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OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN
AND NEWS stands for Atlanta’s own-
ing Its own gaa and electric light
plants, ns It now owns Its water
worka. Other cities do this and get
gas aa low a» 60 cents, with a profit
to the city. This should be done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If street railways can be
operated successfully by European
cities, as they.sre, there is no good
reason why they can not lw M oner-
sled hgre. But we do not believe ibis
can be done now, and It may be some
years before we are ready for so big
nn undertaking. Still Atlanta should
set Its foes In that direction NOW.
Buy Locomotives Elsewhere,
Several of the French railways
have recently had tp purchoso locomo
tives from builders outside France In
order to secure early delivery. The
requirements of railway! have been
so great that the French locomotive,
works arc quite full of orders for n
long time ahead. Following on recent
orders placed by the Parle-Orleans
railway In the United State* and Ger
many, a locomotive building firm in
Iterlln, has N now under construction
some four-cylinder compound locomo
tives for tho v Weatem Railway of
Franco.
Tho Rome Tribune Is running Joe
Brown’s last card aa a aerial.
It may be Heavenly Houaton, but it
sot scorched badly by a pretty warm
Are.
Introducing bills for public build-
Inga doesn't by nny meant signify that
the buildings will be built.
"Listen to your wife,” advises Gov
ernor Glenn, of Ncjrth Carolina. How
are you going to help yourself?
After lostpg the Republican con
vention at tho last minute, Kansas
City must feel like the little boy the
calf ran over.
"Wo dreamed last night wo saw an
ocean steamer anchored at tho Au
gusta ( wharf."—Augusta Herald.
Awake, ye sleeper, awake.
HOW TO BE HAPPY.
Tho desire for happiness Is universal!
Tt Is an Instinct that Is Inherent In every human heart, and many are
the methods pnraued through which -men seek to como Into that rare
condition of mind, happiness.
To tho end that she may be happy, a mother In India will cast her
dearest children Into tho muddy river Ganges.
In the pursuit of happiness Saint Simon stood upon a pedestal In the
early centuries for years and years. He stood there on one foot, through
summer's heat and winter’s cold, hoping, trusting that by the presenter
tlon of bis body before' high heaven and standing in an awkward posi
tion he would find surcease.from the sorrows of life and poppy flowers of
peace that should lull his soul and make bis Ufa a perfect hymn of de
light.
American Indians in the olden time danced around their camp Arcs,
shouting and singing, cutting themsel^s with knives and stones, lotting
the blood flow down upon tho rocks, only desisting from their mad
methods when they could whirl or stand no more. Modern day Ameri
cans, some, of them, dance and Jump to tho tune of Money Musk, and
throw themselves loto mad frenzies In pursuit of tho dollar; work and
toll until every drop of blood In their bodies jingles to the tuno of merry
quarters and halves, and then, exhausted, lie down by the side of their
treasure, only to And that the gold that they worshipped has brought las
situde, destruction of spirit and forsaking by friends.
Happiness is not to be found In tho externals of life.
Man mfty be possessed of the greatest wealth, and yet the contract
ing of his heart whon he remembers how the wealth has been accumu
lated does not bring delight, but, on the contrary, pain to his spirit and
dismay to his soul.
Happiness Is a condition of being, founded on the recollections of n
well-spent life, loving deeds In the todays of life, and visions of service
In the days that are to come.
Sometimes we say that tho things of this world produce happiness
or unhappiness, as the case may be. Speak wo falsely whon we say
that? There Is nothing In this or the other that In and of Itself can
make for happiness. It Is our attitude toward these things that makes
our pleasure or our pain. You remember the essay of the little boy on
pins. He said something like this; “Pins are tho most wonderful thing
In the world, and they have saved millions of lives. Amen.” Then when
be was asked how pins had saved life In so many cases ho naively made
reply, "By people not swallowing them.” In like manner, our refusal
to bs debased, discouraged 'or disheartened by nny outward circum
stances will make largely for the pleasure of life we so much desire.
It was one of the wisest men of the ages who, surrounded by howl
ing mobs, hooting and Jeering enemies, with the certainty of beheading
staring him In the face, said: “None of these things move me. I have
Teamed In whstsoeveV state I am therein to bo content."
