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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
jflUNDAT, »U\ EMBER 11, 1907.
'iilt ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWSl
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’l Mgr.
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AKD news stands for Atlanta's own
ing Its own gas end electric light
plants, ns It now owns He water
works. Other ritles do this and get
gas as low as 00 cents, with a proflt
to the eftr. This should be done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that if street railways can be
operated successfully by European
cities, as they are. there Is no good
reason why they can not be so oper
ated Here. But we do not bollevs ibis
can he done now, and It may h*
years before we are ready for no big
an undertaking. Still Atlanta should
set Its face Id that direction NOW.
Beckham of Kentucky.
1 The fight against Beckham for sen
ator In Kentucky will find mnny to
sympathise with it In floorgla and In
other states.
If the chargee made against Beck
ham are true, and If It he true that
his effort to build a personal political
machine has resulted In the discon
tent and defeat of his party at the
I-olls and Its present demoralisation,
then it Is just as well that the De
mocracy of Kentucky should rise up
end rebuke In tho beginning thu en
deavor to revive machine politics
when all the forces of civilization
are moving to condemn it.
The governor of Kentucky has
never been esteemed an Intellectually
great man. lie haa not measured up
to such men as Carlisle and Beck,
whom the Democratic party has given
in time past to the republic, but he
haB established a record of being an
nstate and effective politician, and It
is perhaps this record which has
done as much os uny other one thing
to dissatisfy bis party and therefore
strengthened the opposition which
overwhelmed It.
One thing seems to be ccrtsln and
that Is that the Democratic people of
this period do not caro to he ruled by
machines or innehinu politicians, and
the outside public will look with a
great deal of Interest to see what
Kentucky Is going to do with Gov
ernor Beckham.
A VALUABLE PEA.
It the Editor <-f The Georgian:
1 trill tell the reader, of your paper
a I toot a pe.i that 1 have tieen .-rowing
for two year*. It U mrh a Due Mock
p--n that I would llko to know It. true
rotmr. and It mny he that from the dom-rlp-
tlon I will five that «ome of the rHder.
-mi tell uie It I. a t.ry large blaek pea,
mol the l-*d, euiitaln from eighteen to
twenty pea. earh, and the dry i-en. are a
little wrinkled. It la n medium early pm.
hot .honlil pot hr planted before the mid
dle of May or later. It 1. a, tine a .nap
pea aa I ever tot, ami I never aaw a pea
lhat would make aueb a good yield on poor
land. It will .laud any amount of wet
weather and not rot, hut will lie ou the
ground all whiter and rente up In the
•prlng. Thin make. It very flnr for hog.
and poultry. Id fact. It la the ftnrst atork
poa I erer mw. ami I would like to give
«nme of my brother-farmer, a .tart of them,
l ot the rootage would lie >o much that 1
could not undertake It. • O. l>. l'ERRUO.
Newton. Teg.
THANKSGIVING.
Thankful for God and light.
For life and love.
Thankful for Christ. and for Ills might
That lead, above.
Thankful for lalior and the caret
That meet u. on the way.
Thankful that with the thorn, and .uaret
Bloom ronen of the May.
Thankful for more of Joy thau pain:
tor the ro«. that hide, the thorn.
Thankful for a world of good.
For more of right than wrong.
Thankful for friend., for all thing, true,
For life, for love, for song.
-LAWTON B1LEY.
NOT KILLED AROUND ATLANTA.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
Id The Atlanta Georgian of dnte March
If, JOT, pare 6. In a communication from
\V. E. Carter, In The Chicago Recnrd-lDr-
*11. purporting to rive an account of the
killing of Fletcher Webater, eon of Daniel
Webster, farter claim* Fletcher Webater,
aa a captain, went to Atlanta with Hber
Man's army, met with a light mulatto half
firotbor. a non of Daniel Webater. and
that Fletcher Webater waa killed In one
ef the battles around Atlanta. Now. I
mom* utU iw h M.iiMikr-. flftcferr Web
ster, aa colonel uf a Maaaarbnaetta regi-
tttnt, was killed iu the .Second Battle of
ManMsaa. Virginia. IS*?. On the field, after
battle, I.udtroll lliitchineop. of Lenab.
va.. saw a severely wounded Federal offl
* n,d h* waa trolone! Fletcher
Webater, ct a Massachusetts regiment. If
I am not roach mistaken. It waa tha Htl*.
