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lilE AT-LaVI'A (jlEOKlilAN. DOUBLOONS A THRILLING NOVEL OF MYSTERY, TRAGEDY AND A STOLEN FORTUNE By EDEN PHILLPOTTS AND ARNOLD BENNETT (Copyright, 1906, by Eden Pblllpotta nod Arnold Bennett.) Synopsis cf Previous Chapters. Philip Masters, n gentleman In distress, la ■liering s night wntchtnnii on Klngswny. ondon, when no sees a figure crawl out at London, a house and stop In a trench. The neat morning the murdered body of Captain I'M- leifen, a retired sea captain. Is found In tho trench. The house la called the Corner CHAPTER V— (CONTINUED). And Cheap One-way Rates -TO- CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST Round trip 8umtner Excursions from all points East to Pacific Coast and Northwest until September 15th, with ipecial stopover privileges, good returning to October 31st, 1908. CHEAP COLONIST ONE-WAY TICKET8 TO CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST FROM AUGU8T 27th TO OCTOBER 31«t. Use the splendid through service of the SOUTHERN PACIFIC from New Orleans, or UNION PACIFIC from 8t. Louie or Chicago to destination with 8teamshlp Lines to Japan, China, etc. Round trip tickets account Baptist Convention, San Francisco and Los Angeles, on sale from t. 2d to 14th, final limit October 31st. Sept. WRITE ME FOR RATES AND INFORMATION, J. P. VAN RENSSELAER, General Agt., 124 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. R. 0. BEAN, T. P. A. GA. FARMERS ARE ALARMED OVER COTTON BOLL WEEVIL Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 3.—The farmers of this county are conalderabl}' alarm ed over the appearance In a number of fields here of a cotton pest similar to the Mexican boll weevil, and, In fact, lome well Informed farmers are sat- lefled that It Is the Mexican weevil. T. E. Goodwin, north of the city, brought a (talk of cotton to town Saturday on which nearly every boll and square had been blighted by the peat. An examination disclosed that without ex ception every dead boll had been bored Into by a worm or weevil of some kind, and several of the larger bolls were full of a small black weevil. The In grain weevil and looks very much like It. The cotton bolls are attacked at any stage of their growth, most of them being killed before or Just after the bloom has fallen off. The more mature bolls remain green for some time after being punctured, but are soon tilled with weevils which feed on the con tents and In a short while die. In one Held of cotton which Mr. Goodwin expected to make six bales he Is now satisfied he will not mako more than a bale, owing to the ravages of the weevil. Neighbors of his are suffering In a like manner. Some of the weevils will be sent to the state entomologist for Identifica tion, and his advice asked as to the ■ect Is about the slue of the ordinary best method to fight the pest. NEW UNION STATION AT MERIDIAN OPEN fpeelid to The Georgian. Meridian, Miss., Sept. 1.—The new “nlnn passenger station was officially proclaimed opened Friday. The cere- montrs incident to the occupancy of the 1280,000 atructure were partici pated In by fully 12,000 people, and lasted until near midnight. Prominent representatives from different parts of me state and railroad officials from .Mobile nnd New Orleans were also resent. SCHOOL BOOKS and all supplies at JOHN M. MILLER CO.’S, 39 MARIETTA ST. SECRETART TO COME The neit secretary of tie city waterworks will l*e selected from among the employees of the department. From four to flve of the employees In the rare for the posttlon—all of whom have served the department long nnd faithfully— It la the Intension of the eotmnlsKlonera to caused by the death The water board holds Its next aoMalon Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock, but It (a the belief that no definite action will In* taken until tho following meeting, 8eptem bar 19. QRAY8VILLE MAN 18 BOUND TO COURT Special to The Goorglnn. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. S.