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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER IS. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN CAI^D NEWS) Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY 4t 8 West Alabama' St.. Atlanta. G«. _ Subscription Rates: One Tear 7. M 1 55 hr Carrier. »p gr Week 10 Telephones connecting all depirt- wenta. Lotiy distance terminals. Smith k Thompson. advertlalnc rep resentatives for all territory outside of Georgia. Chicago Office .... Tribune Building. New York Office .... Ilrnnewlclc BMg. If yon hare any trouble setting THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone the circulation department nod bate ft promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell 4»27 milo; Atlanta 4401. Subscribers desiring THE GEOR GIAN AND NEWS discontinued must notify tills office on the elntc of cxplra* tlou; otherwise. It will he continued at the regular subscription rates until notice To stop If recelTed. In ordering a change of address, please glre the old as well as the new address. It Is desirable that all conununtra* that t>»r b* slgMd. As nn erlifencr of rood faith. ftejaetsd manuscripts will not be retorned union .tittup. *r« wot far th. purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS print! no uncl.in or obj.otlombl. sdrsrtls- tii*. Neither doe, It print whtiky or an* liquor Ida. orn PI.ATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS atauda fnr Atlanta', own- one. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS hatl.rea that If atraet railway, ran ba oiieratad anrreaafnll* by European cltloa. aa they are. there la no good reason why they ran not tie ao oper ated here. But we tin not bellere this ran be done now, and It nay be aoine year, before we are ready for eo big ' A late beolc li called "Moaqulto • Life.” It la said to lie a stinger. Congrea* will begin dissembling again next week. ■ ' !! Johnnie Is normal again, and bring* !' up coal m reluctantly aa ever. 1 . Tbe demand for Teddy bear* baa ended. Doea this mean tbe wane of Rooaevelt'a popularity? The fact that Pedestrian Weston ■did not go on the lecture plntform en titles him to itlll further praise. If Eddie Foy doea play Hamlet, there will b* every excuse for his father's ghost to rise up. By the way, la Pat Dougherty one of The Houston Post's famous dimpled and red-headed wldowi? Georgians had their new year'a res olutions drawn up by the legislature last summer. . A Chicagoan la going around . the world to study freak people. But why leave Chicago? ' • Los Angelos wants a mint. Aa It has tht julep, there ought to be ■ no trouble about It. - A wealthy hotel man who had dis appeared was found In Toledo with 11.000 In a belt around hla body— “strapped," but not busted. The Hyde Park Widows’ Club has decided to do no proposing next year. This does not mean, however, that proposals will not be received. One must at least admit that Mrs. Elinor Qlyn knows how to put her book first on tbe list of the six beat sellers. . ’ The Jacksonville Tlmes-Unlon para- grapher aaya he got a mountain of fruit cake for Chriitmas. Shipments of paregoric are solicited. M. MetchnlkotT aaya drink milk and don't worry. If you want to live a long time. But wouldn't It make one a milksop? Old Santa makes Carnegie, Rocke feller and the rest of tham look like pikers when It comes to prodigal giv ing. "Christmas cheer girds the world,” aaya The Washington 8tar. There la going to be a break In the Christmas "cheer" girdle In Georgia next year. "Next to a newspaper, ladies are the ableat disseminators of newi," aaya Mark Twain. Looks like Mark, In an effort to be gallant,. hat re verted hla statement. if they are all like the picture lent to this office, then George Bailey ought to be booted out of the union for not using more lavlah adjectives about tbe red-headed and dimpled widow, or Heavenly Houston. Judge Tuthtll, of Chicago, aaya it's aa much the dnty of a father aa a mother to walk the floor with a cry ing baby. Because tbe Judge has It to do, fa no reason for making all the rest of us suffer. It must be apparent to the Rich mond Times-Dispatch that extraordi nary methods must here sorted to In the case of the Charleston X,wa and Courier. That paragrapher la openly, hratanly and defiantly fracturing the rules of the union every day. WHAT A FATHER OWES A SON. A good friend wrote us a few days ago and, after saying far more kind things about our editorials tha'n we deserve, asked us If we wouldn't soy what we thought about a father's duty toward his son. We try to give our friends, In our Saturday edition, a thought that will uplift, and aa It is In our mind, we throw out this little offering for Sunday thought.: - ' k Most fathers owe their sons edmmou honesty. Not one man in a hun dred who reads tbfs can honestly say he would be willing for his son to know the truth about all lils deeds.