Afterwards. W. I* H. Wheeler, of ilania-
m.'v y*- **w the dead body of Fletcher
r<n«£e r ’«M 1 understood that
558* wb»r** r "™** r ' rn# n 1100
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CRITICS.
Theodore Roosevelt is having a little fun of his own these days with
tbo scared financiers of Wall street who have been coming to see him to
Impress him with the Importance of reassuring the country as to the es
sential soundness of business conditions.
It has been rather a pitiable plight that Wall street has found Itself
in. The preachments of the president about decency and honesty, or. as
Tom Reed once iut It. his enthusiasm over the discovery of the Ten
Commandments, his firm grasp of the obvious In the ordinary relation*
of men with fellowmen, have been declared to be the real reason why
tho country hsB lost confidence In Wall street methods.
Hut these solid and substantial business men of New York have no
time for reading presidential messages and speeches. They gather their
Impressions from the headlines of the sensational press and the equally
misleading editorial comments of the commercialized newspapers. In tho
hands of these latter deft manipulators of facts and creator* of fictions,
tho president has been made out to he a blundering, Impetuous bull In a
china shop, ready to smash nil the crockery on the shelves If something
red Is flared In his eyes.
So these alarmed gentlemen have been calling at the White House
and have been given a warm welcome. They hare been asked to be per
fectly frank In their brltlclsma and then they begin to mention tho speci
fications. But here the president would begin to Interrupt with the asser
tion that this was not what he aaid, but the perverted Impressions of his
friend, the editor of The New York Sun. Then tho president Is told the
Importance of some positive affirmation with respect to his purposes and
Intentions for the future and the vleltor Is asked to read a few remarks
on that subject and pronounces them good. Then the visitor Is told that
those remarks were unfortunately suppressed by his friend. Colonel
Harvey. And finally the esteemed business man goes back to New York
(o tell his fellows to go down to Washington and see tho president and
Incidentally remarks In two languages, English und tho profane, that tho
panic was really brought on by tho blanket)* misleading editorials In the
papers that were supposed to be representing Wall street Interests.
And tho people are Just. There has been Inconvenience and loss over
tho country by reason of .the disturbance In our financial center. But tho
people remember the beginning of It, when Holme- and his fellow-plun
derers wore virtually denounced by the New York Clearing House com
mittee and forced out of their positions. They were told and the publlo
was told that they bad bought stock In one bank, hypothecated It and
bought In another, and bo on ad infinitum, thus controlling, as > stock
holders, the divert Ion of trust funds to their own speculative ventures.
Then another bonk refused to stand sponsor for the Knickerbocker
Trust Company and It had to go to the wall. That started the runs on
the bank, tho soaring of call money to a hundred per cent and the drop
ping out of the bottom from the stook market. It will be difficult to hold
Theodore Roosevelt responsible for the doings of Helnze and his crowd,
for tho revelations about Ryan nnd Belmont and Whitney and the street
railway franchise grabbers, living and dend, for the Chicago and Alton
steal, or for other crimes that, being revealed, have shaken public confi
dence In the Integrity of some high financiers. It Is a pitiable confes
sion Indeed, when by the mere mention of the eighth plank of the 8lnal
platform, our preaching president destroys confidence In the reputations
of the high financiers.
And tho country Is getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving that
things were no worse, that a panic In Wall street has not ruined the
country and has been proved to he Incapable of ruining It. The South
and the West have cotton In the warehouses, grain In the elevators and
therefore money In the hank. The golden flood that has been pouring
Into Now York to pay off Western mortgages and Southern bucket-shop
losses has stopped. Tbo producing centers will finally lend money to the
commercial center for distribution.
But there will he fewer lambs shorn henceforth.
Tho critics of the president as the producer of a panic are misin
formed. Being rightly Informed they are beginning to say that It Is the
treducers of the president who are responsible. The country at large Is
suffering a little while tho cancerous growth Is being cut out. But the
operation la not so vory painful and the cure will be soon pronounced
complete.
And the man who gets ahead of the president In tho game must
know enough to piny It without stacked cards.
JOHN H. ESTILL.
With tho death of John H. Ksttll passes one of the leaders of Geor
gia Journalism and one of tho distinctly strong and forceful personalities,
of tho state.
In the old standard type of Journalism represented by such papers
as The Savannah Morning News, Charleston News and Courier, The Bal
timore Sun, The New Orleans Times and the Picayune, John H. Estlll
waa recognlzod as one of the first and foremost of them all. He was a
man who In litoral truth hu been the architect of his own fortunes and
the master of his own destiny.
