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ITtlPAY. PECKMBEK 18.
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believe. Hint If .tree! railway, e.n b«
opernted eneesezfuHy hy European
Title., n. they are, there I. no good
rrn«on why they can not hr so epos-
nteil here. But we do not helleee ihl.
run ho done now, and It may b. some
ye»r« liefore \vt • te reody for so biff
ini undertaking. Mill Allnntn should
ret It. face In that direction SOW.
Ago Limit For Warships.
A bill h»* been Introduced In the
German parliament, fixing the age
limit for battleships as well as for
large cruisers at to Instead of 15
years. The normal period of .•‘efficien
cy" for battleships will In future be
reckoned from the date of the grant
of the first Installment for the con
struction of a ship which Is .to take
Its place.
Pretty soon wo will have the Thaw
trial with us again.
That Rowell-McCartney onion de
bate Is waxing strong.
Do we dream or was there really
onco a Shaw presidential boom?
Johp Wesley Gaines is the most
prollflc space writer on the esteemed
Congressional Record.
No thought prevails that Carters-
Vine is a benighted place, because
Mayor Moon shines Ihere now.
It takes worse than rain to keep
shoppers from Kris Krlngllng in At
lanta's Whitehall Santa Clausvllle.
The Joke would be on both of the
Overstreets If the First district de
clined to send & K. to congress now.
Denver lands the national Demo
cratic convention. The promises of
snowballs and $100,000 turned the
trick.
Smno few cltlsans view the ap
proach of January 1 with anything
but enthusiasm. Antl-booro mid an
il-pang com* then.
Abe Kuef Is to dodge the pen after
nil. The final crowning evant of hts
Infamous career is to welch on his
fellow-gratters to save his own hide.
Uoston has elected a Republican
mayor. Occasionally this sort of
thing is necessary to make the' peo
ple appreciate a Democratic admin
istration.
After a careful suryey of the Held,
we state, without fear of contradic
tion. that the Albany Herald Is now
the best newspaper printed In a
town of that site in the country.
We would like to list with the sec
retary of the Paragraphers* union, the
box of Christmas cigars from the wife
and crocheted slippers for the min
isters, as tabooed subjects.
Delegates from South America,
looting In Washington, have decided
o have permanent peace. They will
irobably have to burry home to Bel
le three or four revolutions before
11 (he details can bo worked out.
A turkey was slaughtered down In
Houston the other day and the entire
population turned out to eee the uu-
usual event Turkeys gobble from
the coops of even the humblest citi
zens here In Glorious Georgia.
About the hottest contribution to
• urrent literature is the Chicago
Record-Herald’s account of the annual
ball of Alderman "Bathhouse" John
Coughlin. “A hodgepodge of wine,
hgoor and vulgarity,” the Record
lb ?rald characterized IL
THE NEXT CONVENTION CITY.
The selection of Denver ub the scene of the next Democratic nation*
al convention furnishes something of a disappointment to the South,
whose hopes of tho chance of a Southern city had been raised high by the
activity and enterprise displayed by the city of Louisville. The Kentucky
metropolis made a fine showing in Its ambitious effort, and though it did
not land the prize, did its section a distinct service in bringing It forward
as a strong claimant upon the party’s consideration in the future. In fact,
it fs now entirely probable that the convention of Ifllt will be held in the
South, and Louisville will naturally have first claim. The InereaRed Im
portance attached to the talk of a Southern man for president will have
Its effect in shortening the time until both parties shall give this section
Its proper turn In the selection of cities for their conventions.
The debate as to the propriety of accepting whatever part of the
$100,000 offered by Denver shall be In excess of the actual expenses of
the convention was interesting, but not important, when the proper dis
tinction la made between campaign funds subscribed by cities or states
and those subscribed b> corporations or their representatives.
WE PASS IN REVIEW BEFORE A FAMOUS NAVAL EX-
'PERT.
