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OTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THCHRDAT, AUGUST », 1907. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alabama 8t„ Atlanta. Go. Gubaorlptlon Rated One Tear KJ? Six Month J-g Three Montba Mf One Month -JJ By Carrier. Ter Wee* •» Telephone, connecting all depart- menfe. J-ong dlatance tormlnala. Smith A Thompson, Advertising rep- ’eoentatlrra tor all territory outaldo of Now York Office......Brunswick If yon hare any trouble getting THE GEORGIAN Anil NEWS, telephooa , be United to too words In length. It le Imperative that they be signed, ae an evidence of rood faith. Rejected mannecrlpte will not be returned unleet atampe ere sent for the purpose. TUG GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectlonntde adrertla- lay. Neither doea It print trblsky or aoy liquor ada. SEWS atanda for Atlanta's own- tbs city. This should bo done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes that It street railways can lie operated lucceasfully hy European hey are. there Is no good they ean not be so oner- Dut wo dp not believe this can lie done now, and It may be some years before ere are ready for so blf so underrating. Stfll Atlanta should set Its tare In that direction NOW. Hoke Smith can easily give the Folk-Culberaon booms a six months' start and catch up In a week. Governor Comer of Alabama has demonstrated an executive vigor and clearness In dealing with the rail roads which fairly places him In tho list of ellglbles as a Southern nomlnco for 1908. Cosmo Hamilton, the English writer, Judges all Americans by the "women who huvo become leaders of English society and their brothers." It Is not surprising to learn that In his opinion the Americans are sorry lot It is announced (by her advertising manager) that a certain bewitching actress preserves her beauty by tsfc Ing egg baths. Sbo Is the first of her profession on record as receiving these voluntarily. Statistics of the women wago-earn •rs in the world show those of tho United States to be least paid of any, though tho American women nro bet ter equipped for earning a living than thoso of othor nationalities. But tho American men aro too, which prob ably accounts for tho small percent age. The Atlanta Georgian calls It "The Great and Historic Legisla ture." Well, let It go at that.— ' Hawklnsvllle News. Hlstofy will so write It. A legisla ture that banished whisky from Geor gia, disfranchised the negro, and regu lated the railroads la bound to be his toric. Three historic acts make one historic legislature. The Georgian thinks the Demo cratic nominating convention should precede tho Republican so that tho latter can't get In ahead on the platform. 1 Even tho Demo cratic party can hardly go further than Roosevelt did In his speech at Provlncetown. Tho truth of the matter Is, Roosevelt has taken the wind out of the Democratic sails right along.—Americas Tlmea-Recorder. Can't The Houston Post see that our Democratic hope of Individuality .and credit dependa upon the "Drat tor The Atlanta Georgian la never out of the limelight. The eplsodea of Messra. Graves and Seely hnd hardly passed out of sight down the road Into history before a handsome Masonic edition was Is sued. The Georgian Is all right and la going to make a name for Itself in the world of Journallam. One of theae daya It Is going to spread over thla Southland ns one \ of her greatest newspapers and when the cold anapa of spring come It will be found covering the young squashes and cantaloupes “aa the dew."—Moultrie Obasrver. Or, rather as the "•uuililho which drlvea away the dew.” If the Atlanta newspapera would get their circulation down to a paid baala none of them would have one-fourth what they are now claiming. Any Atlanta newspaper will be aent to any body at long aa he will take It out of^he poetofllce without the payment of a cent In the reader’* entire lifetime. — Spartanburg (8. C.) Journal. What s foolish statement! Not even a slender Palmetto circulation should move one to so palpable an untruth. W* are willing to wager a nice fat sab-treasury against a Congaree snipe hunt that The Georgian has In propor- tlon fewer unpaid or free subscribers then any dally newspaper in 8outh Carolina. THE SCIMITAR AND THE SOUTHERN CANDIDATE. The esteemed Memphis Scimitar, In a comment more Interesting than amiable, and altogether out of harmony with the ancient courtesy that went with Its name, takes sharp Issue with The Georgian on the proposition of a Southern man for president, and thinks the suggestion one of absurd sentimentality without a principle or a