- Not one mau In a hundred would like for bis son to know of all the business deals he pnts thru. And Idas than all, would he have his son know of his true inner life. Now, we grant that the average man Is respectably• honest and does not. willfully take what Is not rightfully his, but seldom a day passes that the average business mau does not engage In some transaction that he would go Into another room to arrange If hla son were -present. Mankind seems so constructed that we are trying to force our way ahead much more rapidly than la in keeping .with normal conditions. We often overstep the bounds of tbe Golden Rale.- and whenever we do we fall short of our duty to posterity. We ovte our Sons clean lives as exam ples. Overwrought nervous systems—overworked men—are the easiest prey to temptation. In what shape doea,temptation Overcome men oifteu- er than In unclean lives and unclean thoughts? Does the fact that your son or your family never knows of your misdeeds remove or lessen your indebtedness to them on this particular line? Well; hardly. The unseen thought ami consciousness that no man can drive away Is the thief that accompanies^ the misdeeds themselves, and your son and'your family are robbed of tbe heart-to-heart understanding and copfldenco that can only live In a plain, dean man. « There la more of tbe spirit of thought and power of character In man today than ever before. One man la radiant and eheerftiL-you feel it as soon as he Is with you—before he speaks. Auothier Is in a grouch and sees only troublo and rain—you analyse him before he says a wdrd. In-' tellects are keener and more perceptive than they have ever been—every one Is on tbe alert—we live by express—we talk by wire—we do the un heard of—and all this has tended to quicktn the sense of sight and feel ing In the human family. What are we doing that we think Is s secret?. Life has few real secrets. Open, frank honesty Is the only way to pay your debts. A father owes his son a touch of responsibility—possibly of poverty. How many preachers' sons, for instance, are worthless because the father, being an educated man—I ho educated, often, by hard work and night study—keeps his boy In school and never lets him know how It feels to get out and work to earn bread? No greater legacy can be left a boy than honeit poverty—no greater curse than Inherited riches. How many men are there today who amount to much who have not either had but few years of plain schooling or have fought their way thru college at their own expense. We thlnli now of a man pointed out many times as a future governor who, rough from his country home, bor rowed the money for his oollege course, paid Interest on h and returned It after hit graduation. Education mdans something to such men—It means nothing to those who have It thrust upon- them ' as a pastime. Work Is the great educator—the great Iniplrer—the great colloge.- In herited idleness Is a curse that rests heavier on tho parent who wills It than upon the'son who Inherits It. A father owes his son a healthy body—and can give it even though tbe parents may not be strong. The healthy body Is a product that oc cupies an exact relation to tho amount of time nud attention men give their business-and fall to give their children. Many men give all their time to their business and leave to their wives whatever attention the children get. Physical perfection, la almost'a matter of business—It not, then why do not flowers and grass and trees grow Id tho shade and In dry ground? Father, help your wife to see that every natural function of the child Is performed^ regularly as you see that yodr bills are collected or your help Is paid. See that the child gets sunshine by day and frosh air at night—not stale air and tires by day and night. Sco that/you shoot any man who tries to All him up with drugs,- when proper food and plenty ol water arc heeded, a'nfl yoti will have tt. pretty bcHltny lioy; Then while you are doing all these things, keep a. little'life Insurance to protect the mother until the boy Is. eleven or twelve or thirteen years . old. when he,may go (o work. If need'.’be, and If you are taken away, and the debts you-'owe your bos' are left to this' credit you bare stored for him. some one else will be ab’lo to pay, them to him for yon. A few days ago we noticed a sad looking mother standing In the hall at The Georgian office. She was talking to Dick—one