•
Now that the finishing touches are being put on tho mightiest fleet
this nation has ever assembled, preparatory to its friendly cruise in
Eastern waters, It is interesting to note what other great powers think of
the showing we are making and how they view th$ naval strength of
the United States In the light of any real or suspected significance of the
cruise in relation to Japan. In the expressive slang of the day, It may be
accepted without further speculation that the event, even in its prelimi
naries, Is of sufficient importance to make them all “sit up and take
notice” Germany, second among naval powers of tho world, has mani
fested the liveliest interest in the matter, and Colonel Goedke, one of
the famous military and'-naval experts, has made an Interesting review
and estimate of our fleet and our situation as compared with those of
Japan. What he says Is not only of interest, but as It has somewhat the
tone of authority, his findings arc calculated to make us unfasten a but
ton or so of our national waistcoat. Says he: r
Ono notices again, as on# did in 190*. when tb# Ru*«lnn'Admiral Itorhdjcst-
wonskls started with hla Baltic fleet, bow difficult nn undertaking a cfulw* of
such a squadron Is when a country is not ns fortunate nn ftnglnnd, that bns
nnvnl fmr.es In nil sens and fortified coaling stntjona everywhere.
Wtitn the flint troubles with tho Japan### fttsrtod the American fleet was
liot In n position to defend American Interests In the Pnelflc ocean. It wns .
then, andjirolinldy la nt tbti moment, absolutely helpless In the ruse of an at-
tvonid not have been able to fluil
, — Jugf At the moment when the great
ere, however, diplomatic and financial reasons
mded stntesn— *
heir country)
America In stirti n meek and humble manner
Only after having signed the recent treaty with IIursIa, Japan hns a per-
• feetly free hand In the Pneltle ocean. In the meantime, however, America Is
preparing to send Into tho Tactile nn enormous fleet which la far superior to
the Japanese In tounnee nnd strength, and thus America will apparently be In
a more favorable position—that Is to say, thnt the United States will bt au-
premc In tho roeffle.
The hottest, best nnd strongest battleships owned by the United States nr#
going to leave the Atlantic for the Pacific. None of the sixteen battleships
which nre going east Is more than nine years old, ond because of their slse
they are to be counted nmong the most powerful vessels In the world. Five
of them are of 18,280 tons each (3,000 ton* more than Germany'# newest battle
ships Afloat), five nre of 15.200 tons, a ml the seven smnller ones rang# between
- 4V7IO- and 12,700 t#n«.* m the -smallest of them nre equal or superior to tho
German man-of-war of the Wtttetabnch clasa.
On the other side. It must l*» admitted that the gpeed of tho fleet Is fnr
(rom iH'lng uniforms ranjjWg from 18.2 to 19.4 |m| mA *- **-*
Japanesa battleship squad
4 knots, and In this respect the
... i hns an advantage, but one which 1s not of very
great Importance In a battle, nn all other points the Japanese seem to be In
ferior. -Against the nlxteen but Mesh Ipa they can show only eleven, with nn
Aggregate tonnage of 141.000, while the nggregnte tonnage of the American
squadron is 228,050. Furthermore, one must also remember thnt live of the
Japanese Ships are prise* taken from the Uusslniis during the recent war nnd
tbnt It Is quite tlonmtal whether they nre of much value.
Looking nt the battleships of the second class—thnt Is to any, the nrmored
erulsert*--Anier1en again seems ter he nheml. To be sure, they have only nine
of these to np|H>N# the ten of the Japanese, but the American Teasels Are con
siderably larger, stronger nnd more powerful thnn the Japanese, their aggre
gate tonnage being llD.o»i. ns against 101.000 of the Japanese, nnd, besides, they
are far speedier than those of the mikado, and speed Is n considerably mofe
Important factor In cruisers thnn In battleships.
. Altogether the American.fleot has nn uggregnto tonnage of 95.000 tons more
than th# Japanese, hut this doe# not necessarily menu that America would
come nut victorious In case of a conflict or that a Japanese attack would have
tin ebauee of aitcco*# under any circumstance#. Moral elements, the trnlulng of
men nnd the skill of the officers also must enter into consideration, and, be
sides. one must not forget that ths Japanese fleet bus excellent bases and all
facilities dose at hand.
The plan of sending tho American squadron to tho Pacific shows thnt the
United States Is fully aware of the Importance of the political situation In the
Far Knat, and that the American government endeavors to gather there supe
rior naval forces. At any rate. It pronnrei Itself for nil emergencies with far
more care and foresight than did the officials of the exar when their position
was far more critical Immediately before the outbreak of the Uusso-Japanese
Is snld by the American naval authorities that the armada Is to return
nt the end of 1908 through the Sue* canal, lint oua has n right to doubt this.
