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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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OUR n.ATKORM: THE GEORGIAN
AND NEWS aland* for Atlanta'a own-
Ina It* own gaa and electric light
plant*, at It now owna It* water
work*. Other eltle. do tbta and get
• gaa aa low aa CO cent*, with a proflt
Li h * &
believe* that If atreet railway* can be
operated aucceaafully by European
eft lea, aa they are. there la no good
reaaon why they enn not lie eo oper
ated bare. But we do not believe tble
can b. done now. and It may be tom.
year# before w. are ready for *0 til*
an undertaking, still Atlanta aboula
aet It* face In that direction NOW.
Mansfield and Irving.
If the Incurable liver complaint of
which Richard Mansfield died had
been with him, as Is stated, for the
past decade. It ahould go far toward
explaining and In part Justifying the
Irritability and temper ascribed to
him in his later days.
The question whether life Is worth
living has boen facetiously declared
to dopend altogether upon the liver,
and a professional man carrying such
an ailment amid the crowding worries
of his actlvo life can be forgiven
many things that would be held
against the spirit of a healthy man.
Richard Mansflold was not the
greatest, but he was the most dili
gent and ambitious actor of his time.
Ho was never a man of genius like
Booth and Forest and Salvlnl, but he
was a man of talents which he culti
vated assiduously and ot a taste and
judgment which ho enthroned upon
his work. The followers ot Booth
and Salvlnl will tell you that Mans
field was mechanical, and severer
critics have called Mm a mere stage
carpenter dependent upon his settings
and stagings for the effect ot his
plays. Henry Irving was of the samo
school—a modern school—that had
many votaries and haa , doubtless
done much for the elevation of the
stage. Mansfield and Irving were
great In certain characters—chlofly
ot high comedy, but tsw men ot cul
ture and ot extended observation
would credit either with that loftier
genius that could scale the heights
and depths of great tragedies, and
thrill with the power of great pas
sion or the agony of exceeding sor
row.
With Mansfield died the greatest of
Beau Brummels, and with Irving the
most notable ot Shylocks.
They leave no Immediate succes
sors, but we should be sorry to be
lieve that the stage of the futuro
would not bring us greater figures
than Richard Mansfield and Henry
Irving.
Ralph E. Grier left Charleston
yesterday for WUUngton, Abbe
ville county, to take up the work
ot teaching near the spot where a
century ago Mows Waddell—re
membered. alas! by few—con
ducted his famous academy and
Imparted Instruction to* John C.
Calhoun, George McDuffie and
others who were later to have a
Urge part In shaping the destinies
ot their time. It ought to be a
fitting place for a young man to
enter the same profession.—News
and Courier.
ThU was the moet famous of South
ern schools In the "thirties" and "for
ties" of the last century. It was here
■that Judge Longstreet, himself a stu-
pient, laid the foundation of many of
the best stories In "Georgia Scenes."
It was here that McDuffie and Noble
and Pickens and Longstreet debated
the great question "Whether In pub
lic elections the votes ot taction
Bihould predominate by tbe force of In-
PTnal suggestions or by tbe bias ot
fjrUprudence?” It was here that the
—ilverslty of Georgia received IU
cr sldent and 111 earliest Inspiration,
ine c< *Itor of The Georgian, who was
n within a hundred yards of the
■pl house, sends his best wishes to
’ 'liter for a noble revival of the
acheipns of an Immortal school.
why ’ h every passing day the pos-
i.- lily of Mr. Bryan's acting upon
*1 Graves' suggestion and
\tlng Mr. Roowvelt to sue-
self becomes more and
P mote.—News and Courier.
A'ltlt every passing day the
W the Democratic party’s
Wir. Bryan becomes more
and likely.
THE CONSERVATISM OF REFORM.
In periods of popular rcasscrtlon and of powerful reforms such as
those which agitate and concern the citizen of today, the cultivation of
sanity and of common sense becomes no less a duty to the Individual
than an obligation to society.
Thoughtful men who study the trend and the temper of the times In
which we live have sometimes been tempted to a pessimistic view of the
difference between conservative wealth and tbe Individual citizen. To
our mind the sound and triumphant status of today carries the refuta
tion to pessimism and the rebuke to the prophet of evil.
It may be said, with history as tbe referee, that whenever abuses
become large and unbearable, tbe people always rise to protest, and al
ways find an effective way to put protest Into expression for remedy
aud relief.
