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ing Itn own gnn nnd electric Unlit
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Bird bar.. Bnt w. <lo not tiellere thl.
i.f It. far* In tbnt direction NOW.
Florida can now boast the "boy
senator.”
Kindly ring the bell on the “tle-
wlfis-gsre-Joke."
We waft our distinguished consid
eration to Raleigh.
At least one kind of "mash” won’t
go In Georgia next year.
Tom Lawson’s party will probably
be a copper-riveted atfalr.
Alexandria, Virginia, has a Pall
bearers’ nnlon. That Is the town
for It.
Chicago Is to bare a now 24-story
hotel, whero cost—to the guest—will
not be considered.
Howling Wolf, an Indian, wants to
run for congress. There are plenty
of that kind In congress already.
To show Its faith In the continued
prosperity of the country. Pelham
will have a Merry administration
Trembling diamonds are the latest
fad. Most of us do the trembling
when hearing the dealer price them.
Uncle Sam Is going to double the
price of water at Hot Springs. If It
Is drinking water, vlsltora won’t
suffer any.
“You should have been arrested for
egg beating," aaya The Savannah
Press. Some of the eggs here were
strang enough to offer realitancc.
If the Domoerata would nominate
J. Ham Lewis and the Republicans
Governor Hughes, It would be
whisker finish, all right
A Pittsburg pastor refused the
Christmas offering of five $20 gold-
pieces from his congregation, bo-
causo they did not have the motto on
them.
Some men who think themaelvea
leaders In the community don’t figure
that the rest of the community
thinks the leadership Is a crawfish
movement.
Thieves are said to havo atolen
one-story frame houae at Gary, In
diana. They have mighty bold yegga
up there or elan the biggest liar In
the country.
8omebody says a family of aeven
can live comfortably on $95$ a year.
Some families would like for the man
to come forward now and tell how to
get the $953.
A judge baa ruled that an actor’s or
actress' ability can not be made
subject to debt. If he'd ruled other
wise some creditors surely would
have been stung.
A Pennsylvania seer predicts all
sorts of awful things for 1908. He
navi the earth will dry up, which In
dicates that he Is watching the pro
hibition movement pretty closely.
With a strike for courteous treat
ment on In Philadelphia and a strike
against high rents In New York, an
Insurrection among husbands who
have to wash the dishes may be ex
pected.
It Henry Sydnor Harrison got a
picture of one of those "red-headed
and dimpled widows of Heavenly
Houston," references to the "wrinkled
and red-bearded widows of Howling
Houston” will vanish from the col
umns of The Richmond Timea-Ols-
THE GRADY HOSPITAL WRANGLE.
The Georgian could wish that nothing deeper or more serious than
the question of the propriety or Impropriety of “bedside Instruction" of
medical students were Involved In the controversy now raging with In
creasing acrimony about Grady Hospital. The settlement of that ques
tion, Interesting and Important tho It be, should prove an easy mat
ter with the aggravating causes removed. In the agitation of the mat
ter prior to the decision of the board of trustees of the hospital on Tues
day night, the estimable gentlemen taking part appear to be overlooking
one of the simplest principles of their profession, which, expressed In
the language of the layman, Is that to remove an Irritation, the provok
ing cause and surrounding conditions must be accurately determined and
properly met. in other words, there Is wanting a frank diagnosla of tho
case In hand.
For Its part, The Georgian regard* aa extremely unfortunate thq re
curring. wrangles over Grady Hospital. So splendid an institution de
serves better at the Ijands of any and all of the citizens of Atlanta, but
especially so at the hands of the physicians of this city, upon whom Its
success and welfare so largely rest. We are convinced, however, that
this will not be until the real trouble Is candidly admitted and proper
steps taken to rectify It.