The absence of the fleet In the Pacific will, of course, materially weaken
the defense of the Rnstern seaboard of tho United States, hut It does not de
prive It of nil defenses. There will be left on that conat nine battleships be-
sides the four mighty vessels In course of construction, two of which are 2,000
tons larger thnn the English Dreadnought.
built fifteen more vessels, which will giro them i
tnutlc ocean of twenty-eight battleships.
As long na the Panama canal has not been dug mutual »w-
tween the two fleets, separated hy tho whole length of the continent, will bs
fighting strength In the At-
j-opemtlon be-
WE DON’T WALK ENOUGH.
How far can you walk without getting exhausted? No matter how
hale and hearty you are! it'i more than probable that Simeon Rohrer,
eighty year* young, can outwalk you many tlmeg over, lie has Just re
turned to hii Virginia home after making hie second trip to Pittsburg.
The flret time lie went there was before railroad* wero built. That time
he walked, and this second time, although railroads were at hand, he
paused them by on foot.
You couldn't do that, not If you're but one-third that man's age. If
you tried It you'd probably end In being carried on to a train on a stretch
er. Because you havon't been brought up to walk, you'd find such a
pedestrian trip impossible.
There nre not many people nowadays who can walk any distance at
ail without feeling used up. Walking is becoming lesB necessary each
year, for car lines are continually Increasing In number. The children
of this generation do not walk na much ns did the children of tho last
generation. Bach future generation will walk less than the one that pre
ceded It, until the time will probably come when people will And It im
possible to walk, except around tbelr homes or a block or two at a time.
And who knows but the time may Anally come when people can't walk
at alt?
Stranger things than tlfat have happened. You know it is an inevi
table law of nature that the part of the body which Is not used in time
becomes useless.
Today ail of us who are moderately well ought to be able to walk
many miles without experiencing any sense of exhaustion, but how many
of ue can do this? Yet If wo would but walk moro we'd And that we
should grumble less about headaches and indigestion and blues and bad
feelings generally.
It certainly wae not originally intended that we should be moved
hither and yon through tho medium of chained lightning, or Are and
stream, or by the taming of horses, or the use of gasoline. But we have
grown so dependent upon these mediums of transportation that we do
not think we can go to any place at ail unless assisted by them. Poor,
feeble creatures that we are! How did tho folks In the good old days,
ten thousand years ago. get along?
Well, for one thing, they lived longer than folks do nowadays. And
they dl'd It without the use of patent medicines, massage, water cares or
say other new-faagled mediums for the preservation of life. Undoubt
edly the use they made of their legs had something to do with their
long life.
How long is It since you walked Ave miles at a Stretch? Or three, nr
two, or even one? You. of course, reply that you haven't time to walk.
Then that's where Simeon Robrer is again ahead of yon. He not only
walked from Virginia to Pittsburg and back, but had time to do It. ffe
may be poor in purse, but if he's rich in time to walk t(nd has strength
to do It. he's not poor. And If you are rich la purse and have neither
time nor strength to walk, then you an poor Indeed-
Growth and Progress of the New South
Hi# GtorrfoD lipre r#conls *»ncb *lay
soma economic fort lb reference to
th# onward progress of tbe South
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
outb mnlntnlna a fair Average of tndu
u.u „ trial Htrcnnoslty nt-tho opening of
me vTiutpr season, despite the tide of tlnanolnl tightness which seems to hove inaoo
It, influence f«lt to tunic cstcot In nil liora of trn.lc. There Is II percentlli c nnd
most gratifying repef from this depressed sit tuition: however, * n *1 development is
progressing #t n lively pace. The principal new Imlnstrtes .estahllshffl jP the
South during the week ending DecsMtar 11 are enumerated in the following list
compiled from repqfts made to Tho Tradesman. Thera nre several notahljr u»rgo
ooueoritB, Judged hy the amount of capitalisation. Among these nre n $1.2w.000 tlin-
lH*r company In Arkansas; n $100,000 mnnufnotiiritlf company In Georgia; n
hardware company in Louisiana; a 8100,Ofti mining and smelting eofnpany .10 jp*?:
sour!: n $3U).m cotton mill In North Carolina; a $100,000 cotton mill in Oklahoma,
a 315O.000 coal and coke company lu Virginia, and a $500,000 lime nnd stone com
pany in West Virginia. The Tradesman's list follows:
A It K A Nfl AS—Little Rock, $120,000 timber company; Van Buren, three $25,000
canning factories. _ ... -,*#.**
GKolUflIA— Augusta, $100,000 manufacturing company; Woodbury, $10,000 rnnnu-
factoring company.
