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xxini /v'j ljiwvfA OK(JH(n.\N AND NEWS.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Edllor.
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The State’s Duty to Rural Schools
Tho Georgian of Tuesday repro
duced an editorial of much Interest
from The Vldalla Advance, advocat
ing the cauao of the rural schools of
Georgia. The Advance makes an ear
nest, forceful pica for the proper sup
port of the schools In the country dis
tricts of tho state, and with unan
swerable srgumeat states the claims
of these schools to the support of the
Taxpayers of Georgia.
The rural schools have received and
will continue to receive the Interest
tmd Influence of Governor Smith, who
has given to no public quostlon more
serious consideration than that of the
school system of the state. Hla po
sition on this Important question
should be thoroughly well understood
by tho pcoplo at large by this time.
He urges that better normal school
facilities Shall be provided In order
to give the school system thoroughly
well-trained teachers. He strongly
advocates industrial and technologi
cal education for the girls and boys
.of tho state; he stands for agricul-
j tural education and places much
stress upon the need of larger appro
priations for the rural schools.
The hope in a large measure of all
Southern states for future prosperity
has its basis upon the generosity of
tho state authorities toward the main
tenance of the country schools. The
unfortunate preponderance of Illiter
acy In the South Is due to the lack of
proper financial aid to the schools In
tho rural districts.
The Inadequate salaries paid the
country teachers have become a pub
lic reproach and arc unworthy of the
people of a section now ranking with
tho most flourishing and prosperous
portions of the republic. The South
can no longer 'claim poverty as an
excuse for any neglect of duty In this
great matter, nor can Georgia expect
to maintain her rightful position ns
the Empire State of the South until
she has solved this problem involving
the education of the children In the
country districts. Every child In the
state has a right to an education, pro
vided by the state, and every child Is
entitled to the care and direction of
teachers adequately remunerated for
services rendered.
Without proper educational oppor
tunities there can be but small hopo
for the development of the best inter
ests of Georgia along any line of pub
lic endeavor. And Georgia can not
claim or expect these advantages un
less she payi adequate salaries to the
teachers In the rural districts.
A financial burean ticker Friday
brought the remarkable announce
ment that "Charles G. Oates made his
appearance on the feggojygojyndkplp-
naujkndlujmnkjdupodrjydgajog." How
did he get there?—New York Com-
erclaL
ALABAMA JOINS THE PROHIBITION COLUMN.
The passage of tho statutory prohibition bill on Tuesday by the senate
of Alsbsma with a vote of 32 to 2 was one of the most significant epi
sodes in the history of the conflict between the factions representing pro
hibition and sntl-prohlbltlon in the South. Never previous to tho present
campaign has Alabama taken active part In tho battle against liquor
traffic as a state. In many parts of the state local option has been In
force for several years, but Alabamans bad never been brought to a con
sideration of this serious question as a state aggregation. The growth
of public sentiment In favor of prohibition In Alabama has been phe
nomenal In the extreme. Like tho proverbial wild fire It has taken pos
session of the state, subordinating nearly all other questions In tho
force and strength of Its growth and In the remarkable enthusiasm It
excited. Women and children crowded the corridors and galleries of the
historic old capltol at Montgomery on Tuesday and Beenes wore enact
ed that can not soon be forgotten by the politicians In whose hands was
held the fate of the prohibition bill. A compromise was effected be
tween the antis and the prohibitionists which provides that not until
January 1, 1909, shall the law passed on Tuesday become effective In
Alabama.
A feature of Importance also due to a compromise was that the anti-
prohibitionists in the Alabama legislature shall not oppose a bill to ap
propriate $5,000 annually for the proper enforcement of the statutory
prohibition law. The action taken recently by Birmingham and Jeffer
son county making prohibition effeettvo January, 1908, will not be al
tered by the law passed Tueaday at Montgomery. It Is understood that
Governor Comer will sign the prohibition bill at once sad that every fa
cility will be given by state authorities to make as far as possible pro
hibition In Alabama a complete and glorious success. Georgia extends
the heartiest greetings to her sister state In this hour of her magnifi
cent moral triumph, and shall watch with generous Interest her up- .
ward march toward those things which make for the development and
welfare of her splendid people.
CHRIS NICHOLS IS DEAD.