of our boys, whose heart la as big as Stone Mountain. Dick came In to ask If there wns any way to get to Mr. Candler or the Neal Bank people. We asked him why, and be said this lady had everything she had -there, amt for some little tlmo sewing-had been pretty scarce and. sinfcc tho bank closed, she bad little to eat -exeept what the neighbors.had helped with. Well, Where was her husband? He Is dead, and sho has the six chil dren to take earo of. * ' • Two of them—a little girl and the little boy—were holding tightly to her skirts. THE CRIMINAL RECORDS OF CHRISTMAS. The mauy tragic episodes which cast their baneful shadows across the sacred and beautiful Christmas season through which the Christian world Is now passing emphasizes anew the necessity for lhore effective laws regulating the dangerous pistol-carrying habit, which has become a public menace In every portion of the country. Men Inflamed with Brink, rendered temporary maniacs by tbe use of drugs or stimulants, with the ever-resdy pocket pistol, constitute the strongest possible argument for the Immediate enforcement of every legal enactment looking to the protection of human life. The reports of unprovoked murdera In every section of the country which burdened the telegraphic wire* the day succeeding Christmas were with.almost no exception due to the two tremendous evils, whisky drink ing and the carrying of the pocket pistol. Many an Innocent life was sac- rlflced to the ready use of tbe ubiquitous pistol In the hands of men made Insane for the time being by the liberal use of whisky. Columns have been written concerning the prevalent evil of pistol carrying: sermons have lieen preached against this flagrant disregard of deflnite laws prohibiting tbe pocket pistol, and yet each recurring Christmas finds the country apparently Impotent to enforce the legal regulations Intended to prevent this tremendous evil. Nothing but an out raged public opinion will ever chnngo the present conditions. That men whose hands are reeking with the blood of their fellow- men—ofttimes members of their Own families — are . Incarcerated to await a judicial investigation of their crimes will not prevent a recur rence of the same violent deeds next Christmas. Each festival celebrat- lug the coming of Him who preached the gospel of peace and good will furnishes occasion and opportunity under the present status of affairs for .the gratification of the most brutal and degraded Instincts of hu manity. As long as a man carries a pistol and drinks whisky recklessly so long will human life be considered one of the cheapest commodities of the times. Is there no way to put a period to the reign of the lwcket pistol? Shall law-abiding men sit quietly by and see murder committed by drunken brutes who revel in the possession of a death-dealing weapon conveniently carried In tbe hip pocket? Is the right to live at any time, but especially at the Christmas season, to be decided by temporary ma niacs who dare to flaunt their pistols In defiance of all law? The time haa come'whyn such laws should be enacted In apery part of the country as shall make tho carrying of the pocket pistol a crime pun ishable with prolonged Incarceration in the jails and public prisons. Tbe law recently passed by the legislature of Alabama la designed to put an immediate stop to this public menace. It provides that no pls- tfil can be sold within the state IlipUs unless measuring twenty-four inches In tbe barrel. This necessarily prevents the carrying of such a pistol In the hip pocket and will prove a safeguard to the lives of the people of Alabama. Georgia needs just sneb a law and an indignant pub lic sentiment should see to It that human life shall In future receive every possible protection that enforced legal statute# can provide. The day for the pasming of the pistol "totet" has afrtved. Thu murderous epi sodes of the present Christmas season should never again be reiieated In any section of the South or the nation. Without whisky and minus the l«cket pistol. It will be possible to celebrate In future the anniversary of the birth of the Prince of Peace as becomes a Christian, law-abiding people. ... . . BE SURE TO READ THE RIGHT PAPER. An editorial In Friday's Issue of a contemporary calls attention to a communication printed In its columns regarding the inability of its cor respondent to find -certain railway schedules. The editorial refers to the rule recently established by tho Georgia railroad commission compelling all railway* to print their schedules in order to keep the traveling pub lic Informed in tbe important matte)' of time tables. - The aforesaid correspondent, in