LOUISIANA—New Orleans. $100,000 fierelopmcut company, $100,000 land nnd devel-
‘ y. I5.oo.noo machinery plant; MJnden, $1M.OOO
000 oil company; Nhreveport. $25,000 construe-
y; Leconipte, electric light plant; West Mou-
*>f 153oiUIt I—Kansas* City, $150,000 manufacturing company, $25,000 land company,
gns company; Kt. Souls, $15,000 manufacturing company; Palmyra. $Mpot#tenhone
system; rjamsd. $100,000 mining and smelting company; Carthage, »#5,00j mining
company, concentrating mill.
North Carolina—Asheville. $50,000 construetlon company; High Point* WgJgJwt-
ton mill. $12$.n00 chair factory; Supply. $_">. »)' milling company; Monroe. $W0.m de
velopment company; Greensboro, $100,000 manufacturing company; King, $25,000 tele*
pb °OKLA*HOMA--Mnngum, $100,000 cotton mill; Nowata. $10,000 Investment com
pany: Tulsa. $100,000 oil company; Oklahoma City, $50,000 automobile company. $100,-
000 oil and gas company.
VIRGINIA—tkdioolfleld, $25,000 building and 1)
tobacco company: Richmond, $25,000 development vwi
her company; Manchester, $10,000 turning company;
coke company.
WUWt VIRGINIA—Clarksburg. $50,000 land compaor, mining company; Elkins.
$25,000 oil nnd gag company; Uleeton, $10,oto canning factory; Charleston, $50,000
oil and gas company; Moundsvllie, $600,000 lime nnd stone company; Wheeling,
$25,000 nmu«ement company.
loan company; Farmvllle, $50,000
: company; Radford, $25,000 lum-
any; Pocahontas. $150,000 coal and
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.,
CORNER ALABAMA. AND BROAD STS.
ESTABLISHED 1880.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus and Profits $600,000.00
Banking in all its Branches
Solving the Gift Problem
By WEX JONES
For a young married couple nothing could
be more suitable thnn ft get of boxing
gloves.
■■■Pitt ■„ — ■ —-
count mention the price. Your friend might
be able to Ohd out what ybu did pay.
pretty young u
for a bachelor.
wife Is nn excellent pres-
cnflrtie florae*. The children won’t have as
natch fun, but your chin •will feel a lot
better.*
Mince pies of the old fashioned everklil
kind are as good ns cboloform to an in
valid.
A fried egg is an unusual Christmas gift
A pleasant idea Is to write a little verge
with each gift. Thu* with a mince pie this
Couplet might be sent:
Take and ent this little pie
With good wishes to you from I.
WUh n dou:
Here Is n pretty little doll.
Be careful that you don't let It foil.
“Fair’ Is spelled “foil” to make It rhyme
better.
■■■■M .... One hns
been known to live n hundred years, so a
tjltjak Is a good lnstlng present and will
not wear out easily unless stepped
Any person will appreciate a lively bull
terrier nnd will think of the donor every
time the terrier bttes him.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
M. P. Berrien, who was w<?ll known Ir.
Atlanta business circles a» tho cashier of
tbe Conklin Tin Plate and Metal Com
pany. bns severed his connection with that
company to become assistant manager of
the H. M. Ashe Company, the well-known
typewriter concern. Mr. Berrien, better
known to his friends ns “Dot” Berrien,
has made a reputation In business circles
In Atlanta.
Dr. Morris May. of New York, ona of tho
most noted nnd dfstlngntsbed rabbis In the
Fast, la in Atlanta visiting his sons. Mar*
flu nnd Harry May. He has many frlenda
In Atlanta who are extending to ntm n
warm welcome. Dr, May Is a cultured schol
ar nnd has made a reputation In educational
work. 1
Harry SIcCue. general Southern represen
tative of the American Steel ami Wire
Company. Is ill at St. Josephs infirmary
room, kUi plij-.lolnna found lw> hail typhoid.
Than ho thorn (tro few trurdllnx men more
i notified of hi, ulneM.
