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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, orTonnn s. iot. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Snndey) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 3 West Alabama St„ Atlanta. Oa. Subscription Retest nr Yner M t Months J-5J hrrr Months L2S nr Month * r Carrier, I’rr Work -I 3 <TSp,u ft nil tk ft Thompson, advertising frp. rrrrnfntlvrs tor .ill territory outside »t '(•'onsls. . Chlrsrn Office ■ trotihlo srttlnff THE __ Id NEWS. telephone - circulation department and have It promptly remedied. Telepboosi! Iteil 027 main; Atlanta 4401. Snhsrrllters tlralrlmt their (Jeonfian discontinued must notify this nfflre tin the date of aspiration: ntheretlse. K will Is- cnntinuetl at the regular mil" serration rotes until notice to stop Is welted. In ordertns a change of address, please give the old us well ss the new addrrsK, II Is drpfrstile that all commnnle*. •Ions in*'-‘-tlf.1 for putillratlon In TUB UROItlilAN AND NEWS he Halted ts no trorJs iii length. It Is Imp ntlre „ J Hndemt led. ns an evidence of .tried luanneeripts will not he returned unlese stampe ore oeot tor the purpose THE fil.onolA.V AND NEWS prlato o', unclean or ntijertlonslilr ndvertla* lag. Neither dues It print whloky or any liquor ado. OUIt I I.ATI OIIM; Till-! (JKOItGIAN AND .NEWS stands for Allontn’o own- Ins Its nwo gna sod electric light plants, as It now owns Its water works. Otbrr eUtes do this anil Set css ns low os Ct) tents, nltti o prullt to the eltr. This elr.Sd It*, done at oner, Till’! OEUUtiU.S AND NEWS hrlleves that If ttreet rullwoys eau be eitersted Sim IBSTSlIi Irjr Enroprao cities, as they are, tlirro Is Do (total reason why they eon not- lie so oper ated hags- Out we Jo not believe this ran Its done now. and It tnoy be same years Iwfote we nre remtv for so Ids so undertaklno. Still Atlanta should set 1U far* In that direction NOW. There's many a slip twist the cup and Upton. “Taft Party Moves," proclaims The New York Sun. giving due Importance to a weighty matter. The coat of living is increasing, pro claims a news item from Washington, D. C. My, tills Is so sudden. The bankruptcy of Mrs. Borer’s model restaurant only goes to show thnt good cooks aren't good business women. nesplto rumors to the contrary, Ml-.iliter Wu la to be cordially wel comed to Washington and no ques- tlons asked. Tho woman suffragettes in England have split up Into two (actions. Give the ladles a little time and there will be more. , The son of the king of Slnm has en tered Htrvsrd. Tho origlnsl “Brown of Harvard" will have to take a back sent now. The Boston Herald thinks we are In need of a school for laughter. When laughter becomes an art Its chief charm Is gono. In a Pennsylvania town a crazy woman went to see a football game ond suddenly regained her reason. "Ms a desperate remedy, warranted to kill or cure. | Another auccessful nlrshlp has been Invented, this time In Germany. It'a propelling i»wer Is probably the same as the others—hot atr. I Tho new ■ typewriter trust Is con trolled by capitalists, but no mere mnn will ever boss a typewriters' union. Eighteen brides were gathered at one popular Lenox, Mass., hostelry at one time, last week. The grooms were there, too, but they were not noticed. Tho crown prince of Servla Is said to he trying to wake up Paris. Wait till he hits New York’a groat white way and It will be him to wake up and take notice. The Baltimore Law School has ex cluded women students. It has been ascertained that women studenta car ried off most of the honors. But of course this Is not the reason for their exclusion. Abbas II, the present khedive of Egypt, Is an enthusiastic motorist. But he has nothing on old Ramcses II in his ability to follow modern pur units; for we ore aasured that Ram oses'was a great old grafter. An exchange notes that sbme popu lar authors, make great fortunes out of their books and adds that geniusea do not atarve these days. The logical sequence of these two statements Is not dear. . When the Count Ldealaui Szech- etiyi, Gladys Vanderbilt’s betrothed, gave her a welcoming smile upon his arrival In Newport, she "returned It with a hundred per cent Interest." Those foreign noblemen always de mand high rates of Interest on Invest ments In