Happiness Is, therefore, the spirit's attitude toward Ufe.
Happiness, true happiness, Is found In a right attitude of the mind
toward tho things that perish In tho using, and toward the things that
abide forever. ,
In the marriage ceremony used by many a preacher of evangelical
faith there Is this clause, which he reads to the couple standing before
him: “To be happy there must be a consecration of each to tho other
and of both to the noblest ends of life." ^
Here Is the secret of happiness In a nutshell:
Conseoratlon of man to man: In other words, service for men as they
require brotherly service. Consecration to the best things of life, the
achievement of character and tho well being of nil with whom we como
in contact.
Happiness through sorvlcs! How simple It Is, yet how few are will
ing to walk In the simple path that the ages have beaten and demon
strated to be true.
Would you bo happy? Live truly, act nobly and love thy neighbor
ns thyself.
England proposes to establish court
ing halls to promote matrimony.
Thnso English chaps are the slow
buys. Over here the question Is
popped any old place.
In passing we would like to observe
that 'possums fed on Georgia collards
are bigger, fatter and more finely
flavored than the marsupial! of any
other state in the union.
A department for teaching courting
has been Inaugurated In the public
schools of Greenfield, Illinois. Down
here efforts are confined to suppress
ing natural tendencies in that line.
There must be aomethlng to it The
following headlines appeared on the
front page of one edition of The Phil
adelphia Telegram: "Aileep In the
Street;" "Walked Out Window In
Sleep."
They are trying to separate Colonel
lurk Chinn from one of bis Jobs up In
Did Kentucky. Has the colonel lost
the gentle art of shooting straight
tlius tamely to aubmlt to being ripped
loose from real money?
If Tho Richmond Tlmes-Dtspatch
wants a walking delegate for the
Paragraphera' Union, It can have Its
pick of Georgia editors after January
1, when the new anti-pass order gc^s
Into effect.
The Rome Tribune and The Rome
Herald are engaged in a deadly duel
over the question of whether or not
:he onion Is the food upon which love
lourlshes. Rowell Is for moonlight,
McCartney for onions.
If an editorial In The Post Is to be
tredUed, there are more, bigger and
•under nocturnal noises In Heartless
Houston than can be pitoduced by the
tlr-vated, aurface nnd subway car*
mblned In Malicious Manhattan.
NEW ORLEANS MORNING WORLD.
On Monday, December 9, Tho Morning World of New Orleans was
born—a handsome snd lusty youngster In the journalistic family.
In physical appearance, In general make-up of news, features and
odltorlsls, It differs from the conservative typo of Now Orleans papor as
widely as It Is possible to conceive. Tho World throbs with life, with pur
pose and with that human touch that brings n paper close to the heart
of a people. x -
To begin the publication of a now paper In a Hold already occupied
by powerful and firmly established Journals, Is no small undertaking, but
If the Initial number of Tho World Is an earnost of the course to bo pur
sued, there can bs no doubt of Its success. The first lssuo consists of
twenty-four pages, packed with advertising, and filled with Interesting
matter. The circulation Is placed at 40,000. \
Tho destinies of Tho World rest In tho hands of J. M. Levoque, the
brilliant young man who made Tho Harlequin famed over a continent
He brings to It wide experience, youth, vigor, nnd a mind keen and scln-
tillant. He knows bis New Orleans and he knows his people. If dynamic
force counts, then Joe Leveque, surrounded with a staff of able co-labor
ers, will make The Morning World n potent Influence In the field of
Southern Journalism. His opening words ring true:
"A newspaper must bo trusted. It need not strut so as to
give the impression that It can never bo wrong, but all must feel
that always It Is trying as hard as It can to be right and suc
ceeding, within human limitations.
"llnmum got oft a fine saying for circuses, but It doesn't ap
ply to a newspaper which Is before the Intelligence and con
science of thousands of people three hundred and sixty-five times
a year.
"A circus which folds Its tents after tho show may tool the ‘
people, but a papor which performs every day of tho year can
not.