Between the two extremes of conservatism and radicalism these Is
a golden mean which Provldenco and tbe people always expect some
men to occupy.
A newspaper carrying the responslbllty and the duty of Its power
of great publicity should always keep a sound mind In a sound body
and hold Its head level amid tbo storms of faction that rage about ft.
To our mind tho Ideal publicist Is one who knows that there Is a
time to be radical and Just as surely a time to be conservative. When
the people are apathetic and apparently asleep under conditions which
threaten their liberty and prosperity, then radicalism becomes a duty and
a mission and the strong man and the wise publicist should use In that
hour the Influence under his control to arouse public sentiment, to
awaken public Indifference and to quicken among the people the com
prehension of unfavorable conditions and to Inspire the high resolve to
change them.
But when a people, awakened by these appeals, arise In the majes
ty of their might and numbers, to take hold of the government and to sit
In the saddle for a season of riding, there comes again the high duty
to tbe publicist to exercise that restraining Judgment In counsel and In
action which prevents the excesses born of success and the temptation
to Iniquity growing out ot triumph and of power.
Passions are easily qulckoned between classes and factions In a
popular uprising. It Is necessary for tbe publicist hlmselt to arouse feel
ings of protest and ot Indignation among tbe people and these feelings
when aroused too often Inspire In human nature, which Is about tbe
same tho world over, a disposition to punish opposing classes as well as
to establish their own rights. It Is too often true that out of great re
form movements there develops a spirit of retaliation which lit some
times prejudicial to Justice.
Here, If anywhere, the man of conscience In public affairs should
not be tempted to ride too Joyously with the triumphant tide ot reform
ers, but should stand without hesitation with a restraining hand and a
warning voice against action or legislation that even smacks of punish
ment or persecution.
There Is nothing In our present Georgia politics which Justifies on ex
treme application ot these reflections. But It Is not untimely to remind
our friends In power of the fact that all things that are permanent must
be founded upon justice and consideration ot all the people ot every
class. 'We do not believe that the reform administration from the gov
ernor’s office through the railroad commission down to the legislature
and the lower offices will be tempted to deal unjustly with any class
or calling of the people ot Georgia.
Tho corporations themselves are made up of people who are citizens
with equal rights to our own. The Institutions and enterprises living
under corporate control are In themselves Indispensable to tho conven
ience, happiness and prosperity ot tho people.
And we feel quite sure both from publlo expression.and from pres
ent accounts that there will be no disposition In any leglslatlvo or judi
cial aotton to forget the rights and the Interests of the great corpora
tions whose aggressions wo havo been compelled to resist.
It Is possible to protect the people without punishing tho corpora
tions. It la possible to promote public rights and liberties without per
secution of those who have themso.lves bcon tempted to forget.
We believe we speak the sentiment of tho reform element In Goor-
gla when we say It would not approve ot any Injustice or any hard
ships entailed upon the corporate Interests of tbo stato.
We can not live and prosper without the railroads any more than
tbo railroads can live and prosper without us, and since wo are mutual
ly dependent we should bo mutually considerate and Just. Upon this
principle hangs the whole solution of our present problems.
We do not believe that tbe railroad commission desires to ontall any
hardship or suffering upon the legitimate railroad properties of the state.
While they do not hold themselves disposed to Indorso dividends upon
oceans ot “water," we believe that no member ot the commission would
bo willing to deny reasonable profits upon active, legitimate Investments.
We do not believe that the commission would be disposed In any
way to cripple the street railway companies of the state. Beginning
with Atlanta, we believe that these corporations have dono great things
for the development of our commonwealth, and that In the main the
services which they render are up to tho standard of merit throughout
the country. If the commission can see where these electric lines could
■hare their profits In reason with the people, they would be right to rule
It so. But not In any excessive reduction or In any onerous exaction
upon the trolley lines.
We believe that while tbe commission may see fit to lay Its wise
and remedial hand upon the telephone company and the power compa
nies, that they will do It Justly and not In retaliation. The critical point
In all reform Is 'to maintain the spirit of justlco, of equity aud of reason.
The essential thing In a great people's movement Is to keep an even
balance of head and heart, not to lose temper by opposition, and In the
remembrance of corporate excesses never to forget the necessity of pop
ular moderation and Juatlce.
