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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THE GREATEST SALE OF THE SEASON e The frig Crockery and Chinaware sale went off today in great shape at the King Hardware Co., 53 Peachtree street. Hundreds of ladies were de lighted at the great bargains. This sale is a v bona fide closing-out sale. Every piece of Glassware and Crockeryware will be sold. What we want is to get the goods out regardless of price. Come in tomorrow early and take a few of these sacrifices. K9NG HARDWARE CO., 53 PEACHTREE STREET. In DOUBLOONS A THRILLING NOVEL OF MYSTERY. TRAGEDY AND A STOLEN FORTUNE By EDEN PHELLPOTTS AND ARNOLD BENNETT (Copyright, 1906, hr Bden Phlll(Fotts and Arnold BennotL) CHAPTER XIII—Continued. ( A Diaeovery. Philip waited perhaps live seconds. It became a moral and physical lmpos- ilblllty for him to wait longer. He fled,' ran headlong down the grand italrcase of the Devonshire, because Hie lift was not attending his conven ience, and disdaining the nld of six porters, shot Into a cab. He still held the notes loose In hla hand. His adventures between the stage door of the Metropolitan Theater and Josephine's dressing room could not hare been adequately described In less than live columns of the Courier. He' had to defy the stage doorkeeper, a nalestlc personage who had once said, ” to an undersecretary of atate and who was reported to buy a public house or so once a quarter out of the tips he received from aspirants to the hands of the queens and princesses of the .Metropolitan's two stages. He out distanced two commissionaires detailed off for pursuit, lost himself, found him self before the footlights—happily dur ing an entr'acte—Invoking the assist ance of the mistress of the ballet—a kind, fat old thing whose triumphs dated back to the Third Empire—and Anally hod to arrange matters with a call boy and Josephine's dresser, who was also by a curious accident Jose phine's aunt. Josephine, in the famous dressing room lined with mirrors and littered with expensive frippery, pots, pans, bouquets, torn envelopes, boxes, nestles, curling Irons, music, over turned chairs and photographs, was perfecting the work of nature. She glanced sternly at Philip, pencil In hand, and Indescribably glorious as la peignoir. "Well!" she said. "t call this •cheek;' that's what I call It. If you think you’re going to make peace on Tony's behalf, old boy, you're mistaken. “> you can go and tell him I said so." A gas Jet hissed among the electric lights. 1 don't care twopence for Tony. It’a more Important than Tony—" That's enough," she made a gest- e "How much have you given luntle to stop outside? Call her In.” Philip approached close to her. "Don't be silly, my glYl," he said harshly. "In the first place let me tell you I'm on the staff of the Courier, and In the second place, have you seen these notes before?" He laid them before her on the splashed, untidy dressing bench. She was daunted. She stared vague ly at the'notes. "How uo i gnoyr If I’ve seen them before?’" ahe grumbled. "I've seen many a hundred pound note In my time." "You gave them to Tony at midnight on Tuesday," he said. “And what 1f I did?" "They’re stolen notes," he replied, and breathed the single sinister word "Pollexfen.” "If you want to know, then," said Josephine, who was recovering her ground. "I Just didn't give them to Tony on Tuesday at midnight, I gave him two notes, but they were old notes and these are now. So there!" "How can you prove that?" “Mr. Sinclair can prove It.” "Who la Mr. Sinclair?" "Mr. Sinclair Is the assistant cash ier. He cashed a check for me on Tuesday afternoon, and he gave me the notes." "I must see Mr. Sinclair.” "Oh. you can see Mr. Sinclair, all right. ‘Auntie!”’ She opened the door, and stood facing Philip, her handa on her hips, breathing hard. “You shall soon see Mr. Sinclair,” she repeated, "and Mr. Talke shall see If I nm to be Insulted In my own dressing room like this!” "My dear young lady,” said Philip, •Tm not Insulting you. Tony told me he'd had those notes from you—" "Well, he'd no business to chatter,” said Josephine, sharply. "He's like a blessed magpie." Wouldn’t you sooner have me here than the police?” Philip smiled. "Why, I'm doing all I can for you." "Oh, of course," she murmured. Then Mr. Sinclair, In one of those amazingly perfect evening suits that only the minor officials of fashionable theatres seem to be able to afford, de ferentially entered. He confirmed Josephine's statement. Further, he took Philip to hie office, and showed him a memorandum of the numbers