"Tho Morning World does not believe that the 'people love
to be humbugged.' The Morning World does not believe that
the people can bs fooled. Tho Morning World believes that tho
great heart of humanity loves truth nnd right and honors It.
, "The Morning World Is convinced that truth Is Invincible— ‘
that there Is nothing else so mighty. Tho tnith which limps
along In beggar's rags today la tho Imperial monarch, robed In
gold, of tomorrow."
FOUR FORTS TO GUARD ALASKA.
Upon request of the war department. Major William H. Sage, adju
tant general of .the Department of the Columbia, has compiled a report
on the relative positions of tho different forts In Alaska. The report In
cludes the distances between tha forts, the time necessary to make thq
trip In different seasons of the year, and the cost of travel. The dis
tance from Seattle, Wash., to Nome'Is 2,741 miles. This Journey is cov
ered in summer entirely by steamer and In winter the steamers from
Seattle stop at Valdes. The rest of the trip to Nome Is mede by dog
team via Fairbanks, Gibbon and Kaltag. %
It requires from lorty-BreJo sixty days to mske this trip. Tho first
boat leaves Nome for Seattle'sbout June 15th, and the last about Oc
tober 15th. St. Michaels is 113 miles down the coast from Nome. It re
quires ten hours to make this trip In summer by water, aud In -winter
dog teams are used. Nome Is the northern terminus of the Alaskan
military telegraph system and Is connected with SL Michaels partly by
land lines and partly by wireless telegraphy. Fort Egbert, the further
most frontier army post, la 1,475 miles from SL Michaels. During sum
mer months from June to October there Is communication with SL Mi
chaels by boat. In winter the trip Is made by dog sled.
In the northern and more Inaccessible part of Alaska there are four
forts—Fort Davis, at Nome; Fort SL Michaels, Fort Gibbon and Fort Eg
bert. These are all on the Yukon river and hare communication by
boat with Seattle. In winter the only communication with these forts
Is by dog-tied from VaMez to 8kagway. Fort Llscum, near Valdes, is
1,673 miles from Seattle, and 417 miles from Fort Gibbon. Fort William
8. Seward, near Skagway, Is 1,136 miles from Seattle and 476 miles
from Fort Eghert-
firowth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index says In Us Issue for this week.
“Including definitely projected enterprises Involving the Investment or nun*
dreds of thousands of dollars, the Industrial progr*-** In Georgia and Alabama
daring the past seren days would be Interesting and gratifying under any circum*
stances, but demonstrating, as It does, that the recent financial flurry did not
binder In the least the development In these two states, the showing Is a notable
one. The total minimum capital stock of "new corporations for the wsrtj^togetner
with the Increases In capital stock of existing corporations amount to $896,000. A
railroad company has begun Improvements at Decatur, Ala-, that win cost over
<500,00). At tintnbridge, (in., a railroad company will Invest more than <100.000 In
terminals. A rail mill will be rebuilt at Ensley. Ala., nnd dally capacity Increased
from 1,000 to 2,000 tons. It will be operated night and day to Jill orders How in
hand, one of them being for 150,00) tons. Albany. On., hns voted $70,000 of mu
nicipal Improvement bonds, and Bessemer, Ala., will Issue <82,000 of bonds for the
same purpose. An election will be held at Athens, Ga„ upon the issuance or
1100,000 of Improvement bonds and Dublin, Ga.. will vote upon a proposed Issued
of <40.000. Pike county, Alabama, will sell $50,000 of road Improvement bonds pre
viously voted. . . ' .
“Among other Industrial plants to be established, The Index reports the fol
lowing:
“Plant for manufacturing machines for marking bales of cotton nnd other com
modities, by $100,000 company, Augusta, Ga.; power plant, Columbia. Ala.; Ice fac
tory, Augusta. Ga.; flour mill enlargement, Huntsville. Ala.; plumbers specialty
plant, Gadsden, Ala.: cooperage plant extension, Dublin, Go.;_saw-mills, Utapat-
rlck, Ala., and Dublin, Ga.; tnlnfug operations In Union nnd Towns counties,
Georgia, and extension of raining operations In Tallapoosa county, Alabama.
