat ing themselves to the adjoining buildings, all of wood with shingle roofs, and In an Incredibly short spaco of time several large hotels nnd a number of cottages nd shops were ablaze. There Is only one Are engine In the place, and some minutes elapsed before a stream of water was turned on tbe flames. Ry this time they had made great headway, leaping across the street and railroad, Ig niting hotels and shops on 1>oth sides, in response to calls for help, apparatus ar rival speedily from Blddeford, but the Dro mon were hampered for some time by. Ina- ^’llty to connect with hydrants having old- ishloned couplings. During this wait a strong southwest wind fanned the flames until, for as the eye could reach eastward, nothing was to bo seen but n groat wnll of fire. Guests from all the hotels began pour ing Into the streets, dragging their trunks nnd suit cases, nnd great bundles of cloth* and beach, some watching the Arc. others innking every effort to get their belongings a place of safety. rchants carrying their wares out of tho shops, venders of fruits nnd curios hur rying by. wagons loaded with trunks keep- nnd children, terror-stricken, hastening to the hillsides or benalk overhead tho great jeloud of smoke and pylug embers thicken- country. It will not do to say that this is mere protestation and Is not I"fJelung 1> *f C th* tyimjit 'of'fuliy 'w'acroi set {or fulflllment, In vlow of tho fact that tho Roosevelt uttorances havo also contained these suggestions which were nover redeemed In legislation. , For there are few well-informed people who do not know that tho president Is a gonulne revisionist, and has only been held In check by tho Urgent protest of bis party leaders during the present administration. But Taft In tho president’s mantlo! He sounds llko tho president Ho talks llko tho president, but can he persuade his peoplo that It Is the real Roosevelt behind the words? It Is not yet beyond tho possibilities that when tho time comes Fair banks and Foraker and Philander K nox—and Taft himself—may bo trampled under foot by a mad atompedo toward the lighter nnd door In the White House. THE PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIRES DELIBERATE CONSID ERATION. Tho contention of The Georgian with respect to tho now contract tiotweon tho city and tho Dell Tolephono Company has implied no reflec tion upon the Integrity of tho city council and tho aldermanlc board. Neither of these bodies could bo supposed to bo thoroughly Informed as to tho condition of the Telophono Company tn Atlanta nor with Its financial relations with other municipalities. That Information belongs to expert knowlodgo. and It Is not necessarily a reflection upon tho local law-makers that they did not havo It. The railway commission In dealing with railroads Is constantly handi capped by the fluent and perfectly Informed railroad expert whoso fund of Information has overwhelmed tho commission's most logical positions. To such a disadvantage hat this superiority of Information reduced the commission that It was finally compelled to omploy an expert of Its own who could answer and refute tho otherwise Invincible array of tho rail way expert's figures and contentions. And so with tho local legislature. In dealing with a great complex corporation like tho Roll Telephone Company they ore placed at a vast * disadvantage In tho discussion of rates, conditions and contracts. Ulti mately the city council may be forced to do ns tho railway commission has done, and to employ an expert who will be able to point out the Dell Company’s conditions, capacities, expenses. Income, etc., and to make known Its arrangements with other cities beside our own. But It Is no reflection upon tho local law-makers that they did not posaeas tho expert knowledge which enabled them to deal on equal terms of Information with the Bell Company. The Georgian came Into posses sion of It In a perfectly legitimate way and turn used It not to dictate, but to offer aa Information to the council dealing with a great and Im portant municipal matter. a - And tmtanwhllo there Is nothing to bo risked or lost In reopening tho Issue with the Bell Company. Tho point to be gained Is time for deliber ation and additional facts. Surely no man can think that after tho light ot publicity has been flashed upon conditions tho Bell Company would think ot trying to mako a better trade for themselves than they have offered. So that there 1* no reason In tbo world consistent with public interest why this very Important matter should not bo held up for timely deliber ation and new Information. The interest of the city clearly demands It, and no one can suffer by tbe delay. We trust the Board ot Aldermen will refer the matter to tho council for further