With this end In view, and without the slightest Intention or desire
to take sides in the present controversy or to criticise those Involved,
The Georgian voices a conviction, which It believe* Is shared generally
by the public, that the present differences among physicians with regard
to the administration of affairs at tho hospital-aro due to an Intenso
commercial rivalry and conflict of misdirected professional pride oa the
part of the moving spirits In the two leading medical colleges of At
lanta. This said, we do not propose to go further Into this phase of
the situation except to suggest that the gentlemen consider the cause of
their differences frankly and unselflahly and, In the Interest of the pub
lic and h.'m-nlty to which they are devoting tholr thought, their skill,
their lives, gat together upon an amicable basis for sharing whatever
advantages the people's hospital offers In the work of their medical
schools. They are far too wise and good not to appreciate the neces
sity for some such course nf action.
Aa for the wisdom or unwisdom of permitting students from tho
colleges to visit the wards of the hospital to recelvo "bedside Instruc
tion*," It must he admitted that thla la a practice possessing great ben
efits for tho students, which muat In the end accrue to humanity at
largo. Any layman can appreciate this. One studies astronomy not
from glided pasteboard stars fixed In a sky of canvas, but from the
broad firmament of heaven Itself. Botany may be learned from the
printed page and from pressed leaf and flower, but not «o well as In the
field and forest. The student of the law has his moot court and la given
access to the tribunals of the land In which to listen and learn. Schools
of technology everywhere bear testimony to the time-honored adage that
practice makes perfect. So the student of medicine can best prepare
himself for tho grave responsibility which he shall nssumo toward hu
manity from contact with the sick and Injured and from eye-witness of
the conditions which are the outward manifestations of disease and the
ministration* necessary to relieve their sufferings and succor nature In •
their restoration to health. In no other way can those advantages be
given to the students so thoroughly os in public hospitals. For the rest.
It should be unnecessary to remind those dally engaged In soothing
the suffering that the approach to the sick-bed Involve* every delicate
consideration of tho patient. Thla should he info-guarded to the wards
of the public hospitals by the officials Immediately In charge and an
swerable to tho people for tho proper care and attention to Its sick and
Injured. A physician should bo the last person In the world unmindful
of such things—the slowest to transgress the well understood amenities
of the sick-bed.
And so It should be a simple thing to regulato the visits of the stu
dents to hospital wnrds. In no case should thoy be permitted entrance
In large numbers and never where there Is the slightest objection on the
part of the patient growing out of a sense of delicacy, a shrinking from
strangers or Irritation from overwrought nerves.
Such restrictions as these or any others that should bo observed,
Tho Georgian bclloves the board of trustees, through the officials In
charge, can be' relied upon to enforce and to meet promptly and effect
ively the slightest abuse of the privilege of visiting the wards, no matter
by whom nor under whose supervision.
In this view of the case. The Georgian believes It to be the part of
wisdom for the trustees to continue tho practloe and to establish It upon
a basis that will permit Its most successful operation for all concerned,
with this Imperative qualification: N
That each and all medical colleges be put upon a parity In the en
joyment of the privilege so that no Injustice may be dono to any one of
them.
AN ECHO OF A GEORGIAN INCIDENT.
ON THE EVE OF PROHIBITION.
At the midnight hour of Tuesday, which brings to a close the year
of 1907 and uiheri In the now year of 1908, prohibition becomes effective
In Georgia. In the recently enacted prohibition law there appear no
loopholes of escape from the strict enforcement of tho provisions of
the bill.
Public sentiment, no matter how at variance during the exciting
campaign preceding the passing of the prohibition measure by the Geor
gia legislature, la now in thorough accord regarding the absolute neces
sity for an honest and exacting execution of the law. Men whose busi
ness It Is to sell liquor, wholelale or retail, have, with few exceptions,
yielded In a manly fashion to the inevitable, and, like law-abiding cltl-
tens, ore preparing to do their part In carrying out thu tetter and the
spirit of the statute. Men who bitterly opposed prohibition when a pub
lic Issue are now prepared to use their Influence conscientiously In mak
ing tho taw effeettvo In all the walks of life.