“Tho following projected construction shows uninterrupted upbuilding:
“Steel bridge, Etowah county, Alabama; church to be completed at cost of 111,-
000. Dublin, Os., nnd church to be repaired at cost of about $10,000, Mobile. Ala.;
court house Improvements aud addition. $10,003, Seale, Ala.; Masonic buildings,
Brswton. Ala., and Savannah. Ga.; Pythian castle, August*. Ga.; road Improve
ment In two counties: school buildings. Ohoopeo, Ga., Birmingham, Ala.. Athens,
Ga., Dublin, Ga., nnd Bessemer, Ain.; sewers, Athens, Gn„ Dubliu, Ga., and Bes
semer, Ala.; waterworks system extension, Dublin, Ga.
“Illustrating land values, 34 acres were sold at Itayle. Ga., for $37.50 per acre
and 5.300 acres sold near Camden. Ain., brought $46,000. One Investor purchased
about 100,000 acres of land In Union aud Towns counties, Georgia."
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
T can’t make a good speech against
a pretty woman; the sight of a woman
In trouble always appeals to.me, and
whether they are guilty or not, lt'e a
hard job for me to prosecute them,
To tho average man It would appear
that twenty years spent as a prosecut
ing attorney, added to several years
more spent In ordinary legal practice,
would so deaden the sensibilities of a
man that he could prosecute men and
women, old and young, good and bad.
Just and unjust, equally with relent,
less vigor.
But not so In the case of Solicitor
Charlie D. Hill, of the superior court,
and It was while discussing the case of
a pretty young woman, now pending In
the court, that the solicitor gave voice
to hie sentiment In regard to women In
trouble.
"I could have made a good speech
for Evelyn Thaw," continued the so
licitor. “The sight of that poor little
woman In distress would have^touched
my heart until I could have made a
speech without any evidence to back it
up. I hate to prosecute a woman, any
how, and when 1 have to do It It makes
me feel ten times worse than the de
fendant could possibly feel.”
not be the object of a story whose point
Is against him.elf.
He keeps s lot of One chickens. Recently
only s few of them bare been laying and
he decided that If they didn’t «ur - '“
they would bare to furnish meat.
his wife his purpose.
"Dot I don't want to kill tbs hens that
nre producing fresh eggs," he said. "Watch
them carefully end from the umnhcr which
ere not doing their dnty we'll select two
for dinner.”
The wife pointed out two delinquent hens.
Tho West Ender got hts hatchet ami dr-
cnpltatod them. The post mortem showed
thnt'the hens wonld hsre contributed nbout
a dosei * " "
mltted
West Ender .are he wll. ....
chooses for
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
• AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Charley Simmons, of South Carolina, was
talking about boarding houses at the Ma
jestic. He remembered hts youth In n
boarding house !u a small town. The price
of board from time Immemorial had been
$10 n month. The boarders were startled
one day by the landlord’s announcement
that, because of the Increased prlco of pota
toes, he had been compelled to raise tbs
rate to $12.
was the only boarding house In the county,
hey wisely decided to remain.
“And from that day on we didn’t have
titocp on
Blinmons.
Harry J. McCuc, of the American Steel
and Wire Company, of New York, a well-
known Atlanta business man. Is 111 at St.
Joseph's hospital with typhoid fever. He
was taken «lc'~ -• * •- — —•*
little the worse for drink, got
on a West End car Tuesday nlgnt ana mm
his nose bloodied because he was polite.
When a lady got on the car thr/blg man
arose effusively nnd offered her bis sett,
lie retired to the rear of the car, where
another big man was reading his afternoon
pnper. More ladles got on the car, snd the
man reading the paper sat still. The other
man thought that very rude, so ho reached
over and punched the sitting member with
bundle.
Up rose the man with the sent aud hand-
Army Orders.
Washington, Dec. 11.—Captain Guy V.
Henry, First csralry, is designated mem
ber of cavalry board, Fort Riley, vice Cap
tain Stephen M. Kocherperger, S'ecoud ettv
airy.
First Lieutenant David McC. McKell.
coast artillery corps, from cost artillery
school to artillery district of tbs Chesa
peake for assignment to duty with a com
pnny at Fort Moproe, Va. ^ \
Major Pierce M. B. Travis, Eleventh in
fantry, to array retiring board at Washing
ton barracks, District of Columbia, Decem
ber 20, for examination.