consideration. JUDGE BRAND AND THE WHISKY DRUMMERS. Judge Charles Brand of tho Western Circuit Is taking hold of the pro hibition question with hit accustomed vigor and directness. At the Jackson superior court sitting at Commerco last week. Judge Brand In his charge to the grand jury called the attention of the people to the passage of the Hardman prohibition law and took occasion to com ment upon the bill and commend It In the highest terms. Judge Brand also put all “whisky drummers" for non-resident liquor dealers on notice If any of them wore convicted In his court after tho Hardman prohibition law goes Into effect on January 1st, 1908, of soliciting orders for whisky In this circuit, he Intends to send all such whisky drummers straight to tbe chain-gang without giving them an importunity to pay a fine at all. It Is on such straight lines as these that prohibition Is going to pro hibit in Georgia. .»* . crackling or tho flame* of rally 60 ncrco of building* burning at once, mode a econo never to Tie forgotten. The station of the ltostnn and Mnlnc rail, rond, In which are tho offices of the West' ern Union telegraph nnd Ion* distance 'phono, Is covered with slate and corruitntod Iron. This roof, with tho aartrss wind, prevented Its being limited, nnd thus snYccl the stiops nnd cottages on tho other sido, nml tho great old orchard hotel, hack of thorn, tho only large hotel now standing. Tho Hotel Emerson was on* of the Inst to go. nml with It wont part of tho great POLICE BOARD RACE INTERESJSLEAGUES Prohibition Forces Expect to Take Hand in Election of Right Men: Tho Georgia State Anti-Saloon League and the Toung Men's Prohibition League are not resting Blnce the pass age of the prohibition bill and the elec tlon of council. They are casting their eyes over the field In the race for po lice commission, and taking no little Interest In the personnel of the new board, which has under direct control tbo enforcement of the law In the city of Atlanta. The Young Men’s Prohibition League met Monday night and discussed the outlook informally, but adopted no res olutions. "We snail Indorse three men for the three places on the police board," b|M Secretary Cornet, after the meeting, "and before doing that we shall investi gate carefully and pick the tnen who will enforce the law." Tho anti-saloon league has made no move as yet In the police board- matter, but Is Interested In watching the en tries for the race. Tho state organ!* zatlon Is planning a movement which will extend to every city and county town In tho state, looking toward a comprilgn for law enforcement Ir. Miu con the work Is well under way, and the approaching city race there Is feel ing the Influence of the strong Macon league. "we shall organize In every city and county town,” said Secretary J. B. Richards, Tuesday. "In Savannah the campaign Is well under way. I shall go to Columbus In a few days to look over tho field there.” Tho locker tax on clubs Is attracting tho attention of the league. Secretary Richards states that he Is . Informed that In a number of cities the civic authorities will place a high or prohlb itlve license upon such clubs. This may bo done by the Atlanta council, and It Is stated on good authority that Savannah will throw restrictions around the use of intoxicants in clubs which will prove a more effective bar rier than the state tax. A TEXAS TOWN. steadily for some time. The bent wns nlinost overpowering, but tbo bravo flretnen concentrated all v their effort In confining the lire to tnls building, and when, after a midst of all the excitement and be heat of order prevailed, nml there la only one known loan of Are to tnia imuuing, ana when, after a hard struggle, they succeed* ed. a greet algh of relief and thanksgiving went up from every boafrt, for nil knew that tbe great conflagration would Boon Eight of the very large hotels nnd scores of cottages, covering an area of nearly 100 sera*. lay In ruins. Hail the wind changed to the northeast no hnmnn agency could bare an veil the l>eautl* ful hotels and cottages which line the other end of tho beach, aud those of ns staying there felt a great load lifted from pur henrta when, nl midnight, we realised that the Are was at last under control, lhe scene on the beach at that hour was be* yond accurate description. Fully 5,000 per sons, old nnd young, rich and poor, were there, huddled together In groups, on trunks and boxes, tome guarding showcases and tables filled “ — few articles v. .... from the burning home; many wrapped In blankets caught up as they rushed from the hotels; all without shelter, trying to make themselves comfortablo to spenu the night under the open sky. The tide was at very lov sand bench, almost as lew. — - -—, — forded ample room for