reason to sustain it Which causes us to grieve somewhat over the gathering density of The Scimitar's editorial vision. Or, shall we rather say* with the Increasing dullness of lts erstwhile shining blade. The movement for a Southern candidate Is backed by a principle North and South, that Is large enough to engage and enthuse the coun try. The unity of the Republic, the wiping out of the sectional lines of bitterness or suspicion left by the Civil war, tho practical announcement to tho world of a re-unlted country In fact as well as In sentiment—aro matters of profound and far-reaching consideration. It Is a mistake to suppose that this fact heeds no further Illustration or demonstration. All the platitudes of fraternity that have been spoken within the two decades behind us, have not completely established the Idea of national unity. Spain boasted In her cortes Just before tho latest war that the slum bering memories of the 8outh would awake to tbo opportunity of striking the Union at the first outbreak of a foreign war. Tho Japanese states men and soldiers who have been to visit us have carried homo the fal lacy that the South still covets tho Individuality and Independent onco sought In secession, and will seek It whenever the occasion Is presented by the extremity of tho Union. Thousands of our own peoplo have heard the platitudes of fraternity and tho protestations of unity with a sleep!! cal shrug, and the very fact that there Is any doubt and apprehension over the reception of a Southern candidate, Is the best proof that frater nity Is not yet established la the American mind, and the best argu ment for bringing the matter to a (Inal and decisive test as soon as pos sible. Moreover, as n matter of party expediency, which Is of course a lower reason, we believe In the policy of a Southern -candidate. The views given above are fully and generally held In the North, and the writer knows from the close and Intimate observation of many years that It is so genuinely and generously near to tho Northern heart to thoroughly establish the reunion of the sections that a Southern candi date would appeal poworfully through this sentiment to the support and indorsement of the masses of our fellow-citizens with whom we were once at war. * Platitudes, professions and proteatatlons aro all right as tar as they go. But tho people North and South fully understand and believe that whenever tho people of this great country choose onco more as their chief officer a man born bolow the Potomac rlv^r, It will speak In a tone I6ud enough for tho nations tho practical oneness of the country, and the per manent burial of the prejudices of ‘"66." So that wo say to The Scimitar that wo favor a Southern candidate. First, becauso we think a Southern candidate will settle Anally and decisively and In the only real and practical way the vast question of na tional unity, and, Second, becauso we bolieve tho sentiment of the whole country Is so ripe for a favorable expression that It would afford tho Democratic party the best possible chanco to win tho campaign of 1908. THE FOLK BOOM GAINING MOMENTUM. Tho enthusiasts of Nashville seem to bo In gonulno earnest over tho exploitation of Joseph Folk for president. The club formed In Nashville Is largo In numbers and Interest, and they will leave no stone unturned to further tho Interests of the Mlssou- rl-Tenncsseean. Tho Joseph W. Folk Club of Tennessoo has been permanently organ ized and headquarters have been opened with a secretary -and several stenographers and clerks are at work. Since tho Arst meeting, which was called by ex-Governor James D. Porter, at which about Afty leading Democrats of the state were present, tho club has added from Afty to ono hundred mombors per day. From every congressional district and almost / every county In tho stato come letters encouraging the club and offering to contribute to tho campaign fund. It Is not that Tennesseeans are so much opposed to Dryan that they favor Folk, but because they do not bcllovo that Bryan could possibly be elected It nominated. His railroad policy. It Is believed, would destroy forever his chances of election. It Is taken for granted In Nashville that Roosevelt will got tbo Republican nomination, and In this event tho Inde pendent vote will be strong enough to carry many Northern and Eastern states for Folk. A canvass of the Tennessee state capttol on Wednesday resulted In a solid vote of all stato officials for -Folk. His brother,'Rcnu E. Folk, state treasurer and Insurance commlsslondr, did not vote. Not only the offi cials, but the clerks and employees at the state capttol