The magnificent structure which he bulldcd of Journalistic and per
sonal success was duo to methods as standard In quality as they were
resolutely adhered to during a long and vigorous life time.
Colonel Estlll would have been a strong man If he had never had a
newspaiter. With a newspaper he waa doubly a strong men because he
used tho great forco of his really great Journal to the upbuilding and up
lifting of bla section and of his state. Thera were few better newspapers
of the old standard than The Savannah Morning News and there were
few sounder and more practical editor* and business men than John II.
Estlll.
Whether as a soldier on the field of battle, whether as a constructive
force in the Industrial recuperation of the New Smith, whether aa a
public man, taking his own high placo in the councils of the party or In
tho arena of politics, he was always the samo painstaking, careful, vigor
ous and forceful man and gentleman.
He will be sadly missed In the growth and development of the great
city and of tho great section of the state In which he lived. But he has
bulldcd a good name and left a splendid record of achievement and of
service which along with his ample fortune will be a rich inheritance to
the family whom he leaves behind.
The Fourth Estate In Georgia mourn* tho passage of one of the
great figures that have helped to make it notable and great.
ww V*.
B. II. HUTCHINSON.
ORGANIZED WORK OP WOMEN IN THB SOUTH.
Tho organised work of the women of the South has reached such
serious and very Important proportion* that thoughtful men and
women must of necessity take cognizance of a movement which
touches at many points the welfare of the country at large. Within the
past few weeks In Georgia have been held five annual conventions of
women's organizations which wero attended by many of the most useful
and representative women of the state. At Rome the Daughters of the
American Revolution were In session for several days; In Augusta the
United Daughters ot the Confederacy held tholr annual conference; the
Women's Christian Temperance Unloa met at Columbus, and during the
week Just gone, the State Federation of Women's Clubs convened at Tlf-
ton, and the Women's Baptist Missionary Union held Its annual session
at Waynesboro. Each organisation mentioned had for Its object and
purpose the betterment of humanity along religious, social, patriotic or
Intellectual lines and the Influence and power of each order has grown
yearly, until the results already attained are a surprise to even tho
most hopeful and optimistic womsn Interested.
At Tifton the eleventh annual convention of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs was perhaps the moat brilliant and encouraging In the
history ot women’s clubs In Georgia. The enthusiastic Interest of the
many notable women present in all matters appertaining to the education
of the children ot the state, to the Improvement ot civic and social con
ditions and to the upbuilding of certain waste places In the geographi
cal lines of (he commonwealth, gave renewed Impetus to many phases of
feminine endeavor. In themselves essential to the proper development of
the be** Intrroata nf tha panpla
Men who are close and Intelligent observers of the trend of this re
markable time hare long since generously recognized the value and Im
portance of woman's work along certain lines In educational, civic and
even Industrial development.
The man who Is still nnwllllng to acknowledge the Influence of
woman In the progress of the times rightfully belongs to a period too
dense and remote to merit serious consideration. The women of Oeorgia
are cany-lag Into the mountain Uttneuee and Into almost unexplored
portions ot the state the hope, tight and joy which follow in the wake ot
education. They are also carrying Into the gray and dismal atmosphere
of the homes of the helpless women and children of tho rural districts
the means of self-support, which open avenues of future comfort almost
undreamed of by these cheerless people.
The organized work of the women of Georgia and of the South. Is
one of the most Important and Influential factors In the splendid educa
tional, social and commercial development now In progress In this sec
tion. The women of Georgia have taken the Initiative In preparing some
of the most helpful laws which have been placed upon the statute books
of the stato. Behind nearly ever)* legal enactment which has for Its ob
ject the betterment of the people of Georgia can be seen the hands and
felt the hearts of the women of the state, whose agitation and enthusi
asm have aroused the serious attention of the law-makers of the com
monwealth.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
. Interest, compounded twice a year, is
0 paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
firowth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian hero record! each Uny
rotne economic (net In reference to
the onward progress ot the South.
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Bperinl to The Georglnn.
Colberti Gfi„ Nov. II.—We are now having nn era of prosperity in the town of
Colbert tbnt looks like htialucBB atm* enough. Lnat weak we bad an auction Innd
Mie. J«nn«l lota Bold like hot rake* at n good price. Mr. Lamar, of Winder, got
on option on the property, gave n Itlg barbecue. lmd n brns.s band, and the people
came, bought lota, ate it good dinner, nnd now they are laying down lumber to
build dwelling* nnd atorc bounce on and get to hnslnene.