nil. Thousands of others kept watch on the hillsides, some slept on verandas nnd large open cellars on the bedding thrown out from the hotels. In the n * terror the thus far tl life, although there were many narrow es dawn comes very early here, and by 4 *J0 tbe weary vigil was ended, in a few boars all were supplied with some aort of breakfast. ..... Every outgoing train was crowded to Its utmost capacity, and the Incoming ones brought hundreds from tbe surrounding towns. Honrenlr hunters were out early and spent hours scratching among the ruins for some* 2SV * * as mementoes. Many — — weir quest as Ho scorch their shoes and clothing among the smok Ing embers. . . , _ _ . The postoffice was crowded with those trying to relieve the anxiety of distant friends. The strike among telegrapher* mnde the sending of telegrams exceedingly difficult, and only those who had the pa* tlence to stand In line, indefinitely. Bent their messages by long-dlsiance phone. At this writing all is quiet and ord( but It will be long Ivefore business traffic are moving In their accustomed •channels. ' . . . , One can not help but feel that much of the good order that was so marked Is due to tbe fact that this Is a prohibition state. Not once during our stay here have we seen any person under the influence of liquor, nor have we noticed one ragged, "uagry-looklag child. Ah k usual ot tires, there were many funny incidents, One of the moat amusing that wa saw was that of a well-dressed woman walking along the beach In com- vlth aome friends, seemingly uncou- thst she was clutching tightly In one the corner of a large ►boot which trailed on the wet sand behind her. Old Orchard H moat beautifully situated on the shore of Hnco Day, nnd Ua« been for many years not only the most popular nnd best known beach on the const of Maine, but one of the most famous In tbe entire ^TheTjeach Is the longest ami widest solid sand bench on the Now England coast. Much of the early history of Maine had Its beginning In this vicinity. At Old Or* Chari stands the town hall, a * modern Structure, with a commodious auditorium, a free public library nn<r offices of the mu nicipal department. In the Tloinlty are four churches, and a tabernacle for general services. A beaut I- ul grove Is tiffed for holiday camp meet- ngn. sail for years Old Orchard has been renowned for these services. The t’hrlatinn ami Missionary Alliance, which has a large membership lu Atlanta, las Just closed a most SBrreasfst convention here, at which over sixty-two tliousuud dollars was tub* To tho Editor of The Georgian: I hnvo often said that Texas was a great state. If not the greatest In the Unton. It has such a unique and magnificent way of bringing things to pass, nnd so on. Rut being only an obscure woman. I feel rather timid about addressing directly the editor of Tho Houston I’ost, thotigh I know he Is Just nice and chivalrous enough for any* thing, so I thought I would nsk Tho Georgian to lay aside Its dglnlty for a mo ment, nnd ascertain If the following list o news Is. as tho children say, "really and truly true;” It Is said that In a certain Texas town nil of the doctors went owny one summer to attend a medical convention, nnd nfter* wards take a much-needed vacation. They were absent about two months, nnd on thslr retain t had recovered, the nurses had opt—. the cemetery had been cat up Into balld* !S S wagon, _ ben paint- blooming rail nml sobl^ns^n circus POINTED PARAGRAPHS. (From The Chicago News.) Get a move on you, then keep going. trouble, ere enongh to keep Ite month shut. Tell * women nbout * year nfter mnr. rlage that ,hi> might hnvo done better end •he will not deoj It. Fast frlrnd, should be ,Iew to disagree. here and Cattery If Jonah had bs. tlon he ccrtnlnly would Perhaps yon ■NnaMl age. 1 bark to the Iron O0000O00OO0OOO000O000OOOOO o WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR. o O 4> O Dear Mr. Editor: O O I wish I was able to take your O O valuable paper, but while not able. O O I thank God for your clean paper O O and your fearless stand for prohi- O O bttlnn, nnd that you' do so with- O O out fear or favor. God bless you 0 O and your whole force. The peo- a O pie will stand by you to the end. O *“ Yours for a clean, pure Georgia. 0 nEV. RUFUS B. ROSS. O Atkinson, Ga. 0 O 0OO0OO0OOOO00O0OOOOO0OO0OO scribed for mission. There Is a natural beauty anil charm ateint the place which, i-cupled wllh the ho-pltnltty of its people, will tempt nil wim visit here to come nentn. Very sincerely "ir«. M Its. tV. P. DAVI8. Old Orchard, Maine, Aug. Id. IS COMING HOI President of the Farmers’ Union is Rapidly Re covering. President Charles S. Darrett, of the Na tional Farmers’ Union, Is rapidly recover ing from th«* attack of malarial fever with which In* was sUJrkpn in Arkansan, ami will return to Georgia next week if ho continues to Improve. la answer to a telegram, Mr. Bnrrett 1ms written tho fob lowfnj ‘ “ his Temple ’Graves, Atlanta’, Ga.