. Navy Orders.
Rear Admiral R. M. Berry, detached as
commandant navy yard nnd station, Nor
folk, Va., December 17 to home.
Lieutenant II. E. Cook, detached c
mand Shubrlck, when out of commission, to
temporary duty In command Tlugy.
Midshipman \V. C. Nixon, detached Ken
tucky to Tlngey.
Midshipman X. F. Connor, detached Shu
brlck to Kentucky.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—December 7: Whipple, Hopkins,
Hull, Stewart, Lawrence aid Truxton at
San Juan. December 8: Yorktown at Mare
Island, Saturn at Shn Diego, Wasp at New
burgh, N. Y., California at San Francisco,
Craven and Dahlgren at New York, Mis
souri, Vermont. Rhode Island and Choc
taw at Hampton Roads, Kentucky at New
port. December 9: Maine at Hampton
Roads, Standlah at Hampton Roads, Are-
thasa at Lambert Point, Adams at Ber
muda.
Salted—December •: Nebraska, from
Bremerton for San Francisco; Yorktown,
from San Franclsc^jto Mare Island; Samo-
set, from League Island for Delaware break
water; Abarenda, Mom Norfolk for Bio de
Janeiro; Marcellu^Bpm League Island for
Trlnidod; Craven mm Dahlgren, from New
port for New York; Kentucky, from New
port tor Hampton Ros^s. December 9:
Arethusa, from Norfolk for Lambert Point;
New York, for
from Cavite
. Stockton and
Norfolk)
order nnd chaos
S ed, men yelled for
illy prevailed. The
polite tnan refused to Iran
*- *■ »el lurid wor ....
ilm the hefty hand.
C. C. McLain, of 27S Houston street, re
cently put the following want •«* In the
^“Wanted—273 Houston street, first-class
colored servant to cook and do general
house work. Prominent church members
religious sent, runuli
nld
societies, pastors' auxiliary asaortatlon.,
bands of willing helper. and tin- lifer, bad
mined so many good rooks for Mr. McLain
tbnt hr derldrd to take a new Ucfe and
one wbose sorlat position In the churrh
nut require Much a great amount of her
More than onre ho hnd rome home to
•pner to Hnd that owing to n reception
lug tendered an evangelist somewhere
tho above advertisement.
brought result. In the shape of one large,
enpabledoofelng colored woman, who Marri
ed that she could uot get Into tho rhnrcb
meettnx. If she tried, nnd she bad no Idea
of doing that.
THE MURDER OF
POLICEMN J. A. MANIER.
To the EdUor of The Georgian:
Th. Independent. In common with W per
cent of tho negroes of the rity. regret, this
public calamity. The negro racial henrt of
Atlanta goes out, Drat to Mrs. Mauler In
thla hour of her Irreparahlo Iona; aceondly,
goes out to the snpremney of the law
which waa assaulted by the red-handed mur
derer who struck down the persona,! of
the law In the personality of the dead po
liceman. iJist, we nak that the entire race
be not Judged by the conduct of the brute
supremacy of the law.
The Individual who roalsta or assaults tho
constituted authority of the law In tho exe
cution of Its supremacy la the common en
emy of nil tho people nnd ought to be per-
tnnnently disposed of Jtl.t ns soon ns the
Inw ran demonstrate Its rigor and strength.
Ninety per rent of tho tdaek peoplo of
thla community, like Itartow Blackman,
stand for law nnd order, nnd arc aa rendy
aa he was to bring the violator' to Justice
when tho opportunity presents Itaclf. Per
sonally the Independent wnnld lie delighted
to are every negro church and society In
the city take up n aubstnntlnl testimonial
for Mrs. Mnnlcr ns nn expression of our
racial grief at the death of her husband.
Every negro whom we hare henrd ex
press nn opinion of tho character nnd de
meanor of Policeman Mnnlcr bna sold ho
wna one of the moat humane nnd gentle
man on tho force, and this expression com
ing from a people who dislike policemen
moat only operates to lunko his murder the
more brutnl and cowardly.