We have lnat completed n hnndeninc nrlck block, eatnbllahed n bonk with $23.-
000 caah capital, a new telephone eystem la being put In, and we mean to do
bualneaa.
Colbert haa two big ginneries. one Monger auction ayatem. and cotton la rolling
Into town In a atendy at ream. We hare n good market, nnd our luercimuta are do
ing a fine bualneaa.
We itre giirrmmdcd fry one of the beat farming aartlona fn the state. Oqr
farmers nrc prospering ns never before, nnd we Imre the lieat opening nml loca
tion In the state for n cotton mill. People can buy property here, either town
| THE PARMENTER MILLIONS j
\ ... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure... :
(Copyright. 1907, by Arthur W. Marctamont.) :
By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT.
Author ot “By Right of Sword," “When I Was Czar," Etc., Etc.
AN OPEN LETTER
TO GOV. HOKE SMITH
Hon. Hoke #mltb, Governor, Atlanta, Ga.
—My Dear Governor: I write ns one of the
detnohed 1,60!),000 people lu Georgia whom
the merchant-petit loners from Atlnntn nnd
Macon do not represent. Those gentlemen
are needlessly alarmed. Let‘me refresh
your memory:
When the uniform fl-cent rate was Inau
gurated some twenty-live or thirty years
ngo, the same sort of kicking was done
tbnr Is resorted to nor.-. The railroad peo
ple were protesting •‘conflacutlon,” jnat
ga they are lining now. Yet they found the
redaction so profitable to themselves that
S oy Inaugurated nil manner of reductions,
ee passes and excursions to Increase traf
fic. The somber prognosis which rang out
so loudly nt flrat was soon forgotten. Roll
ing stock, equipment, speed and comfort
were ra;
rate, and no more ocmplalot was ... .
Hut the fact thnt the muds generally found
lower rates fpr special occasions nnd ape
clnl people were profltnlde proved thnt the
equilibrium of rate nml profit bn<| not been
reached.
Whnt that point Is must be determined by
experiment. The papers announce thnt the
West Point rond reports derided Increase lu
profits under the 2-cent rate.
Hut enough, I have no doubt I Cbuld
f ;et 1,600,000 people In Georgia to sign this
etter If I could net to them with It. I
dare say, you wlfl substantially ngree to
this claim.
Representing the detached million*, l am
yours most respectfully,
.1. L. D. HILLYER.
Edge wood .Station, Atlnntn. Gn.
FOUR THEORIES ADVANCED
CONCERNING MRS. PIPER
By KATHARINE MATCl HETT-VAUGHN.
To the Editor id The Georglsu:
Msvernl years ago there came Into public
notice a strange circumstance thnt hsd thu
effect of dividing the opinions of the Profes*
.Tames Grant of psychologists. Briefly
stated, Mrs. Piper, of ordlnnry antecedents,
surroundings and education, began suddenly
after a prolonged Illness to write
Hanekrlt, ami to devslnp a clairvoyant pow-
thnt enabled her to describe nml fore
east events apprehended by no recognised
means of perception.