Private cltlxena and state and municipal officials all acem actuated
by q desire and a determination' to assist In the enforcement of prohi
bition aa applying tor the business and social life of the state. Tho
action of many of the prominent social organisations In the large cities
of Georgia ii peculiarly significant and encouraging and beapeaks a law-
respecting sentiment worthy of emulation.
Local option In a large proportion of the counties of the state
has been effective for to long a period that prohibition can not be said
to be an experiment In many sections of Georgia. But as a state law
prohibition will be a novel experience, the result of which will be eager
ly watched In other portions of the republic. There will be not the
slightest toleration either by the properly constituted authorities or by
*n alert and sensitive public sentiment of the smallest Infringement of
the statutory law.
Georgia Intends to make no failure In this prohibition matter. She
is ready for the supreme test of the law and proposes to furnish such
an example of deference and respect for the minutest provision of the
bill that ahe will provide an unanswerable argument for the value of
prohibition In the great national antt-llquor struggle which Inevitably
will wage In every part of the country In the near future. Simulta
neously with the enforcement of prohibition In Georgia will the same
law become effective In certain parts of Alabama. Aa a statutory meas
ure prohibition will not go Into effect until. 1909 In Alabama, but sev
eral Important counties of that state will adopt the most stringent pro
hibitive enactments with the advent of the new year.
Georgia will be oa trial during the coming year aa an example and
exponent of ( lhe best legal settlement of the prohibition problem, and
there la every reason to believe that as a state and aa a people there
will be nothing to bring a shade of reproach or a suggestion of failure
in the final teat An honest, law-rekpeetlng public opinion presents an
Impenetrable bulwark In defense of prohibition as a statutory law. •
The law-abiding sentiment of the people of the state, regardless of
earlier differences of opinion, will make the enforcement of prohibition
In every phase and detail of the tremendons problem absolute end Im
perative.
There will be neither deilre nor effort to circumvent the law. The
loyalty and aelf-reapect of all classes of Georgians are pledged to a sup
port and Indorsement of ^prohibition. There will be no appeal from this
teqt of the geed faith of a noble people. Georgia will prove to the
country at large that prohibition can be readily and successfully en
forced because her citizens are to be depended upon as a law-abiding,
law-respecting people, loyal to principle and sensitive to any reflection
upon the good name of the commonwealth.
The cause of prohibition In the South Is enlisting dollar-
soldlerR as well as moral enthusiasts. Real estate dealers In At
lanta recently, who were lined up against prohibition, adver
tised that a reputable and well-established Insurance company of
Connecticut was withdrawing Its Investments from Atlanta and
the state In anticipation of the enforcement of the antl-Ilquor
law. An Atlanta editor who Investigated received a reply which
made plain the attitude the average dollar-hunter takes of eco
nomic effect*. The president of the Insurance company wrote:
"The enactment of that statute has no Influence whatever
upon the Investment policy of the company. ... I trust the
prohibition cf the liquor traffic will be helpful In the solution of
the race problem. I know of no one connected with the com
pany who questions tho wisdom of that measure.”
The argument that prohibition Is bad for business never had
any real support In the South and Is worse than useless now.
—Collier's Weekly.
This editorial In Collier’s refers to the prompt steps taken by the
editor and publisher of The Georgian last summer to refute a statement
that was being Improperly used by opponents of prohibition to the ef
fect that the Travelers’ Insurance Company was withdrawing and cut
ting down Its loans In Georgia. Tho reply of the president of the Trav
elers’ was published In The Georgian at the time. The letter dealt with
the matter at length, denying the rumor In toto and pointing out that,
on the contrary, the Travelers’ loans In Atlanta and Georgia had reached
figures very flattering to th(* city and state. In fact, It was shown
that tho company's loans in Atlanta were larger than those In any other
city of Its size and that they had even exceeded the allotment made
among the cities of the South.