his natural Indignation at not finding the schedule he needed In the paper he read, was excusable for any ebul lition of temper due to his disappointment and he was thoroughly correct In expressing his views In the matter. Bijt the trouble was not due to-an oversight on the part of the railways mentioned nor to an Indifference *o the mandates of the railroad commission. The law Is admirable, the compliance with It prompt and regular, but the aforesaid correspondent Just simply did not read the right newspaper to get tbe Information he craved. The Georgian publishes dally the schedules of the Atlanta and West Point, tho Central of Georgia and the Louisville and Nashville railways. An Investigation of Tbe Georgian's columns would have furnished all the necessary Information and have given plenty of Interesting reading, be sides, for the contemplated journey. The wisdom of printing railroad schedules In afternoon Journals Is obvious to all. One who arranges to leave town on an early morning trai,n can find all essential Information before retiring fofr the night and If going on an afterfioon train the crisp. Interesting afternoon paper gives the schedules In time and provides the latest news and freshest telegrams as well. The communication of the aforesaid correspondent points a moral to all men, especially to that splendid aggregation known as traveling men, namely, be sure to buy The Georgian* every afternoon and then read It, carefully after it is purchased. Tbe railroads attacked are all right in the premises, thoroughly so—the only trouble was with the limited point of view of tho aforesaid correspondent. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian here record* each day tome economic fact In reference to tbe onward progress of the South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY During the week ending December M, which Include* the general festivities Incident to Christmas time. Industrial Interest* In the Southern states maintained their steady pace of development, aa Indicated by reports made to The Tradesman. The following Hat for the week Indicate* that nothing ha* occurred to destroy or Injure that confidence which Inventors have lieen manifesting In the future of this fgetfdfi. In the Hat are n number of heavily capita8xed concern*, among which lire electric light nlunta In Alabama, Arkansas. Mla*l**lppl. Oklahoma anil Went Vir ginia. a 9:50.000 warehouse company in l«oulslaiis. n cotton mill In Mississippi, n |390,0ii0 manufacturing company in Mlaaouii, a $100,000 Itinilier con:p““~ *- * Carolina, a tobacco company and n $30,000 oil coiniuinr In Tetmesset company In Texas, n $500,000 minim: cotnpauy In i company In W<yt Virginia. The Tradesman’* list Alnhntun—Birmingham: $9,000 land company; $1 >,W) manufacturing company In Mlaaouii, a tlOO.non luiulter company In North Carolina, it tobacco company and n $30,000 oil company In Tennessee. a hardware —iln Virginia, nud a manufacturing list for the week Is as follow*: „ JPL iy,~ 910,000 bottling works. Cochrane: $00,080 gin and milling company, onellkn: $5,000 guano factory. Gndaden: $133,Ooo Intitl company. Montgomery; $10,000 laud company. Mobile: $.5,000 land company. Headland: fclcctrle, light plant. * Arknn*a*—Magnolia: $25,000 hardware company. Little Rock: Planing mill. Florida—Bott*: $10,000, naval afore* plant. Keufuoky—Mnysvllle: $50,000 foundry and engineering company. Louisville: $100,000 packing plant. l/ouUifinn—New Orleans: $250,000 warehouse company, oil company. .Mississippi — ItufUN: $10,000 telephone *y*tem. Vicksburg: $40,000 cotton mill. Missouri—Nt. Louis: $10,niO Investment company. $350,003 manufacturing com- e ny, $100,000 gins* factory. $l00,(fc)0 land company. $10,000 land company, $6,000 cigar i tory. Holland: $0,000 cotton gin. Kansan City:' $10,009 Investment cotnpauy. “ ' d: $10,000 planlug- mill. company, llalelgb: $5,000 devel opment company, .tiniuen: wnrenouse company. Oklahoma—Guthrie: $100,000 con«tructlon company. Halllsnw: $20,000 light and power company. Marlow: $10,000 grain rtevator. Tulsa: $500,000 oil company. Teune**oe—Memphis: • $30,000 oil company. Texas—Klondike: $10,000 investment company. Itasca: $10,000 hardware com pany. Tenaha: $16,000 oil company. Han Antonio: $70,000 development company. Korrvllle: $30,000 telephone syatein. Virginia—Richmond: $10,000 distillery. Implement works. Warm Springs: $10.- 000 fence factory. Norfolk: $50,000 flouring mill. Wilderness: $500,000 raining com pany. Petersburg: $25,000 peanut company. West Virginia—Brooklln: $10,000 '— * mg company. tignr factory. Elm Grove: $10,000 mnnufactur- ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Army Order,. Washington, Dec. 28.