Professors James of Harvard, Ilyslop of
rolmubln, Myers of Oxford, Mr. Hudson of
Washington, D. t\, nnd other eminent
psychologists took tho fom* under advise
ment, and cast about to discover nn ex
...... les originated an In
gcnlous theory which he designated ns a
"Telepathy a Trols," while Mr. Hudson,
a ccepting In explanation the theory of the
usllty of Intellect—the cerebrum being tbo
sent of the objective Intellect nml the cere-
blllura of the subjective, one reasoning from
cause to effect, the other divining by lutul-
•nd made Its S|
ipplleatli
[entitle
Demonstration of a
' Of tiir three foregoing theories designed
to explain the esse of Mrs. Piper, Mr. Hud-
son’s theory seems to find the greatest fn-
ntng to take Into account one indlsputal
i act, that the circumstance In quea ‘
tot an Isolated one. Beginning wl
natxnce nf Haul and the Witch of
with the
of ttndor
history, we find the
Ing through mmuij, "” huh hit
of old Egypt In Persia—yclept
*k Art.' 1 the oracles of Greece, the
K n
occult Isi
”The nisekWP
sorcerers rebuked by Hebrew prophet nml
Christian apostle; the soothsayer that warp
ed the great Caesar to "beware the Ides of
March;* the Hindu faker, the "esoterics" In
theosophy: the witchcraft of old England
and Massachusetts, the "Hochester knock-
ln«s." and last nnd greateat, modern splr-
ituslUni. s movement adding Ha adherents
by scores of thousands—all bearing witness
to the fact that "tbore are more tbl^M
heaven nml earth than have ever neen>
dreamed of In oar philosophy"—circum
stances not amenable to accepted laws of
matter and only with difficulty reconcilable
with those governing the workings of the
Intellect, sensibility and will—yet wlthnl.i
Irtrcumsrnnres which must be reckoned
with, even though a reasonable explsnation
he wanting, or we accept the empiricism
of any of the three foregoing hypotheses—
the spiritistic of of Professor Ilyslop, the
telepathic of Profeteor James, or the psyd
chlsl of Mr. Hudson. So the problem reverti
to one of faith rather than of demonstral
tlon. And since Joseph Cook tells us "man
riinistnuce ns thnt lu question, as presented
Professor Ilyslop finds no uuthorlty therein
for his belief that the dead nm more alive
than ever; therefore his assumption that
* “ “ Trs. Plpor
"Influences" surrounding
mum hoi <«*». iuim were u»\nikhc<i io no-
celve mankind Into the licllef tlmt the dend
are not dead before the coming of the
Judgment. As such deception furnishes the
raison d'etre of the Ilyslop theory, It can
not stand upon Biblical authority at nuy
rate.
The Influence of mind upon mind among
three people—"telepathy a trola**—does not
explain the gift of prophecy which la th<t
stock In trade of every ’’psychic." including
Mrs. Piper. This Jeaves the odds slightly
III favor of the Ilyslop theory.
Nor does the theory of Mr. Hudson fur
nish such explanation any inoro than It ex
plains a "psychic’s" monumental misstate
ment of fact, while assuming to deliver the
uiilmpcnchnbh* truth.
If certain "seiisJtUed minds" are i
can^not go
tha? "tie foundation°of H
Hr." th.> fiiurth Ih.xirr t
...... . ..Jsf la In authnr
ity," the fourth theory concerning such dr-
In tbs reposttory of religious fnlth, the
Bible, Is worthy of ti>ecTal notice. For
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
J. 8. B. Thompaon, aealatant to tha
pmldent ot tha Bouth,m railway, left
Saturday for New Orleans on bualneaa
for tho company. The *arly part of
thl. week he will leave New Orleans
and pay a visit to Montgomery.
Flrat Vice President L Savler of the
Seaboard Alt* Line, arrived In Atlanta
Saturday from Macon. Mr. Sevier wns
on one of his periodical trips of in
spection of the road and while heje
was In consultation with James J. Pul
ler and other officials of the road in
Atlanta. General Freight and Passen
ger Agent J. H. Streyer, of the Macon,
Dublin nnd Savannah road, also came
up from Macon.
J. Fred Harvey, of Harvey k Wood,
of Boston, managers of the Piedmont
and other hotels in a chain reaching
from New England to Florida, Is look
ing things over In Atlanta. He wilt
be here several days.
P F. McOlatch*;*, Jr. of Marietta,
has been appointed special agent to
General Manager J. Epps Brown, of
the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph Company. For the past few
years Mr. Mcdstchey ha* been in
charge of the farmers' line department
of the company and while In that "posi
tion he greatly hullt up this depart
ment. He began his service with the
Bell people twelve years ago as man
ager of the telephone exchange In Ma
rietta and soon won promotion. Mr.
McClatcbey's headquarters w ill remain her* from Marietta.
that the possessor of such s intuit slionl .
lie able to relate such truth nnd net Its
opposite, ss facts too often sttsst.
Hnrrljr If some rules aro proved by a few
exceptions, some may lie disproved by the
presenting of too many. Ami whatever
theory he accepted In explanation of tbs
cssss of Mrs, Piper et si., eneh takes cognl-
f snre of, lint only two, the IIIMIcsl and tbs
lyalop theories, giv# reasons for a ‘'me
dium's" misstatements, or why In alleged
"messages" there Is often hut a thread of
truth woven Into s fabric of lies. Also,
only the lltbllrsl and the Hudson theorls,
sound warning sgxlnst so-cnlled "Investiga
tions" and the development of "innOluni-
shlp," Ur. Hudson, dealing with lutellec
Hltdleal theory, "Whnt the tterlptures Say
About Spiritualism." by Pastor Russell, of
Allegheuy, l-n.. Is a small booklet with-It.
comprehends the aubjert from the case or
the Witch of Kntlor to that of Sfrs, piper.