of the notes handed by him to Mia* Fire on Tuesday after- Home Office, Newark, N. J. AKERS & SKINNER, Managers for Northern Georgia, announce The removal of their offices from the Second Floor Prudential Building, to 37 N. Forsyth St., Ground Floor Prudential Building. ROUND TRIP And Cheap One-way Rates -TO- CALIFORNIA ANDNORTHWEST Round trip Summer Excursions from all points East to Pacific Cosst and Northwest until September 15th, with special atopover privileges, good returning to October 31st, 1905. CHEAP COLONIST ONE-WAY TICKET8 TO CALIFORNIA AND N0RTHWE8T FROM AUGUST 27th TO OCTOBER J1«t. the splendid through service of the 80UTHERN PACIFIC from New Orleani, or UNION PACIFIC from 8t. Louis or Chicago to destination with Steamship Line* to Japan, China, etc. Round trip tickets account Baptist Convention, San Francisco and Los Angeles, on sale from Sept. 2d to 14th, final limit October 31st. WRITE ME FOR RATES AND INFORMATION, J. F. VAN RENSSELAER, General-Agt., 124 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga J*- 0. BEAN, T. P. A. ^ ;,; 9g8SBraggaooooooouisx»ooooopOQQOBOggagSB!Z8B88gggggSg noon; they did not correspond with Philip's notes at all. Philip left the theatre and passed Tony entering. And each was think ing so hard that neither recognised the other. Philip walked elowly to the Corner House. He. believed In the hon esty of Josephine Fire, and equally, of course, In Tony's honesty. There re mained two explanations of the almost Inexplicable. Oxwlch was one possi ble explanation; but Philip could pot conceive Oxwlch as an accomplice of thieves and murderers. Philip himself was the other explanation. Had some one entered his cubicle while he slept, and substituted two of the Pollexfen notes for Philip's? It waa Inconceiv able. for Philip had left his pocket- book where John Meredith kept the key of hla room—under the pillow— and he was a light sleeper. Then He made his way Into the Corner House. He climbed the stairs and went to his room. After turning up the light the first thing he saw was hie lost little black bag, lying on the bed. He sprang to It, and opened It. The flnger.-marked stone was Inside, with the pajamas and other things. He ran Into the corridor, and by chance en countered one of the boy attendants. “Who did my room today?" "Me, air." "What's the meaning of that bag on the bed?” 'It waa under the bed,” said the boy, made sullen by Philip's threaten ing tone. "I thought you'd kicked It under without knowing. So I put It on the bed tor you to see. CHAPTER XIV. Dactylography. I At dusk on the following afternoon, which waa Sunday afternoon, Philip was curled up In the office of Mr. Hll- gay like a spider awaiting Ha prey. He had woven his web and he waa still expecting a genuine fly, though hla patience had already exhausted It self. Mr. Hllgay, happily for Philip's plan of campaign, had been visible, a broken figure, during the middle hours of the day. Mr. Hllgay was still not quite persuaded that he had escaped brain fever. *, During the earlier halt of the day Philip had employed blmaelf In mak ing experiments in the recording of fingermarks, convinced as he waa, first that he possessed In the bit of broken sewer pipe an authentic finger mark of Captain Pollejfen'a murderer, and, second, that the' murderer was still Inhabiting the house. Being of a profoundly practical nature, In the English manner, he did not permit hie mind to bo too much troubled about the history of the little black bag be tween the moment when he lost sight of It on the Tuesday evening and the moment when he »aw It again on the Saturday evening. He gnesoed that Varcoe must have discovered It and left It, by accident or Intentionally, In hla bedroom on the Friday night. This having been divined, he centered hla Interests exclusively on the lmrrlnt. He .did not even trouble to answer the feverish Inquiries and demands which from time to time during the day he received from various members of the editorial staff of The Courier. Now, Philip was not an expert In the science of fingerprints. It may be doubted If he knew that.it hod been christened dactylography. He certain ly was not award, of the method of classifying finger prints Into the four main divisions of arches, loops, whorls and composites. He did not dream that arches might be simple and tent ed, loops ulnar and radial, whorls sin gle and doublo, and that composites were susceptible of not lees than four clearly dedned divisions. It may be questioned If he had the slightest Idea that Scotland Yard has a record of nearly a million finger prlnla and