—Major Lyman W. Lenton,rTenth infantry, from gen eral hospital, Waehlngton barracks, to his regiment. Following officer, of retired list ad vanced to brigadier general, from date, named: Colonel Harry R. Anderson, April 5: Colonel Edward B. Mosely, May 10, and Colonel George S. Grimes, August 1. Retirement of Brigadier General Charles Smith announced. Brigadier General Smith will proceed to his home. Navy Orders. Reur Admiral W. II. Brownson, re tired. detached duty cWef of bureau of navigation and member of Joint army and navy board, to home. Lieutenant Commander J. L. Jayne, detached Rain bow. to home. Midshipman R. W. Cab- aniss, detached, Wilmington, to Callao. •Midshipman C. B. Mayor, detached Cal. Ino, to Wilmington. Movement, of Veisels. SAILED — December 25, Whipple, Hopkins, Hull, Stuart, Truxton and Lawrence, from Trinidad for Para. Brooklyn placed In reserve, navy yard, League Island, December 21. Havana Strike Threatened. Havana, Dec. 28.—Practically all the union. In the city held a meeting yes terday, at which a general strike was threatened if the contractors do not concede the demands made by the striking masons. General Barry re viewed all the forces at Camp Colum bia In the afternoon. The Most Manifold Gift that can be bestowed upon a child at Christmas or at auy time; the one which car ries with it every blessiug contained in a token of love and friendship, ig AX AC COUNT IX A SAVINGS BANK. This gift does not only confer upon a child its own benefits, but develops in him the art of saving and its object. Start an account in our Savings Department with a few dollars, present the Savings Book to him New Year’s Day, and by teaching him to apply each small amount given him thereafter, you will have laid a founda tion to protect his future against waut. Interest at the rate-of Four Per Cent per annum is allow ed on savings accounts. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. [•tfltfftffttff>9Stiff(•••#•••••••<•< THE P ARM ENTER MILLIONS | ... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. . . (Copyright, 1907, by Arthur W. Marebmont.) itttttttttttttttfM Author t f M By Right of Sword/ 1 Olivo room docuj sandbag* MAN’S WAR WITH LITTLE PROBLEMS By JOHN ANDERSON JAYNE Man** conquest of the groat thing* of this world I* apparent In every direction. For centuries he hna waged ferocious war fare against the big thing* that surround hi* life and hai won hi* battle* agaiust tremendous odd*. • lie ha* conquered apace aud grldlroned a continent. . lie haa harnessed the wave* of the ocean; lojr bear hi* vessels. lie has captured the force* of tho sky; compelled the electric current to bear “ It* shoulder* his message*. He ha* mined Immense mountain*: the bowels of the earth have given to him of their treasure. He ha* bridged mighty rivers, made of widely wepurated territory one* great, ippy. hearty nnd hnruioulout country. At hi* bidding the leviathan ha* Illumined hi* homes. At lit* coiiiiuitnd gn* has (mur ed thru 10 nnd 20-inch main*, giving light and heat for his habitation*. Tty hla will immeuMo dynamo* arc set In motion and liehold hi* residence* shine In the dnrke*t at renin* nnd aeut thirty-story building* sky ward, bringing men into close nnd iutlmate contact one with the other. "c lias gone to the Jungles of India, aud leopard, tiger and lion, together with •ly , nnd the outlaw. He ha* plunged hi* plummet Into the sea, men mu rod It* depths, lie has erected hi* ude*copo. counted the atara. culled them by name. He hu* opened frozen Aln*ka, brought forth choice fruit from tbe far dis tant Patagonia. Ho ha*-entered Africa, brought forth diamonds; has conquered Chinn. broken ilowu her wall, inukiug her tea* please him. Great. Indeed, ha* l»een man’s conquest of the great thing* of the world. But before the little thing* of the world man ha* stood Impotent—u vaMtable Gulli ver In the presence of pigmies. Powerless, mnn aland* before the luseet* that annoy and confuse bt* life. He know* that every aqua re foot of this earth Is the *ent and center of the mighty armies of tiny Insert life. Armjc* that are marshaled by general* ami that obey the bidding of their .superior*.' He know* that the competition among them I* sharp, end less, terrific, lie knows that they devour and week to os terminate each other, kuowa that while a Rome, a Babylon, « Han Francisco I* being destroyed that there Is no destruction for these of tbe lower order. They outlast cities, dynsstles, empires. IJe knows that mosquitoes go forth In great marauding hands, seeking whom they Jig utay devour, ami with all hla burning of pe troleum, Incense