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THE ATJjAJNTA HEUKtilAM AMI) NEWS. m ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) ' Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY It 25 West Alabama St.. Atlanta. Os. Subscription Rates: Ons Tear f 4 » Klx Months J M Three Months *•*} One Month « tly Carrier. Ter Week ^-1® Telephones conn*rGwr all depart* meats. Long distance terminals. Smith .V Thompson, adrertlslnc rep- fesentatlres for nil territory outside of Cbtain>* Office .... Tribune Bulldlnc. Sew York Office .... Briwsirlrk Bldg. If you hare any trouble setting THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone the circulation department and have it promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell 4927main: Atlanta 4401. Anbacribers desiring TI1E OEOB- GIAN AND NEWS discontinued must notify this office on the date of explrq. Una: otherwise. It will be continued at the regular subscription rates until notice to stop Is received. I;t ordering a change of address, plense give the old ns well ns the tie%r address. UKuitUMti nAi' o iiiniiei ro KB word. Id length. It I. Imperntlve that they be ttloH, n. an .eTidsnre nf pooil f.tih. Rejected innniineflpls will TUB OEOROIAN AND NEWS print. .. anclr.n or objectlonntile ndvertls- lug. Neither don It print whl.kj or •ny liquor nil.. NEWS Btnn>li for Atlanta's own ing Itn own gnn nnd electric Unlit plant., an It now nwnn Itn wnt.r works. Otb.r cities do thl. nnd not R s tn low an M rcnln. trltb n proflt lb. ettv, Thin sbnnld.be don. nt one. THE OEOROIAN AND NEWS believes tbnt If street rsllwnrs nn Im oii.nn.cl successfully by European cRIes. ns they nr., th.rp It no good mun why they cun not lie to oper- 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 13! ..1.3S3 :: 1 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) buMMHMHH«8MHIHM«H«MHMM«$»$l«t$$iMU$$$$WMl$l$«$$$$$MMtlWIMtM$«WH$IH$tWHMJ 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-