American girls. THE SPINNERS—THE BOILERS—THE CARRIERS. Atlanta's hospitality Is taxed to an Inspiring measure In tho care of three great national conventions in a single week. The great Cotton Spinners' Assembly came first, and has had the first fruits of tho attention both In vocal and substantial welcome, due to the premier Industry of tho South. The National Convention of the Boilermakers, made International by the presence of so many Canadian delegates, touches an Industry Vita] to the material Interests of tho age, and brings to us a body of sturdy and Intelligent men before whom Atlanta desires to put her best foot for ward, and for whose entertainment we can not do too much. Tho Boiler makers have paid Georgia the compliment of choosing for their chief ex ecutive one of our best and most popular citizens in the person of Hon. M. P. Cole, of Newnan, and with our fellow-citizen as Its president this notable organization lays especial and personal Interest upon our hospi tality and attention. And with equal heartiness Is this especial Interest extended to the National Letter Carriers, who came to Georgia upon the Invitation of thfelr popular president, Paul Lindsay, who Is ono of Georgia's own. Tho Letter Carriers are the last but by no means the least of tho great bodies who are In simultaneous convention In this Capital City of Dixie. The Letter Carriers come near to tho hearts and convenience of the farmer and tho agriculturist everywhere. 1 It Is the rural mall carrier and the cheap newspaper which have con verted the people outside tho cities Into the freest and most practical 'democracy In tho world. It Is the little rural mall delivory wagon which brings tho country and suburban people Into touch and sympathy with the day's doings, nnd makes every man of them as wise to know, as free to think and as fearless to vote as any constituency In the world. The rural mall carrier Is the agent and evangel of information nnd of liberty. He has revolutionized politics, and put the demagogue to shame. He Is the friend of the newspaper, and the evangel qf literature for tho coun try homo. He Is worthy of a great welcome to Atlanta, and Is worthy when he goes back to work, of all the wages which the government can pay him, and of all the consideration which Is due him from the people whom he so truly serves. Atlanta opens her wide arms In welcome to all her vital guests today, and during this convention week It should be remembered that the hospitable repute of this gracious city rests at last In the hands of her Individual citizens. THE STATE DEPARTMENT ILLUSTRATES INTEREST IN THE COTTON OP THE SOUTH. The assembling of the great Cotton Spinners’ Convention In Atlanta has afforded to tho government of our country, to President Roosevelt nnd to the state department, an opportunity to give to the South a dis tinct and practical evldance of the good will which the administration entertains toward the South and toward Its Imperial staple. Amidst n great whirl of Important duties and events—with an an nual outing for the chief exeeutlve. and with great business and Interna tional visiting on the part of the cabinet, the president and the state de partment have not failed to keep In view the Interests and importance of this great Industrial assembly In the South. The state department has summoned to Washington the highest consular agent of the government within Its reach and has deputised him to accompany the cotton aplnnors to the South and to represent the government In the effort to cooperate with Atlanta In the extension of hospltollty and to do his full share In endeavoring to bring Into closer understanding and better relations the cotton spinners and tho cotton producers of tho world. , Major Church Howe, tho American consul goneral to Canada, was chosen for this very Important work. Major Howo Is q man of wealth and culture. After many years' connection with the railroad and Industrial development In the West and for eleven years «n eminently and highly satisfactory representative of tho government In tho consular service In Italy, In Antwerp, In Sheffield and In Canada, he has Just been appointed without solicitation the consul to the great Industrial city of Manchester, England. Manchester ranks noxt to Liverpool ns a commercial consulate