Can we believe that old Chris Nichols has left us—and can anyone
believe that he has left us for long? No—even the little of life any of
us has left to us will not be long, and fow men doubt that we will meet
again, soon—somewhere.
The years and years we have known Chris, In'season and out, sum
mer and winter, he was living, working and fighting the fight of life for
the profession he loved—the great "fourth estate.’* Aa he goes out from
us to worlds unknown, men who knew him everywhere will bow their
heads in sorrow and thank God for the rough lessons of perseverance
they learned from him.
Emerson said that courage was the assurance of having done the
thing before. Chris waa a living epitome of thfs spirit. Everything he
did waa done with courage. Men In business seldom resisted him, be
cause they knew ho would triumph anyway, and the peculiar spirit of
sympathy and brotherhood that seems to exist among the men who fol
low Journalism made men love him everywhere. •
Chris had his faults. No one now who In spirit stands beside hla
deathbed remembers them. Fie was charitable and faithful to the last,
and we believe that, aa hla spirit la wending Ita way through the clouds
today, flying fait to reach the eternal reat that awaits men who have
lived and loved and dlad aa best they could, there are a myriad of pray
ers and hopes and loves arising from the heart* of the friends he has
left that speed on before him to light hla path to hla long home.
Chris la dead, but It la good that he has lived.
A REAL ESTATE FIRM’S OPTIMISM.
A newspaper uaually tries to avoid the singling out of Individuals
or firms for editorial compliments or comment, since It usually cause)
more or less dissatisfaction with the neighbors of the ones singled out.
But In a time like this, when some of our real estate men have not done
all they could to keep cheerful, an act like that of Grant A Petty, In ad
vertising their actual sales, la worthy of the commendation of all.
Theso gentlemen do not claim to have the largest business of Ita
kiud In Atlanta, but a business for October that totals only a few hun
dred abort of 840,000—and that, divided Into fifteen different transac-
actlons—la a pretty credltablo showing, and the beat of It la that while
people aro claiming to have little to do, theie gentlemen come out and
dispense good cheer ami Atlanta Spirit by printing their actual sales,
and they say they are willing to swear that It Is accurate, though their
standing In the community makes this quite unnecessary.
I-et’i all cheer up!
DOING NEXT THINGS NEXT.
He la just a little bit of a man, weighing perhaps 130 pounds, and
standing about 5 feet and 3 Inches In hla shoes. Years ago he waa as
poor a boy as ever trod the streets. Now he Is a man of slxty-three.
From a very humble beginning he haa worked himself to the presidency
of a largo bank. Hla name Is a household word all through western
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He Is on the directorship of a great
many corporations, Is elder In hls church and secretary of one of the
larger educational Institutions. Ho Is famous among hls friends and ac
quaintances for the lmmenso amount of energy that la wrapped up In hla
small body and the wonderful amount of work he accomplishes In n day.
He has been known to have a telephone receiver to each ear. hold a con
versation with two different parties on the wire, carry on a conversation
with a business friend In bis once, and have hla stenographer by blp sldo
all In the same minute. He never aeema to get excited. No one ever taw
him rattled. He has gone on In this way, Increasing In strength, until
today he la a tower of power In the community.
The other day while ho was writing a check for one of hls benefac
tions the one who was to receive the check said; “How do you manage
to accomplish to much work? What you do would kill the ordinary man.”
And quick as a flash, with no ceaaatlon of writing, came the reply; ’T
always put next things next."
That la the secret of euccete. Today’s work Is today’s work. It can
not, must not be put off until tomorrow. And he never leaves hla office
until today's tag ends are all out of the way.
How do you do your work? •'
It's an impertinent question, under some circumstances, but In this
case It Is one of pertinence to yourself, for to yourself, and to yourself
only, you are going to answer the question. So the question Is repeated,
how do you do your work?
You know men who get their work Into as many kinks as a boy
gets hls shoestrings when he la In a hurry to go In swimming, or Is In a
hurry to get Into bed before father comes upstair* and discovers that he
has been out on the street later than the allotted time. Do you get your
work all kinked up because you do not take the proper time to arrange
everything in ordci*. so that when you come to the next thing you can do
It easily and well?
Some men do their work aa the shepherds In the Delectable Moun
tains did theirs. They spend to much of their time looking at Che fu
ture, far-off thtngs that they neglect that work In the present that
lies close to their hand. It’s well to make plana for the days that are to
come. He who does not plan for next month, next year, will find when
that far-off time Is at hand that hls work la In confusion. But while
thinking of the far-off time do you neglect your work today?