The letter closed with the language quoted In the editorial In
Collier’s, to which the editor of that journal gives approval. It has
never been—It will never be—true that prohibition Is had for. business
In the Soutn or anywhere else on the habitable globe.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tli* Georgian here records ench dny
iome economic foci In reference to
the onwnrd progreo* of the Mouth.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
•jrq: During 1907 the induitrlnl development of
-—.—— — more of untoward condition* calculated to re
tard and dlacourage Investments In Induatrlal enterprise.*, perhapa. than baa there
tofore Minted alnce the reconstruction era, and yet tho record shows an advance
over all other* In !t« history. There hao l>e*n more or lent of political agitation
and legislation aimed at rorporatlona and rail rondo In practically oil of the Southern
itntes, that canted the suspension of a great deal of railway constrnctlon work
which would have distributed hundreds of millions of dollars In addition to what
Aim men tno nosing quarter was subjected to a panic that tied up finances and
caused such apprehension in Industrial circles ns would naturally bo expected to
create ft lessening of Investments In that field, and yet even that quarter showed a
slight gain over the corresponding quarter of Inst year In the establishing of new
Industries In the South.
It will thus lie seen that neither politics nor panics could stop the Industrial
ffrowth A the .South during the year 1907, ns the total nnmlier of new Industries
established during thnt period ns reported to The Tradesman was 6.483, as against
Mil for the year 1906. which up to thnt time wn« the banner year In the South’s
history In the establishing of new Industries. •
The character of th«mj industries embraces all lines of manufacturing enter
prises In which wood Working plants predominate, but showing the widest possible
diversification.
Alabama
Arkansas^.
Florida ...
Georgia
Kentucky
laoulalans
Mississippi
North Carolina j
Oklahoma ....
Month Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Total
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Elbert Hubbard once said:
"I have been a wage-esrner, foreman and employer. I have
had a thousand men on my pay-roll at a time, and I’ll ran you
this: The man with the Savings Bank Habit Is the one who
never gets laid off; he’s the one who can get along with
out you. but you cannot get along without him. The Savings
Bank Habit means sound sleep, good digestion, cool Judg.
ment and manly Independence. Tho most healthful thing I
know of Is a Savings Bank Book—there are no microbes In
It to steal away your peace of mind. It Is a guarantee of
good behavior."
The Savings Department of this hank affords every faefli-
ty to those who wish to acquire the Savings Bank Habit, and
pays Four Per Cent Interest. Small accounts as well as large
ones invited.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
| THE PARMENTER MILLIONS
\ ... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. .
, (Copyright, 1907, by Arthur W. Marchmonb)
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ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT.
By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT,
Author f I “By Right of Sword," “Whin I W«« Czar," Eto., Eto.
ARE YOU THE MAN?
There’, s kc&ry «ort of feller goin' round the country thru
A-talkin' of the future In a way to make you blue;
A-predlctln’ woe. and panics and all kind, of dreadful shocks.
And s-blamln' folk. In Wall-st. and condemnin' desle In stocks;
Bayin' our financial system I. a structure full of faults,
And a-callln' In hi. money and a-lockln' It In vault.,
And with wish to bring him forward and convert him If we can
We are eeekln’ Information—
Say, are you the man?
Shucks! Don’t let a Jlttle flurry from the clouda a-pan.ln' by
Make you think the storm has covered all the broad financial sky;
You would nee the nun ntlll shinin' If you'd junt poke out your head;
Stop accountin' up your lonten: count your blessln's up lnntead:
Troublo flndn the man who falters sooner than the man who fights;
Quit your talk of cornin’ panics; help at nettln’ things to rights,
Lot a little cheerful confidence, not grumblin’, be your plan
Now. to save the situation—
Say, are you the man?
PEOPLE AND THINGS
dOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
Rev. W. J. Carpenter, of Tampa,
Fla., after a short visit to L. B. Sul-
llvsn and family, of 510 South Pryor-
*t„ returned to his home Saturday
morning.