stlcka and applications of pennyroyal, that he Ms no further sloug In the battle than were his ancestors In the down-the-century days of Ashkenaz, Rlp- hnth and Togurutah. He kuows that '‘all the Isles of tr tho ntngulnga, that come to King Pharaoh at the band of Moses the Mldlanlte, but lie Is powerless. He' bolls his water, fo destroy the bac teria that Ibvadek It, he Altera It thru tbe best of- Altering*, and, lo! In twenty-four hours a little germ creep* Into hi* being thru the halted and altered water And ty phoid Is written for him. Before the assembled boats of gsrms, mi crobes and parasites a man stands fighting aa one who beats the empty air. Ills blow! are delivered manfully, but they fall su pinely. He baa * his home. Init hi lu hi* retreat. In the presence of the little things man stands ns great a failure as liefore tho — — won. It Is not won In tbs domain of smaller task*. . But his warfare against the little things Is beginning. Even Ji * — sitting up and taking _ “get thee hence.” Bacteria la falling limit. Ants, toads and lizards are saying, ”Mo for the woods.” The day Is coming when a man will not rise In the morning and make of his stomach an aquarium or a grave yard. lie will win In bis fight against the little things na he has won against the big Great Is man, might/ are his work*, icy must prevail. When mau brings *Mfllns to bear against the little prob lems they, too, will bow, for brains are the conquering masters of the world. tttttttttMtttttttt People and Things: ........... TtTTTTttflllimUMi.M Gofwnp FROM TIIE HOTELS ! AND THE STREET CORNERS. j Itttttttttttttl "W. trtlnk John A. Johnnon a big man out In my atate," mill A. G4r .lion, of Bt. Paul, who .pent Friday In Atlanta. "In Minnesota you don't hear anybody elm talked of for the Democratic nomination for the presi dency. and that is pretty well true of the wholo northweat. "Frankly, the Democrats of that «ec- tlon do not want Bryan again. They think that we have lost twice with him. and that. It would be monumental folly to nominate him again. We believe that a man who has twice overturned the enormous Republican majorities In Minnesota 1, worth considering, be cause such a man must have some of tlu- elements of bigness. "I think John Johnson Is one of ah, best orators In the country, not even excepting Bryan, and that his simple democracy brings him mighty clom to the people, lu Minnesota he.Is idol ized, and he grows In strength Instead of lasing. If you Southerners ran not agree on a man from your section, you could not do better than tq study this Minnesota governor." t Claude C r Smith, representative from Campbell county. 1s opposed to the present convict lease system*; and says that he will Introduce a resolution at the next session of the legislature which will seek to change the method. He believes, the convicts should be employed on the public roads, or some where that won t conflict With free labor. ' _ As the result Of a head-on collision at Falrbum several days ago Rall- •uad Commissioner II. W. 11111 has a perceptible limp. Commissioner Hill was coming to Atlanta on a Central train. At Fatrburn his train was tak ing the siding when an Atlanta and West Point thru train smashed Into It. Commissioner Hill, who was stand ing, was hurled some distance, and his knee bruised. “It may not be generally known, but the apple industry la going to be a great factor in this state," said State Entomologist Worsham. "The moun tain region ef Georgia Is peculiarly adapted for the culture of this fruit, and thousand* of acres In young or chards are being set out. The ruling a, to vinegars by the agricultural depart ment will go far toward fostering the business and making It very profitable ices Gilbert Merridew ,o to tbe ’cunled by M, stepfather. Gilbert Purvis and rerrle, the min', tin- conscious Imdy to a room In the unused wing of the home. Olive ring, the bnrglnr alarm, fearing Merrlilew plans to end Pur vis' life. Darin, the excitement which ell- | sues aiming the servants, olive slips sway and remove, l'urvl,' body to li secret chant I her. The men aald the apparatus must have got out of order, but the women, with the housekeeper at heir head, eet It down to ghosts. It was an omen of evil. Some one was going to die; and at Olive's cautious .prompting more than one of them declared that they would sit up for the rest of the night. Merridew was like a madman when he heard of this, nnd sent them nil off to bed with the threat of dismissal for any one who refused to go. Olive knew his reason, and had so worked on the fears of the rest that without ex ception they all vowed they would rather leave the