How do you do your work?
Today Is the supreme day In every man's life. As he doea hla work
today so will hls tomorrow be. Today Is the hinge on which the gate of
human destiny swinge. Things of today must be done today. Tomor
row's things will be taken care of all right In tomorrow If you do the
next things, next of today’s work right
Learu to put and do next things next ,-■* ——'“
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tho Goorjflnn boro record* oneb day
•ome economic fact In reference to
tbe onward progress of the South.
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
further demonstration mlrbt b« doalred of the stability of industrial development
In Georgia nn«l Alabama and of the substantia' character of the uninterrupted
progress which b being made In theao two at a to*, it la to !hs found In the magni
tude cf enterprise* that hare beeu definitely projected during the week ending-to
day. A number of these invoke large Investments, and Illustrate tho varied re
sources of Georgia and Alabama. At Gadsden, Ala., furnaces which bare been idle
for some time iiave been placed lu operation, and about $125,000 will be expended,
principally by St, Louis capitalists. In making improvements and extensions. At
Itockmnrt, Ga., a cement plant will be established and a large deposit of cement
rock will be developed. An electric power plnnt will l*e established near Albany,
Oa., and 109,000-borsepower will be developed to be transmitted to near-by cities
and- town^for the operation of manufactories, and for other purposes.
th ateamboat lines; practically nil °t tbe required 'SSI funds have
building an electric railway between Dothan, Ala., and Genera,
Ala., and the making of preliminary surveys for nu electric railway between Ma
rietta, Oa., and Atlanta, Ga., has been ordered.
“In const ruction lines the progress !• none the leas marked. Among other
ltema, The Index reports tbe following to be constructed:
"Churches at Dalnbrldge, Ga.. and Brunswick, On., court honso nnd jail lit
Fitzgerald, On., bridges lu Ben IIIII mid Chatham counties, Georgia, 110.000 Odd fel
lows* building at Decatur. Ga., seven miles of sidewalks to be paved In Decatur,
Ala., 110,000 high school building In Brunswick, Ga., $50,000 college building, prob
ably, at Jasper, Ala., odd numerous residences and business buHdlngs. A car
manufacturing company at Anniston. Ala., has been awarded $200.00) contract to
furnish cars for use on n Ceutrnl American railway. A Hpnrta. tin., nnarry hns
. BC( j |n the construction of a bridge
across the Mississippi river at SI. Louis, Mo., and Mobile, Ala. Fleetrlcal con
tractors will furnish and Install thirty-four electric motors and equipment for
substituting electricity for steam ns motive power. In railroad shops at Whistler,
"Hartford, Cotin., capitalists have purchased for $53,000 fifty acres of land at
Mobile. Ain., and will develop this property Immediately.
"Kreven new corporations with total minimum capital stock of $865,000 are re*
S orted. Nations) bank wjll l»e established at Clio, Ala. An ejection has been or-
ered In Ben Hill ncmity. Georgia, upon the issuance of $100,000 of bonds for con
structing a court house, Jail and bridges and fur the improvement of public roads."
nl! of the granite to be used
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capita! $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
Four Per Ceht Intersst Paid on Savings.
• •MMSIM.HtaMM.HHM,
CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS THINKS
• REMOVAL OF THE TARIFF WILL
BREAK UP THE PAPER COMBINE
-mr- r
Savannah, Ga.,
Norember 16th, 1907.
P. L. Seely, Publisher The Georgian,
Atlanta, Ga.
receipt of your favor of 14tb
Inst, asking If I will assist in the effort
that la being toad# to remove tbe tariff on
news print paper. You can rest assured
that I will at all that I can In this direc
tion.
As It is, the combination la squeezing the
papers, and the natural result la for the
)spera to make the people pay more dearly
or the paper. If the tariff Is removed this
M e combination that has crown rich
the dreams of avarice will not have
" Inge Its own way, but will hove to com
own markets, thus giving relief and assist
ance not only to the newspapers but to the
pcoplo a* well.
I agree with you that the newspaper!
are tno greatest educators and moldorn of
moral sentiment lu the country, when their
offices are properly performed, And In this
noble work they should bare "a square
deal." In pH my actions I shall always
Insist upon the paper* having "a square
deal," especially where the Interests or
peojdo are so vltslly concerned.