that the system of Indexing this vast dic tionary of criminal biography la one ot the wonders of the world. It Is be yond doubt that he had not read the learned work of the celebrated Five Towns specialist, Henry Faulds, for that work had not then appeared. What he had read, on Its publication aome ten years before, was Mark Twain's "Pudd'n'head Wilson." In which the Immortal and adorable author of "Life on the Mississippi" had the charming caprice to explain the science of dacty lography at considerable length; and his recollection even of that unfor gettable romance was not by any means free from vagueness. He ha/I reasons for not going down to Scotland Yard and demanding there the aid of the supreme expert In dactylography. Finally, the day being dominical, all book-sellers' shops were dosed. He had therefore to reft- eolely on the finger mark Itself, and his common sense or dumptlnn. After various trials and sundry dyeings and washings of his own fingers, he derided that the finger mark on the fragment of pipe was that of a right hand first finger, not of o thumb. This fact filled him with hope, for a reason which will presently be seen. He further argued that the hand of the criminal muat be short and stumpy, with broad flat finger tips: and. moreover that It was not a hand lately accustomed to hard manual work, for the natural ridges on the skin were Indicated with extra ordinary clearness, whereas the epi dermis of a laborer’s hand Is either worn to smoothness or wrinkled In ar tificial furrows. To establish the criminal's Identity he had merely to obtain the Impress of the first fingers of each man lodging In tho Corner House. But to accom plish such a delicate, Invidious task without arousing suspicion was a mat ter which would have offered dlfilcul ties to a more Impassioned Journalist than Philip. He spent the chief portion of the morning In a series of experiments with paint and paper and varnish, left In the corrldora by the professional house painters who had stormed and occupied tho house. And after several hours ho had prepared two aets ot slips of plain, green wall paper, one slightly covesfed with white paint half dried at a fire, and the other lightly covered with varnish half dried at a fire—the kitchen fire. Lunch was over by the time his slips were ready. He then, with the privity of Mr. Hllgay, who during his brief appear ance seemed ready to allow any ono to do anything, removed the doorknobs from tho Inner front door and the obter front door of the house. Both these doors, of course, opened Inward, Secondly, by means of small slips ot wood nailed to the floor near the hinges, he fixed both doors permanently ajar In such wise that an aperture of three or four Inches was left between each door and door frame. Thirdly, he affixed a perpendicular slip of paper covered with half-dry paint to the out er side of the Inner door, and a slip covered with half-dry varnish to the outer aide of the outer door. And he argued thus: "Any perton leaving the house, the handles of the doors having been' thoughtfully removed, must Inevitably first of all put the fingers of his right hand on the outer side of the Inner door and pull the door toward him in order to go out. He may or may not leave a good Impress of hla fingers on the paint-covered slip of paper. But paint will certainly adhere to his hand. He may or may not be angry, but he will certainly proceed, and he will repeat bis action on the outer side of the outer door, and will thus leave a second set of finger marks In white palm, on the outer door. I shall thus nave two aets of marks for each out' going person. As the doors open In ward, Incoming persons will have to push the doora Instead of pulling them, they will thus he forced to touch the same pieces of paper, but In the reverse order.' vice; and. after affixing the first two pairs of slips, he Joined one of the boy servants on duty In tha little office In a slate of mind that amounted almost to glee. His stock ot prepared slips lay near him on the table, and the finger-marked fragment of pipe was put out of the reach of the boy ser vants on the high mantelpiece. His whole heart was In the experiment, so much so that he utterly forgot his promlas to Mrs. Upottery to attend the captain's funeral, and merely snorted at a telephone measoge from Sir An thony to run down to the Devonshire mansion and discuss tho situation. He watched eagerly for some one either to go out or come In. The whole world of human beings seemed, how ever, to have formed a conspiracy neither to enter nor to leave the Comer