Joined tho Folk Club, and doclared themselves ready to subscribe to tho campaign fund. The plan of tho Tennessoo Folk Club ls‘to begin at onco working up Interest for Folk In other states, and loading Democrats will visit other states In an endeavor to organlzo Folk clubs. * It looks very much as It Tennessee will give Folk a solid delegation at the next national convention, and with such a start the Folk boom begins to look formidable. We call the attention of Texas to this now menace to the fortunes of Its favorite son. THE SCHEME OF JAPAN. An editorial In Tho World of Today richly- confirms tho views re cently oxpressed by Tho Georgian in relation to Japan and ita attitude toward the United 8tates. After the Japanese have appropriated and absorbed the civilisation which tho Weatern world baa evolved out of labor and suffering they will not be content. Japan, says Tho World of Today, means to be a great, mighty power. She Is building huge ships, buying great guns. Attlng out her cavalry with real horses, training every man In the art of war. putting her Anances on a sure footing, making offensive and defensive treaties with European nations, and carefully cultivating a Aghtlng self-consciousness. The elder statesmen may not want war Juat yet, but the average "mod ern" Japanese Is a Jingo. A younk nation with a big military establishment Is like a boy with a new air riAc. It wants to .kill something. While Japanese visitors mako diplomatic speeches and scatter diplo matic smiles the Japanese government Is planning for war. And whom does she expect to Aght? Certainly not the Republics of South America; certainly not China, now that Korea baa been mado an object lesson of Asia's future. Sbe has treaties with France and England. Possibly the Russians may seek revenge; but Russia baa troubles of her own, and Is not likely to be very aggressive. There are left Germany and the United States—and the Philippines belong to the United States. War with the United States may not come for Ave years, or for ten years. It may never come. Rut unlea* all signs fail. It Is a part of Ja pan’s program. This may seem absurd to Americans, to whom Japan is little more than a sort of International curiosity. We wish It were as Improbable as It seems. War Is sn accursed anachronism; but until we either abandon or properly garrison the Philippines or build an ample nary, we must Aght when "the elder statesmen" choose. For Japan can take the Philip pines sny day she wants to. The American navy Is the only safety of the Republic and the only real guarantee of the peace of the world. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Army Orders, Washington, D. C., Aug. 2#.—Captain *' Imam E. Cole, quartermaster, from quartermaster's department; First Lieutenant Robert J. Reaney, Second Cavalry, from detail as captain seven teenth company, Philippines scouts, to his regiment; Colonel Amos Stlckney, corps of engineers, placed on retired R*t with rank of brigadier general. Captain Sam F. Bottoms, commissa ry. from subsistence department; Lieu tenant Colonel John M. Bannister, dep uty aurgeon general, detailed member examining board, Fort Riley, vice Cap tain Eugene R. Whitmore, assistant surgeon. Navy Orders, lieutenant J. A. Campbell, Jr„ de Inched Arkansas, home wait orders. Ensign W. R. Reudenbusb, Jr., de tached Arkansas, home wait orders. Ensign W. R. Baudenbush, resignation accepted. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—August 27. Nina and Plunger at navy yard. New York; Ne vada and Arkansas at Annapolis: Preble. at Everett. August 28, Galves ton at Bhanhalkwan. SAILED—August 2d. Galveston, front Tongku for Shanhalkwan, China. Au gust 27. Preble, from Seattle for Ev erett. Wash.; Dolphin, from navy yard, New TotICWVTXew London. 8QME BRIGHT COMMENT. To (he-Edltorof The Georgian: I And people do not understand what the "referendum" meant. 1 am asked every day by people well Informed gen erally. I do not want It, I confess. In our platform of 1908. . Was glad you wrote what you did about Pat Calhoun, and was sorry Wat son struck nt him, while Calhoun was under Investigation, before results. V>o will have two parties now, as sure as disfranchisement Is law. We have accomplished such wonders, by reason of our unity, our oneness, our harmonious whole for the past twenty years, I wanted conditions to continue, until we got more railroads, and got them double tracked. We are forty : -ears behind Indiana on railroads. We fussed too quick! We were Just be ginning to get Northern capital ,to de velop for us. But a big setback now! Capitalists will let the railroad busi