house than close an eyelid for the rest of the night. She knew that with the servants moving nervously about the house «s one fright after another scattered them Merridew would not dare to take the r|sk of going near Purvis; and every hour eho could keep him away would serve to render more probable the sug gestion that the latter had made his es- C T,th the servants In this mood of flat rebellion. Olive made another clever move. She started a rumor that all the commotion had been caused by the new master; and while Merrldew's back was turned for a moment some of them be gan knocking at his door and calling to him. Hearing this, Merridew cam, rushing uii In great alarm and drove them away. He stood with his back to the door and again ordered them all to bed. Olive could guess his reason for not daring to let them enter the room. He had carried Purvis out. rlad only in hla night shirt, and had not yet had time to return and make away with the man's clothes and arrange the room to look as If Purvis had really fled. His present action would be full of suspicion when the facts rams out; and she read In his agitated looks that he perceived this clsarly enough. She ■nw yet another move she could make later on. She was desperately eager to return to Purvis, but would not leave the rest of the servants; and she contrived matters so that Merridew should not have any chance of getting either to the bed room or to Purvis himself. Merridew was like a mad man In his fury at this apparently ac cidental espionage, and Olive worked on It cunningly. The corridor would be.cleared now and then for a minute or two; and In the belief that he could safely set about that which was essen tial for his safety, he would make a start. Then Olive would start some re port, and with one or two of the girls would go flying up to the landing; and the hubbub would break out all over again. In this way she wore him out until he felt the net closing round him. The entire failure of his scheme was grow ing Imminent, nnd the evidence against hint Increasing steadily, while he chafed and raved In his Impotent ef forts to prevent It. Once, for a few minutes. Olive stole away and rushed to Purvis, taking with her some milk and bread. He had re covered consciousness, but was faint and 111 from the terrible blow he had received. Hurriedly she explained what had occurred. He remembered awaking to find Merridew about to strike him and the slight struggle he had made, but | — , - nothing more until he had come toIcare for In life depends; even my right "When I Was Czar,” Etc., Etc. cause of all the disturbance of the pre. vlous night was an Inference patent to them all; and once again a very pan demonium of confusion was let loo»e "You eet of fools." roared Merridew. “To make this Infernal row because the man has got up and gone out for a walk. That’s all It means." "Bure he's kilt hlmsllf first thin." cried Olive. "For wid me own olye» I seen his ghost whin I littered houldlng up this;” and she picked up the weap on with which the blow had been struck and showed signs of renewing her hye- terlcal outbursts. The rest were too (cared to laugh nt the Irishism, but Merridew turned on her savagely. "You Irish Idiot, how could a man kill himself and go out? You're mad ot drtink with fright." "Sure I'll niver be able to clane this room by myself, at all. at all," she an swered with apparent Inconsequence and began to sweep the carpet as If not knowing what she waa doing In her panic. "Had we better send for the police, air?" asked one of the men. "Police? No, you Idiot," stormed Merridew. "Mr. Purvis has gone out without our seeing him, that's all. The room was locked when I tried to rouse him before. Go down stairs, you men: and Mrs. Cooper, If you want to keep your situation here. Juet eet these girls to work and restore some sort of or der." The men went away then, and Mrs. Cooper bustled one or two of tho maids out of the room, telling one of them to remain and help Olive. 