—M. V. Davis, of Oraysvllle, Qa., has been bound to the crlmnal court. It was charged that, although Davis has wife and six children, he ran away with Miss Grace Norman, of Oraysvllle, and that she died In this city. UP IN THE OZONE 1 In the Land of the Sky” KENILWORTH INN Situated in a Private Park of 150 Acres, Biltmorc, Near Ashe ville, N. C., 2,500 Feet Above the Sea Level. —*SJU*T THE PLACE TO SPEND THE SUMMESH*—• V _f,«e?Enl*rd as the lending hotel In the mountains of Western Cerotlaa. No scenery Tn the world will romper, with the view from thl. hotel. Mount Mitchell end fiscal) In /nil flew. Adjoins !Rg °"rlooks the Btltmore estate. Cool, livlgonttnf climate, mar riS c ** ,, 7 fhrnliked. cul.ln. oaturpaeted. Pore water. All vegetables Iff? _°V private garden gathered fresh every teornlr- *°'L Pool, billiards, taunt., livery, beautiful rlaei Orchestra. "■j,pe«. mutants, tennis, Itvenr, beautiful rides end"dUlrea. loeeh meets all trains at Blttaaore ntatton. Consumptives net sc- ffnmodsted under any clrcnm.tr Glraldo. The coroner finished writing, anfl rs- aumed hla stare at the portrait of the Prince of Walea. Mr. Adrian Hllgay, who followed the doctor, waa the first of the witnesses who wept. The respectability of the Corner House had been shaken to !ta very basis by the murder. The coro ner eyed him sharply. “Your lodging house Is a philan thropic undertaking, Mr. Hllgay?' he asked, after the preliminary questions. "My boarding house”— "You need not trouble to correct my phraseology." Interrupted the coroner. "I said lodging house.” Mr. Hllgay flushed. "It pays Its way." "What do you charge?' "Sixpence or a shilling a night.' "And that pays? Rent? Interest on capital? Managerial expenses? De. terloratlon?" "There Is no rent. I am the man ager. I accept no salary. I make present of my capital to the concern. I haven't had time yet to think of de terioration.” "When you say It pays Its way, then you mean that It pays for cleaning and service nnd that thv meals are not served at nn actual loss?" "Yes." "You are new to philanthropy?" "We must all begin," said Mr. Hll gay. "Just so." said the coroner. "You think you are alleviating the poverty of London by your venture?" "Certainly." "Ah! What Is your age, Mr. Hll gay?" "I do not see"— "How old are you, sir?" "Twenty-six." "You have Identified the body of the deceased?” ✓ "Yes; It Is the body of Captain Pol lexfen, who took a room In my house about ten days ago. "The exact date?' "The tenth October, I am nearly sure." "What was his Christian name?" "I do not know.” "Of what ship was the captain?’ "I do not know." "He had retired from service?’ "I believe so." "What were his habits?" "For n week past he had been unwell and stayed In his rooiq, except occa sionally for meals." "Did he strike you as being poor—In reduced circumstances?" "I Imagined him to be like most of my boarders—hard put "to It, but re spectable.” "He did not talk much?' "He didn't talk nt all." "Never chatted with you?’ "Never, except about the weather. He would usually mention' the precise direction of the wind.” "At meals did he Join In the con versation?’ "Very little." "And he had no friends, no ac quaintances ?" "There was a negro named Coco, who came to see him sometimes.” "In his room?” > "Yes." "Do you know If he had Just come from n voyage?" "I do not." "When did you last see him?’ "On Tuesday evening about 8 o’clock." It was at this point Mr. Hllgay wept. "Where?" "He came Into the house and went up stairs. His room was on the first floor." "You said he had not been out for a week.” "That was the first day he had been out. He had been out twice. Once In the afternoon about flve. and again In the evening, after our dinner." "How do you know that?” "I saw him come In each time.' "Where were you?" "In my ofllce to the left of the hall. The door of my office Is of glass, and from my desk I can see every on ® who comes In or goes out.” "How long did he remain the second time?” "About half an hour.” "You saw him leave?' "Yes. I went Into my office after dinner, about seven, and I was either In my ofllce or the hall continuously till 4 o'clock the next morning—Wednes day.” "Did you receive any new lodgers that day?” "No. The house wss full." "And your old lodgers behaved as usual ?” "Absolutely." "How many went out after Captain Pollexfen came In at 8 o’clock?’ "None." "Now, mind what you arc saying, Mr. Hllgay. You told us that no one could lenve your house without your knowledge, nnd that you saw no one leave It after the captain came In. Here he 1s In the house, presumably In his room, at 8 o’clock at night, and yet early the next morning hla body Is found In the sewer trench. How do you account for that?" 'I can not account for It.” 