House. Never had the entrance hall been ao quiet. Even the detectlvee end the Journalists had deserted It. A num her ot Sabbath sightseers were pared ing to and fro In the street and gas Ing at the house with mouths open as if to swallow It. But there was no othet sign of life. The boy attendant _ w ■ Pel t THE TRIPOD PAINT CO., 37 N. Pryor 8t, and a ARTIST Will bring you • sample-card and diva you an aatimato on Tinting your walla with DECO-MURA, the new aanitary Walt Finieh. eeeseeaeeeeieeeeseei A 25 Per Cent Inveslment I An investment yielding a guaran-j teed 25 per cent per annum. j 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 : T EXCURSI E FOR JR, DELEGATES Griffin Council Waves Flag From National Council For Members. , Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., Sept.' 12.—The thir teenth annual grand, council meeting of the Junior Order of United Ameri can Mechanics convened here yester day morning with about 100 delegates present. The meeting was opened at 0 o’clock. Practically all of the grand council officers were present. The morning session lasted until 1 o'clock, at which time the members were taken tor "trip up the canal" and given a barbe cue dinner at the locks at about 4:10 o'clock. There were four boatloads of people who went to the locks. During the session yesterday there was a fihg and banner presented the Griffin Council, No. 4, for receiving the largest number of members In their lodge during the week of May 17. The contest was for the entire United States and Griffin took both prises, one being a very fine (lag and the other a banner. The two pieces cost (100. The presentation of the banner and ig was by Junior Past National C clllor W. E. Faison, of Raleigh, He presented the emblems for the grand council of the United States. Dave Bailey, former mayor of Orlf L was present and received the flai and banner, and thanked the gram council for the same. During the course of the meeting yesterday there was a very Interesting speech made by secretary and man ager of the funeyal and benefit and beneficiary degree, Stephen Collins, of Pittsburg. Hla speed) was the main feature of the morning session. There was very little business looked after yesterday and the real business of the session will come up today. The officers for the ensuing year were nominated yesterday but they will not be elected until today. The only Au- I ustan who haa been nominated la Dr. J. R. Littleton, for the grand repre sentative'! place. There are a num ber of other members who have been nominated and It will be hard to tell which one of the number will get the place. Rome will possibly get the next grand council meeting, as there has been a very cordial Invitation extended the body from that city. The barbecue at the locks yesterday afternoon kept the delegates out of the city the entire afternoon, as It was nearly 9 o'clock before they returned. The meeting will close late this af ternoon, but a number of the delegates will remain In the city a few days af ter the meeting Is over. was reading Perdval's “Paris Gossip” In the “Referee," having finished "Mus tard and Cress.'' Then Philip heard some one coming down stairs, and his heart began tg flutter os the Instant approached for testing (he efficacy of the web of the spider. It was a man. The man wore gloves. Philip had reckoned without the re< nowned gentility of the Corner House, rightly AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE SESSION OPENS SEPT. 19. MILLIONAIRE FIGHTS TO WIN BACK SONi BOY'S WIFE OPPOSES New Haven, Conn., Sept. 12.—A struggle In strategy with Edward Nor ton, the millionaire tin plate king of New York, on one side and Mrs. Jo sephine Norton, his pretty cloak model daughter-in-law, on the other, began todny. The rich man has entered suit against the poor girl, who, after ardent wooing, consented to become the secret bride of Edward Kenneth Norton, his 19-year-old son, a Yale student, for the annulment of the marriage, while the young woman has sued him for alien ating her husband's affections. DIVISION ORGANIZED IN WAYCROS8, GA. Special to The Georgian. Waycross, Ga., Sept. 12.