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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. IT. BflPnUD THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Evei^ Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At * West Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Rates: Ope Tear Six Month* .. {IffN Month* “ Month hr Carrier, I’rr Week Telephone, connection .It depart ments. Long distance termtoali* If too bar. any trosbl* aettlna TIIH GKOHGIAX AND NEWS, telephone the circulation department and barn It nromptlr remedied. Telephone*: Hell m main: Atlanta MOL It la dealraht. that alt communica tion* Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN AND SEWS be limited to *» word* In lenrth. It la ImperaUr. that they be alitned. *a an erldaac. of rood faith. Rejected mannerist, will not b« returned unleaa Btampa are aant lor the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS print* no uodean or objectionable adfertla- lu,. Neither doe# It print wUakj or any liquor ad* 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 The Key Note of Business Success is to do business with a bank that endeavors to become ac quainted with you and is interested in you. Consult our officers about your banking requirements as to what the Maddox-Ruckcr Banking Company will ldo for you. We believe in a spirit of co-operation so long as it permits us to adhere strictly to rules of conservative banking. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. 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,