'Hither he was murdered In your house”— Impossible, slrl protested Mr. Hll gay. Nothing Is Impossible, elr,” said the coroner. "Either he was murdered In your house nnd his body carried out, or he left your house alive and was mur dered outside. You think no one could IIMMHIHMHIMHHI A 25 Per Cent Investment An Investment yielding a guaran teed 25 per cent per annum. Any lady or gentleman with $100^ and - upward, spare capital, can, without risk, secure the above In come. payable quarterly or annu ally. Principal withdrawable on 60 days notice. For particulars, address JOHN HENDERSON, P. O. Box 165. Nashvllla, Tenn. HIHHIIIIII have crept past your office door un seen by you?' "I think not." "Where are the stairs?' "They begin Just at my office door, and are In lino with the hall." "There are no other stairs In the house?” "There are the back stairs,” said Mr. Illlgny. ’’Used exclusively by the household staff." “Ah! There are the back stairs, What la the household staff?' "Five boys and two female cooka.” "Where do the back stairs lead to?' "To the back of the house. The kitchen. There Is a back yard." Here the policeman, with an air of apology to the coroner, lighted the gas, after having struck two matches. "Yes," Mr. Hllgay answered, blinking In the new glare. "It gives on Little Glrdler's Alley. It Is bolted at night." "What time?" "After dinner—about 7 o’clock.” "Doited on the Inside?" "Yes." So that anyone could open It from the Inside?’ "Yes." "Could a person go down the back stairs and get out without going through the kitchen?" "Yes.” "What time are the lights turned out In the back house?” About 11 o’clock." Little Glrdler's Alley runs Into Strange street at right angles, and your house Is at the corner?' ■Yes." ''Where was the captain's room situ ated?' “The window looks on the alley.” "Who occupied the room next to It?" "A widow lady named Upottery." "She la here?" "She Is 111 In bed.” "And on the other side?' “The other side Is an outer wall of the house.” "Then the door of the room Is nearer the head of the back atatra than to the front stairs?” Mr. Hllgay meditated. “Yes. Nearer to the back stairs." "You agree now that It would after all have been possible for the captain to have gone, or to have been carried, out of your house without your knowl edge at any time of the evening?” “Y—es,” said Mr. Hllgay. "Only the back stairs are not used by my board ers.” “Doubtless^* snapped the coroner. Still as he didn't probably Jump out of the window" He must have walked down the back stairs after the staff bad retired." "But why should he do that?” "I cannot guess. There could be no reason. He was a man of Irreproach able respectability.” "Then It appears most probable that he waa carried out?" “I cannot admit the possibility of foul play having occurred In my honse." "How mnny lodgers have you?" “About sixty." “You satisfy yourself that all are re spectable?" "I use my Judgment." The coroner put his lips together. Any questions?' he abruptly turned to the Jury. v The foreman of the Jury, who waa a retired chemist, would have given a tulnes to have been able to think, of a : ew shrewd questions to put to Mr. Hll gay. But he could evolve nothing, and Mr. Hllgay stepped down, wondering why a philanthropist should receive the treatment of a suspected criminal. The coroner resumed the contempla tion of the chromograph, and then an old negro, dressed In ample shining broadcloth, with a red necktie, was maneuvred by a policeman Into the witness box. 'He was clearly In a high state of nervous excitement, and the tears were already starting from his eyes. “What Is your name, my man?" be gan the coroner. “My name, Judge? Matas Coco, sah." "But your real name?’ "My name Massa Coco ebber since I was cook at de Ice House.” He spoke In a thin, whining, high-pitched voice— the voice of hla race. "The Ice House?" "Yes. sah. In Broad street. Bridge town. Judge.” "Bridgetown—Devonshire?" "No, sah. Blm, aah. "Blm?" "Barbados, sah. You see, sah. Ice House, big restaurant, sah. I waa de head cook, sah. And ds odder niggers dey call me Massa Coco because I was so respectable, Judge. Captain Pollex fen tuck me away from dere, aah.’ "You knew Captain Pollexfen7” "Oh, yes, sah. I waa one of hla bes' friends, sah. TVs was Intlmata, sah.” "And he took you away from the Ice House?’ “Yea aah. He took Maaaa Coco to be cook on bis ship—de Cobra, aah.” "What line?’ "No line, sah. Just a dam tramp, sah." "Do not swear, my man." •Tse so sorry I spoke dltrespec’ful, sah. But the waa Just a dam tramp, sah." "Was that long ago?' "Long ago, judge? I should say It was long ago. It was 20 years ago.” And you stayed with the captain?’ Yes, sah. I stood by dat 'bomlnable ship sixteen years. Judge. Because I like de captain.” 'And then you left the ahlp?’ 'De ship left us, Judge. She sank In Carlisle Bay, judge.” Who were her owners?’ Oh, me good sah, don't you ask me who her owners were, because I don't know, sah.” And what did you do after that?" I Jus’ stopped in Bridgetown, aah, and sold mangoes, sah." 'And the captain?’ 'He left Blm, aah. In a royal mall boat, aah.” "That was five years ago. When did you meet him again?” The slng-aong voice felt a little as the negro answered, ."I had to leave Barbadoes, Judge. 'Count of difficulty with colored prisoners. I shipped cook on anudder boat, aah, and come to Southampton, Judge. And there I sees the captain, sah, on de quay at South ampton.” When waa that?' In September. And I run aft him like de debbll, Judge. He glad to see me. He bring me to London, sah. He says he going back to Blm, soon, and he take me, because be want me to help him.” What with?’ ’A secret. Judge! Must I tell you. Judge?' •Certainly. Treasure, sah! Hidden treasure! Sunk treasure! He tell me and he tell nobody else, judge.” The court smiled. "So the captain was going to Bar badoes again to seek for treasure, eh? Did he tell you whet he hod been do ing during the four years?" AMERICAN DENTAL PARLORS 19 } Peacbtrea Street, Atfiala, 6a. OVER SCHAUL A MAY. "He been captain of anudder dam tramp, eah—beg pardon, Judge.” "What waa the name of the ship?" "I don’t know, sah. But he been to Russian porta, sah." "And how soon were you to go to Barbadoes?" 'Soon, sah! Oh! Soon! But de captain couldn't settle wlv his owners, sah. I not understand. Then he was 111. sah." "When did you last see him?* "Tuesday, Judge. Tuesday afternoon. Two o'clock, sah.” "He waa better then?” "Oh, yes, snh. Plenty better. Judge! Plenty better. He quite cheerful." “What did he tell you when you last saw him?” "He said we start soon, sah. He said he take bertha next week, sah." "Do you know If the captain had any friends?" 'He had Massa Coco, sah.” “Yea, but others?" "No, sah." "No relatives?' The negro paused. "Yes, sah. He hab relatives. 1 "Well?" "He hab a brudder, sah. Free weeks pgo I go wlv him to see his brudder, snh. At de Obelisk hotel. Waterloo road, aah, London, aah. I told all dat to the gem'men yesterday. You see. Judge, I was just coming to see de cap tain Wednesday morning—I lodge In Seven Dials, sah—ana I sees his corpse,, snh. I cry, then policeman asks me questions. Most rude 'peril nent policeman, sail.” "Yes, but about the brother. You say the captain saw hla brother at tho Obelisk hotel. What passed between them?.’ “Don’t ask me, Judge. I don't know. But I heard the captain speak berry sharp to Ms brother.” "Have you seen the brother alnce?" "No, sah." "Any other relatives?’ "Yes, sah. Lady, sah. The captain’s daughter, sah. But captain tell me he not speak to his daughter for long time. Because she gone on stage. Hussy, aahl It make de captain very angry. I walking down Klngsway wlv him one day, and he show me her portrait very big on de walls.” "Ah! What was her name? "On de portrait, sah?" •Yes." Glralda, sah." At the Introduction of this famous name a rustling, uneasy movement passed like a wave across the court; I light went out, the hour being mid. and everybody except the coroner, the night. policeman and Mr. Varcoe, whom Philip He got Into bed, and did not sleep now noticed for the first time, seemed till 5 In tho morning, a distressing phe- to be suddenly excited nnd expectant, nomenon conceivably due to the violent An hour ago there had been only one pattern of Sir Anthony's pajamas, a reporter, a youth, at the reporter’s ta- I choice sample of which he was wear- ble. There were now three. A silence |ng, as his own little bag of necessaries ensued, and the gas sang In the silence, had disappeared since the dlaappear- "Can you throw any light on the ance of the navvy from the Corner death of the captain?” demanded the House by Jlu Jltsu. , coroner, In a low tone. I He overslept himself, nnd had to In- "No, no. Judge! No, I dan't frow terrupt hla regime of economy by tak- any light,” whined the negro. tng a cab to the coroner's