While the Interpretation Is not a new
one, but an old one In new dross,~lls up-
r illcstlon to the present age makes tbs work
it many rcspeets a vety remnrhabl, one,
chiefly In Its dealings with what the Ger
mans are wont to designate as a "Zeit
geist," or spirit of the times when, counter-
posed against the too feeble protest of the
orthodox pulpit- there stands the spectacle
of the spiritualistic cult that may yet lie
bulwarked by so-ralled "acleutlflc Invert).
Synopsis of Previous Installment.
In Selma Hammond, n girl whom Olive
befriends, tbe latter finds one wlto knows
Gilbert Merrldertv and ills mother well. The
girl tolls Olive that the Merrldews belong
to a gang of thieves front Chicago.
“Yes, I am Impatient," he replied,
Speaking with unusual seriousness,
"and I'll tell you the reason. I can't
bear the Idea of your being alone here
and taking on this hlg uphill fight
against these people. Your terrible ex
perience at Sheffield has thoroughly
frightened ms. It shows to what fear
ful lengths these people are ready to
go; and frankly I nm afraid—yes. hor
ribly afraid—that they will go on
Scheming and plotting ngalnst you un
til they succeed. I can’t Bleep at night
when the thoughts take hold of me. I
wouldn't* care so much If you were In
some place of safety—say with Mr.
Casement or Mrs. Taunton, where you
could be properly protected and would
have plenty of people about you so
that these brutes couldn’t get at you.
But here alone you seem to be at their
tnerey. Oh, Olive, do put that pride
of yours away nnd let us get mar-
rledl”
"All roads still leading"—
“Don't Joke about It, Olive. It makes
me jvretched." he declared earnestly.
“f won't Jest, Jack. But what you
ask Is really Impossible. I have put
tny hand to the work and I will never
give In. I ant tny father's child In
that nt any rate. If I Itnd to choose
now between the risk of even such a
death as that which threatened me on
the railway and abandoning this work,
1 would not falter a moment. I de
clared to you on my honor I would
rather die than give In."
Bite spoke with such Intense earnest
ness that he was silenced; and for t
moment nothing more was said.
"But If you lay so much stress on
my leaving here. I will see what I can
do. Return to Mr. Casement's house is
out ot the question, because I can do
nothing In such a place ns Fraihpton,
especially at a time when 1 have Just
made such a discovery. But If you
like, we will go and see Mrs. Taunton;
and If I find that I can carry on the
work while at her house apd she still
wishes to have me, I will go to her."
"I wish to heayen yqu would. 1
know she'll do everything In her power
to help you. She has said so dozens
of times to me. She did yesterday,
Indeed. She was at the foreign office.
She-Was curious to see the place, and
I showed her round."
"Then let us go and see her today,"
said Olive promptly.
And with that they started, little
droamlng of all that such a proposal
must mean.
iirltnsilstle ewt that may rat be
1 It V lAfifitlihl "irlenllfin Ina-asH.
gallon.
Aneut anch cao*a •• that of Mr*. IMpor.
th;> work ef Pastor Itussell deals not less
scientifically but far mere authoritntlvelj
therewith tbss tin those of the exponents
nf tho first three hypotheses herein eousld-
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
■MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
Washisgton. Nov. 9.—captain Charles C.
Ballon, Twelfth Infantry, to Governors
Island for examination for retirement.
Captains Louis T. Ileas, Fort Porter;
Raymond P. Metcalfe, Columbus Barracks;
Will L Pyles, Jefferson Barracks, assistant
surgeons. Fifteenth Infantry, to Philip
pines.
Colonel Robert J. Bstea, Third Infantry.
Michigan National Guard, to garrison school
at Fort Brady.
Major Bstiert II. Nobel, Ninth Infantry,
Join regiment at such time as will mahle
hint to reach Its station, on July 1, IMS.
Navy Order*.
Rear Admiral C. S. Sperry, to duty ss
i-ommandar fourth .11 vision tint squadron,
Atlanta fleet, hoisting flag on Alslmma.
Rear Admiral A. Walker, to retired list
November 1*.
Captain J. M. Miller, detached Lancaster
home, wait orders.