With kind regards, I ant
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
‘‘An amusing thin* happened at Cor-
dela," said L. O. Benton, the prominent
Montlcello banker and manufacturer,
at (he Piedmont Wednesday, "when
the clearing house certificates were
first Issued. A big country negro went
Into a grocery etore and ordered 25
cent* worth of cider and drank
Then he shoved across the counter a
15 certificate. The storekeeper prompt
ly shoved back 14.75 in aUver.
■The negro’s ey,s opened wide as he
gathered up the money.
‘If I’d a knowed that thing was anj
count,' he said, ‘I.. wouldn’t a drum
that much cider.’
But they all know they are some
aocount now and they are mighty anx
ious to get them. Ws have had a
great demand for the tl Issue and peo
ple do not try to get rid of them and
get currenoy for them."
Mr. Benton Is the main factor In
asveral banks throughout the state and
thoroughly conversant wtth the
financial situation. He le very opti
mistic and says the South la In better
condition than ever.
few day* ago an elderly negro
walked Into the office of the prison
commission and said to Captnln Yan
cey, the secretary;
"Cap'n, I loa’ my brother, an' got a
little clew dat he Is In some Convict
camp eoni’ere, 'roun' here. Hla name
Is Tom Burge. Ken you gib me any
Information about him?"
Captain Yancey began searching hla
books, and presently paused. Then he
■aid:
"Tom Burge waa aent up for life In
1895, and died eleven months later In
the Dade camp.”
"Dat was him. Po. Tom. He ain’t
heard nothing cr him In 13 year. He
was a good boy, but had company rulnt
him. Well, day ain’t nothing we can
do now."
And the old darkey went out wiping
Ml* eyes. Many little tragedies like
that aro of constant occurrence in the
convict system of Georgia.
“Peoplo In Gwinnett county have no
fault to find with Atlanta clearing
house certlflrntes, except that they
could use twice aa many If they had
them. They would like to have all they
could get."
L. M. Brand, cashier of the Brand
Banking Company, of Lawrencevllle,
and one of the beat posted bankers In
the South, spoke In this manner at the
Piedmont Wednesday. Mr. Brand Is In
Atlanta for a few days undergoing
treatment for hla throat, and he talked
Interestingly of the flnrfhclal situation.
"Folks up my way," he sntd, "are
not making any kick on the certificates.
They are Just as good as real money to
them and they take them as quickly
as they would gold. The money strin
gency Is not hurting the people of my
section, and we are etlll having a por
tion of the prosperity which Is apparent
over the South. Panics may come and
go. but the farmers of Gwinnett will
keep on raising plenty of cotton and
other crops, and they forget there is
such a thing as Wall street.”
After remaining here several days
under the care or a throat specialist,
Mr. Brand will go to Florida for a few
week, before returning home.
R. L. Shropshire, the well-known
young attorney and candidate for the
eglslature. left Tuesday night for Val
dosta to attend the state Baptist con
vention. Mr. Shropehlre went as a del
egate from the Young Men's Mission
ary Society of the Second Baptist
church. Judge George A. Hlllyer, A.
Adair and Dr. E. L. Connally will
also attend the convention as delegatus
from the some church.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Ordara.
Washington. Nov. 20.—FI rat Lieutenant
Lewi* M. Adams, from engineer school,
Washington barracks, to l'lttaburg. Captain
Salmon F. Dutton, commissary, from Chi
cago to Ban Francisco; thence to Philip
pines January 5, 1008, relieving Captain Wil
lard 1). Newblll, commissary, who will pro
ceed to San Francfaco.
Captain William It. Grove, commissary,
from 8t. Louis to military academy, rellcv-
{? Ciijitaln Thomas Franklin, commissary,
.j Pb
Hugh
procoed to Shu Francisco.
First Lieutenant James W. Everlugton,
Twenty-Sixth Infantry, to general hospital,
Presijeo of San Franc I geo; Captain Mat
thew O. Butler, Jr., Bcranth cavalry, to
general hospital, Washington barracks.
Navy Ordara.
Commander C. R. Gelfrlng, detached navy
yard, Mnre Island, November 30, to navnl
station, Cavite; Commander It. 8. Knapp,
detached war college to West Virginia, as
cblof of staff: Assistant Surgeon G. L.