ness alone for a few years, at least. OLD DEMOCRAT. flour and appendicitis. William Henry Battle, Fellow of the Royal Society of Surgeons, In a lecture at St. Thomas* hospital, London, de clared It as his belief that the spread of appendicitis It due to the world wide use of American steel-rolled (lour. Dr. Battle thinks that the minute par ticles of Iron are the real cause of so many, cases of disease which If not modern has become remarkably fre quent. He undertakes to show that the great Increase In appendicitis Arst occurred In America Just after the In troduction of steel and Iron rollers for grinding wheat, and that the disease Irst occurred In towns where rolled flour was used; that then It spread to villages, and lastly to negroes who earlier had escaped, and this spread corresponded with the spread In the use of rolled nour. An Investigation In England was begun. The much lower cost of American flour made It next to Impossible for any extensive grinding of flour In England. Dr. Bat tle holds that Iron particles are to be found In the center of the appendlcltal concretions, and says that In a typical case of appendicitis In which an oper ation was performed he found In the center of the concretions an Irregular fragment of Iron. A Nashville surgeon who has per formed a largo number of operations for appendicitis expressed to this writer two or three years ago his opinion that the use of flour from mod. em mills was the cause of many cases of appendicitis, and that It was his purpose to prosecute Investigations to dstcrmlne the truth and the cause. The opinion of the English surgeon Is at least Interesting. There must be some hidden cause for the frequency with which thla dlaease appears In these latter days.—Nashville Ameri can. THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure SYNOPSIS. Frank (the b<»ro) and Itoginald Bracebridge 'ininst uu'i-t Mm**. Vi'1,1 .‘JJavlHsh-y, beautiful woman, at Saratoga. She is tacked by a foreigner (Dr, Carl Mueller) tbo latter demanding that sbe surrender to him “a bit of paper and a stone.** 11“ claims be has tne mlBsIng fragment an that "the others were then In the hotel. 1 — flit time has come. A telegram an nounces the sudden death of Reginald’s father. Frank Is made executor of the es* tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, and calls upon Funk to save him from orrept. A maid rushes Into the room and tells Reg inald his wife Is dead rnd that ho Is charg ed with her murder. Frank and Reginald leave the house by a secret passage and *h the Bracebridge country home oa wife resembles Df. Mueller. lie hires a farm In Ohio near tbo place where this doc- ‘or lives. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter tf a Judge to Ohio, Ib brought into ‘ >r. Mueller fulls in love with her. to know her brother, a painter, who resides abroad. Sylvia. Dr. Mueller end a girl friend visit "The Hollow," an old house, said to be haunted. Basil Thurston ma via. He tells her ho knows she loves and Is only kept from soylu her brother. Raymond. Rati against Raymond. Basil Is almost persuaded to go to Colo rado and seek his fortune In the mines. He turns to drink In his distress over his un successful love affair, and bis sister, Rose, pleads with him to reform. Basil does not reform. While In the field one day he hears Dr. Mueller making love to Sylvia. Basil meets the girl ana begs her to wed him. She is frightened nnd re fuses. While trying to escape from Basil •he runs Into thovarms of Dr. Mueller. She consents to marry the doctor. Dr. Mueller urges Sylvia "to marry him at once, although she tells him she wishes her brother, Raymond, who fa In Europe, to *»e.present nt the ceremony. * Ruth 1’rltchard warns fcyivln against Dr. dueller, and Basil Thurston declares, In n etter to Hylvln, that he will prevent her marriage at any cost. Raymond Thurston returns home unex pectedly and is greeted by his sister during the temporary absence of her fiance. Mueller disappears In a most extraordi nary manner, nut n letter from him to Syl via —*-•- - r --— ill, apparently insane over the loss of Sylvia, makes ugly threats against Ray mond. When Sylvia nnd Raymond return home, Raymond finds a mysterious letter on his dresser. After the family retires, he gets out Into the stormy night to keer engagement demanded In the letter. knees beside the motionless figure on the ground. THE THREE KISSES. The purest kiss . In the world Is this: * The kiss that a mother lays On her child's fresh Ups Aa he blithely trips To meet the world and Its waya. The sweetest ktss In the world Is thla: The first long kiss of love When