There rosy be Minn cltle. In the coiratry
..here nnnrlnt, will be, royde happy on
Chrtetmn. b.v Rettlnir Ihnlr liberty, but At-
luntn In not nn* of them. At leant no
prisoner, will fintnh nerrlnx their term, on
that day this ynnr.
The tint of prUoner, to be rntenaeil from
the Ills In.tltnttou owned by tho pm.
meut In South Atlnntn linn tun* linen filed
with the eterh of the fnlteil Stnte, court,
Imt It does not show thnt nny prlroner,
will he released on tBnt dny. Several are
hooked to come out on December 20, and a
few shortly before Christmas. _ .
Those who are compelled to spend Christ
mas behind the lmrs. however. wlH have n*
easy a time-a ml ns fine a dinner os If they
were on tho outside. _ _ ....
The oemnd e<iua. ron of the Twelfth
Batted Stnte, invnlry. which ban been
npcndlnir the atttnuter nt the name,town Kx-
ponttlen unwed throneli Atlnntn Thurwlny
evening et* lln wny to tho pont at Fort
Oalrtborne. There nre four compnnle, In
the squadron and about 200 men Ip au.
Rons tor Clay, of Georgia. Mu] 8#nator
files, of Washington, wet hi att elevator in
the Capitol Annex, says Tbe Washington
Herald,
•Hello/
from Georglannn r
••Fair ‘
Hows
'“Sfne "
•\VUli you bntl thoflaht ool your wny
I've ant on uiy hnndn. ,nld Liny.
"Got everything Ju»t tbe way we want
It." replied Vilen. "I nee your eve n set
up,. indue. Still a little WoodahoL”
"Yen," returned Olay, rumlnntlvely. -but
HI bloody the other fellow , before I Bet
through.”
PROHIBITION NEWS.
(From Th# New Orleans Tlmes-Dewocrafd
The Tlnies-Domocffit received the follow
ing letter yesterday; nnd we presume other
papers have had similar warnings;
Milwaukee, WIs.. V. R. A.. Dec. 8, 1907.
To tho Editor of The Times-Democrat:
Dear Blr-We Iw?g to call your attention to
the fnct that certain newspapers through
out tbe eonntry feel rath##'Inclined to boost
tbe prohibition game, making low front-
—„ r .»*—.— —o«wt n{ j headlines (nre-
,- ltn I he nutl-anToon
Ion anon, oro.l, whl.h tho broworn. In pH-
-rill, nru kc-plnu n record of lire Iwllip no
exception), sod ns yon have had a certain
nrcjNirffon of ottr huslucx* In the PMt. n?c
feel It our dnty to advlso you that all them*
different newspaper# who foil to suppress
prohibition nnd null toon league news
hereafter (for whl.h they receive noth lug.
while th# brewer# arc largo advertiser*,
spending cnnrmouK sums of money lu news-
paper advertising every year* will not only
lose our pntroaage. hutjilsn that pf most
brewery T»
ARMY-NA VY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
every
the Hilled Sintra,
. awtnialna to
knock onr bitlara. In this way can -xp—t
to he turned down on nivy future advcrtlr-
Ina contract, from both oarayinu nnd nil
other larac Mmta Brafl**truly yonra,
FitKb mii.i.Git imi:\Yi.\-o co..
A. O. I-AL'L Mouaprr A.lv, I)cpl.
It la needles to My that a threat of thla
bind will uot have the lUshteat oflOct cn
Tho Tlni-v-licuocrat nor, w* Iwliccc. on
Kfiaf 5 ® nmi
WnshlnRton, Dec. 13.—The following
orders have been Issued:
Army Orders.
Captain Joseph H. Ford, assistant
surgeon, from San Francisco to Fort
William Henry Harrison, vice First
Lieutenant Craig R. Snyder, assistant
surgeon, to Fort McHenry: Captain
Robert N. Hudson, assistant surgeon,
from San Francisco to Jefferson bar
racks.
Captain Percy Mashburn, assistant
surgeon, from San Francisco to Fort
Banks; Captain Gideon McD, Poole,
assistant surgeon, from Son Francisco
to Fort Slocum; Captain Philip E. M.
Walker, Sixth Infantry, having been
found by retiring board Incapacitated
for-actlve duty on account of disability
Incident thereto, retired.