court; and The coroner glanced at • the Jury. even then he was l*te. The court was "About this treasure?" the foreman packed; an extra table had been Inquired. I brought In for the reporters. "Don’t ask me! Don’t ask Coco!" The ganger In charge of the eewer- the negro droned. "Captain never told trench was being examined, me nuffln.' "How long would It take to dig out But the foreman had at length I the earth, pat the corpse In, and re thought of n masterly query. store the earth?' the coroner was ask- “What were you doing on the night I tng. of Tuesday?" "That depends!" grumbled the ganger "You are not bound to answer that "On what?" question unless you like,” said the "It depends whether him as was coroner quickly. I digging It knowed one end of the "Oh! I nnswer It, Judge,” Coco ob- spade from the other?" served, wiping his eyes anew. "1 wns “Should you say that the person who Just astecpln', as I sleep ebbery night. 1 burled the corpse knew one end of the I give my 'ddress to de young police-1 spade from the other.?* man, sah.” I "Ay! As well at I do myself. Mr. Vorcoe stepped on tip-toe to the "The work was well done, by an ex coroner’s desk and whispered In his rpert?' ear. "Yes. 1 ‘The Inquiry la adjourned until 10:10 "Then how long should ydfi say It tomorrow, said the coroner, consulting I took ?’ his watch. "Piece work It ’ud take about three- And In an Instant he was packing! quarters of a hour or hardly. Day hla brown bag. | wage It might ha' taken a couple o hours.' Or. C. G. NEEDHAM, Prop. $0.50 MP Rubber Plates 22-K Sold Crown.... Porcelain Crown Brldgework, per tooth PAINLESS EXTRACTING TEETH CLEANED Hours, 8 am. till 8 p.m. 8und*y, 9 a. m. till 4 p. m. WE TAKE IMPRESSION AND PUT IN YOUR TEETH SAME DAY. FREE! ALL BUYERS OF BULK LIME, ATTENTION For sevefal years wo havo been endeavoring to cet the manufactur ers of the celebrated GAGERS WHITE LIME to give us prices to compete for Atlanta Bulk Lime trade. We beg to Inform all buyers of Bulk Lime that we can now furnish GAGERS WHITE LIME, which la the MOST select and HIGHEST grade of Lime for PLASTERING AND BRICK WORK. 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And then the about my expense?” sudden disclosure of the name of The next witnesses were yj®, Glralda! And the hound, of Justice. a.? n d who {haPtetaSf £2 at fault yet, and yapping with eager, summoned to his wife’s bedside by a puzxled Indecision; but sure ultimately boy, aged about twelve; and two much to find the scent and to single out the more prosperous Individuals, the land „ i loo road, and Mr. Oscar Talks, the 11 1 lessee and manager of the Melropoll ■hmld nratie 7hi7 > l^ r tsn ‘heater and Pleasure house. m.°nt! d ^KlhJ&“reb2btv TlSn- &SFLS8* to^be ‘?h% Te- fried t? iImd and breathed » at ® and ceased’* brother had quitted the hotel Phil In hnH P hnif nrDmi.eH mi**. «,i.h at 5 o’clock on Monday, the 12th Oc- 81^ Anthony, but fflnTk.SMS }£T;,“Jft5j£“.nd* h'sTlVe new Euaton'Roed Mou^lZLr.Vi" amM unp.Vb.U ward hefOre'he ^.tiid^nemSESThh^r ®f twenty-two shillings end three pence re behind him; he bed never returned, to an re hi. nnnrt.r. n. .he f erase that Oh the tn go to his qunrters at the Corner h atf 1 "ore vTn te A * 'her " f rom ^Va r n 11 mr* * h e r I «f<'®rnoon of the 14th October he had room, P 2nd ontheprevUras “ghtHhtlfp I rec.lved a telegram from Ml's Glralda mom, ana on me previous ni*ni romp ~ #*7-. < v,„m nn » „in V thnt « "LftSSSJ “ nlghtf Her pari Ance ££ tak’n the elaborate mlnlatratlnne of Oxwlch. I"* 5 '"* ui.. nin.Mii had i»ui now me cuoicie oi me aeaa rap- i - l, f .. f H#tr tain wap empty, preelnely that and no I 1 ™av£?ue wae abut \w other, the police had finished with it; M n Mr. Hllgay had offered It, with a cer- I and . h * r * t ?T a ®!