time Is not, And earth's forgot. And Eden drops from above. The saddest kiss In the world Is this: The kiss on unanswerlng clay, When .l.hie.l lllia f .11 Atlanta, On. -Thro a SOME STEEL TRU8T FIGURES, tb<« Editor of The Georgian: .he Nnihvlllo Tennexaean requeata the government to analyte the 845,000,000 divi dend of the ateel treat for the blit quarter. Not much dnnger of thla reqneet tw piled with. Thla doea not signify I nnnlyala la exceptionally difficult for a logt -it mind. When Charter M. Schwab teatlBad before tho United mute. Industrial contmlaalon he waa naked If the *300,001,000 of tuinda of the stores Steel Corporation did not I Ita tangible a Meta. 11anawered depended on the valuation placed the treat', raw material reaonrcee. lie i: "We own the ConnellaTlIle coal Held, m. toto. It comprise. 60,00) arm of “ beat coklnx coal In America. There la villa cool. Yon could not L_, for 10,000. Then we own 80 K r cent mince Inrreaeed to M per cei e Iron ore land, of tho northwest. ... have 500.000,00) tons In eight. Thla at a low valuation la worth more than tho total cap. Itallxatlnn of the corporation.” vena wiring* gd.uw.v.V.Wi, and thla eatlmate waa not orardmwn. The moon the treat waa capltnllied at 81.100,- 000.000 Inataad of $5,000,0 10,000 waa nrobahly becanae there waa'not anfflclent Iron and ateel bnetneae hi the cnnntry to Justify the Inraer eeidtuiliatinn. lint tne business has grown. A quarterly dividend of 546,000.000 la equivalent to an annual dividend of 4 per cent on tt.600,000,000. Were It not for the agitation In the popular mind axalnat In flated valuee we probably would be treated to the apeetarle of a few billion mare etock la M|t<l dividend, on a huge mlatakr to Infer that theae raw material reaoetcea. which mnat ha need I, all. and which were not depoalted In flu ernet of the earth by Carnejfle. Schwab, Frick. Corey, et al., are assessed for taxa tion at a valuation of billions. Inataad of that, they hare been assessed moatly aa wild lamia at a lower vatnatlnn than ad jacent farm land,. The treat pay, to the pnhlle but a menial onm for It, privilege of excluding the people of the country from the uee of theee natural deposits If the natural lionntlce were aeoeeaed for the purpoae of .taxation at Hehwnh'a earl- mated valuation ami every article entering ateel treat product, waa placed on the free flat and transportation discrimination waa overcome the 5t5.atn.000 quarterly dividend wood ah rink to maonabla proportion,, go mock for the analysis. ... _ A. FREE LAND. UL Pleasant. Trim. CHAPTER XLIII. A Stricken Girl, The storm had entirely abated and the withered grass beneath the trees was strewn with red and yellow leaves In great drifts after the gale, when Sylvia Thurston drew aside her win dow blind early on the following morn ing and gaxed out for a moment or two upon the scene of devastation with weary, haggard eyes. That dream, or vision, of the pre ceding night still troubled her; she could not shake her thought from the' memory of It. Sho still seemed to hear her brother's broken whisper close to her ear—ns It had repeated her name thrice—and Raymond's livid face, with that terrible look of anguish In the eyes, seemed to come between her now and the actual prospect without. She had wrapped a dressing gown about her, and presently she began to >ace slowly up and down the floor, the felt that she could not rest. She longed for the hour to come, 8 o'clock, when Ruth Pritchard always mode her appearance In Sylvia's room with a cup of tea and a scrap of toast on a little tray. A talk with Ruth would perhaps banish these morbid fears and fancies; so Sylvia eagerly glanced at her watch from time to time, feeling that the momenta had never dragged so slow ly In al Iher life before. Eight o'clock at last, but as yet no sign of Ruth. Half-past eight, and as the girl waa atlll absent, Sylvia felt that she could endure this state of tin Innunr • things no longer. "Perhaps she feels too III to get up this morning. • • • And yet I've never known Ruth, I think, to neglect her morning visit to me In all the years past—even when she has been undoubtedly III. • • • Well, I shall go to her room now and see for my self.” Ruth It Mlasing. And Sylvia accordingly hastened along the hall, at the end of which Ruth's small bedroom was situated. Turning the knob gently, Sylvia enter, ed the room; but to her surprise not only was the room empty, but the bed did not appear to have been slept In during the night. That, however, was so very likely that Sylvia could only come to the conclusion that Ruth had' already dressed her bed for the day, and