Once more wo declare our belief that the only legislation which per
manently endurea Is that which Is founded upon reason, mutual consid
eration and exact justlco to all men, rich and poor.
LABOR'S REJOICING DAT.
Tho day dedicated to labor Is not a day misspent or wasted In the
times In which we live.
There are so many splendid pageants dedicated to Industry and to
wealth, so many atately processions troop the thoroughfares of cities
that It Is alike wholesome to trade and to capital that one day formally
set apart should Illustrate the consideration ot tho republic (or the toll-
era who are Its backbone, Ita bulwark and Its strong defense.
And labor has much over which to rejoice In these later days. Its
peaceful triumphs have been won by peaceful methods In a multitude of
high contentions which Involved the equity of wages nud the dignity ot
work. Its condition haa steadily advanced, keeping equal pace with a
prosperous country until today the laborer Is stronger In Influence,
richer in money and happier in hope and promise than he has ever
been before.
The added sense of power which comes with the object lesson of a
day like this carries always and everywhere Its high lesson of responsi
bility. The wage earner of today It no longer the Ignorant and illiter
ate workman whose bands are the only measure ot his existence.
Reading, thought and wise leadership under the spirit ot tho age have
lifted the wage earner of today to tbe high level ot a rltlrenahtn of which
any republic may be proud.
The demagogy of faction haa been driven from the councils ot work,
and the division^ of class bars been lost In tbe conferences ot equal
manhood.
The present status Is fine enough to make a labor celebration a re
joicing Jubilee.
No thoughtful man within the ranka of toll will fall to remember
that there are other battles to be won, other triumphs to be githered
and other policies to be established In wisdom. In honesty and In equity
for the future. Fbr the great day that is upon us and (or the great days
that are coming on, the lesson to labor Is more and more one of con
servatism, one of high discretion and above all a lesson of lofty patriot
ism. >
Tbe common ground upon which labor and capital must meet and
solve tbelr difficulties Is a love of our common country. Around the altar
ot patriotism and s noble public spirit the^dlfferences and divisions of
tbe different lines of life must meet and mergo In a great high
spirit of patriotic fidelity to our owe country and Its Institutions.
More and more are men In the ranka of labor and capital learning
the great lesson that censervatlsin and mutual consideration win the
only battles and the only victories that endure.
Transient and temporary are the triumphs of mere numbers or of
personal force. But durable are the things that are won in justice and
held In conservatism and humanity.
The Georgian congratulates with all Its heart the men of labor
upon tbe happy auspices under which they celebrate this annual holi
day. We wish for them many other anniversaries os notable and as
noble as this one. And we trust sincerely that tbe practical present
and the Inspiring future which Is tbe greatest of all school masters, will
teach all men of all classes more and more to appreciate and approach
their differences and to solve their divisions In tbe spirit which be
lieves and declares that the fatherhood of God means, without dissimu
lation, the brotherhood of man.
EXTRAVAGANCE IN MAHERS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION
By J. LOGAN IRVIN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It h*s lone seemed to mo that In the
matter of tho uinungement of our higher
Institutions of learning, we Americans nre
very uneconomic; Indeed, we may say poa-
Itlrely wasteful. Almost all of tbe states
hare unlrersltles, many of them splendidly
leudowed aud equipped and haring faculties
of first-cUi* attainments thoroughly compe
tent to give tbe best Instruction In almost
any branch of knowledge. It Is true, how
ever, that these magnificent facllttes and
opportunities are mane use of,-In many !n-
stancea, b/ only a comnaratlvely small per
centage of young people seeking higher ed
ucation.
The reason Is nojt far to seek. In most
of the states each of the religious denomina
tions has Its separate church college or
••university." In some Instances, these. In
endowment ami equipment, are In the first
rank. as. for Ifistance. Princeton In the
North, and, to a less degree, Vanderbilt In
th* South. Ilut for the most nart, these
church institutions are small, under-endow
ed and undermanned, and with the best In
dentions In the world with regard to the
C juth under their tuition, by reason of their
■k of money and facilities, they are utter-
U m unahle to give that clans of Instruction
•manded by modern conditions of life.
■Lack of patronage and endowment compels
the curtailment of the courses of Instruc
tion and limits the nnrober of Instructors
ami dooms able and efficient men to llrs
on salaries totally Inadequate to their needs,
less. In many Instances, than many clerks
and artisans In the same community are
earning. When the record of heroic llTea of
self-sacrifice for the good of others Is fully
written, let us not forgst to give a large
and honorable nlace to the average profes
sor In the small denominational college, for,
next to the minister of the Gospel, he gives
more and gets less than any other man.