Wicker, detached recruiting station. Kan
sas City, to recruiting stutTou, Omaha.
Movements of Vessels.
AKBIVED—November 16, California at
Bremerton, Washington; 8aturn and Pints
nt Mare Island; Albany at La Union, Ban
Salvador; November 17. Hnlubow, Galveston
aud Chnttnnoogn nt Vladivostok.
“ ULED—November 16, Stirling, Ports-
;th, X. II., to Lambert Point.
Cents With a Silver Center,
eurlous cent, dated 1792, which has
come Into tbe hand* of a coin dealer, le
said to represent the first attempt to strike
" coin Of this denomination at tbe United
into* mint at Philadelphia.
On the obverse Is a rather ugly head of
Liberty to the right, with hair flowing !«*•
... . - sir * L -
when s fire alarm box Is
The fire lx»x
and It doesn't give any
states the mayor, "but an excited person nt
the 'phone seldom turns In an alarm right.
ie io *ena in n nro ninrm
•in box Is anywhere near.
Is made for that purncse.
ire any room for mUtnkea,
— ma :
I remember when I was chief n well
known man called np over the 'phone and
said hls huuse was burning. I didn't know
who It wts at the time.
'My house Is burning'.’ he shonted over
over aesln.
But, where Is your house?* I kept ask
ing him. Finally be answered. Just as au-
- *- *dV
try). _
the words,
and surround
the Inscription, "United States of
The piece, la miu-h manlier than the ordi
nary colonial cent, being about the sise of
tho H cent struck In the year following. It
is composed of copper, but Ik*fore placing
the blank In the coinage pres* a small '
of silver bnd been Inserted In the mli
and the rarity now 1* known to colt* col-
lector?* us the "silver center cent." It Is
snid tho intention (u putting iu this plus
of silver was to brlug up tho intrinsic
value of the coin to exactly one cent.
It Is thought that the cent was the de
sign of a blacksmith named Peter Gets, of
Lancaster, Pa., a self-taught engraver, who
was employed nt the mint when that Insti
tution first began operations In 1792. a ml
who cut the dies for several other varieties
of the early coins. The same deign was
struck In plain copper, but without the sil
ver plug, nnd this variety, too, is very rare.
—New York Herald.
THE PARMENTER MILLIONS
... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adoenlure, .,
(Copyright, 1907, by Arthur W. Marcbmoflt.)
By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT.
Author of "By Right of Sword,” -When I Was Czar,” Etc., Etc.
Synopsis of Previous Installment.
Olive, UI.xulse.1 ns Otgo Schmidt, a Ger
man hmt.einald, «oe» to work lu the home
of the foreign uilirtstor os » spy for Gilbert
Uerrldtw'B robber band, Bho lenrns that
no member of the bund esn hold hock nny
mnnev from the others, nud she plans to
get Merrldew Into trouble nt the earliest
tote which
thnt he Is in po«»e«>!on of the e»-
onee her father's.
you storied ret?'
•• ’Now, listen here, yon Idiot,’ I told him,
getting angry myielf, -yon Ju.t keep cool.
Now, tell me whnt street yon live on nnd
we will come oat’ Then he told me and
b« left.
"A Br# olorm box wss not ■ liloek owsy.
remember several Instances where excited
people-men ns well n, women nnd children
—colled np nnd enve their telephone num
ber. Instead of the number of their streets
and then the - Dickens woo to pay sure
enough.”
The Gregory Hunting Clnb, s Louisville,
Ky„ organisation, composed of prominent
dllieno of that elty, passed through At
lanta Tuesday night tn ronte to Arcadia,
Fla., and the visitors were met tbe Term!-
ns I Motion by Mayor Joyner nnd n party
of cltlsens.
F. H, Moore, who has been III several
weeks nt hla home, 54 Spring street. Is Im
proving rnpldl.v. Mr, Moore Is one of the
best knowu member, of the Internal reve
nue department, and hls friends will lie
pleased to lenru of the improvement In hla
Fred Beni, after en Illness
months nt the Wesley Memorial Itoapltal.
haa gone to hla psrenta’ home In fit. Louie
regain hla strength, hla health having
•ady been reatareil.
he fionthern Association of Bookkeepers
„„1 eonveue Wednesday evening tn mske
preparations for the t.lg gathering of book
keepers which will be held here In Decern-
'or.