£j! a “_PtEL “SERBS: **•*• iinQ onereu n, »iui a cer- j .. imAwlsdea nt Xftsa nirelda'a tain air of apology to Philip. And "° Talks realmMrd the Philip, after an In.tant'* Irrational | parentage. Mr. Talk, resembled me hesitation, had accepted It. ganger In this, that he seemed to have As he passed Into the Corner House ® grievanc. ag.lnst th. ®nllre court; he mw Mr. Hllgay at his post In the h® •P ok ® M though some one nod mur- ofrirT TTUy nod B ,r«l re «ch other Mr J®r®-1 <'aP'®ln Pollexfen In order to Hllgay'. thoughts were tod deep for ■PR® Mr ' »«. vnren* words that evening—and Philip went . Then, after a minion of Mr. Varcoe upatalre. The cubicle, with Ite electric I described to the coroner »*• light, Its narrow green bed. Its com-1 had searched the cubicle nt the dead billed waahsland and dressing table. It. man and found nothing In the, *hap®' of armchair, Its row of books, Its polished *, eld®- nothing even to Indicate the bare floor and Its three reproductions, slightest struggle; Philip h®®rd *h® coating threepence each, of master-I coroner's officer discreetly ^ pieces from the National gaiter)', had *hg : 'Philip Master, and he stepped the mildest appearance in the world. | Into the box nnd wns sworn. It seemed to be leagues away from any The coroner examined him with a tragedy. He looked around. The dl-1 swift and Impartial glance, mentions of the place were so restrict-1 "What have you got to tell us. ed that, owing to the situation of the | naked the coroner shortly, toilet stand, he could not shut the door Philip related, nervously at flrsL his without almost getting behind It. examined everything with a sharp af frighted curiosity, and then he shut the door, pressing himself against thp bed In order to do so. Chance directed hit gate to the corner behind the door, and he observed that the boy cleaners had demonstrated that they were hu man and boyish by omitting that cor ner from their scheme of things. In the day time that corner would be In the shadow, and It was only due to the position of the electric light that he could not now see the pile of dust. He bent down end picked up a small am ber-colored object; It wee a tooth of a tortoise-shell comb. He attached no Importance to this discovery until It occurred to him that the comb to which that 2-inch tooth belonged could no: have been a man's comb; It must have formed peri of the structure of a wo men's coiffure. At the eame moment th. electric encounter with the watchman, and how, after his sleep, he had seen a mys terious form emerging from the sewer trench. "What time was that?* "About 8 In the morning.” "Did the figure seem to you to dis appear Into (he Comer House or up Little Glrdler's alley?” "I can not be aure, but my Impres sion Is up the alley.” "Anything else?’ "I found e bit of stone with a finger mark on It—which I now think must have been In blood—In the trench, and I put It XI my bag. But the bag baa been mislaid.’ "Mislaid?’ "Yes." "Anything else?’ And Philip produced the fragment of tortoise shell which he had discov ered behind the door of the cubicle. by the Jury, and made a sensation. The reporters rejoiced In excellent copy and foresaw a cause celebre of the first order. "Now, Mr. Masters, you say that you were practlrnlly penniless nn Tues day night, and that you accepted the offer of the watchman on that account. You no longer havo the air of being penniless. In fact, I should snv uulta the reverse.’’ Philip, who wore, Indeed, n new frock coat, made by a good artist, not to mention a dark necktie chosen by Ox- wtch, quailed Involuntarily at the cor oner’s tone. Hfs absolute Innocence notwithstanding, he had a tremor ns the light of Justice came beating dow n Into the privaclee of hts career. He Informed the coroner that a friend had furnished him with money. ’Ah!" remarked the coroner, nnd re sumed hit stare nt the Prince of Wales’ portrait. Philip comprehended that the coroner, while reserving his opinion, had done with him. "That Is all, sir," the coroner’s of ficer whispered to the coroner. "Excuse me," said a firm, rich, con tralto voice. "I wish to be heard." And a middle-aged, rather stout, rather tall woman stood up and pushed forward to the front of the court. "Who are you, madam?’ the coroner blandly Inquired. "I atn Mrs. Upottery," was the reply. "I was 111 In bed yesterday, and I ought to be III In bed today, but seeing my name dragged Into the papers this morning, I sot up, weak ns 1 was, and I have come here to clear my charac ter.” "It you can assist this Inquiry,” said Ilia coroner, "I shall he glad to hear, hut 1 nui not aware that your, character has been assailed.” “Not assailed!” protested the wo man. ' -Then”— "Calm yourself, my good lady,” the coroner soothed her. "And take the , oath.” Bhe took the oath as Caroline Upot tery, widow, “Now,” said the coroner. (Continued In Tomorrow’s Georgian.) REDUCED RATES TO MACON Via CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY. 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