Then, too, this denominational division of
educational forces Is highly wasteful In that
it multiplies educational plants where one
would do, and sets a doxen poorly-paid and
disheartened men to do tasks that two well
paid and well supported men could do Just
ns well or lietter. In other words, to be
brief, through our system of denominational
•• “ -•■ slows people of tbe states
or four times ns much for
HPJHHMVJPeducating their aons and
daughter* in Inferior institution* aa they
would have to pay If our educational Insti
tutions were more centralised and better or-
state universities which they do not patron
Ixe. and from which they get but remote
If any benefit at all.
Now, there nro certain moral, religion*
And denominational advantages belonging to
church Institutions which nre
od education while securing at the same
time the economic benefits of centralization
and co-ordination In educntloual efforts.
The plan I have to offer la In all Its fea
ture* by no mentis original with me, h*nce
It was President Harper, of Chicago uni
versity. I believe, who first suggested the
feasibility of tbe union of the denomina
tional college and the atate university.
This plan, aa I remember It, was to build
UUI * *-* iiurs, juav uyuu sue au***jc* sue
responsibility for tbe secondary Instruction,
while the scientific, post-graduate and pro
fessional work would be assigned to the lat
ter, an arrangemant much better than
the old system of divided counsels and in
dependent efforts which Is now In Togue.
In the secular branches upon the state, re
serving the moral and religious technical
Instruction to the denominational Institu
tion. Let us take a concrete Illustration:
Suppose my own church (tbe Presbyterian),
Instead of building a little college, da we
expect to do some day, somewhere In the
state of Georgia, which we, as reasonable
Junction with our splendid state university
there. There is already organized there an
able faculty, some of which are Preabyte-
rlona; there Is a fine equipment, and a good
university plant; everything. In fact, all
ready to our band; better, Indeed, than we
could hope to accumulate In a score of
years, or more, working alone. Now, all
we need to do Is to build a Presbyterian
••college of residence," s place for our young
men to live and study. One able man,
preferably a consecrated and acholarly min
ister of the gospel, might be placed In
charge, who, with the Presbyterian profes
sors now In the faculty of the state univar
sity. and with, of courae, the assistance
of the authorities of the university, would
have charge of the discipline and moral
and Intellectual direction of the Preahyte-
r'.an students resident therein. The English
Hlble, with perhaps some little elementary
theology, would be taught by the head of
the college, while the entire part of the
secular education would bo taken In tbe
state Institution. With auch an arrange
ment or combination of religious oversight
and training In conjunction with, secular
education, tho great problem of hlglver ed
ucation In the atato would be, In a large
measure, solved.
If all tbe denominations would enter
Into inch an arrangement, as they nil sooner
or later would, what a great university,
modeled somewhat on the pattern of Ox
ford or Cambridge In England, we would
have at Athena. An Institution magnificent
ly endowed and housed and having all the
benefits and Inspirations of a properly
guarded centralization. The denomination
al college plants now existing could bo
very efficiently used as preparatory, achoola
fitting young men for the greater nnlreralty,
and supply a want in our atate even great
er than that of more universities.
In my mind’s eye, I have a picture of
the stats university of the future, with
Its highly efficient and well-paid corps, of
teachers, with Its modern and well appoint
ed class rooms aud laboratories, which
Increased appropriations from the atate
and national governments can easily make
possible, and grouped around these the de
nominational "colleges of . residence,", de
signed perhspa in the "unlveralty gothic"
stylo of architecture, presided over l>y a
consecrated and talented man of God who
has the moral and spiritual as well ns the
Intellectual Interests of the students In his
charge at heart, and we have a gllmpae of
the Ideal university of the future.
Americas, Ga. N
SUGGESTION TO PREVENT
ACCIDENTS IN ELEVAT0R8
. want to offer a a uggsstlon to the taw-
makers of Atlanta aa to the regulation of
passenger elevator*. On account ot the mi-
moron* accidents, tome of which have been
fatal, cauaed hj rareleaa or Incompetent
operators of paaaenger elevator ear* In the
building* of ttila city, the writer would
■nggeat the necessity ef enacting a taw to
prevent auch In the future. Several Inoi-
r or nve years, earn eanaen »y me o],er-
r storting the ear while the naaaenger
i stepping through the door. Toe writer
I caught In the door of a car lest than
four or flva years, each cauaed by
ator J ' * * *
wal caught ._ — - , lt
two yenra ago In an office building which
claim* to hare the safest and heat elevator
service In the city, and hi* life waa saved
only by "the breadth of a hair." .