Captain A. G. Berry, to command Lancas
ter.
Kiistsn II. PowelL detached Illinois to
Alabama as Bids on staff rommander fourth
division first aqnadmn Atlantic fleet.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrlved—Nsvember 7: Wasp-et New Lon
don.
Sailed—November *: Rocket from Wash
ington for Norfolk. November 7: Adams,
from Gibraltar for Las Palmas, Canaries;
Eagle, frost Portsmouth, N. JUT for llamp!
CHAPTER XVI.
Spirited Away.
"You say Mrs. Taunton was at the
foreign office yesterday, Jack 7" asked
Olive as they were driving to Mayfair.
"Whnt took her there?''
"She la a woman and an American;
and having heard that It was difficult
to get to see the place she was curious.
That's all. But she certainly has a
way with her. She actually got round
the chief hlmeelf and they had a long
chat. My hair nearly stood on end nt
the way she drew him out of hla shell."
"Is he so formidable then?”
"He len't exactly what you'd call s
sociable chap," ha replied with a dry
laugh. "But ehe got him on to the
subject of the white house and Ameri
can politics—she knows the president
and a lot of the other big guns In
Washington—and I believe the old chap
was glad to have a chance to hear
about them. And the way she shot In
a question here snd a question there
about onr methods—well. It Just heat
the band."
"She Is certainly a clever woman."
agreed Olive, not quite relishing Jack's
somewhat extravagant praise.
"Clever! I should sey so. Why. she
got to know more about tho way* of
tha place, how we do thlnge, anil where
we store papers, and so on. In a few
minutes than T knew when I had been
there as many months. And then she
turneil round and laughed at our old-
fashioned ways, as sh* called them, end
described how things were better done
In Wsehlngton. She Is about the bright,
eat woman I ever met.”
"Is eheT' was the drily spoken re
ply.
"Hullo!" cried Jack, with a laugh.
‘T meant the brightest American wom
an, you know.”
"I am American, too, Jock.” said
Olive quietly.
"1 give It up." he eald with an exag
gerated sir of resignation; and at that
they both laughed; and v«ry Boon aft.
erward the cab drew up at Mrs. Taun
ton's.
The widow was delighted to see
Olive, and kissed her and made much
of her. and then klsaed, her again as
soon as she heard there was a chance
of Olive going to stay with her.
Tea was served, and after It Mrs.
Taunton said;
"Now I'm going to send you away.
Mr. Fenwick, and Olive and I—may 1
call you Olive?"
"Certnlnly."
"Well, then, you and I will have a
cosy chat together and get to know
one another as friends should. Won't
that be nice?”
Her charm of manner was Irresisti
ble. Olive found her as seemingly fresh
and natural and free from ever)' sort
of pretence as though she were as poor
aa Olive herself.
"I'm going to begin by telling you
eomethlng about myself," ehe said with
a pleasant laugh. T haven't always
been like this, you know. 1 had to
work pretty hard when 1 left college
—I'm from 'Frisco, you know. Dear
old delightful, wicked. 'Frisco. The
heaven of the rich Westerners, my
dear, but the hell of the poor. There's
more goodness and badness In that one
lovely horrible place than can be found
In any one spot on the earth." and then
she rattled on with a purely Imaginary
description of her early life and mar
riage to the late senator, the Hon. Ad
am I. Taunton.
In the course of the story she men-
in Atlanta and he will move hts home tloned. In the most casual’way'ln'the had to'report d * 5 *" d h * ard ’' h “ t * h *
* world, the flimlly name of Olive's moth- Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian.
er, ss that of some one she had known
In San Francisco.
“Did you say Groixcup?;’ exclaimed
Olive quickly, "That was my moth
er's name"
"Do you come from the Argentine,
then? Abner Grosscup had friends or
relatives there, I know. Could It pos
sibly be the same family? It was at
bis house I first met Mr. Taunton. It
would be too wonderful.”
"I know my mother had a brother,
Abner," said Olive.
"Well, this Abner was the dearest
friend I ever had, and my huabatid's,
too. Was your uncle In ’Frisco?”
"I don't know. I never knew hint.’’
"len't that Just a miracle?" cried
Mrs. Taunton, gayly, "To think that
you little, forlorn, friendless creature
should hnve had an uncle who was tny
dear friend when I was sorely In need
of o friend as ever you can be. Why,
of course, we must be friends, Olive,
and dear friends, too. I wouldn't go
back on a relative of hlz for all the
dollars In ’Frisco."