The race Is entitled to tho Iwneflt of tho
good conduct of Itlackumn nnd associates,
and our neighbors should rake no step that
smacked of racial hatred. While not taking
a aland for the sale of whisky, wo look with
dlafaror upon tho proposition to rloae the
hegmrimra because they sell whisky to ne
groes. This la no time for spite and re-
venue, and he who agitates such a policy
Is the enemy of all the people and ought
i promptly suppressed. If the bars nre
to be closed they ought to lie closed upon
moral grounds and not upon racial feelings,
ro close the negro burs nnd leave tho white
bars open would Intensify the racial foci-
Ing. nnd Atlanta ciu not afford to take any
step calculated to inar tho public peace.
It Is not fair to make every negro who
drinks suffer because one brute committed
murder. Why uot give us the turnout of
ilul.tcrcd and enforced I
.or the protection of a.. .
not In the Interest of a part „. „„„
to dose the ncgra luir. wonld not keep
them from drinking, but would open ud
new avenues of crime.
The fundamental Involved la not the per-
tonality of "Block abort," The character
and usefulness of the race la tho Issue.
Not that we alt deaerre to I* Judged by
tho "Hllflt Hnnris" nf *h> ...
• MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO..
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STS.
ESTABLISHED 1330.
Capital 7 $200,000.00 -
Surplus and Profits...... $600,000.00
Banking in all its Branches
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j THE PMMENTER MILLIONS
l ... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. . .
(Copyright, 1907, by Arthur W-. Marcbmont.)
By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT.
Author of “By Right of Sword,” “When I Was Czar,” Etc., Etc,
Black Sports” of the race who aro
hopelessly In the minority, but sentiment
Is so crystallised against u« lhat public
opinion Is more Incline?! to measure us by
the worthleasupis of "Dlsck Sport” than
by the worth of Illacknran. Aa a ra.-o we
have absolutely no patleneo with the “black
sports;" the only thing we are Interested
In la the building up of n useful and ro.
mwctable character among our neighbors.
The law Is supreme and every violator
ought to be made to feel Ita prowess.
while we think hut little of the more-
mont to financially reward Dlockrann for
bis heroic deed, we folly appreciate the
fact that encouragement from our white
neighbors will do more to develop our use-
fulness than any other agency. Blackman
only performed his duty, aud-moncy does
not compensate for the execution of n
,S''V*Vir .White the donors menu
well, their philanthropy may have a eon-
traey affect upon the negro people. The
race muat be taught and impressed to stand
on the aide of law and^trder purely ont of
lore foe the law and Tta supremacy. \>a
without the hope of any other reward than
the protection of the low In the sustenance
of Ilfs and tho accumulation of property.
Money e.n not compensate Blackman. The
consciousness of having performed' his
whole duty when the opportunity came for
him to serve his country la pay enough for
any man. Money can only minimise the
bravery of Blackman s valor on this occa
sion, ohd the ran. will lose what It needa
“■not. t!» confidence of Its nelghbora.
It bite the nmdnct of Blackman In no senae
ntones for "Black Sport'." crime? the rice
can largely console itself In the thought
Synopsis of Previous Installment.
Olive pretends that slio hns been rendered
unrnnseloua by the drugged food. Mrs.
Tilley Is completely deceived, and Olive
overpowers her. She makes her former
guard drink the drugged milk, nnd in a
few minutes Mrs. Tlsley Is dead to the
world. Olive then changes clothes with
the wonmn. nnd nwnlts the coming of Gil
bert Mcrrhlew to carry bis prisoner to the
deserted mine shaft. When he does come
Olive finds that he Is the worse for drink.
He forces her to bid him In carrying the
unconscious form of Mrs. ITIsley out of the
house. .
The delay goaded Merrldew to pas
sion. With a volley of oaths he or
dered her to go on at once, nnd with
her henrt bentlng fnst she turned to
ward the back of the house nnd stum
bled along the narrow passage. Not
seeing where she was going, she trip
ped over a step up Into the kitchen and
nearly fell.
This drew a laugh from him and a
curse at her clumsiness.