It occur* to the writer that If all aleva-
tor car door, were required to be kept
closed while the ear* are moving, the ac
cidents referred to conld not happen. 1*
aet human life valuable enough for the
great city of Atlanta to require auch aim-
pit protection to her cltlaeni who art com
pelled to ate passenger elevators?
Atlanta, Oa.
A. T. C.
AS TO STATE RIQHT8
AND CENTRALIZATION
To tbe Editor of Tho Georgian:
Two of the chief luuos In the com
ing presidential campaign will no doubt
be "State Right*” and "Centralisation
of Government.” These question* are
already being agitated by all the anti-
admlnlatratlon newspapers and several
of tho yellow Journals, oa well aa by
many leading politician*.
The railway corporation*, prior to
the postage ot the rate bill by con
gress, made a strenuous fight against
enlarging the powers ot the Interstate
commerce commission, but since It*
passage they appear to have had a
change ot heart, aa they recognise that
It w ill In the long run Inure largely to
their benefit oa a protection against
the trusts In the matter of rebates and
In many othar ways, or at least to auch
ot them as desire to transact a legiti
mate transportation buelnea*—and It I*
particularly noticeable that they are
constantly seeking the aid ot tho fed
eral government against rabid legisla
tion on the part ot the Individual
states
The trust corporation*, on the other
hand, against whom tho United States
has Issued proceedings and Imposed
heavy fines are probably operating be
hind the scenes with the object. It pos
sible. of overthrowing tho present ad
ministrative policy, and wo may there,
fore took for nothing better from them
than co-operation with the politician!
to upset the Rooeevelt doctrine,
through any Issue that may develop.
There are so many complicated fea
ture* Involved In the question, of
'■Stats Rights” and "Centralisation,"
that It will be extremely difficult for
the ordinary mind to arrive at an In
telligent decision as to which stde he
should take, and the public ahould,
therefore, exercise much caution be
fore concluding what to do. The safest
plan to work on is not to permit one
self to be over-Influenced by campaign
speeches or documents, by editorials
published In yellow eheeta under start
ling headlines or by other newt pa pen
In the pay ot the trusts, who have been
making It a practice to cast nasty
backhand slur* at the president on
every possible opportunity, but to ob
tain the vlawa of the Intelligent and
conservative business men In » com
munity, carefully consider Ibe view, eo
obtained and act In accord with con
victions arrived at In this manner.
A. MADDISON.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
ALL OVER COUNTRY
Washington, Sept. 2.—Weather con
ditions and general forecast:
A depression that was over Lake
Superior Sunday morning haa moved
to Ontario with Increasing tendency,
causing showers over^thh northern dis
tricts east of the Mississippi river ex
cept In Eastern New England. There
were also local showers In the South
ern states, the lower Missouri valley,
the Central and Southern Rocky Moun
tain region, and the north Pacific
states.
It It warmor In thfc upper Ohio val
ley, the lower lake region and middle
Atlantic states and considerably cooler
In the western upper lake region, the
Missouri and upper Mississippi val
leys: elsewhere temperature changes
were unimportant. There will be
ehowert this afternoon or tonight In
New England and the northern portion
of the middle Atlantic states, followed
by fair weather Tueeday; elsewhere In
the east and south the weather will be
generally fair tonight and Tuesday. It
will be cooler In the lower lake region
and upper Ohio valley.
Forecast till 8 p. m., Tuesday:
Virginia—Possibly showers this af
ternoon, generally fair tonight and
Tuesday; cooler tonight In extreme
northern portion; light southerly to
southwesterly winds on the coast.
North Carolina. South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Eastern Florida,
Western Florida and Mississippi—Pair
tonight and Tuesday; variable winds.
APPRECIATIVE YOUNG EDITOR.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
Allow mo to thank you for the kindly
Interest you bare taken In my paper. Uy
sulmcrintlon list haa Increased three-fold
since the article roncenflng my little publi
cation appeared In your valuable paper. I
have received dnsens of aubaerlher* from
many point* In Georgia, aa welt aa from
8onth Carolina, Alabama and other states.