1’ittil W. Spink la dangerously III of ty-
hold faver at the Presbyterian Hospital.
.Jr. Spink hns been anpertnten.lent of the
Atlanta Transportation Club for the past
two years, and he la one of the beat known
hotel men In tbe South. The announce,
rather I had Inst been I ment of hie Illness will bring grief to hnn-
r. nnd ns It happened i deeds of Southern homes.
did to. When he an-1
re.i ana rouna it ws. me he won mad Colonel P. D. McCIn.key, of
dsisn. who was operated upon at the fit. Josephs
nearest silver he shonted, ‘herea t ladnusry, it Improving. ’
Why, It's 75. yon blockhead.’ And with
tnst he IttiUg up ihe rccelvM, a 2d I was no
better off than when I started. I told Cen
tral to glee me the number I had
talking to right nwsy. nnd an It
the remembered and did so. When he an-1
It was a condition which suited
Olive’s work well enough. There was
neither order nor method; and It waa
possible to wander Ml over the house
nt any time without the least remark
being made by any one. Tho-servanta
either did their work or left It undone
as they pleased, and were nlwqys able
to elte some ridiculous order of the
I oueekeeper In excuse. They were al
ways ready to chatter, and In a couple
of days Olive had all the Information
she needed.
The minister’s wife was an Invalid
and spent nearly all her time In her
rooms, generally on her back. Tho
minister himself rarely went to bed
before 3 or 4 o’clock In the morning,
and Iny late to make up for It. . He
scarcely ever went to Downing street
before the afternoon, and In the morn
ing papers were brought to him—gen
erally by Mr. Fenwick—and ho dealt
with them In the study which adjoined
hls bed room.
In the meantime Olive set about the
work assigned to her very quietly;
evaded the showers of questions which
the other servants rained up6n her by
the simple device of answering In such
broken English that they could not un.
derstand her, and was most careful not
to give offence to any one.
With Mr*. Grlmston—shrew as she
ns—Olive speedily became a favor
ite. Quick to observe what the house
keeper wanted, she was generally able
to anticipate her wishes and to Inter
pret her most extraordinary orders cor
rectly.
I wish they were all Germans, like
you, Schmidt,” she said more than
once. "You are about the only creature
In the place, except myself, with any
thing like a head on your shoulders;
and heaven knows we want something
like Intelligence In a body nowadays.
I’m sure I don’t know what servants
are coming to. I woe almost afraid to
take you, for we do hear such dread
ful things about what some of you
foreigners do. But you're not bad, you
know, nnd sometimes I’m almqst glad
that you came. You can consider
yourself permanently engaged, even If
the rest do hate having a German
about and speak of you as a sausage;
but I told them there’s more sense In
your plump body than any sausage
could have.” And In this style she rat
tled on at great length and inconse
quence.
This was when granting Olive’s re
quest to be allowed to go out on the
following afternoon. Jack had been
back for some days
lous to see him; and she wrote him to
meet her at the Robsons.
As soon as she was well away from
the big house she Jumped Into a cab
and drove to the house where her
clothes were, changed Into Olive Par-
menter once more, and hurried to Chel
sea.
VV
learn what she had been doing In hls
absence. Ho had called for her Imme
diately on hls return, and had been told
that she was away and that the Rob
sons did not know her address.
"I have been finding out things.
Jack; but you musn’t ask me for any
particulars at present. I have found
out for myself, however, that Selma
Hammond was quite right when she
said that mischief was brewing for
you.”
“All right,” he laughed easily. “But
I suppose you’ll admit that I can take
care of myself.”
“Against any open attack,, yes, of
course; but this Is aimed at your offi
cial career. There Is a plot on hand to
steal some Important papers from the
foreign office, and to put the theft on
you. You go nearly every day to the
minister’s house In South Kensing
ton—"
"How do you know that?”
"I told you not to ask questions,
Jack,’’ she replied with a smile. "I
know It; and I know that you are
closely watched all the time. The min
ister gets up late and you transact
most of your business with him In the
little room next to hls bsd room.”
"Olive!" He was surprised now. In
deed. "What does all this mean?”
"That a number of people have band
ed together to obtain possession of
these papers—I don’t yet know what
they are—and as you are supposed to
handle them at times they will seek an
opportunity of getting them from you.