But even when safely In the kitchen
she did not know where to look for tho
door, and with a sigh of fatigue she
leaned against the wall.
He was too engrossed In the work
and too confused with drink to enter
tain a suspicion of the real cause of
this Becond delay, and knowing the
way, he growled out a word of fresh
abuse and himself went first to fhe
door.
The moment they were out In the air
Olive had .her plan.
The woman’s life must be saved,
even at the risk of discovery now. She
could trust herself to escape In the
darkness. The drink had rendered
Merrldew much less formidable as an
opponent, and once away, she would be
able to run both much farther and
much faster than he.
n they had gone a dozen paces or
Wt ve stopped and began to breathe
heavily, as if In great distress, and
groaned In assumed pain.
Walt," she panted; and let the wom
an's legs rest on the ground.
He grumbled again at this. But the
fresh air was helping tho liquor he had
taken to affect his brain, and he could
scarcely stand upright. He-"'let his
burden slip from him, nnd Olive, bend
ing down, quickly snatched the veil
away from the face.
"What are you doing now?" he mut
tered thickly.
She put the lantern down close to the
face as If she had allowed It to fall.
The dim light was full on the features,
and she Intended him to see them
clearly.
Then she uttered a wild scream as
of fright.- "Look! Look! Look!" she
cried, pointing wildly at the face. “I
am afraid!" And with another wild
scream she threw her arms above her
head and rushed away.
He called after her, sullenly at first,
then In loud, ringing tones of violent
anger, and started to pursue her. But
he ran no more than half a dozen
yards when he tripped and came to tho
ground with a thud, the sound of which
was the last thing In Olive’s ears as
she ran round the house, gained the
rough roadway at the front and darted
along It In the darkfiess.
She was free, free. FREE!
The thought was like wine In Ita In
toxicating delight. Her prayers had
Indeed been answered, and she had
been spared from the dreaded resort to
any violence. She had been able even
to secure that the wretch who had
planned to take her life should not be
sacrificed on her account. And as she
ran she sent up her grateful thanks to
Providence for her safety.
SJj* was free! That was all In all at
that moment. She had not the slightest
inkling of where she waa. The road
was all strange and, as she knew, was
full of danger spots to. those who tra
versed It in Ignorance. But she paid
no heed to thla.. The Power which
had come to her help In her hour nf
dire peril would not let her perish In
that of her victory.
She hnd always been a good runner.
Her old life In South America had been
hardy, and she had carefully cultivated
her strength In many ways. And now
she sped over the rough road at a rapid
pace which, her persecutor would have
been taxed Vo equal, even had he been
In a fit etate to follow.
But ehe was soon assured that no one
was following her. She stopped once or
twice to listen Intently, putting her ear
to the ground. But there was not a
sound of a footfall. And when she was
assured of this, she stopped running,
and walked on with the quick, vigor
ous stride that was always her wont.
It was very dark on the moor, but
thle did not trouble her. She had had
to face dangers -too real and present
to.feel concern at any which were only
in prospect. Moreover, she reflected
that In that lonely region she was not
likely to meet any one; while. If she
did, no one would think of harming her
In her poverty-stricken dress.
She come at length to k read, which
she took to be from : which they
had turned when she had been brought
to the lonely house on the moor;
and she turned In the direction oppo
site to that by which Merrldew had
come In the car.
Then she recalled hie careful de
scription of the district—t?iat the house
really stood In the center of a district
as wild and barren as that through
which they had driven and that there
were no Inhabited houses In either di
rection for many miles.
Even .'f that were true. It should not
ainrm her. How many milts they hal
covered without ipeetlng with the sign
of a dwelling, she could not tell, but
she would walk on until she came to
ore. 1
She estimated the time te be about 10
c clock, and It would t)ot be light until
nbout 4. 3lx hours. She had often
walked for os many hours-with nothing
iike the need which pressed her now,
and ehe would trudge on until tho
dawn.
By that time she Would have covered
a distance of rome twenty miles; quite
far enough to rendor her, free from ah
fear of pursuit.
Her heart was buoyant and her spir
its hlgli, and she faced the difficulties
before her with the stern resolve to
overcome them.