With beat wishes for the anreeaa ot The
CRITICISM OF TREATMENT
AT SOLDIERS’ HOME
To the People ot Gedrgla:
Today Dr. J. C. Aubrey, a private In
company E, first Georgia regiment,
and a lieutenant In company E, twelfth
Georgia battalion, wounded three
times In Virginia and Maryland, com
manding company B. twelfth Georgia
battalion, Evans' brigade, Gordon’s
division, at Appomattox. Va., visited
the Confederate Soldiers' Home. When
he started with a comrade to dinner
h* was stopped at the door by Lieu
tenant Clemmons, with the command
not to enter the dining room by order
ot Captain Barry, the superintendent.
Mite Derrtcot. matron ot said home,
brings friends who remain day* at a
time. Mrs. Stein, who Is stewardess,
t* accompanied by her husband, and
she entertains friends the tame way. I
am reliably Informed that the and her
husband were In Montana during the
war.
Ie thl* agreeable to the contract
mad* between the sUt* and the
Daughter! of the Confederacy?
J. C. AUBREY, M. D.
Atlanta, September L
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THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of My story and Adventure
SYNOPSIS.
Frank (the hero) and Reginald Urneebridge
(cousins) meet Mme. Vera Slavinzkr, *
beautiful woman, at Saratoga. She I»
tacked by n foreigner (Dr. Carl Mueller),
the latter demanding that she surrender to
him “a bit of paper and a atone. He
claims he has the missing fragment ana
that "the others were then In the hotel.
Frank rescues her and 1* given ft pnekng
with nennlslson to open It when be think:
the right time has come* A telegram an
nonnees the sudden death of Reginald
father. Frank Is made executor of the es
tate. Reginald la charged with forgery, and
calls upon Frank to save him from arrest.
A maid rushes Into tha room and tells Reg
inald tils wife Is dead and that he Is charg
ed with her murder. Frank and Reginald
leave the hoase by a secret passage and
reach the Bracebrldge country borne on
Long Island. They embark in an airship.
Reginald Is *ent to France. Frank lenrns
that the physician who attended Reginald s
wife resembles Dr. Mueller. II© hires a
farm In Ohio near tho place where this doc
tor lives. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter
of a Judge In Ohio, Is brought Into
Dr. Mueller falls In lore with her. —
to know her brother, a painter, who realdes
abroad. Sylvia. Dr. Mueller and a girl
friend visit **Tne Hollow," an old house,
said to be haunted.
Basil Thurston makes violent lore to Syl
via. He tells her he knows she loves
and Is only kept from
her brother. Raymond,
against Raymond.
Basil is almost persuaded to go to Colo
rado and seek his fortune In the mines. Ho
turns to drink in hla distress over his un
successful love affair, and his sister, Rose,
pleads with him to reform.
Basil does not reform. While In the field
one day he bears Dr. Mueller making love
to Sylvia. Basil meets the girl and begs
her to wed him. She Is frightened and re
fuses. While trying to escape from Basil
she runs Into the arma of Dr. Mueller. 8he
consents to marry the doctor.
Dr. Mueller urges Sylvia to marry him
at once, although she tells him she wishes
her brother, Raymond, who la In Europe,
to be present at the ceremony.
Rnth Pritchard warns Sylvia against Dr.
Mueller, and Basil Thurston declares, In a
letter to Sylvia, that be will prevent her
marriage at any coat.
the temporary absence of her fiance.
Mueller disappears In a moat extraordi
nary manner, hat a letter from him to Syl
via explains his absence.
Sylvia and her brother go for a walk
and meet Basil, who quarrels with Ray
mond.
Basil, apparently Insane over the loss
of Sylvia, makes ugly threats against Ray
mond. When Sylvia and Rnymoud return
home, Raymond finds a mysterious letter on
his dresser. After the family retires, he
gets out into the stormy night to keep nn
engagement demanded In the letter.
The following morning Ruth Pritchard Is
found In the woods near the Thuraton home,
unconscious. When she recovers conscious
ness, her mind Is apparently unhtnged with
some horror. Raymond Thurston Is found
In the studio, shot through tbe heart.
CHAPTkR XLVII—Concluded.)