bad, for once In her life, forgotten all about her j'oung mistress' tea and toast. “She Is In the kitchen, I dare say,' Sylvia thought, as she proceeded to extend her search for Ruth to the re gion In question. But Ruth was not there, nor could the cook or housemaid give any In formation whatever about her to Syl via. They had not seen her at all that morning. She had certainly not been In the kitchen, since they had come downstairs at ( o'clock. “I can not account for this," Sylvia said, In growing surprise. "I wonder could she possibly have gone to the studio? It she le not there I have nc Idea where she can be." By this tlmo Sylvia had grown really apprehensive and even alarmed as to Bulb's disappearance. Remem bering the girl’s agitated words of the previous night, a vague suspicion was pressing upon Sylvia's brain—a sus picion which she hardly dared to pd- mlt and to examine. "God forbid!" she gasped, beating away the hideous thought from her as she ran Into the front hall, threw a long cloak over her dressing gown, the hood of which she pulled over her head, and hastened out of doors, de termined to go to the painting room at once and satisfy her misgivings forthwith. , She had barely emerged from the trees Immediately surrounding the house when she beheld one of the servants, Joe Peters, running affright-' edly toward her. • Awful Discovery. "Oh. Alisa.Sylvia!” he cried when he was still a long way off. "Ruth Pritch ard Is lying over there by the wood In a lit of some kind or other. I could not shake her up—I never saw any thing like It before—and I was Just running for help" A startled cry.eecmped Sylvia’s Ups. Her worst fears nad been but too well founded then. What—oh! what had happened? "Where le she, Joe? Where Is she?" Jo* Peters led the way up the steep path toward the woods. When within twenty yards of the tree* Sylvia suddenly caught sight of the proa irate figure of the missing girl lying Just beyond the outskirts of the 'She must have fainted!" Sylvia rasped In terror, and In a moment or two she had reached the spot where No. miss, she's not In a faint," Joe Peters said, his voice dropping to a whisper. "It's my opinion she’s In tho same state as that girl In Cleveland— Polly Davis. I suppose you read about It In tho newspapers last month, Miss Sylvia?" Sylvia glanced quickly at him and startled exclamation escaped her lips, Tho case which Joe Peters had men tioned was that of a gtrl In Cleveland who hnd fallen Into a "death trance” consequent on a terrible chock and vlo. lent hysterical outburst—and every at- tempt known to science was made to rouse her, but In vain. Polly Day had been In a state of unbroken trance for upward of two months. Recalling every detail, as mentioned In the newspaper report, of Polly Da vis' strange condition. Sylyla felt con vinced now, as she gazed upon the prostrate figure beside her, that Ruth had falleh a victim to a similar itiys terlous attack. The girl lay on her left side, her limbs relaxed, her face as pale ns that of a corpse, her eyelids closed, as If In sleep. Ruth's pulse was almost Im perceptible. and when Sylvia stooped close to the pallid lips she could not be certain whether the girl was breath Ing or not. "Ruth! Ruth!”"Sylvia cried, shocked and terrified, "what has happened to you? Oh!, Ruth, do you hear me? Do you know what I am saying? Are you conscious? Try to answer me, dear. If you possibly can!” She was stooping close to Ruth' face as the agitated words rushed from her lips; and for a moment ehe thought that the girl's lips quivered and partly opened, but no sound was audible. "Ruth! Ruth! speak ,to me If you can!" Still no reply. Tho eyelids were firm ly closed, and now Sylvia's trembllm' fingers attempted to open them, ant after a convulsive resistance she suc ceeded In doing so- Then she saw that the eyeballs were partly turned up ward and the pupils dilated, and In that death-llke, glassy stare there seemed Indeed to be no evidence of any men tal activity whatever. It was the first time that Sylvia had ever seen a victim of this mysterious attack, this death In life, and the spec tacle so terrified her at last that she lost control over herself, and, starting to-her feet ran wildly back In the di rection of Moorcombe, scream -after scream breaking from her lips. She had almost reached the house when her father suddenly appeared at the front door. The Judge was attired In his dressing gown and slippers. He uttered an exclamation of startled amassment as he beheld his daughter. "Good heaven, child I What Is the matter?" He had hastened across the grass to meet her. Sylvia, almost In