1 "How did you get Into the room, girl?" Merridew asked Olive. "Sure, I Just opened the door. lor. thnt was all," she answered, trembling and hesitating. "And whin I seed the shtnte of It, 1 screamed out.” "Well, don't bo such a fool again!" he answered after a pause. He dared not ask whether It was locked, and Olive understood him. He stood a mo. ment staring hard at her, and then turned away nnd went iback to hla mother's room. Olive soon recovered from her hys terica, and with the other girl rapidly flnlahed her work In the room, taking care to place all Purvis'* clothes to gether, so that she could get them asay to'hlm. Sho aent her companion off In advance and then slipped away with the clothes to him. He waa sitting up when she entered and had juat finished the food she had brought him on her former visit early In the mornlnr. He was still In great pain and dazed and weak; but he wel comed her with a smile and waa pro fuse In his thanks for all she had dons for him. “You can more than repay me. Mr. Purvis, and as soon as you can speak freely I want you to answer me one or two question,. I can find your child for you, and will do ao, and she. I know, will Join me In asking you to tell me everything." He looked at her In astonishment. "I thought you were Irish,” he said. “I forgot," she aald, with a smile. "I am supposed to be.” “Supposed to be? Then who aro you and what are you doing In this home .'" “You must not speak above a whis per," she cautioned. "I ant going to tell you everything. I am Olive Parmenter, Gregory Parmenter’s daughter. Jlre. Merridew has robbed me of everything on the plea thnt ehe was married se cretly to my father before he married my mother. But you eay she Is your wife. Now, which marriage took place first? On that queatlon everything I Georgia has gained pre-emlnenre as a peach growing state, and I expect It to do so for the production of apples. With proper care and the right kind of apples there Is big money In It." On next Monday Professor Jere M. Pound trill arrive from Miliedgeville to assume the duties of stale school commissioner, altlio tils official tenbre does not begin until Wednesday, Jan uary 1. Professor 1’oun.l will succeed Hon. W. B. Merritt, who resigned several months ng6 to take up private lines of business. Immediately after the resignation of Profcrenr -Merritt. Gov ernor Pmlth named Professor Pound, who la one of the best known nnd most progressive educators in the state. Ills administration will give great satisfuc. tlon. It le believed, and will mark mate rial advancement In the schools of the state. himself. She assured him she could and would save him; and that her plan was to wait until she could get him some clothes and then smuggle him out of the house that evening. But If this was to be done, he must stay where he was and make no noise or disturbance of nny sort. Merridew must be led to believe that he had already got away. With this promise, which he gave readily, she rushed off to make her next move. It wps now the time when the ordinary work of the house commenced, and getting the housekeeper's pass keys .to the bed rooms, she'took ad vantage of Merrldew's absence and, broom and dustpah In hand, she went to Purvis’ room and threw the door wide open. Then with a loud scream and shouts for help, she rushed to the head of the main staircase and- fell down as If fainting. .Merridew ran out from his mother’s room, and the servants came rush-' Ing front all directions to learn the cause. ' What Is It now?" demanded Merrl- dew. angrily. "Sure. It's murther. It's murther. It's tnurther," cried Olive, shrieking and ‘screaming hysterically, and ludntlng toward Purvis' room. "Ol wlnt to clane the new- masthcr'a room and—oh oh, oh!? she screamed again. "The girl's mad! Bend her out of the house," cried Merridew. white to tho lip*. But It was too late to slay the serv ants. Borne of them ran to the room and saw the rendition of things for themselves. That this had been the to the name 1 bear. When did this woman become your wife?” He stared nt her as If scarcely un derstanding; then smiled. "You have saved my life nnd been a friend to my child. You shall know all I can tell you.” He paused again and passed his han-l across his forehead as If to collect hi" thoughts, and the suspense even of the few seconds was well-nigh unbearable. Olive had staked everything on the Is sue, and her heart was beating rapidly as she waited for the reply on which her whole happiness depended. Then he turned to reply. But Olive stopped him and put her finger to her lips in warning. Bhe had heard a movement In the room adjoin ing. ? Merridew had at length found his op portunity to visit hit Victim. CHAPTER L. Merridew Wins. Purvis understood Olive’s gesture, and together they listened In dead si lence. The secret door between the rooms enabled them to hear distinctly all that passed. Olive was sure H could be no os' but Merridew; for no one else could have ahy reason for going to. the pi* 1 '?- He stood a second or two. then crowed the'room to the window, muttering '• himself In astonishment. They heat? him close the window and reopen v He stood by II a time, and then soltj closing It again, remained absolute > still for so long that Olive began to think he must have left the room. (Continued in Monday’s Georgian-!