Major Lorenzo' P. Davis, retired, de
tailed with organized militia of Ne
braska; Major Archibald \ Campbell,
coast artillery corps, designated mem
ber torpedo board, Fort Totten, during
nbsence of Colonel Garland N. Whis
tler. coast artillery corps; Second Lieu
tenant Fielding L. Poindexter, coast
artillery corps, to army and navy gen
eral hospital, Hot Springs,
Captain John L. Hines, quartermas
ter, from Jamestown Exposition to
Madison barracks, thence to Omaha as
assistant to chief quartermaster. De
partment of the Missouri;First Lieu
tenant Howard O. Davids, Sixth Infan
try, rallevad at constructing quarter-
toaster, Fort Aeslnlbolne.
Navy Orders.
Captain I.. Young, additional duty oa
captain of the yard, navy yard, Mare
Island; Lieutenant Commander E. T.
Witherspoon, detached Texas, to Naval
Academy.
Movements of Vssssls,
ARRIVED—December II, Kentucky
and Minnesota, at Hampton Roads;
Sterling, nt Para, Brasil.
SAlLEp—December 10, Milwaukee,
from San Diego for Mare Island. De
cember 11, Eagle, from Port au-Prlnce
to Guantanamo; Arethua, from: Lam
bert Point to Trinidad; Dalhgren, from
navy yard, New York, for Norfolk;
Glacier, from Havana for Santa Lucia:
Montgomery, ordered commissioned
navy yard, league Island; Shubrlok,
placed In reserve navy yard, Norfolk,
and Tlngey. commissioned at eame
yard and assigned to third torpedo
flotilla, December 11.
err lifter, the
lie measured by t
glrcn. Is no mniiiitrons that It Is sesreely
probable our correspondent realized wluit lie
wan proposing to us. lie .rams uushle tn
understand how nuw.pnpers esa publish
f rohlldtlon news when they get qn sdvrr-
Isements from the prohibitionists, cuppclnlly
ns by doing so they offend th* brewers,
"who are targe advertisers, spending onor-
raoas sums of money In newspapers adver
tising every year." If this view were
adopted the papers should refuso to glre
eliureh news or report sermons, ns there Is
matl'm" 1 * "* 10 r -"ffi° l| s Infer*
Foolish threats llko this have done the
esnse of the brewers and liquor dealers
mnrh harm In the poat, aa name of them
arc reopgutx ug ami they would gatu very
Utile rfedlt toTtsve It known thnt they are
trying to cheek the pruhthllou tlila hy lu-
Iluelmt nr bulldozing the newspapers Into
publishing no newa about It. As a matter
of fnet, no decent Journal will Ire. thus con
trolled. It Is I la business tn give tin* news,
nnd all the tiewa, what tho prohibitionists
bav* to say as well •• what the lirewKs.
Mteohaen and liquor dealers my. Tho beer
fftad liquor problem la under ronaideratleu
Just nnjr, nnd n sutUfeernry solution It go-
Ing to he reached only niter a thorough dis
cussion from stray print of view.
The Tlmea.ti-mocrat la not lu fnvor of
prriilMlhm. os we have frequently ahewu.
Mlevlng It Imprnerlenlde and llkefy to pro
duce undesirable renditions: lint It duta
gives tho prohibition news, meeting* anil
arguments, and Intends to ronllnne to give
them. IdseusslfHi nf a great public nuctilnn
ess not lie aupprraanl. and no newspaper
. , T . ran afford or would think nf stiiinreaMig
Uu» he uowspa. any uc*a of geotml Isteroau
THE PfiRMENTER MILLIONS
... A Stirring Novel of Looe, Conspiracy and Adventure . . .
* (Copyright, 1907, by Arthur W. Marcbiuont.)
By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT.
DinLt af SuiArrl^U/han I Was P■
Author of 4, By Right of Sword*'
Synopsis of Frovious Installments
After travellnc for some rtlstnnee on the
romi. Olive reaches a village Rather than
beg for fowl and lodging she derides to sing
in the streets, declaring herself to be au
actress whose company bos been dinbanded.
A man in a crowd insults her ana is
knocked down by it chivalrous old fellow,
who takes her home to bis wife, who,
when she hears some of Olive’s story,
shows great sympathy, oven slipping two
sovereigns into the girl’s purse while Olive
Is asleep.