a hysteri cal state, gasped forth the tidings of what had occurred. “Oh. dear! Oh. dearl This Is terrl ble," the Judge said, genuinely dts tressed. “Poor Ruth! Poor girl! We must have her brought back at once, Sylvia, and then Joe must go for Dr. Peard. Get Into the house, child,” he added quickly, "All this has been too much for you. You are quite overcome. I will attend to poor Ruth, and you may as well send Raymond after me. I dare say he Is up and dressing In his room." The Judge hurried away across the grounds, and Sylvia Itastened to the house and upstairs to the door of her brother's bed room. With compressed ups and a long, quivering, Indrawn breath. Sylvia gently opened the door. Mid without crossing the threshold, dhe said softly: "Raymond, are you thereT' There was, however, no reply, and Sylvia, listening for a moment, heard no sound of breathing, no movement from within the room. "He must have gone down stairs,” she thought, and she advanced Into the room, and looked quickly around. " V mm hn has r» X t. - a. a— Yes, he has. Or^pej-haps ho Is In the bath room." Then she started, her eyes fixed al most Incredulously upon Raymond’s D6Qt The bed had not been slept In dur ing the night. It was dressed exactly as she hnd seen-It—she had Indeed given a finishing touch to Its spotless coverlet—on the previous day. CHAPTER XLIV. A New Horror. What was the meaning of this? Syl via Thurston, staring with Incredulous eyes at her brother's neatly-made bed, asked herself again and again this un answerable question. And as she still stood there, vainly endeavoring to ar rive at some satisfactory solution of the mystery, her mother entered .the room In a state of feverish excite 77)61) Airs. Thurston had evidently Just risen, for she still wore a frilled night cap, and had hastily put on a dressing gown and slippers. "Sylvia, darling, what Is the matter? Has anything happened? I’ve Just seen your father and Joe Peters hurrying across the grounds. There must be something wrong! And good gracious, child, you are as pale as death—you are shaking like a leaf this moment— Oh, moUier, where Ip Raymond? He has not' slept in his bed at all last night," Sylvia broke In almost wildly upon Mrs. Thurston's fluent words. "Not slept In his bed, child? And * k ?* * ** uld he sleep, for goodness' And Mrs. Thurston stared at the bed and then at her daughter, and finally collapsed Into a chair with a gasp, '•Sylvie, I am not at all well today, and I had Intended remaining In bed. Don t conceal the truth from me, child; I nm not equal to the suspense this morning. Something has hap pened thnt you know of. What Is It? Where has your father gone to?” In a faltering voice Sylvia told her mother of Joe ePters’ discovery that morning, and of Ruth Pritchard's strange condition. "Father has gone to attend her, and he told me to send Raymond after him —and Raymond Is not here, mother! Raymond Is not here. He has not been here during the night. What has hap pened to him? v Bylvla broke down utterly aa she said this, and threw.herae]f upon Raymond’s bed, sobbing hysterically, while Sirs. Thurston, endeavoring to conquer her own feelings, rose from her chair and hastened to her daughter’s side. In Suspense. 'Now, my darling. Raymond Is often ■ very early riser. He may have got- ten up hours ago and made hta own bed before he went out." “No, .mother, that Is most unlikely," Sylvia said, as toon as she waa able to speak. Already the paroxysm was abating; ^ t ,h ® * lrl wa * Hmp and powerless Itli l 1L* v '°': nc *v anJ la >‘ trembling upon the bed' with colorless lips and face. Mrs. Thurston sat beside her feW. holding her hands In here. ???■ What waa ‘here. Indeed, to be said? * And aa they thus waited In growing suspense and terror—for Airs. Thurs ton. notwithstanding her brave words, was alarmed — • Capital Surplus Convenience Experience Permanency Reliability Are not these the requisites you seek? May we not serve you? MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. slow, heavy footsteps ascending tha stair fell upon their ears. * " Th ,eyare carrying Ruth to her own room, Sylvia whispered. "Alother out and ask them If-lf they have or heard anything of Raymond." * Mrs. Thurston rose hurriedly and left the room, while Sylvia, seised with i sudden panic of terror. Jumped U S h*d and walked up and down the floor In a distracted way. claspmj and unclasping her hands and moan nf aloud In her agitatloa * For her thoughts had all of a sudden recafled that uncanny dream or vision of the lonely night—Raymond's drawn livid face, with the angulsh-strldurl eyes gazing so fixedly Into her.