—My Dear Friend: I am Just In receipt of your valued telegram, for whlrh accent my tlmnks. I am glad to say inv condition Is much Im proved at this time. I have hud no fever for two days passed, nnd I am mending os fast ns could be expected. I contemplate starting home the last of next week If I Improve. Will leave here on Thursday morning next for home, and will get to Atlanta Friday morning. Ben L. Griffin, the Arkansas secretary, will be with me for a few days' stay In Georgia. Your friend as ever, with good wishes, C. S. BARRETT. Convenience Of the Savings Account Many persons keep their mon ey here as a permanent Invest ment because the risk of loaning to Individuals Is avoided. A, an Investment, you can compute the net returns accurately. Small amounts may be added at any time. A savings account offers a profitable means to realize on funds that are Idle, awaiting In vestment. You may withdraw a part or the entire amount at any time. With a determination to save, you are always welcomed here, whether you wish to start with one dollar or one thousand dollars. The Interest la com pounded twice yearly In our Sav- -lngs Department at 4 per cent. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure beautiful woman, at Saratoga. She tacked by a foreigner (Dr. Carl Mueller), the latter demanding that she surrender to him "a bit of nnper nnd a stone." He claims he has toe missing fragment and nounces lhe sudden death of Reginald’s father. Frank Is made exemtnr «>f the pm tnte. Reginald Is charged with forgery, and calls upon Frank to save him from arrest. A mnfd rushes into the room nnd tells Reg inald Ids wife Is ilfiiil mnl that In* Is charg ed with her murder. Frank nnd Reginald leave the house by a secret passage nnd reach the Braeehrhlge country home on Long Island. They embark In an airship. Reginald Is sent to France. Frank learns that the physician who attended Reginald’s wife resembles Dr. Mueller. IIo hires a farm In Ohio rn-ur tho plueo where this tor lives. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter of a Judge lu Ohio, is brought Into the story. Dt Mueller falls In lovo with her. He seems a painter. Sylvia. Dr. Mueller nnd a girl ill "The abroad. friend visit “Ths Hollow," aa old house, sold to be hsnntsd. llnsll Thurston makes violent loro to Syl via. lie tells her he knows she loves him nnd Is only kept from snytng no by fenr of tier brother. Itnymond. Basil makes threats agnlnst Itnymond. v Itnall Is almost persuaded to go to Colo rado and seek Ills fortune In the mines. Ho turns to drink In his distress over bis un successful love nffnlr, nnd his sister, ltosc, pleads with him to reform, llosll does not reform. While In tho field hears Dr. Mueller gs; llnsll meets the girl him. She Is frighten* fuses. While trying to eseapo from llnsll she runs Into tho arms of Hr. Mueller. She consents to marry tho doctor. CHAPTER XXXIII (Concluded.) There was a faint moisture In Mrs. Thurston’s blue eyes as she thus spoko of her son. But for Raymond's fre quent remittances, as she well know, tho domestic affairs at Monrcombe would often havo been very disagreea bly circumstanced, and Sylvia rfould have lin.l t-> content herself with one new gown In a Bcason. Instead of the two or three thnt her brother's gener ous gifts supplied. Rest and Quiet. Sylvia did not come down to dinner that night. Her headache had become so bad that sho was forced to go to bed. and when her mother went to her room Just before dinner sho found Syl. via so 111 that she had not tho heart to ply her with questions. "Please do not send me anything to eat, mbther,” Sylvia snbl, In a faint voice. "I may take a cup of tea Inter. Just now I need only rest and quiet.” Mrs. Thurston took the hint and went down stairs to tho dining room. A mo. ment later there was a tapping of An gers at the door of Sylvia's bed room uml Until Pritchard stole almost noise- lossly Into the room. "Can I do anything for yon, SylvInT I am so sorry your head feels bad," Ruth said, as she stood by the bed, her black eyes fixed mournfully and questlonlngly on her loved young foster sister's pale face, dimly revealed In tho light of tho shaded lamp placed on a table near. / "No, Ruth: please leave me to my self now. If I want you later, I will ring for you,” Ruth Pritchard withdrew os quietly i she had entered the room, in the lobby outside she paused for a moment, her lips rigidly compressed, her dark brows drawn together In stern thought. 