and has enormous connec tions' with the cotton Industries of the world. Major Howe Is a man of large means and of nmplo culture and no consul In tho goneral service enjoys more thoroughly tho confidence and regard of the state department than ho. This Is the gentleman whom the administration has deputized to rep resent the great and generous Interest which our great government feels In the South and In tho development of Its Imperial staple. Ho came to Atlanta with the first Installment of the cotton spinners and has been from first to last a tactful, effective and delightful co-operntivo host to Atlanta and to Georgia In tho entertainment of our representative nnd distinguished guests. It Is very proper that the people of Georgia and of tho South should understand nnd appreciate the great and timely consideration which tho government has shown In sending Major Howe to this assembly. It Is an evldonco of the great kindliness which the government feels toward tho material development of this section of its territory. It Is an evidence of the Interest which the president nnd the secro tary of atato feel In the development of the groat staple which makes tho chief riches of the South. Major llowe's visit hero will doubtless convey this gratifying ex pression of the administration's interest in our people In their most vital commercial point. tt will undoubtedly have an Impressive effect as well upon our visit ors here who will feel dignified by this evidence of official notional Inter est In their deliberations, and it will quicken tho zest which they feel In coming together with the cotton growers of the South. And, moreover, it will undoubtedly be an additional education and equipment to the new consul to Manchester to have enjoyed this brief and Intimate association with both those who make cotton and those who spin It for the markets of the world. It only remains for The Georgian, after a personal acquaintance and a most Instructive conversation with tho consular representative of tho government, to say that the state department could not have selected a more tactful and talented medium through which to express the admin istration's Interest In our affairs, or one better calculated to cooperate with the great design of establishing the happiest and heartiest relations between the two great elements handling the cotton of the world. THE MARCH OF PROHIBITION. The prohibition people, and those so Inclined, nre watching with great Interest the result of elections In cities and counties of other states. The results of these elections are straws which show, or seem to show, the direction of the wind and to prophesy the scope of the further progress of this great reform. In Florida the returns of last week were rath- • In favor of the anti- prohibitionists. Escambia county. Including the city of Pensacola, voted wet by 600 majority, and Franklin county by a majority of 21. The county of Putnam voted "dry.” The prohibitionists had better lock In Alabama. Elections were held In Talladega and Tuscaloosa counties, and the results wo are told wore beyond the hopes of the most optimistic prohibitionist. Every best In Talladega went dry, the total majority for prohibition being 1,138, while In Tuscaloosa the prohibitionists won over adverse conditions by a majori ty of 400. Butler and Pickens counties had previously voted for prohi bition. and elections are now nearly at hand In Lowndes, Lee. Calhoun, Wilcox, Bullock, Jefferson and Etowa^ with every promise of success for the prohibitionists. The Birmingham News, from which these statements are taken, la the champion of the prohibition cause. It predicts that next year the whole state will go dry, and fervently adds its good wishes tif the prophecy. "ALWAYS FIGHTING." It scetna aa If John Temple Graves, of The Georgian, and Colonel Pendleton, of The Macon Telegraph, are both claiming to set forth the principles advocated by the Democratic party. Both these men are lighting each other. Now will some one tell us which one Is orthodox?