"It Is Indeed a coincidence,” agreed
Olive.
"I often heard hint speak of Ills rel
atives ih the Argentine. They hsd real
estate you know, and cattle."
"Then It must be the same!" cried
Olive, smiling. "My father was man
aging things for thetp when he mar
ried my mother, and that was the be
ginning of his big fortune."
In this way Olive was drawn on to
speak of the old life In the Argentine
and of the weRlth that her father had'
acquired there, and Mrs. Taunton made
very careful mental notes Of all sht
said.
"I declare. I have been telling you
more than I over told anyone of the Ufa
out there." said Olive, at -length.
"You have a wonderful gift of de
scription. You make me see It all,
dear,” was the reply. "And now I want
your confidence about your present.
And first I'm going to say something
that Jack—you don't mind my calling
hint Jack, l'tn sure—that Jack says you
won't like to hear."
"And what Is that?"
"As a preface I must tell you that.I
think Jack Fenwick Is Just the dearest
fellow In the world. You needn't be a
little bit Jealous, although, as I dare
say he has told you. t once wanted him
to fall In love’ with me."
"I don’t think I'm afraid of you, Mrs,
Taunton," laughed Olive, pleased to
hear this praise of her lover.
"Oh, I would have married him If I
could. Not because 1 was actually in
lovo with him. We Americans take
such things a little less seriously than
you over here; but because I think he
would have made a splendid husband.
And that's what I’m coming to. You
ought to marry him, Olive; you really
ought."
“No," declared Olive earnestly. "I
couldn't so long as this slur It on me."
"My dear child, why? Because of
that terrible creature, his mother, I
suppose. I think that womsn It tha
most ridiculous old cat I ever saw. Of
courts she Just hates you, and equally,
of course, she would do her worst to
make you unhappy by sneering at you.
But what would that hurt?"
'No. If you could know how I feel,
you would know It would be Impossi
ble,'' replied Olive. "If what Is said Is
true, 1 have not even a name to take
to him, to say nothing of my being as
poor as—as—"
"As I was once,” smiled Mrs. Taun
ton. "He wouldn't care thirty cents
for that;'' and she went on to urge the
marriage, at the same time emphasis
ing In this tone nf smiling protest alt
the reasons which weighed with Olive.
Then they went on to discuss the
Merrldews; and Mrs. Taunton express
ed the greatest curiosity a* to what
manner of man Gilbert Merrldew was.
and tried to draw from Olive all the
details of Iter plans and Intentions in
regard to him.
But on this Olive was on her guard.
With no one save Jack and Mr. Caee-
tnent would she ever dlecuss them.
•'I am confident that there Is no truth
In the story of the marriage between
my father and Mrs. .Merrldew; but
even Mr. Casement believes it, and I
have nothing but my Instinct to anchor
my hopes to."
"You must let me help you. 1 am
sure we could ferret It all out between
us. Like you, I trust in)* Instincts;
and, what la more. I believe that a
woman’* wit 1* Infinitely shrewder than
a man's. When you come to me we'll
set to work together. Now. when will
you come?"
"My only fear is that I might not
feel myself free enough to carry on my
task,” said Olive cjtndldly.
"My dear, you shall be your own
mistress. You know that our American
girls have much more liberty than you
English; and this shall be Just your
homo—to come when you will ana go
where you will, to see whom you like
and do as you please."
“May I leave the matter open for
a while?"
"Why certainly. Isn't that part of
the liberty l speak of? But I want
you, Olive, and I must have you, espe
cially now that I know you are a rela
tive of my dear old-Frlsco friend. And
the sooner you come the sooner I shall
feel I'm paying him back a bit of what
I owe him."
She kissed Olive very affectionately
when she left and Insisted upon taking
her home In her electric brougham.
Olive was charmed with her new
friend; but then, she did net see her
expression as she drove away, nor hear
what she said to herself.
"Guess I played that Grosscup card
for all »t was worth. The little fool!
But I was right In one thing—I do want
her ksdiy; and It looks aa if I'd get
her, sure enough. I'd like to tell old
Gilbert, and that's the fact."
Olive's thoughts were full of Mrs.
Taunton and the Interview with her for
the whole evening, and before she went
to bed she had almost derided to go
and stay with her. n would please
Jack—and that meant much. But In
the end she resolved to do nothing un
til sh# had seen Selma Hammond on