—Mrs. C. F. Conley, of Manchester, Vb„ a. G. V.. president of the O. I. A. B. of L. E.. has organised a division In Waycross, with sixteen members. The following officers were elected: Mrs. H. S. Dullose, president: Mrs. H. B. Lee, vice presi dent; Mrs. J. W. Lyon, secretary; Mrs. Paul McGee, treasurer; Mrs. J. M. Smith, chaplain; Mrs. W. P. Maynard, ;ulde; Mrs. Mel. Jones, past presl- ent; Mrs. C. M. Propat, sentinel; Mrs. J. F. Goodroe, Mrs. R. E. Edwards, Mrs. J. El Green, Mrs. 8. B. Parker, pillars. Mrs. Conley was tendered a recep tion Saturday evening at the boautlful new home of Mr. and Mrs. DuBose. WALTER BALLARD OP TICAL CO. Less than one year ago placed on the market the new Ballard Btfocnl, giving reading and walking vlelon In one frame and looking like one glass. They have proven the most successful of all •he advertleed Invisible bifocals. Ground In a deep toric curve, giving a large vlaual field for reading as well as walking. They are the moet perfect and beautiful gloss sold. Consult us about bifocals. We have them all. Sales room, <1 Peachtree, Atlanta, Ga. He cursed himself for a famous JOHN P. O. Box 165. HENDERSON, | Nashville, Tenn. • ninny as he removed the smudged slips of paper after .the man's exit and sub stituted fresh slips. But nevertheless he determined to continue his experi ment, opining that there would be, after all, In the Corner House far from suf ficient gloves to go round. In this as sumption the event proved him to be correct. The event did not, however. Justify hla experiment. People entered; people departed. A few wore gloves. The ungloved majority either mado undecipherable Unger marks, or made good linger marks which bore not the slightest resemblance to the finger mark on the bit of pipe. So dusk fell, and Philip's stock of tper exhausted Itself In futility. He oresaw that he might have to continue the experiment for days. He heard a cab stop outside the house, and glanced Idly from the win dow. It was a four-wheeler. Mrs. Upottery emerged from It. She was obviously returning from the funeral. He sympathised with her, but her ar rival annoyed him: he had already wasted several slips of paper on wom en, Including two on Mrs. Upottery. She held an argument with the cabman, and then she had a difficulty with her pocket and purse, and seemed to find an awful solemn pleasure In tiring the patience of the cabman while she re moved her glovee and eorted her co/ns. As she came up the steps he hid In a corner so that she should not glimpse him In passing. He did not wish to be accused Just then of not having at tended the funeral. He was creeping out to change the allpe after her pas sage when a man ran quietly up the steps and rushed In. It was John Meredith whom Philip had not pre viously seen that day. Why should Philip have trembled wltlr nervous ap- -rehenslon at the sight of Meredith? Vhy should a strange fear have seised him? Why should he hesitate, after Meredith had vanished upstairs, to re trieve and examine the slips? Why should he have experienced the sensa tion of a reprieve when a newspaper boy burst In, pushing and banging both doora, to tell a special Sunday edition ? the Record? His hand shook as the newspaper boy having departed, he detached the slips and carried them Into the office. The varnished slip from the outer door showed nothing but three sets ot smudges, hut tho other slip, marked faintly In varnish on white paint, dis played three clear sets of finger-prints —the man's the highest; then the wom an's; then the newspaper boy's. His heart Jumped when he examined the man's. He reached down the fragment >lpe, and laid It close to the paper, with a magnifying glass, compared .. with the paper. The print of the man's first linger corresponded exact ly with the print on the stone. The double whorl situated slightly to the left waa Identical In each cate. Without giving himself a moment to think, he went out of the office to find Meredith. And Meredith wss descend ing the stairs again, pale and hur ried, the frightful scar crimson on his blanched face. "Please come up here," Philip ad dressed him. His throat was so parch ed that he could scarcely articulate. "What It the matter?" Meredith questioned. "I must speak to you." said Philip. Meredith obeyed, entering the of fice. Philip ordered the boy attendant to leave and then carefully shut the door. He had a strange desire to ad vise Meredith to run away and never be seen In England again, but ha con quered It. "What la It?" Meredith repeated hie demand. "I will finger mark on this ifone was made t»y the murderer of Captain Pollexfen, and the finger-mark on Ibis paper was made by you. They are alike. 