I want to warn you, therefore, to be
always on your guard."
"This Is very serious, Olive. Who
are the men?"
"I shall learn It all In time; but If
you are well In your guard, the at
tempt will of course fall. But I am
ry serious,"
•How did you learn It?"
"That for the moment I can’t tell
you."
"Do you mean you ore running the
rlek of mixing with these people? My
dear girl, think of the danger, the mad
ness of such a thing.”
“I am In no danger, Jack, but If I
were, It would make no difference to
me. I can’t stop to think of danger.
I have found out a great deal more
than I have yet told you; and I mean
to go through to the end."
’’But how does this affect your mat
ters—Gilbert Merrldew and the rest?"
”1 can’t explain yet; but It docs. I
am going to win, Jock. I am confident
now. 1 believed It before, but 1 am
sure of It now. X have found out for
certain that he Is a scoundrel, and this
discovery about you has come as the
result of some of my Inquiries.”
“I think you ought to tell me all you
know, Olive.” -
’’Don’t say that. Jack. Let me go
my own way. If anything were told
before the proper time, tt would spoil
all the plana I have made. I must
go my own way. There Is another
thing, too. I cannot see you very often
for a time. I have been away from this
house ever since you left, and I
can’t tell you where I have been. You
shall know all some day, of course; but
not yet.”
‘‘You’re not afraid I should blab out
anything?”
“Of course not But you might
think that my safety made It Impossi
ble for you to agree to It all.”
’’Safety? Now you are positively
frightening me.”
"But I assure you there Is no danger,
at any rate, yet. And If there should
be any, I promise you I will at once
send for you. The very Instant
“It will be too late then,” he said
gloomily.
But Olive held to her declslpn; and
although he tried every argument and
Inducement he could think of to per
suade her to tell him everything and
let him help her she would not yield
and would promise no more than that
If she hod any cause to fear for her
safety she would send for him at once.
He was very uneasy; and for the
first time In their lives there was a re.
stralnt between them; and when they
parted this was not removed.
“I shall remember your warning, of
course, and be on my guard; but I still
think you should have told me more.
Olive. This foreign office affair is a
ticklish matter and too grave to be
trifled with.”
The little cloud depressed Olive’s
spirits as she changed back to “Olga
Schmidt,” and returnedito South Ken
sington. But she knew her lover well,
and was sure that she had decided
rightly. If any pollco measures wsrs
to be taken against Gilbert Merrldew
at once her chance of forcing the truth
from him would be gone.
She must be In a position to prove
that she alone held the reins over him,
and that she herself could either se
cure hls exposure and punishment, or
hush the whole matter up, occordln
as he told ths truth about that allege
marriage.
So far as that marriage Itself was
concerned, she was as far from her
end as ever, and the truth would never
be known unless she forced It from
him.
With all the will In the world to help
her. Jack would never consent to the
course she was now taking. Fear for
her would, as she had told him, lead
him to take some steps which would
ruin the whole enterprise. And this
must be prevented, whatever the cost
to her. Even hls displeasure—and hs
had mode no secret that he was dis
pleased—must not affect her decision.
Certainly he must never know what
she was doing until her work was fin
ished, and they could laugh over her
experiences together.
But the next day Olive was soon
aware that something unusual was to
take place at South Kensington. It
began with an awkward Incident for
her. Mrs. Orlmston sent her down
stairs by the main staircase on some
trivial errand, and on the landing she
came face to face with Jack. He looked
at her sharply, and she believed he had
recognized her.
With great presence of mind she
turned her head away and called out
In German, as If to some one above,
that she would be there directly.
"German, by Jove,” she heard him
say to himself In a tone of suspicion.
Then to her In that language. "Frau-
leln, I wish to speak to you.”
But Olive had slipped past him and
was running downstairs. Without look
ing back she called: "Directly, sir;"
nnd did not stop until she was below
In the servants’ quarters. There the
housekeeper found her some time later
and rated her soundly for her neglect.
But In the middle of the scolding
something else slipped out. Mrs. Grim-
ston had been carpeted by the minis
ter and he and Jack had piled her
with all sorts of questions about ths
servants and particularly about Olga
Schmidt, who she was, where she
came from, what character she had;
and the cross-examination had. con
cluded with the request that ths girt
should be sent up to them.
Continued in Tomorrow’s Goorglsn.
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