J. L. Edwards, chief clerk of Vice
President J. M. Culp, of the Southern
Railway In Washington. Is In Atlan
ta spending the holidays and mingling
with his friends. Mr. Edwards before
going to Washington was In Atlanta
in J. 8. D. Thompson's office, and Is
well known here.
Psteenger officials of the Southern
and Seaboard roads are sending out to
every railroad station In the state on
the lines of the two system posters ad
vertising Uncle Sam's need for more
men In the army. These posters will be
placed In every railroad station In the
state, and it Is believed by the recruit
ing officers that considerable Impetus
will be given the recruiting business.
Handsome desk calendars for 1908
are'now being distributed by Assistant
General Passenger Agent Jim Puller,
of the Seaboard, to friends and patrons
of the road, T)he calendars are on em
bossed leather, with a small map of the
■ystetn on one side and the months on
the other. *
The 18-months-old deughter of Dr. J. A.
: GEORGIAN ECHOES.
John Reese, of The Georgian, has
shown the white feather, and refuses
to engage us In the onion eating Con
test In order to qualify for refereeing
the contest between the editors of the
Rome Tribune and the Romo Herald.
Hie excuse Is that all parties con
cerned are old bachelors but himself
and he can not afford to associate with
them. Tame, very tame. Indeed.—Del-
ton Cltlxen.
The Atlanta Georgian paragrapher
ha* adopted labor-saving methods. He
spells ’em tho and thru. Some men
were born laxy, while others picked up
the germs later on In life.—Jackson
ville Tlmes-Unlon.
The Atlanta Georgian "throws off"
on "paragraphic punches” directed to-
ward Atlanta. Oh. well. The Georgian
will be glad to get sight of any old
kind of punch pretty toon.—Rome
Tribune.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
nl with far n nnnihor of years ss nn ad
vance uisn. "One cf the sslorat of Mr.
■tingling wss thnt there srts nothing n mas
could uot do. lie rtnio pretty near living
tip in It. too, for 1 sever ssw him tackle s
Ifalsf which be did not push tn n euccesa
This wss one of the chnrtcierlitlcs which
nude him one of the most successful ran-
vos show owners In the world. This never-
•ny-dle spirit nf hit wss the range of s
good Joke on him one day. ■ lie had l>eeq
talking to one of the men olxittt doing
things, no nutter whst these things were,
ami doing them successfully. Mr. Itlugllng
•aid; -I never saw a thing yet a man eoold
not do • and the young man he wss talking
lo said, qulek at n Hash: -How about a
man ratting his own bnlrV "
r».
!. f Uy T ft
r'nfn, the knurl ... .Hu .in-
sent hark to Atlauta aa evidence of their
marksmanship.
After a aerlnna and erltteal Illness, Cap
tain Lucius J. Harris, one nf the lies!
mown passenger conductors In the Konth.
s recovering rnpMlyjlt Us home. 15 Wal
M;
Army Orders.
Washington, - Dee. W.-Major Delamtrt
Skrrrlti, roast artillery corps, detailed In
pay department, temporary duty, New York
city.
Realgnetlon of Second Lieutenant Chester
H. Touchelm, Twelfth Infantry, accepted.
Captain Edward A. Kroger, acting Judge ad
rocate, front Denver to Fort Icavrnwortb.
thence to Ilnvana, for assignment to duty
with provisions! government of Cul*.
lieutenant Colonel Holiert K. Kvass and
Major Eben Bwlft, general staff, designated
directors army war college, espials George
G. Halley, quartermaster, to Jeffersonville
for oxaiulBMtlon for promotion.
Major William A. Mercer, Eleventh cnval-
,ry. from Indian Industrial School, Carlisle,
February 1. to hit regiment. Captain In A.
Rhlmer, assistant snrgson, to army medleal
museum, Washington, examination for pro-
motion. First Lieutenant Lcartus J. Owen,
assistant surgeon, to Colnmbne harraeks.