—Greenville Vindicator. The question of orthodoxy Is difficult In an era so tangled aa this. The facts, however, are these: Colonel Pendleton la a natural conservative Republican, coerced by his environment and by his Interest Into ail affiliation with a “modern Democracy" In which ho does not believe. Bat ho Is an everlastingly loyal old fellow who will stand by his "folks” and swallow his "crow” even If he makes a grimace as It goes down. The other party Is a Democrat by tradition and Inheritance—d Dem ocrat by creed as well, who believes In that essence of ancient and mod ern Democracy which Is the reign and tho welfare of tho body of the people—and ho 1b ready to move to that great) central end of Domooracy If he has to ride over tho heads of the time-servers and the politicians and the bosses, and to follow tho lead that Is likeliest to carry the real genuine Interests of tho real Democracy to triumph in legislation and In execution. That's the difference as we seo tt. But fight Colonel Pendleton? Not so. Taken altogether we like him better than wo do any editor In Georgia. Growth and Progress of the New South Th© Georgian here record* eneh day pome ecuuoniic fact In reference to the opwnrd progress of the Booth. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY Last week the Manufacturer*' Manufacturing Company of Gastonia, 5.oo0-*nlndlc yarn mill. The hnlldlnr i* Itocord reported the Incorporation of the Dunn itonln, N. (\, and stated it* purpose to build ft - ..... ding will he pi*lined for n capacity of 5,000 spin dle*, nut only 4,(ttD spindles wJJI In* lnstnlJed at first to manufacture yarns. An In crease to the total capacity will l»e made In the future. This company s author ized capital stock I* $200,006, and Its paid-in capital Is $100,000. The plant will be operated by electricity, the supply to be furnished by the Southern Power Com pany of Charlotte, N. C. The Ella Manufacturing Company of Shelby. N. C.. which was reported last nlonth by the Manufacturers' Record as Incorporated with a capital »tock of $100,- 000, Is now preparing to Iiejrfn the erection of necessary outbuilding*. Contract has been awarded to the Whltln Machine Work* of Whltlnsvllle. Mas*., for the spinning machinery and to the Draper Company of Ilopednle. Mass., for the looms for weaving. Electricity will probably be the motive power, nnd the mill prod uct will be convertible cotton good*. The Orecleyvllle Cotton Mills of Greeley vllle, 8. C., will be organised with a capital stock of $150,000. for the purpose of building a cotton cloth mill of 10.000 spindles and accompanying loom*, to ihc operated by steam power. J. E. SIrniie, of Greenville, 8. L\, will be the urcbltect-eugineer for the plant. Officers of the compnuy have not been elected, and the enterprise Is In charge of T. W. Boyle, chairman of- committee. About $50,000 has been subscribed, aud the company ex pects to begin construction next April or May. The P. If. Ilanea Knitting Company of Wlnston-fthlem, X. f\. has completed Its new mill. This new plant Includes n four-story 80xl05-foot Imlldlng equipped with automatic sprinklers and overhead system of steam heating. Ccntract for the knitting machinery has l»een awnrded. aud when the equipment Is In position the company's present dally output of 400 dozen garments for underwear will be dou bled. Electricity will be used for flower, being distributed throughout the mill to electric luctort. THS 8TORY OF TWO POEMS. (By Orantland Rice, In The Nashville Ten nessean.) Ambrose Bierce, tho literary light ami erttic, ventnres the opinion that CI©<— Sterling's poem, *A Wine of Wizard . printed In September's Cosmopolitan. Is the greatest American poetical structure ever containing so murh poetry and so little t flight or Fancy, and while It Is much too long to be anything like fully quoted, a few extracts wll give somo Idea of Its weird architecture: For this the fay* will dance for elfln cheer Wlthlu a dell where some mad girl bad flung - ' A bracelet that the painted llxnrda fear." Dull Area of dnnky Jewels thnt have bound The brows of linked Ashtaroth around; or bushed at fall of some disastrous night, When siiusct, like a crimson throat to hell, n cavernous, she marks the seaward flight, Of homing dragons dark upon the west." ‘Tnrestlng Hydras, wrought of bloody light Dip to the ocean's phosphorescent caves." ’‘Baton, yawning on his krnz^n arat. Fondles n screaming thlug his fiends have flayed." Beside a cauldron vexed with harlot's blood. The stars of that red sign which spells Hnlls- !n which dead