"Eh, but that's a rare bit of luck,"
site exclaimed.
“You don't know me, and yet you
would deny yourself to this extent,'
said Olive, sinning.
"Hear her, now. As If 't were aught
of my doings!”
"My dear, good friend," cried Olive,
kissing her. "But I’ll come down and
speak to you both about it."
She hurriedly finished her dressing
und went down. But the man was
gi-ha.
Tho wife received her with a lialf-
zbeme-faced smile. "Jack’s a ram
coward, and that’s true. H» wouldn’t
face 'ee, when I said It was found out.
It was Ills dnlngs, and he swears that
If I take a penny of It back he’ll thrash
me. And .he has a terrible hard fist,
my dear. We seed, o' course, you were
In trouble an' that—oh, ray dear, you
must take It. It’s Just to get 'ee home."
At that they both cried In sympathy,
and Olive consented to take he money
and return It. Then the wife said sho
had arranged with a neighbor for Olive
tr be driven to the nearest station, and
her husbnnd' had left word about the
time of the train she could catch.
And so her troubles were over, and
hy 10 o’clock she was In the train on
her wny to Mr. Casement.
She sat a long time thinking over
this unexpected kindness, and then
opened the. paper she hnd bought at the
station. She was turning It over rather
listlessly, when she sat up suddenly
with a cry of dismay as she read one
of the larger headings.
"The - Foreign Office Mystery. Tho
Robbery Still Unexplained. Tho Hon.
John Fonwlck's Statement.”
CHAPTER XXXIX.
“Mollis O'Brien."
Olive read with deep nnd painful In- ... . —- -—•- •—
terest the report of the robbery of the SM *S*S . r , e lno, , t f< F ‘he perm-
papers from the foreign oflllce. and *s- ; .P* of the theft, and when she read
peclally that portion \vhlch contained IJ?'' ‘“ e * e oond time the description of
Jack’s explanation of his part in the ‘1*.servant whom Jack hnd seen on hts
matter. The report left no doubt In her
When I Wss Czsr,” Etc., Etc.
the address at Finchley. And at this
point comes the greatest mystery f
told exactly what I have said here and
Immediately went out to the address
with a detective Inspector to verify mv
8 f 0r >'; But n different servant opened
the door to us, nnd I was told that f
had not been to the house before that
day and that no such servant ns I de
scribed—the one I had aeen earlier of
c 2 urse ' A stout ' fal1 ' flori <l woman of
about thirty and a German, I think—
was there or ever had been. In V
word, my statement. Instead of belne
corroborate,., was denied. No question
Ing could shake the girl's story; and
a search of the house resulted In noth
ing which tended In the least to dis
credit her or to confirm my statement.
I may add. however, that the house
w-na at once placed under police ob
servation. Late the same evening the
girl went out In cap and apron, with
a Jog, and was seen to enter a public
house, but was not seen again. The
Jug was left on the counter, and ths
girl, It is supposed, took off her ran
and apron, slipped a shawl over her
head and left by another door. The
house Is now untenanted.
''* c «d offer no explanation other than
tho facts as I have told them. 1 know
of course, that I have been made the
victim of a cleverly planned and boldly
executed conspiracy; that I was pur
posely decoyed away In order that
some one made up to resemble me
might get into tho building for the
robbery. But I am also aware that two
other vlewa ore held. One Is that I
myself was the thief, ond the other tHat
In a fit of temporary aberration I acted
as described unconsciously and. ab
stracted the papers.
"Both those suggestions are the
veriest rot. I am neither n thief nor a
mad man. Meanwhile I am all hut
ruined. I have nothing but my own
word In proof of my statement, and
nothing but my consciousness of Inno
cence »o support me in a very dark
nour.
The paper made but one short comment.
“Of course, we must not fall to recog.
nlze thnt Mr. Fenwick’s statement may
bs true and his explanation the correct
solution. Meanwhile, whore are the
stolen papers?”
Olive’s cheeks flamed with Indlgna-
tjon as she read this last sentence.
mind that he was suspected of complic
ity In It, and the comments upon this
statement, while not openly accusing
him, made the cose look very block.