Navy Orders.
Captain O. II. Ransom, Commanders W
->. Fletcher and J. F. Lnby. onunltal'ned
Natal Constructor W. C. DuBose. detached
nnrnl (tstlon, Cavite, February Ii. to tem
porary duty bureau of couatrnctlon anil re-
palr. Naval Constructor L Bankson. ds-
larked navy yard, la-ague Island, lo doty
head department of construction and rs-
pslr, naval stations, Olongapo.
Movements of Vessel.
S.UI.KIt-Drcember N. Yankton and Pan-
ther from Trinidad fur Rio dc Janeiro. !*a.
dneah and Dtilmoae from Ilaraua for Ncrr
... —. Orleans, lies Moines. Scorpion. Prairie Tn-
srst. Captain Harris had charge of tbs coma. Imhuqne. l-ailucah and Marietta dc-
Irst through train to run over the Macon tacked Atlantic Beet tad assigned to sue-
ud Umsawlek llse In the early seventies, del service. * 19 ,p *
Synopsis of Previous Installment.
Olivo takes food and clothes to Purvis,
who Is hidden In n secret room. He seems
deeply touched by the girl's loyalty, nnd
dfolnrei he will tell all ho knows about
Mrs. Merrldew's marriage. Gilbert Merrl-
dew thinks Parris has escaped from the
house.
Purvis shared the thought and was
going to apeak, when Olive stopped
him. This silence lasted so long that
Purvis began to grow Impatient; and
Olive gestured to him eagerly not to
make a sound.
She guessed that Merrldew doubted
the possibility of his victim having
had the strength to escape, and was
listening In the belief that he had found
some hiding placa In which he had
crawled.
Merrldew moved at last and crossed
to the door, which was gently shut.
But even then Olive would not let Pur
vis speak. If her guess was right, this
might bo no more than a ruse to give
the man In hiding assurance that the
room was again empty. Bending down,
she whispered this thought In Purvis'
car. He nodded nnd the trial of pa
tience was resumed.
For a time that seemed hours the al
ienee lasted, and.at length Merridew
moved. He opened tho door and again
went out. They had beaten him.
But tho delay was serious. It was
now tho servants' dinner hour, nnd
Olive dored not stay longer for fear
.that she would be missed and Inquiries
mode for-her. That might be fatal at
a momont when matters were so criti
cal. With a promise to Purvis to re-
turn at the earliest chance, she left
him nnd hurried to the servants’ hall.
Every .one was talking about the
strange events In the house and the
missing man. A hundred theories were
started to account for his disappear
ance. nnd Dawlelgh, who had appa
rently become reconciled with his mas
ter during tbelr absence from the Ma
nor, threw out the suggestion that he
had run away In fear of Merrldow.
Some of the rest scouted the Idea and
referred to the state of the bed room
when they had entered It that morning.
"You can say what you like about
that, but I tell you the man has bolt
ed," Insisted Dawlelgh; "and I can tell
you something more—he has taken his
clothes with him. He must Iiavo been
hiding when all that fuss and tomfool
try wo* going on—no one ever thought
to look In the cupboards, you know—
and when the coast was clear he came
out, got his clothes and did a scoot,
went up to have a look around and the
clothes aro gone, right enough."
In the general exclamation of sur
prise at this, Olive met Dawlelgh's eyes
fixed upon her. Did he suspect any
thing?
The girt who had cleaned the room
with her replied to this that they had
left the things In the room and called
on Olive to bear her out.
"That’s Just what I mean. Who tho
dickens would take thum except-him-
self? You bet he's bolted!” cried Daw.
lelgh, dogmatically.
The valet's manner made Olive un
easy; and after dinner she resolved t>
satisfy herself as to whether he sus
pected her. Merrldew hid evldently
uaed him to start the story of Purvis’
flight; they would know that she had
been tbe first to enter the room, find
ing means to unlock the door which
Merrldew had 'carefully locked; und.
further, that she and the other girl
had been tho last to see the man’s
cldthes.