"Tomorrow will be a very trying day
for all of them," the mlnfster said. "I
wish thl. Inquest was over and done
with. I doubt, though, that they can
flnlih the Inquiry tomorrow. What
a mysterious affair It Is, Monica! I
can not think of any kind of clew to
the truth. Everyone liked Raymond
Thurston—everyone. He always seem
ed to me, poor chap, to be one of those
lucky persona who' never make an en
emy. Yes. everyone loved Raymond."
"Everyone—except his coualn Basil,”
was the thought that passed through
Monica’* mind, but she did not give It
utterance. Many a time during that
day a dark eusplclon flashed across
her heart, and the recollection of Ba
sil’s menacing letter to Raymond—of
which Sylvia had told her—added a
still more significant coloring to that
suspicion. But Monica endeavored al
ways to beat away the thought and
ahe took care not so much aa to hint
at anything of the kind to Sylvia.
"Basil I* her own near kinsman, and
she waa always attached to him," Mo
nica thought. "It I, not for me to
breathe a eusplclon like thatl Let
the police find a clew, If they can. It
I* their business, not mine. My one
duty now is to be ot tome comfort to
Sylvia at thl* dreadful time."
During a searching cross-examina
tion at the hands ot Mrs. Prosser that
day, Monica had Inadvertently let some
words fall that the minister's wife In
stantly seised on as a species of In
direct reflection on Basil Thurston’s
attitude toward his dead kinsman, and
although Monica had'Immediately en
deavored to undo the Impression made
by her unthinking words, Mrs. Pros
eer had not been quite convinced, and
had mentally decided to go over to
Redbrow and Inquire further Into the
matter. Hence her visit to Rose
Thuraton that afternoon. Monica,
warned by this occurrence, was par
ticularly wary now during her talk.
"There has been no change, I sup
pose, In that unfortunate girl's state all
day, my dear?" the minister said, after
a long pause.
"Ruth Pritchard's? None whatever;
and father says her cose Ir. almost
Identical with Polly Davis'—that Cleve.
land girl. He says the symptoms are
strangely similar—and that ot the two
Ruth is In a still worse way. Father
had to go home an hour ago, but I
expect him back at 8."
"I should like to see Sylvia before I
go, Monica. Perhaps It I went up to
poor Raymond's room for a few min
utes she would not object.”
"I almost with she would, Mr. Proa-
eer. Anything would be better than
her present unnatural paastvenesa.
Com* with me. If you wish. Raymond
looks as if he were asleep—nothing
worse than that"
Monica led the way to the room ot
death, the minister following, In total
silence now. Just outside the door
Monica paused, as It to steel herself
for a new ordeal.
"I can not bear to see Sylvia In this
unnatural state." ehe whispered. "The
wildest grief would be less trying to
wIlneM—to me at least.”
Then che opened the door quietly anil
entered the room, the minister behind
her. Both stood Just within the thresh
old of the door. Tha room waa lighted
by five wax candles. In tall silver can
dlesticks, placed on a table at the low-
er end of the apartment. The light
shone full upon the bed and upon the
motionless figure placed there, and cov
ered wholly with a white sheet, and
braid* the bed Sylvia sat, with her
hand* folded upon her lap; her face
suffused with a waxen pallor, her eye*
fixed—in a terrible, Immovable, glassy
Mare—upon the still form so does to
ter that she oooM hairs touched It
"Oh, my poor child!" the clergyman
■aid, hi* kindly eyes suddenly dimmed.
his voice breaking, as he moved quick
ly to the silent girl, and stooped over
her, resting hie hands upon her shoul
ders.
Sylvia started, almost as If she had
been roused from sleejer and withdraw,
ing her haggard eyes from the ghastly
object on the bed, fixed them vacantly
upon the minister’s agitated face.
"Hush—hush I" ehe said in a rapid
whisper, "do not waken him—he Is
asleep."
"My God!” the minister muttered,
under hie breath, and he glanced
sharply at Monica Peard, who had re-
colled a little and had clasped her
hands suddenly together.
“Oh, Mr. Prosser, the shock has af
fected her mind,” Monica gasped.
"This Is worse than all.”
The minister, now very pale, again
turned to Sylvia, his hands still rest
ing Impressively on her shoulders.