1 hnvo laid a trap for the murderer, and It Is you that I have caught, Meredith. What have you to say?" "What?" exclaimed Meredith, etarlng at the paper. "Which mark?" “This one." “Those aren't the marks of my fin gers,” Meredith said with curious calm, after he had comprehended the nature of. the trap. It's the marks below that are mine. Look at my hand." His persuasive voice was as wondrous as ever. Philip seised the hand. It had fine tapering fingers, whereas the topmost marks were noticeably wide and clum- TWENTY MORE BOARbtRS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED That the limit of the capacity for boarding students has been so nearly reached one week before the opening of the session Is a strong testimony to the popularity of Agnes Scott. Since last session a new $00,000 dormitory has been completed with capacity to accommodate ninety-eight additional boarders. And yet only twenty needed to fill all the dormitories! Every Southern state, several Western states and Mexico are represented in the en rollment. This large number of stu dents has been entered without a sin gle agent In the held. Over $100,000 has been expended in Improvements the last year. The elegant buildings are in perfect order, the grounds are beautiful, and the faculty will be present next Wed nesday to welcome the largest student body in the history of the institution. Apply at once to President for room, or information. ••• SECRETARY SHAW TO SPEAK FOR EVANS Special to The Georgian. _ Nashville, Tenn„ Sept. 12.—Polities galore will be the portion of the people of the Volunteer state for the next two months. Hon. H. Clny Evans, Republican candidate for governor, opened his campaign yesterday at Lawrencebmg. On Monday, September 17, M. R. Pat terson, Democratic nominee for gov ernor, will open hla campaign In Nash ville. General Evans declined to meet him In joint debate. On September 14, next Thursday night, Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, will speak In Nashville at Ryman auditorium. Senator E. W. Carmack, who was the first to volunteer for the cause of Democracy In this fight, will mnko a number of speeches and In one will re ply to Secretary Shuw. Governor Bob Taylor and Adjutnnt General Harvey Hannah will stump the state together for Democracy. Senator Frasier will also make speeches for the Democratic ticket. MAYOR ALLEN WILL VETO CITY HALL ORDINANCE. ay. said "That la like a woman's hand, Philip. Meredith Impulsively snatched the hand away, and then sat down on a chair and burst Into tears. "I may as well tell you,” said Mer edith, "1 am a woman. I am Captain Pollexfen's daughter.” "Glralda?" Meredith nodded, looking up. Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian. Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 12.—Mayor Al len has not signed the recent city hall ordinance which was passed by the city council, and he states that he does not Intend to sign 11. At tho proper time he will officially file a veto of the ordi nance passed by a majority vote of the council. Tho ordinance which was passed by the body waa for tho purchase of an option on the site, at 24,000, the same to last until next May, and nt that tlmo If the city desired it could purchase tho property' by paying $10,000, mak ing the first payment for the land. Important Change of Sched ule on Seaboard Air Line Railway. Effective Sunday, September 9th, Im portant change of schedule will be made on tho Seaboard Air Line. Par ticular attention Is called to the fact that train No. 38, which now leaves Atlanta, 9:35 p. m„ will on and aftar September 9th, leave Atlanta &t 8:09 p. m.. Central time. OS o 13 > u OS o h o > III THE VICTOR SANITARIUM 321*323 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga OPIUM, WHISKY and other drug habits cured In four weeks. Patients do not suffer as they do at many institutions. Comfort of patients carefully looked af ter. Sanitarium Is home-llke and pleasant, and not a prison, os soms Imagine. Treatment entirely free from any harmful results. For full particulars call or address The Victor Sanitarium, or Or. B, M. Woolley, Lock Box 387. "WHEN IN THE COUR8E of human events It bz icomew necessary" to build a house, a home, a hovel, a hut. a barn, a bungalo, a factor,-, a tene ment, a shelter, a shack, a shed or any piece requiring roofing, consult un about VULCANITE It Is the logical thing to use, for reasons too numerous to mention. People who have bought Vulcanite are buying It when they need rooting again. There ere fact* which actually hap- — —--•* 1 —*• It does not require expert by the National Board of Un cle ' B n and they speak louder than words. tor to apply It. It la recommended by derwriters and Southeastern Tariff Association. “YOU CAN PUT IT ON/ See that this Seal is on every Roll. ATLANTA SUPPLY CO., SOLE STATE AGENTS FOR GEORGIA. 29-31 South Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Ga. J. C. GREENFIELD, Pru. C. L PEEK, Sm'j.