Each thing was In Itself Insignificant
but all three together were sufficient to
start suspicion. She must be doubly
on Iter guard, and must get Purvis out
of the house an noon an possible.
Since the Interview In which Olivo
had refused to marry the valet and had
called him a blackmailer, he had avoid
ed her: but thin afternoon he ihowed
desire to reopen negotiations. He
followed her about persistently; and
she read this to mean that he had In
structions to watch her and chose this
aa the least difficult course.
What Is It ye're nfther, Mr. Daw
lelgh, hinderin' a.body In her work?"
she asked when ehe found herself un
able to shake him off.
I want you to take back what you
sold the other ovcnlng. Mollis."
'Arrah, an' why should I be doin'
that same?" •' ->
I may have good reasons," he said,
knowingly.
"Ye may have slnse In your head;
ehe laughed, intending to annoy him.
"Me an' the others belave there's room
for It."
"There may be something else In It,
too," he retorted, sharply. "You are
not the only one in tbe hapse that's
clever. And people may be too clev
er."
"That's not-your dls'aae, by the some
token.”
"1 can put two and two-together, all
the same. And I can guess who raised
all the row last night."
“Bad cess to 'em, whoever It was.”
"Careful what you wish them, for It
was yourself. Motile, 1 »aw you run
an' two, ye bullyln' thafo o’ the world" *
«h„ "ehe-t indlgnnntly, and turned
w Ha jiniiacii, •nwiiif. t Btvw you run
upstairs just at the time. You’d better
take back that decision of yours. I
don’t wont to get anybody Into trou
ble; but I'm not the sort of man to fool
with."
Olive laughed lightly. "An’ what
would ye be afther doin' wtd that
loler’
"And I saw who was setting every
body by the ear* and scaring the wits
out of ’em afterward. And then It was
you who went Into Mr. Purvis' room
first this morning—though the door was
locked. And you were the last to bp
there before his clothe* were missing.
Now. don't you think It'll pay you to
keep friends with me? Stroke me the
right way and I'm as easy as a kid
glors; but rub me backward, and I can
be devilish nasty.”
“Ah, now; ye wouldn’t tell on a poor
girl, Mr. Dawlelgh, would ye?"
"Not If you tell me alt about It."
She looked up and answered very
solemnly. "Well, thin, sure. I murdhered
the glntleman myallf an' thin I tuk
away Ms clothes to mike It appear
he’d run away.'
- He ..?,T? re viciously; and Olive laugh-
ert "Did ye git that far wld your two
ifO, ye bullvln* thnfA «•
she asked
away
"Don’t you think to get out of It
In that way,” he said angrily.
"If ye follow me about unny mare 111
K0 .. to .^ h "’“‘her an' toll him what ye
said the other evenin'. An’ now be off
wld ye. an' don't worry me agin wld
thlm squintin’ eyes an’ ugly ferret face
o’your own."
And with this exceedingly blunt dec*
laratlon of war she left him. But he
persisted In keeping a watch on her
and turned up ever now and then In
unexpected corners. He thus mode It
impossible for her to get back to Pur.
vie until the evening, when he was sent
for by his master.
She was with the housekeeper when
she heard the message delivered to
Dawlelgh and made up her mind to use
the opportunity at once to release Pur
vis. If the valet had really seen her
raise the alarm on the previous night
and told this to Merrldew, she would
either be at once sent away from the
Manor or eo close a watch would be set
on her that ahe would be unable to get
to Purvis.
Tho housekeeper detained her for a
minute or two, and the Instant sh* got
away she ran to the back staircase, Tn.
tending to rush up to her room and go
down by tho secret stairway to tht
prisoner. But It occurred to her that
If she was being watched some one
wouRl be sure to be on the lookout near
her room. She was afraid of the valet's
sinister spying eyes.