"No word* of mine can convey to
you, my dear, how shocked and dis
tressed I am at this terrible occur
rence," he eald. "I have known and
loved poor Raymond since he was a
child. It Is a frightful thing to ses
him thus out off In the very flower of
his youth and promise. May God
strengthen you, Sylvia, my dear, to
bear, the burden of this bereavement.”
Sylvia waa gazing Into his face as
he thus spoke, with the same vacant
look In her eye*. Then a little smile—
Just the faint shadow of a smile—
flitted across her face.
The 8leep of Death.
"You are very kind and thoughtful,
Mr. Prosser—you always were—and
Raymond knows that as well aa I do,
and he will be so glad to see you and
to thank you by and by. But now.
really do not be offended. I must ask
you to leave him. He has been very III
and he requires to sleep—to sleep—to
sleep. Nothing so good ae a long,
uninterrupted sleep. I am watching
him here lest any enemy should touch
him. No one shall Injure him while I
am beside him to protect him. How
peaceful he looks In sleep!”
And rising suddenly, she leaned
across the bed, lifted the top of the
sheet and drew It aside a little from
the calm, beautiful, dead face of her
brother.
He lndeod seemed to be asleep, so
peaceful was the countenance, with
the heavy, waxen lids closed over his
eyes, and a loose, wavy lock of shining
hair lying golden across his temples.
So sweet and peaceful and natural was
the expression of the lips that the
minister almost expected to see them
curve Into a smile as he looked. A
white cashmere rcarf was wound
about the throat, thus hiding alto
gether the ghastly wound at the right
side of tho neck.
Tho minister gazed In silence upon
the dead face; he could not trust him
self to speak.
"Darling!” Sylvia murmured eoftly
to herself, as she looked down upon
the still beautiful face; then she re
placed the sheet carefully and resumed
her seat by the bed, aa If she had
forgotten their presence In the room.
"Monica, she should not be left
alone. Do not leave her again, I beg
of you," tha minister murmured,
tremulously. "Perhaps It Is as well
that she I* spared the anguish of
knowing the actual truth Just yet—but
how will It be with her when her
mind Is opened at last to the reality!"
He slowly left the room of death and
walked away from Moorcombe like a
man In a dream. In all the experiences
of his peaceful, humdrum life, the
Rev. Isaac Prosser hod never before
gone through ao distressing a scene as
that from which he had Just emerged.
The memory of It haunted him for
many a day thereafter.
chaptefTxlviii.
The Inquiry Balked.
About 2 o'clock on the following day
the Inquest waa held on the body of
Raymond Thurston, but for lack of
Evidence, the Inquiry was adjourned
for a week. Dr. Peard, In describing
the Injuries, testified that the deceased
had been shot through the neck, the
bullet severing the great arteries; but
whether the wound had been self-in
flicted or otherwise there was not a
bit of evidence of any kind whatso
ever to show.
The weapon found beside the dead
man's hand was a six-chambered re
volver, one of the chambers of which
had been discharged, and from the ev
idence of Godfrey Thurston It appeared
that thl* revolver had belonged to tbs
deceased, a fact which complicated the
mystery still further.
Murder or manslaughter? Accident
or eulcldt? These were the vital ques
tions to which no satisfactory reply
was forthcoming.
Save for Monica Peard’s evidence, aa
to the discovery of the body In the
painting room, and the evidence of the
broken-hearted parents as to theli
son’s last words to them on that fatal
night, there was no Information what
ever to be gained which bore directly
or Indirectly upon the extraordinary
occurrence.
The deceased had Informed his par
ents that he was about to have a
smoke In the smoking room before
going to ted; and the window of th*
room was found unfastened on the fol
lowing morning, although the house
maid distinctly remembered that *b*
had fastened It as usual on the even
ing before the discover)' of Raymond
Thurston's death.
Why7
From circumstantial evidence, then
It appealed that Raymond must hav*
Ibft Moorcombe by way of this window
that night, taking his revolver with
him.
But why had he gone to the studio—
and why armed with a revolver? And
what was the meaning of Ruth Pritcb.
ard's mysterious conduct on that ntghtl
Had there been an appointed meetlnj
In the studio between Ruth and th*
deceased?
A'as! To this question, at least
there seemed to be no possibility o
obtaining a reply. Ruth Pritchard!
etate was hopeless. She lay In ha
bed up stairs motionless, speechless
lifeless, apparently, save for a fain
respiration alone.
Continued In Tomorrow’s Georgian,