Merlin's ape hath split A vital squat whoso scarlet venom crawls To ciphers bright nnd terrible.” the 'tomb-throned eebolugs have censed. The bine-eyed vampire, sated nt her feast, Sinlle* bloodily against a leprous moon." Mix years ago tbe editor of The National Mngnstue wrote James Whitcomb Riley, equestlng bis selection of the prettiest tocui he find ever rend. Iii direct contrast name of tbe fliory: He'd nothing but bis violin, I’d nothing out my soug; Vet we were wed when skies were blue, Aud summer days were long. Aud when we rested by the hedge, Tbe nnd ns came nnd told How they had dared to woo and win When early spring was cold. We sonic times *up)n*d ou dewberries Or slept among the buy; But olt the farmers’ wives at ev® Came out to hear us play The rare old tunes, the dour old tuuea; We could not starve lor long While my man had his vlollu * A ml 1 my sweet love toug. •The world has aye goue well with us, Oul man, since w* were one. Our homeless wanderings down tbe Jane— it loug ago was doue; Lose who wait fu~ . bouses and for Till youth's sweet spring grows brown aud acre Aud love ond beauty pine. Will never know the Joy o£ hearts That met without a tear When you hud but your violin, And I a song, my dear." If It Is possible for any two things to be absolutely uud hopelessly opposite, the above two contributions must be Hated In ibis class. . u , One is n monument of complexity aud grandeur, built from the mystic. The other is a inomiuu-ut of simplicity and lyrical beauty, bum from the heart. Aa to which of the two should rank ns the greatest poem, there Is no doubt at least as to how the great mnss of the public would Judge-and IUley's choice would uot come out second best. Educating the Horae for War. iTbe Circle.) From the earliest time# the horse has been a poteut factor In war, aud today bit education la a delicate aud serloua rnat- , u mi. ■ | 1,000, w ... airy and artillery to put her colossal tore©* in the field; France re quires probably 750,000, and even Great Brit ain has needed as many as ao,OUO-lu her serious predicament In South Africa while she wan rtghttmr the Boers. Altliongli Bug- land In pence time mounts only two-thirds of her cavalry, her horse bill amounts to about 1400M0 a yenr-a figure which may- lie multiplied by four or live for the Ger man army. In most countries, omulbus. farm nnd domestic horse* are registered •a lielng available in time of war lor mis cellaneous service, nnd for this anything from WO.OOO to $150,000 a year may be paid by a military nation. Franca spends up ward of $600,000 a year on horses for her great armies. As a general rule, the re cruits are five years old and coat $200 etch. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Washington, Oct. 7.—Th. following order, have been ls.ued: Army Order., Major Clarence P. Townsley, coast artillery corps, to command Fort Bar rancas, also of artillery district of Pensacola: Flrat Lieutenant Rudolph E. Smyter, Fourteenth cavalry, from St. Louts to his regiment; First Lieuten ant Robert McC. Beck. Jr., Twelfth cavalry, from Jeffersonville to his reg iment. Naval Orders. Rear Admiral A. R. Couden, addi tional duty as president special board OH naval ordnance, navy department; Commander F.F. Fletcher, detached na. val war college, to duty os member special board on naval ordnance, navy department; Commander J. M. Foyer, retired, to bureau or navigation: Lieu tenant L. S. Cox, Jr., detached Han cock, to charge navy recruiting sta tion, New York; Lieutenant M. J. Mc Cormack, detached navy recruiting sta tion, New York, to Tennessee; Ensign D, P. Wlekersham. detached Nebras ka. to Weft Virginia; Ensign A. F. Carter, detached We.t Virginia, to Ne braska. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—October 3, Mariett, at Newport. October 4. Kanshan, at Shanghai. SAILED—October 4, Caesar, from Cape Cod Bay for Philadelphia; Ten nessee, from Newport for Hampton Roads; Hopkins, Hull, Stewort, Whip ple. Lawrence and Worden, from New port for Norfolk. Panay. Paraguay and Aryat placed out of commission today at naval sta tion at Cavite. Rhode Island and New Jersey finally accepted by department, October 2. UOJ horse, (or In the course of a recent case before Mr. Justice Darling the judge declined to make a requested ruling, saying that If he djd so the court of appeals would gay be was wrong. Counsel having expressed disagreement with this view the Judge said: “Well, you know the court of appeals as well as I do, per haps better, for you see them at work, while I only see tVm at luncheon." To which ihe barrister dryly replied: Your lordship sees them at their belt." COMPLAINS AT SERVICE OF RAILROAD TICKET TAKERS. To tbe Editor of The Georgian: I hare a complaint I would like to hare pnt In your valuable paper In regard to the poor sorrlce the ticket collectors arc giving the public on the t'cntrnl of Georgia railroad. I erune In from Athens recently. While In the imsseuger shed nt Mneon. 1 notleeil the conductor of tho train enmiminl- cntlng with n mute. I learned thnt the tick et collector hnd brought her from Atlnntn to Mneon when she nbould hare been cnrrlcd from Atlnntn to ('nre Spring. The conduc tor notified tho ticket collector of bln mls- ‘ ike, nnd bud him take the youug Indy rer to n hold. On boring Mneon tho next morning, I wns IHlnsouger, nn wnt nlso this little mute, he ticket collector came through, nnd I snw him lift her ticket. 1'renontly the conductor of the train camr, nnd I snw her writing something tn him, nnd 1 the conductor sny something to tho tl collector, uud tn n few minutes be guce her ticket bnek to her. I motioned her to let mo see her ticket, nnd. on rending it, I found it rand from Atlnntn to Cnvi Spring. Thin young Indy.hml been rnrrled from At. Inntn to Mneon nnd returned nil on uccount of tile ticket collector’! not properly rand- The Bracebridge ... Diamonds.. . A c "Shrilling Sion,> of Mystery and Adventure. SYNOPSIS. Frank (the hero) nml Reginald Brncebrldgc (cousins) meet Mine. Vera Blavlnskr, a beautiful woman, nt Saratoga. She Is at tacked by n foreigner (Dr. Crfrl Mueller), tho latter demanding that she surrender to him "a bit of paper and a stone. Ire claims he has tlio missing fragment and that^'tb* others were then in the hotel. Frank rescues her cud Is given a P*C, 5* with permixlBOO to open It when he tulnK r the rlarlit time hna come. A telpgrnni an nonnees the sudden death of Reginald I father. Frank Is made executor of the es tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, ana call* upon Frank to save him from arrest. A nialil rushes Into the room nud tells Reg inald Ids wife 1* dead nnd that he Is epare ed with her murder. Frank nnd Reginald leave the house by a secret passage nnu reach tbe Bracebridge country home oa Long Island. They• embark In nn airship. Reginald Is sent to France. Frank warns that the physician who attended Reginald s wlfo resembles Dr. Mueller. He hires a fnrm In Ohio near the ptaco where this doc- dor lives. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter of n fudge In Ohio. Is brought Info tho story. l)r. Mueller falls In love with her. lie seems to know her brother, n painter, who resides abroad. Sylvia. Dr. Mueller and a girl friend visit "The Hollow," nn old house, snId to be haunted. Raymond Thurston returns homo nnex* S/I via nnd her brother go for a walk and meet Basil, who qudrrcls with Ray mond. The following morning Ruth Pritchard la found In the woods near the Thurston home, unconscious. When she recovers conscious ness. her mind Is apparently unhinged with some horror. Ravmond Thurston Is fouua In the studio, shot through the heart. Sylvia suspects Basil of the murder of her brother. . Sylvia prepare* to visit Florida In search Nurse Mason nppenrs *■* . It deve* Mueller nre greater Rose Thurston admit* she told a falsehood to shield Basil from suspicion of having murdered Raymond. ^ „ Mueller, fearing to meet Ethel Creawell, who Is stopping with bit wife, returns home unexpectedly and nppronebes the house unobserved In order to ascertain If "the const Is clenr." lie and Miss Cret- well meet nnd she brands him ns Dr. Newell, of Dlack Horse Inn poisoning fame." 1 Basil Thurston returns home nnd de mands to see Sylvia. Mueller tells bis wife she must not see her cousin. Ruth Pritch ard returns to consciousness. . She nceuses Mueller of the murder of Ray mond. So does.Bitsll. who steps Into the room In tlmo to bear the girl s wonls. Mueller escapes during the excitement. Syl via Is convinced of his guilt. Frank Brace bridge arrives with detectives In search of Mueller. Nurse