-l Raymonda voice full of distress, ga, r . •n* forth her name—“Sylvia! Svlvla! Sylvia!” 1 And with this recollection came tha memory of Basil Thurston's anxrv meeting with Raymond on the previous day and of his parting words of evil menace. ' " r ? u * h «ll hear more of this, Ray. mond Thurston!" Had he and Raymond again met during the night? Hod they had a fatal encounter? At this moment Mrs. Thurston re turned, brushing the tears from her eyes with her handkerchief as she en- tered. 0 "Mother, tell me the truth! Have they heard anythin* of Raymond r No. darlinfi’. nothin* MauMaferotia u — I 11 - ill -the sounds No, darling, nothing. Nothing whatever. Your father thinks as I do, that Raymond got up early and went out on the beach for a walk. Oh Sylvia, poor Ruth! Poor Ruth! What a dreadful thing to happen! Joe haa started on horseback to fetch Dr. Peard. I hope the doctor will be at home, Sylvia. If not. I've directed Joa to ride after him wherever he may have gone and bring him here as soon as possible." Alt's. Thurston's Instructions appear to have been given In a prophetic splr. It, for when Joe Peters reached the doctor’s house he was Informed by tho maid that her master had gone nn hour before to Wilton to old Alother Park- er, who had fallen Into the fire In a fit that morning and was In a dying state. Joe hurriedly explained the circum stances of Ruth Pritchard's extraor dinary attack, and then, following hla mistress' orders, rode away In the di rection of Wilton. The maid hastened with her news to the dining room, where Monica I’carl and her mother were seated at break fast, and ten minutes later .Monica started for Moorcombe, taking the short route across the fields from her home, and presently emerging upon tha open fields. "This Is terrible!" Monica thought, Ith the tears In her kindly, loyal tyea, "I can Imagine how troubled Sylvia must be thla moment. She Is really In a way as attached to poor Ruth aa It she were her sister.” This was a fact, and no slater could be more truly devoted to another than Ruth Pritch ard had eVer been to Sylvia Thurston. In a very short time Monies Peard had reached the grounds of .Moor combe. Her path led her close to the woods. Just bealdi the thicket «f beeches, In the center of which tha painting room stands. She entered the quivering shadow* of the beeches, and as she almost ran along she happened to glance toward the little green and white building, and somewhat to her surprise noticed that the ddor was open. She knew that Ruth Pritct|ard always Jealously guard ed the key of the painting room and that the hut was kept carefully locked. Could Sylvia be In the painting room at present? Monica halted In her rapid progre*'. then turned quickly In the direction of tho hut. "Sylvln! Are you there?" she called, as she reached the partly open door. But there was no reply, so Monica pushed the door fully open and hastily entered the studio. But the next Instant she recoiled with a horrified scream, gating nt tha spectacle revealed In the morning light streaming through the door and win dow, as though she could hardly credit the evidence of hetseenses.' The body of Raymond Thurston lay upon the floor, the livid lifeless face fully revealed In the light from th* window, a dark stream of blood stm sluggishly trickling from a terrible wound In the right side of the neck, snd gradually enlarging the great clammy patch that stained the flo° r Just where the bead rested. A small dark lantern was placed on the corner of the easel Immediate!! shove the spot where the body lay, the greenish light flickering upon the motionless, ghastly face, and on the floor close to the right arm and hand, an object was visible which seemed to supply the key to the appalling oc currence. , . The object was a revolver. Bnd It h» so close to the dead mail's hand th*t It seemed to have dropped out of the Angers only when the last flicker of me had left them. Continued In Tomorrow’e Georgian. WARM CAMPAIGN ON IN NEWTON COUNTY Special to The Georgian. _ Covington, Go., Aug. 29.—The con tests for Judge nnd solicitor of the new city court, created by an net or the lete general assembly, are attract ing much local Interest. Impetus was added to tho campaign when Colonel James P. Cooley, editor of the Enter- prlac and one of the promising young awyere of Covington, entered the rave for solicitor of the city court, oppos ing Colonel James F. Rogers, who has held a similar position In the count) court for a period of ten or t»’* lv ® years. The aspirants for the Judgeship are Judge Capers Dixon, Hon. Lucius u Mlddlebrooks. and Colonel c- **• Whaley.