"I ant perfectly willing to tell nil I
know,” he said, "and have received per
mission to make a statement. For some
(lays befors the robbery I had been
In a Condition of Intensely restless
nervousness on account of the young
lady to whom 1 um engaged to be mar
ried. YVe had already received a warn
ing thnt some robbery was being plan
ned and had taken nil precautions that
appeared possible. But as nothing un
usual occurred for some days, the
warning was set down as ono of thost
which from time to time reach us.
-J'On the day of the robbery, the 30th,
I went, as usual, to the office. I was
even more anxious than ever on- ac
count of the. lady I have mentioned,
and just before I should have started
to take some papers to the house of the
minister In Cromwell Gardens a letter
was put Into my hands to the effect
that the lady was In great peril and
that her life might depend upon my go.
Ing at once to her. The address was
on the other side of London, 2S Rose-
berry Villas, Finchley. In my agita
tion I thought of nothing else, and
rushed away, without a word to any
one. ,
"That omission was. of poursc, Inex
cusable, and I do not defend It. I hur
ried to the address with the utmost,
haste, to And that nothing was known
there either of the letter or of the lady
herself. I was deeply distressed and
alarmed, and after some little time I
returned, calling on the way at the
house where the lady had been living.
Hearing nothing of her there, I went to
the office. In my agitation It had never
occurred to me to connect the letter
with the warning we had received, and
I did not do that until on my return I
heard that a robbery had taken place.
'! was told that during the luncheon
hour, Just when the fewest clerks were
In the building, I had returned nnd had
gone straight to tny desk, had taken up
the papers which were lying for me to
take to the chief, and with them In my
hand had gone Into his room and shut
the door; and that a few minutes
later I had come out of the room nnd
hnd left the building. All the time J had
not spoken to any one; and It was ob
served that my manner was very sin
gular.
"On leaving, I wae eald to have called
a hansom and given the address In
Cromwell Gardens. The driver of the
hansom has since been found nnd be
lieves he can Identify me as the person
whom he drove there. He declares that
I paid him and dismissed him at the
door nf the house. I am next said to
have delivered the papera to the foot
man to give to his master; and that I
appeared very flurried and agitated
flrst visit to the house, she recognised
It as fitting Anna Hartmann.
What was she to do? The prob-
lem was a distracting one, and during
all the rest of the long journey her
thoughts were full of It. Sho could, of
course, give Information that would
place the woman at once In the hand*
of the police; but what would result?
Tho whole gang would Immediately
take alarm and disappear. Anna, In
her stolid way, would deny Jack*
statement, and even If she were held
In custody It would not really clear
Jack. All the flutter caused by the
arrest would render the ultimate dis
covery vastly moro difficult, extremely
Improbable, Indeed, while Olive's own
Investigation would at the same time
be Impeded, If ono arrest was made,
there must be many others; the net
must be spread as wide as possible.
She was shrewd enough to see that
the question which the newspapers had
asked was really the vital point. Where
were the stolen papers? Olive had
learned enough of matters to be able
to guess the answer to this. Either
they hnd already been handed over to
the people for whom they had been
stolen, or they wero In the keeping nf
Mrs. Taunton or Merrldow. Probably
the former.
It must be her work to ascertain
this. And finding this out, she must
at tho same time hit on the means of
helping to solve her own problems.
She already had a thought In the
connection. She hnd not played the
spy In the minister’s house for noth
ing. The experience had taught her
the value of such a fnethod, and she
was quite ready to make another at
tempt.
She had before recognized that In at
tacking Merrldew first she hod made a
mistake. It was the mother who had
been at the bottom of the scheme
against her, nnd It was Mrs. Merrl
dew who muat be watched for the
future. Olive's Idea hnd been to gnln
admittance to SUvorbeech, getting a
place In the household there—Just as
she had In Cromwell Gardens.
It was there, If anywhere, that »he
would gain the Information she needed
to expose the fraud of that early mar
riage; and as soon as tho Idea had
taken Arm root It strengthened with
every mile of her Journey.
Then another development occurred
to her. If she could contrive to force
Merrldew to SUvorbeech and then man
age to overhear the conversations be
tween mother and son she might In
deed discover their secrets. She knew
ctery nook ond cranny of the big, ram
bling house. It was a very old house,
with more than one secret chamber,
staircase and hiding place, constructed
cunningly In the times when the former
masters of the manor had been In
volved In plots and counterplots against
the government In the times of the re
bellion and later.
Continued in Temorrow’s Georgian.
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