Mason and Mueller steal Frank's airship and escape, carrying with them Reginald Bracebridge'* child. Reginald retdrns to New York from France, and be gins squandering Ute money with which his cons!u supplies him. were put off at Expert non wns Efttontou. causing them a delay of twenty-four tmnrs. This Is an Imposition on the people, nnd should In* brought liefore the railroad com missioner*. In order that better service may 1h* given tho traveling public. TUI* little mute was Miss Emum Rodgers, of Ctmlele, A TRAVELING MAN. ONLY ONE VOTE RECORDED AGAINST SCHOOL TAX. To the Editor of The Georgian The spirit of Mnysvllle Is Indicated by the result of the vote for public schools In the election held Monday, September 3), when only one vote wo* cast tignlnnt the tax for public schools. This I* a flne tittle town, possessed of n high-class eitlxenry, and Is thoroughly alive to every moral and educational Interest. Only last yenr the town voted bonds for a school building, nud bad erected what Is considered by high authorities the best building In a town of this size In Georgia, and one much-traveled man has pronounced It the l>est he has seen tn n town of this size In teu states—and It Is his business to visit school*. to those of . some of the larger town, of tbe ntnte. Tbe nobtlm.nt for tbo nrhoul in iHHintlful, anil wb.n the grant fbronx of children raaraheri down tbe atreeta Mon- tiny, wtih banners floatlns nml tbe legend loirne nloft, "Vote for the future of Mny.- vllle nml tbe Children." tbe entbmdnnni for the nebool wan abowu by a ahouer of bat- lotn. The town contain* nearly 1,00) inhabi tant*. all white, with the exception of a dozen or two, nnd In growing Hteadlly, several new residences lielng under con struction at tbln moment. A residence erected every two weeks In about tbe rec ord for tbe lnnt year. Tbe mercantile Interests of tbe town are a s ntnble basis nml tbe field of trade i constantly enlarging. Dirt In lielng moved now for the eractloti of three blind- ■oim* brlrk stores. Altogether, the ntnte of tho town In excellent, nnd its spirit enter prising sink prugresntre. G. E. 1L Mnyovllle, tin. “This gentleman wishes to ask you a few questions. Be sure that you speak the truth, else you may gst Into serious trouble." 1 With that she curtsied again to the manager and theh to Frank, and stood waiting his first question. "Of course," he began, "you know the Baroness Slavlnsky?" “Oh, yes, sir—rooms 42 and 43." And she glanced at the manager, who nod ded acquiescence. "She was here about threo weeks, and went away a few daye ago.” "Had she a maid with her?” "Oh. yes, sir." "Her name?" "Suzanne—ah!” and she shrugged her ■houldera. "I know not her family name. Tho baroness always called her Suzanne—I know nothing more." Frank smiled to reassure her and said: > "That Is quite sufficient. Suzanne will do. Now, to your knowledge. Had the baroness many visitors?" 'No. sir." You would know. I suppose?” Certainly—the rooms she occupied are under my own supervision." ! am pleased to hoar that," he said, _.J It narrows the inquiry. She had a few visitors, then, If I may put It In that way?” , "Very few. sir, to my knowledge—fine or two, perhaps." Revelations. 5n many occasions?" xo. Two I should say at the ut most." . . ... "The same party on each occasion? "Yes." "Man or woman?” "A man—quite a young man." Frank whipped Reginald's photo graph out of his pocket and held tt up for her Inspection. "Docs that look anything like him?" he asked. "The very man.” "Look again," he said. "Be quite sure about It." "No necessity." she replied. "I know the face In an Instant." "Why!" She colored up and looked - toward tbe manager, who simply said: “Go on—tell the truth. You have received tips from the young mnn— thnt does not matter. It Is the truth now thnt wo want." She brightened at that. "Well,” said she, with a deprecatory gesture toward the manager, "you must remember the gentleman yourself, sir —always about the place trying to see the bnronesB.” "Quite so! Quite so! I gave him warning not to loiter about the hotel,” said the manager, thrown just a bit out of his usual equilibrium for the mo ment. "Oh. yes: nnd that Is the young mnn you refer to?” "There was never any other,” she said. "Oh!" said Frank, pricking up his ears, "are you sure