She plodded on sturdily, but made
far less ■ progress than she had hoped.
The road was very difficult to follow in
the darkness. Several times she stray.
id from It Into byway paths and had to
retrace her steps at the cost of much
time. One of these mistakes Involved
a delay of some two hours, during
which she wandered round and round
cn the moor before she found tho read
again.
She recognized that she was thus
using up her strength In the dark to no
purpose, and was also running a great
risk of falling Into some one' of tiie
disused workings. Thus the next time
she went astray she hunted around
until she lound the shelter of some
bushes and lay down to wait for tho
light.
She was soon asleep, and woke as the
gray dawn was breaking over the
moorland.
The reek of smoke was In her nos
trils, and. In some alarm, she started
up and looked around her. The smoko
came over the brow of a small hillock
on the side of which she lay. Getting
to the top of this, she saw it was from
tho smouldering embers of a house a
few hundred yards away, from which
the wind was blowing straight In her
direction!
The house had been gutted by the
fire and only the walls were standing,
bare, gaunt and black. A little cry
escaped her as she recognized it as that
In which she had been Imprisoned.
In the dark she had strayed from the
road and all the night she had wan
dered apparently In a circle.
Instinctively she hid herself In some
bushes and stared at the house In be
wildered alarm and amazement,' almost
ns if expecting Merrldew to appesr
and come In pursuit of her.
But the Instinctive panic soon passed.
There was not n sign of life nbout the
place. She kept her eyes strained on
It for an hour or more, while the light
strengthened and the sun rose. Stealth
ily nnd with the utmost caution she
gradually worked around to a point
from which she could see. the back of
the house, and was thus able to assure
herself that not a soul was anywhere
near IL
She thought once of going right up to
It; but abandoned the idea. There was
nothing to be gained by any closer In
spection; and there might be some risk.
So with the same caution she got back
to the road and >et off on her Journey,
full of perplexed speculation as to the
meaning of the fire.
Was It accidental or Intentional? Had
Merrldew, In hls drunken stupidity, up
set a lamp? Or the woman Tlsley?
If so, had either of them, or botji, per
ished in the flames?
Then a terrible solution occurred to
her.
Hod Merrldew been so Intoxicated as
to continue In the belief that It was the
woman who had fled and that Olive lay
there at hls mercy? Had he gone
through with the deed he had planned
and hurled the woman to her death
down the mine and then returned and
set Are to the house willfully, thinking
at the same time to kill the woman,
hls accomplice? She would have hls
llfo In her hands; and Merrldew was
vll. enough to plan such a delivery.
The thought sot her shuddering. Un
intentionally, she herself had been In
part the cause of the woman's death
through the exchange of dress.
Earnestly and fervently she prayed
that that might not be the answer to
this problem of the fire, ,
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Friends in Nesd.
Infinitely disturbed By the thoughts
which the discovery of the fire had
roused, Olive walked steadily through
the dawn for several miles before she
passed a single Inhabited cottage. Mer
rldew had been right In.hi* description
of the district, and the fact Increased
her thankfulness for her escape.
. No one was yet abroad, and as there
waa Just a chance that she might be
connected In some way with the fire
on the moor she was anxious to put as
great a distance ns possible between
her and the house before she even ask
ed a question as to where she was.
Then she came out on to a high road,
and a mile or two further on saw a
sign post. The letters were nearly ob
literated, but she made them out to be
"To Bodmin.” The distance was given,
but was too faint for her to decipher IL
Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian.
who has illifracril us, bat measure us by I lhat one of Its number apprehended anil
tbe roodeet of Ilartow Blackman and hls I tSw’SImSm’of the''in** 0 ' hlm law
associates, who promptly captured the brute j .114 our duty In this trying hour nnd
«n<l th'Urpred him Into tbe h.nmU of the [ will do It ovenr time If tbe opportunity pro*
law. Langunne * «»» not nawxuro the depth S *entx 4tiSMf. We appeal to our nolghtMini
to help u»' hr cneournKcwcnt. 1
Help Incalculably fw develop the
rhlch will he nioet naofut and hoi
wr. at only awaultc.1 the
n. j. Davis.
Editor Atlanta Independent
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