She decided that It would be better
to face the possibility of dismissal. If
they packed her off, she would tele
graph to Mr. Casement and return with
him and the police, and effect Purvis’
rescue In that way.
She retraced her steps, therefore, lot.
tered In the servants' lmll, laughing and
chatting with the other malde, while
she waited to learn the result of the
valet’s Interview with Merrldew,
He came back grumbling and cursing
his luck. His master was going awsy
In a hurry, and a carriage to take hltn
to the station w-as to be ready In time
to catch tho London express.
Ho paid no attention to Olive; and
when she sauntered out casually he
made no attempt to follow her. Un
able to tell whether this was no mors
than is ruse to catch her off her guard,
she loitered about to give him time to
show his hand. He did not come after
her, and she went on Into the hall.
Just as she reached It, Merrldew
crossed hurriedly from the dining room
to the library; and the coast being
aawa jr • MiU 111* LUWl IIUIII*
thus clear, Olive went back to the
servants' quarters nnd then up to the
fleet floor by the back stairs. Sh#
remained some time nt the head of the
well, and heard Merrldew ring the bell
and tell the servant who answered It to
send Dawlelgh to him at once.
It seemed plain that the valet had
said nothing to his master about her;
and accordingly she hurried to the
room In tho disused wing to which
Merrldew had taken Purvis on the pre.
vloun night.
She was somewhat surprised to find
the door unlocked and the key gone;
but It was of no Importance, ond she
ran thru and quickly entered the Inner
chamber by the secret entrance, care
fully shutting It behind her.
Purvis was unfelgnedly thankful to
see her once more. "I was almost be
ginning to fear you had deserted me,"
he said. He had now so far recovered
ns to have dressed himself end tvas
walking up and down the room resllese
and very III at ease.
"I could not get to you before." she
declared: and explained what had kept
her, and added that they had better
leave the house at once.
But he had another plan. "No," he
said. "I'll keep my word to you and
tell the whole truth; but I will tell It
In the presence of the others.”
"What Is tho truth?" she asked. T
am on Are with Impatience to hear It."
"That woman Is my wife." he said
slowly; as his face set and he clenched
his teeth. "But let us go to them. I'll
ehow him up In their own house and
before every one In it."
"Will you?” broke In a voice, and
they turned to find Merrldew had en
tered by the secret door. Before Pur
vis could utter another syllable he was
•tunned by a heavy blow from the
same weapon which had felled him on
the previous night.
Olive screamed ahd tried to-escape,
but Merrldew aelied her and clapping
his hand to her month stopped her
cries.
In the struggle the wig she wore fell
off, and then he recognised her.
*1 might have known It was your do
ing,” he cried, his eyes flaming with
rage. "You will not escape me again,
•ou she devil, to come spying here,
s'ow we know what (tog been going on
and have the key to the mystery of
that chanced paper. It wss your do
ing, of course," and In hie frenay he
shook her viciously.
He turned and nodded to Purvis.
You got him Into It ns well. Tell the
truth, will he? Not In this world, by
heaven! The truth! I'll tell the truth.
If you'rt* so eager to know It. And
the truth Is that Instead of either of
you ever having a chance of tellln*
anything, you'll neither of you utter an
other word, truth or lies, after this.
Carried away by his fury he shook
her again more savagely than hetoro
and thrust Iter from him with great
violence. . .
Dlxxy and faint from hi* violent*
Olive reeled and fell huddled up
the opposite wall, aud cowered there,
trembling nnd breathing a lost swlf*
prayer to heaven. She read murder m
his eyes nnd knew that her lost hour
bad come. . _
8he had fallen by chance on the
weapon with which he had struck Pur
vis. and as soon as he saw . that he
dragged Iter away brutally, seised It.
and ns she raised hor hands In sup
plication he struck her down.
Continued in Tomorrow's Georaise-