of that?” "Well, sir, I never saw any other. What more can a woman say?" "Quite so. And he gave you tips oc casionally?' "Yes, sir." "What for?" With that she looked Frank up and down and curled her lip In a way that made him feci uncomfortable. "What for?" she asked. "Yes." he said In a most severe man ner. "What for?" "Well," she replied, "I should thfnk It would go xvlthout saying—he was mad after the baroness, and thought I might be able" "Just so-ijunt so," Frank Inter posed. "I quite understand. But she did admit him on two occasions, you , „ “Yes, sir.” "The first was when?' "Oh!" and she reflected. "A fort- 4% On Your Savings Compounded Twice a Year. Through the facilities afforded by the United States mails, it is safe and practical for people living remote from At- lant to choose this strong bank as their de positor}’. Write for information on Banking By Mail. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. Atlanta, Ga. night ago, perhaps.” "With her long?” "How should I know? WelL come to think of It, I do happen do know— about half an hour." “You chanced to be waiting outside?" "Just by accident." "And he gave you a tip?" "Well, It was his custom always, sir.” ''Just so. Did he appear cheerful?’ No, sir. Ho was In a bad temper- swore dreadfully, and eald he would never como Into the hotel again." "Oh, Indeed! But he did come again. Now. about the second occa sion—was he cheerful then?” "Well, he seemed to bo—he rushed up the stairs and never noticed me, for Suzanne was standing outside the baroness’ door, and as she beckoned to him he tore away as though he had to Catch a train and disappeared Into tho room. That Is all I know about It I have never laid eyes on him since. The baroness went away the next day" With Suzanne?" "No; Suzanne told me she had left her place to be married.” "To Blbi?" Frank asked, at a ven ture. CHAPTER'XC. A Surprise. "I think she did say Blbl, but I am not quite sure, and the maid reflected a moment. "Blbl? Yes, I think It was Blbl, after all.” This so staggered Frank for a mo ment that he could think of no further question to put to her, so realizing the awkwardness of the fact, he eald: “Oh—ah—yes—I am very much ob liged, miss. That will do, thank you.? But as she was leaving the room he added, “One moment," and sho faced about again. "You, of course, have been many times In the baroness' bed room—had she much of a wardrobe- dresses and all that?" "Oh, splendid dresses, elr—wonder ful! Such silks and aatlns and laces! It was enough to turn one's head.” "H’m! That will do,' good morning," ho eald, with his brain In a sudden whirl. "Good Lord I" he added to him self. "Shall I ever get to the bottom of this accursed mystery7" Meanwhile, the manager had rung the bell again, and the carriage agent of the hotel stepped Into the room. "What this man has to say," re marked the manager, "will doubtless Interest you very much." Looking at the man closer, Frank at once recognized him aa an attendant he had often seen at one of his clubs. Observing Frank’s fiance of recogni tion. he nodded. "How do you do, Mr. Bracebridge?’ said he. "Pretty fair," Frank answered, "but worried over this business. You know all about It, I suppose?" "Yes. sir. It Is In all the papers, and astonished me very much, I can assure you.” "Why?" Frank asked, somewhat sur prised at the answer. "Because I don’t see how such a thing could have happened—not the night before the baroness went away, anyhow." “And why?" "Because she was not here that even ing. At least, not between 8 o'clock and about 1 the next morning.” This was startling Indeed. "How do you know that?" "Because a closed carriage came here at 8, Into which she entered. She re turned In that same carriage about l In the morning.” Frank turned with a look of amaze ment toward the manager, who nodded and smiled. "I thought this would surprise you," Bald he. "It does me." When he had fairly recovered his breath he looked the carriage agent straight In the eyes. "Can you swear that it was the baroness?' he asked. "Absolutely, sir," said he. “One couldn't make any mistake about such a handsome woman as that.” "How was she dressed?' ■Very plainly, Indeed. I remarked that particularly." "As something unusual?’ “Very." 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