'And yet she has accepted* Dr. Muel. . Ruth said to herself, for the judge in his triumphant elation, had told his big piece of news to Ruth, half nn hour before, as he met her on the stairs on his way to his wife’s room. “I Can not understand It. She looks wretchedly unhappy. Oh, I wish wish Raymond was at home! This marriage must not take place, and If Raymond was hero something tells me that he would put a—stop to 1L" CHAPTER XXXIV. Vanished Love. Sylvia did not appear it breakfast on the following morning, and when Monica Peard rode her wheel over to Moorcombe at 12 o'clock, she ran up stairs to Sylvia's room. Sylvia was dressing as Monica entered. She was very pale, and It was evident from the haggard, weary look of her eyes that she bad slept but little during the night. * "Oli, Monica! I am so glad you’ve come. I was Just thinking of you. Ton are tho only one I can tnlk to—with all my heart in my words. Mother I, a gem. I know; but somehow I never can altogether—well, you understand what I mean, don’t you?” "Of course I do, child. Most daugh ters feel exactly like that with moit mothers,” Monica said, in her reassur ing, matter-of-fact way. as she kissed Sylvia, nnd then crossed the room and deposited her plump person Into an armchair by the window. “And now tell mo everything, please, and at once* I've heard a skeleton of the news* but I want thd dry.bones clothed and vivified forthwith." So Sylvia, as she brushed her hair began to pour forth her story, and long ero it was finished sho had cast aside the brushes and thrown herself on the floor beside Monica’s chair, rest ing her head upon her friend's knees, ns Monlca'B arm stolo about her neck and remained there. "I must say I thoroughly approve of your decision, Sylvia: thoroughly: Basil Thurston has acted In a cowardly, childish, unpardonable way. I feel happy at the thought that you will havo nothing more to do with him. He Is behaving scandalously of late. Ask any one about here and you will hear enough—and too much, I am sorry to say.” Sylvia sighed, and for a moment or two sho said nothing. "And yet, Monloa, I do believe I must havo boon In lovo with Basil,” she said then, almost in a whisper. “No such thing, child. It was merely a romantic fancy, owing to old asso ciations and companionship of years, Carl Mueller Is an extremely attractive man, clever, cultured and entertaining, and he Is genuinely In love with you. Raymond, I am quite sure, will be de lighted to hear tho news. And you know very well ho never would have consented to tho other arrangement. Monlca'B visit had the effect of a burst of sunshine upon the shadows thnt still lingered at Moorcombe: and cheered by her words, Sylvia had a long tnlk with her mother Just before luncheon, and Mrs. Thurston felt greatly reassured. Hasty Plans. "I will write to Raymond today and tell him the news,” she said. "By ths way, Sylvia, Dr. Mueller. It seems, wishes for the marriage to take place next month. He told your father last evening that he Intended to urge you to consent to this.” "Next month! And this Is the last day of September, mother. Ob, that Is altogether out of the question. And, besides, Raymond cannot get back until November." "That Is exactly what I said to your father last night. \V.cll, Carl will he over this afternoon, of course, so you can explain to him that his wish In this way is Impracticable. Besides, your trousseau never could be ready so soon.” Carl Mueller presented himself nt 4 o’clock. He was beaming with trluin. phant happiness. The afternoon wns glorious and ho begged Sylvia to come out of doors for a stroll tn tho grounds of Moorcombe. "It Is so much pleasanter and easier to talk when one Is not shut in with bricks and mortar,” he said, as they left the house and he drew tbe girl’s little hand upon his arm. “And I have no much to say to you this afternoon, dar ling. Let us stroll away toward ths wood." As they talked they moved almost unconsciously nearer and nearer to the painting room. And presently they paused, for Carl Mueller was urging s certain request with a passionate eagerness In his voice nnd face, and Sylvia had made It sufficiently plain to him that she could not grant It. “Apart from any other consideration. I never could be realty so soon, fart, sho sold,- her eyes cast shyly down ward. "You do not, I daresay, under stand these matters; but If y°» “J 11 mother she will explain some of tne difficulties nnd delays entailed In tho terrible task of fitting out a bride for such an occasion." A Fiance’s Piss. Sylvia laughed rather nervously as •he spoke, nnd almost as the light words passed her lips the thought oc curred to her that she never could hats spoken thus freely on such a subject to—well, to Basil Thurston. Continued In Tomorrow's Georgian. 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